Gujarat is set to become the first state to have all of its railway tracks in broad gauge. Of almost 5,000km of railway track in the state, 3,000km track has already been converted into broad gauge. The rest 2,000km stretch of railway track will be converted into broad gauge in next three years.Announcing the development, minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa on Monday said that soon Gujarat...
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Bomb recovered from railway track in Jharkhand...
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RANCHI:Maoists tonight blew up a portion of rail track causing derailment of eightbogies of Tata-Bilaspur passenger train near Ghaghra Halt in Jharkhand's WestSinghbhum district."Maoists blew up a portion ofthe railway track which caused the derailment. Three bogies have been badlydamaged," Railway minister Mamata Banerjee told media from Delhi."I am monitoring the situationand have asked senior railway...
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Hundreds of protesters today blocked railway tracks and held up Amritsar-Delhi Swarn Shatabdi Express here for about three hours in response to a 'Rail Roko' call given by various Sikh Organisations demanding justice for the '84 anti-Sikh riots victims' families.Passengers were stranded and schedule of many trains were disrupted at various places across the state due to the agitation.Slogan shouting...
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Suspected Naxals on Thursday night blew up a railway track in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, railway sources said.Eight bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train were derailed between Gelkera and Manoharpur stations in the incident."Maoists blew up a portion of the railway track which caused the derailment. Three bogies have been badly damaged," said Railway minister Mamata Banerjee ["I am...
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Maoist rebels in India have blown up a railway track, leading to the derailment of a passenger train in the eastern state of Jharkhand, police say.At least two people were killed and 47 others injured in the incident, which happened near Ghaghra station.Rebels are fighting for communist rule in a number of Indian states. They have a presence in more than 223 of India's 600-odd districts across 20 states.Eight...
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Nearly a dozen passengers were injured when six coaches of a passenger train derailed on Thursday night after Maoist rebels blew up a stretch of railway track in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a railway official said.According to railway sources, who asked not to be identified, the train from Jamshedpur's Tatanagar railway station got derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a section of the railway...
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Nearly a dozen passengers were injured when six coaches of a passenger train derailed on Thursday night after Maoist rebels blew up a stretch of railway track in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a railway official said.According to railway sources, who asked not to be identified, the train from Jamshedpur's Tatanagar railway station got derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a section of the railway...
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Nearly a dozen passengers wereinjured when six coaches of a passenger train derailed on Thursday night afterMaoist rebels blew up a stretch of railway track in Jharkhand's West Singhbhumdistrict, a railway official said.According to railway sources, whoasked not to be identified, the train from Jamshedpur's Tatanagar railwaystation got derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a section of the railway track.According...
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baby on Friday survived a suicide bid made by her mother. The woman, who had gone to the railway track to commitsuicide along with her two-year-old daughter, died on the spot. According to sources, Rajni Raghuvanshi, 26, was in trauma following the death of her husband.Her husband was suffering from brain tumour and had succumbed to his illness in a hospital. After hearing the news of her husband's...
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