Watch: Railway cop saves passenger who slipped while trying to board moving Vande Bharat

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable rescued a male passenger at Howrah railway station when the latter slipped while trying to board a moving Vande Bharat Express on Tuesday. The passenger was rushing to catch the Howrah – Puri Vande Bharat Express, which departed from the platform. Thinking the door was open, the man tried […]

Railway employee dies by suicide after becoming a victim of sextortion

Mumbai: A 36-year-old railway employee died by suicide recently after he got trapped in a sextortion racket and lost ₹2 lakh. The Dadar Government Railway Police (GRP) registered a case of abetment to suicide and extortion against unknown persons for allegedly blackmailing the victim with his nude photos. According to the GRP, on Monday around […]

Bengaluru Metro’s Purple Line begins its full operations: 5 things to know

The Bengaluru Metro’s Purple Line started its full operation on Monday morning without any formal or informal inaugural ceremony. The operations finally began at two crucial Metro stretches on the purple line – Krishnarajapuram-Baiyappanahalli and Kengeri-Challaghatta – connecting east Bengaluru to central and south Bengaluru. Five things to know about the Purple Line Metro 1. […]

Railways to set up restaurants in retired train coaches at Jammu, Katra stations

The Indian Railways is converting two abandoned railway coaches into theme-based restaurants at Katra and Jammu railway stations here. The initiative has been named “Beautiful Restaurants on Wheels” under which old train coaches are being refurbished and transformed into rail coach restaurants. “Two rail-coach restaurants are under work in Jammu and Katra. This is a […]

Pune Metro introduces ‘One Pune Vidyarthi Pass’ for students

In a bid to provide swift, secure and cashless transactions to students while reducing their travel- time and expenditure, the Pune Metro Thursday launched the ‘One Pune Vidyarthi Pass’. The pass will be operational from Friday. In an inaugural gesture, the Pune Metro is offering the first 10,000 such passes/cards free-of-cost on a ‘first-come, first-serve’ […]

Mumbai suburban train services partially suspended between Belapur and Panvel

The Central Railway suspended local train operations on the Trans-harbour line between Belapur and Panvel stations near Mumbai on Thursday morning, after failing to complete works in the scheduled time during night block, officials said. Trains not to run between Belapur (Navi Mumbai) and Panvel (Raigad) till 11 am on Thursday (on the Trans-harbour line) […]

Bengaluru metro’s purple line likely to be fully operational from October 6: Report

The much awaited two stretches on Bengaluru metro’s purple line, Krishnarajapuram – Baiyappanahalli and Kengeri – Challaghatta lines are likely to be operated from October 6, said a Moneycontrol report. With the inauguration of these two crucial metro lines, the entire purple line will be fully operational, expected to decongest the infamous East Bengaluru traffic. […]

Pune Metro ridership touches 9,61 lakh during Ganesh festival

PUNE The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) has recorded almost one million ridership and earned around ₹ 1.41 crore during the Ganesh festival. Vanaz to Ramwadi (line-2) got more response than the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)-Swargate (Line-1) route, said officials. Metro Line -1 operates from Vanaz to Ruby Hall Clinic whereas Metro Line […]