The train is scheduled to begin it's first commercial run on Sunday with all tickets already sold out.
The Northern Railways on Sunday cancelled the two special trains which were to be run between Attari and Chandigarh.
UP police said that a three-foot portion of the track where the train derailed was missing.
Delhi on Tuesday recorded the coldest day of the year so far at 4 degree Celsius, four notches below normal, even as dense fog led to cancellation of 13 trains.
The days of running for the Lahore-Attari-Delhi trains have been changed.
First list of dead, hurt passengers released.
The railway ministry said it took the decision for the safety of passengers.
The passengers of the Delhi-Panipat immediately started getting down and many sustained minor injuries as there were no footboards, witnesses said.
The train will leave Delhi every Wednesday and Sunday at 2100 IST and reach Attari at 0440 IST the next day. The return journey will be every Thursday and Monday at 2005 IST.
Detonators, a grenade pin and empty AK-47 cartridges, were found near the site of the derailment.
No information is yet available on casualties.
'Why do politicians ask for votes if they cannot rehabilitate us? Where do we go -- to the footpath?'
There were no casualties or injuries in the incident, which occurred in Delhi.
The rail ministry has fitted 7,000 bio-toilets and the target is to fix 30,000 for the year.
Justice Jagdeep Singh read out the verdict as soon as the special CBI Court began the hearing on the case on Friday.
The weatherman has predicted rainfall throughout the day with the mercury settling at 19C.
'The government and railways are looking after us, but I just want to get home.'
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday asked young minds to come out with a fool-proof method to prevent ticketless travel in trains.
Women are taking up responsible jobs in Indian Railways.
Readers share their experience of ordering meals in the Indian Railway.
According to sources, the agencies have warned that two JeM terrorists have sneaked into the national capital with the intention to carry out high-profile strikes and a hostage crisis could also be possible.
Several flights and trains were delayed on Tuesday as the entire North India reeled under a dense blanket of fog.
Two women doctors were injured in Indore when a five-member team of health officials was pelted with stones in Taatpatti Bakhal area on Wednesday while they were trying to trace a person who had come into contact with a COVID-19 patient, police said.
No casualties were reported though some passengers received minor injuries, an official said.
The railways was not intimated about a Dussehra event along the tracks that led to the deaths of at least 61 people in Amritsar.
10 women and six minors are among the injured, the officials said.
Railways have chalked out nine more routes for running similar trains.
With a 20 hour average delay, the New Jalpaiguri Express is the queen among late-running trains.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the authorities were "not interested" and the people have been "left to suffer".
Suresh Prabhu announced ambitious plans.
Seeking to assuage the feelings of the people of Tamil Nadu opposed to India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting meet in Sri Lanka, Centre on Tuesday detailed its relief and rehabilitation efforts for minority Tamils in the war-torn island nation.
He said four weeks have been given to submit the report to find out who was at fault.
Punjab chief minister Capt.Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh to kin of each deceased and free treatment to injured in government and private hospitals.
Sporadic incidents of arson were on Monday reported as life in violence-torn Haryana limped back to normal with curfew being lifted gradually and Jat protesters starting to lift blockades after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced setting up of a committee to examine the quota demand of the community.
The 'Premium Tatkal Ticket scheme' became operational in 80 trains from October 1 and is available only for online bookings.
Over 2.26 lakh people have been rescued in Jammu and Kashmir so far as the rescue and relief operations in the flood-ravaged state entered 14th day on Monday.
The high hills of Himachal Pradesh received snowfall leaving tourists delighted.
Gatimaan's record speed of 160 km per hour (kph) would be a marginal improvement over the maximum 150 kph clocked currently by Bhopal Shatabdi on the same route.
When Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia decided to convert her government's capital outpost into a hub of culture, she transformed Bikaner House into Delhi's premier cultural space, notes Kishore Singh.
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