Alert Rajdhani driver averts major accident in Bokaro

A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near the Santhaldih railway crossing when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (train no.......

Kurmi protest seeking ST status paralyses rail, road traffic in Bengal

Eighty-five trains were cancelled, and hundreds of vehicles remained stranded as different organisations of the Kurmi community continued their rail and road blockade in West Bengal's Paschim......

Kurmi stir for ST status hits train services in Bengal, J'khand, Odisha

Kurmis on Tuesday blocked railway tracks in various parts of eastern India demanding Scheduled Tribe status and inclusion of Kurmali language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution, affecting......

2 dead, 15 injured in stampede at West Bengal's Santragachi station

Two persons died and 15 others, including two women, were injured in a stampede on Tuesday evening on a foot overbridge at Santragachi railway station in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee......

Lack of jobs prompts long journey from Assam to Kerala

As the Modi Express chugs along, with less steam and shine, Business Standard reporters travel across the country by train to listen to what people say about the Modi govt one year on. Modi's name......

Plans to expand rail-based industries on anvil

The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee, has proposed some new initiatives to further expand rail-based industries in the Railway budget speech for 2011-12. In Jammu & Kashmir, the minister......

Mixed reactions to Mamata's Rail Budget

Mamata Banerjee's Railway Budget evoked mixed reactions. While corporate India welcomed the moves made by the railway minister, opposition political parties flayed the budget calling it a fantasy......

'Mamata had Bengal Assembly polls in mind'

The Communist Party of India-Marxist said on Friday Mamata Banerjee had prepared the Railway Budget with the 2011 West Bengal Assembly elections in mind. "Yes, it is almost that," senior CPI-M......

'I plan to stick to Kannada films'

Golden star Ganesh as he is called in theKannada film industry arrivedwith Mungaru Male. With successive blockbusters like Hudugaata, Cheluvina Chiththaara, Chellaata and Galipata, there was no......

Thiruvilayadal is so-so

Bhoopathy Pandian's second film, Thiruvilayadal Arambamfeatures Dhanush as the hero. Unfortunately, the music by D Imman is hackneyed, and completely fails to impress.The rustic tune chosen for the......