The Mumbai government railway police (GRP) on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old youth in Delhi and detained another person in connection with the acid attack on Preeti Rathi, 25, at Bandra Terminus on May 2. The police arrested Pawan Gahalon after they learnt that Preeti had allegedly rejected his marriage proposal...
MUMBAI: In a twist to the investigation in the Bandra acid attack case, the victim's father appeared before a railway court on Friday and filed an affidavit stating that the accused, PawanGehlaun (24), wasn't the one who attacked his daughter.He also urged that the actual attacker, who was roaming free,...
Two youths were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Hathras on Saturday morning. The accident occurred at Odhpura railway crossing on Hathras-Mathura road, police said. One of the victims has been identified as Akash (22) on the basis of...
A railway employee of Jamalpur Railway workshop was found dead in the early hours on Saturday near Daulatpur rail yard, Rail police sources said. Officer in-charge of Government Railway Police, Munger R P Gupta said that body of the man identified as Rajender Sharma (50) was found lying near...
HYDERABAD: A clean makeover awaits tracks and railways stations in the state as South Central Railway has decided to replace existing excreta disposal systems in trains with environment friendly bio-toilets.This venture was jointly developed by Railway Research Design and Standard Organisation (RDSO) and Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE).This January SCR...
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of an accused in the Rs 10 crore railway bribery case in which ex-Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was among those arrested. Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea of Dharmender Kumar after CBI contended...
Agartala: Due to lack of funds, several national railway projects in southern Assam, Tripura and other northeastern states would be delayed by a year, an official said here Saturday.“Railway officials at a meeting here told Tripura government (officials) that the gauge conversion works, extension of railway lines in southern Assam,...
About 100 students designed projects on safety in railways including automatic coach guidance, signal control system and submitted a thesis to the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities. .....
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As announced in the Railway Budget 2012, South Central Railway will introduce Train No. 12761/12762 Tirupati – Karimnagar- Tirupati Weekly Superfast Express. The inaugural special service of the train will be run from Tirupati on 22ndMay 2013 while the inaugural special service will be run from Karimnagar on 23rdMay 2013....
NEW DELHI: Delhi government will now charge Delhi Metro up to 30-40 times more for selling its DUSIB land to DMRC for construction of its Phase-III line. In its latest decision, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has decided to sell its land to DMRC as per circle rates. ....
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As already observed by our Admins Jay Shah & Nazeer in prior posts [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/735925] and [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/734351] , the Seat Availability Check, Search and Availability Calendar have now been implemented. The feature is an amalgamation of numerous suggestions put forward by our members/Admins over the past few months. Hearty thanks to...
A new class of members called "Forum Monitor" has been introduced. These members will have free rein to Delete Posts, Suspend Members and Archive Blogs. The defining characteristics of these members is:
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The following modifications are being made in the Forum:
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1. The Opinion box will now show a detailed list of Members who provided the rating. When you click on Great, Thanks, Useful or Agree, a box will open up beneath displaying the names. When you hover over the respective member names,...
Further elucidation on UnAnswered and Popular tabs.
UnAnswered:
Only posts tagged with "Travel Question" within the last 7 days are candidates for the UnAnswered tab. Other general comments may not necessarily deserve a reply. If members miscategorize their genuine questions as something else - Rail/Travel, etc. - they will have to...
Members mark your calendars. The first online IRI Quiz Contest will be held on Sunday, Feb 3 @ 8pm IST. Some points:
1. You would need a modern mobile or desktop browser. No Opera Mini. You would need to ensure that you have good internet connectivity.
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2. NO easy questions. 20 medium...
As per the suggestion presented [here|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/615661] , a new experimental feature is being introduced today.
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At the top of the member profile, you will see a new link "Block Member" (see pic). If you block any member, they will NOT be able to reply within Blog Entries started by you, OR...
