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Weeks after Odisha tragedy, railways transfers 5 top officers

The railways on Thursday shunted out five top officials of the South Eastern Railway, including those responsible for operations, signalling and safety, weeks after a triple train accident killed......

'After Quit India, There Could Be No Retreat'

On the 83rd anniversary of the Quit India movement, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff recalls the conditions under which the Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi, launched the final struggle for independence.......

Rain fury wreaks havoc in Northeast; lakhs hit, toll at 36

The flood situation in the Northeast remained critical on Monday as the toll due to deluge and landslides triggered by heavy rain over the past few days rose to 36, while over 5.5 lakh remained......

Deadliest train accidents in India since independence

The train crash in Odisha on Friday, involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train in which at least 233 people were killed and......

Bihar: 7 killed as Rajdhani hits autorickshaw

At least seven persons were killed on Saturday when the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express rammed into the autorickshaw they were travelling in at an unmanned level crossing in Katihar district......

Rlys deploy data loggers, software for upkeep

The Indian Railways is deploying data loggers in a major way for predictive maintenance, safety enhancement and for implementing computerised control charting.Data loggers log data pertaining to......

RailTel kiosks to soon offer mobile recharge, bill payment & more

Passengers in 200 railway stations across India will soon be able to recharge their mobiles, pay electricity bills, fill up Aadhaar and Pan card forms and even file taxes with help from Common......

Arunachal, Meghalaya to be on railways map soon

After facing a scarcity of funds and a challenging law and order situation for about two decades, Indian Railways’ expansion in the Northeast is finally gaining momentum. Three of the five......

Railways to foray into education, convert hospitals to colleges

Railway hospitals will offer postgraduate courses for medical students.Shine Jacob reports. IMAGE: Surgery aboard the Lifeline Express. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The Indian Railways has......

Mobile train communication soon

Indian Railways plan to introduce mobile train communication on its A, B and C routes, Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday.Of this, work on 3,200 route kilometre on Northern, North-Central,......

Johnny Bakshi symbolised the triumph of the outsider in Bollywood

Such a person is rare in today's film world, notes Amit Khanna. He had the most unique, full-throated laugh, which was his signal greeting. Johnny Bakshi was a rare film personality who was......

What inspired Rangoon?

Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic? IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Rangoon. The railway......