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'Alarming': HC raises concern over Mumbai train deaths

The Bombay high court on Friday expressed concern over deaths of commuters on Mumbai local trains, describing the situation as 'alarming', an observation coming days after five people lost their......

Sabotage caused Bagmati Express train accident, finds probe

The Commissioner of Railway Safety has said that the accident of Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express at Kavaraipettai station in Southern Railway's Chennai division on October 11, 2024, was a result......

PIL filed in SC to prevent railway stampedes

Two days after a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station claimed 18 lives and left 15 others injured, a PIL was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court seeking immediate action to prevent such......

Mumbai's Rail Network Saw 922 Deaths In 5 Months

210 deaths were directly attributed to commuters falling from overcrowded trains. A Right to Information (RTI) petition has brought to light the grim reality for Mumbai's lifeline, its local train......

4 killed after falling off overcrowded local trains in Thane

Four commuters died and nine were injured after falling off two overcrowded local trains in Maharashtra's Thane district during the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said. Image used for......

Rail Budget: A huge emphasis on safety

The Ministry of Railways proposes to set up an independent Railway Safety Authority as a statutory regulatory body as recommended by Kakodkar Committee. This was announced by the Minister of......

Indian Railways on the brink of collapse: Report

The current system of the Indian Railways is on the brink of collapse. The Indian railways working model is not financially viable either. The railways coffer have gone, almost, bankrupt, that is......

Railways need Rs 1 lakh crore to fund safety upgrade

The committee, headed by Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, in its report said Rs 100,000 crore (Rs 1,000 billion) would be......

Can Suresh Prabhu take on the Railway Bureaucracy?

Ministers may come and ministers may go but the attitude of the RB remains the same forever, and it is this group that really calls the shots in Indian Railways, says S Pushpavanam. The rhetoric......

Will the railways change to safer LHB coaches?

Two high-level railway safety commissions came down heavily on ICF coaches, recommending their replacement by LHBs, says Bibek Debroy. ICF stands for the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai......

Will Sexual Abuse Ever End In Film Industry?

Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......

Paris police to get reinforcements for some Euro 2016 games

IMAGE: French riot policemen attend a drill at the Marseille railway station, in France in preparation of security measures for the UEFA 2016 European Championship. Photograph: Jean-Paul......