Indian Railways

A loco pilot averted a major train derailment and loss of life by promptly applying emergency brakes after the goods train he was operating collided with motorcycle scrap placed on the railway track in Rajasthan’s Baran district. 

It has been said in the FIR that a broken piece of track was kept on the Railway line. Sabarmati Express derailed after colliding with it. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had also said the same thing.

Taking to X, the Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "The engine of Sabarmati Express (Varanasi to Amdavad) hit an object placed on the track and derailed near Kanpur at 02:35 am today."

A train passenger was delivered non-vegetarian food during the holy month of Shravan under the sticker of veg special thali he had ordered

Gulzar Sheikh's channel which goes by Gulzar Indian Hacker has 243 videos with one video having 99 million views. He put random things on railway tracks to get attention on social media.

While users can book tickets for others, irrespective of surname, selling tickets booked on their ID for monetary gain is a crime, IRCTC said.

The Chenab Bridge is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link project that aims to boost connectivity in different regions of Jammu and Kashmir.

"Five passengers have died and 20-25 injured in the accident. The situation is serious. The incident occurred when a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express," said Abhishek Roy, Additional Superintendant of Police (SP) Darjeeling Police.

Regarding the concerns of overcrowding, the Ministry of Railways also noted that the Indian Railways is running a record number of additional trains in this season to facilitate passengers.

When the Modi government came to power in 2014, the total length of national highways in the country was 91,287 km. Now in 2024, it has become 1.46 lakh km showing a massive 60% increase in a decade.