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No casualty reported so far in TN train collision: Railway board

The Railway Board has said that no casualty has been reported so far in the passenger-freight train collision in the Ponneri-Kavarapettai section in Chennai Rail Division. IMAGE: Rescue operation......

Villupuram reels under record floods, railway suspends ops

Villupuram district in north Tamil Nadu continued to reel under unprecedented flooding on Monday following extremely heavy rainfall, virtually blocking access to villages and residential colonies......

Tamil Nadu rail mishap: Special train leaves with stranded passengers

Passengers of the Darbhanga Bagmati express that met with an accident at Kavaraipettai near Chennai on Friday night have left for Dharbanga by a special train on Saturday, the southern railway......

Six coaches derail as Bagmati Exp hits goods train in TN, no deaths

An express train rammed into a stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu and a few passengers were injured, railway officials said. IMAGE: Relief and rescue operation underway after an......

Saif attack suspect held, remanded for 5 days

The Mumbai police on Sunday arrested a Bangladeshi man for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan at his Bandra residence three days back during a prima facie burglary bid and interrogating him to......

To avoid 2022 crisis, Indian Railways ferries more coal for electricity

As Indian Railways looks to avert the crisis like last summer, preparations are under way to stock up coal at thermal power plants. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters Much like February and March,......

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......

Railways offers industry free bio-diesel tech

The Indian Railways is ready to provide the technology to extract bio diesel from Jetropha and Neem free of cost to any entrepreneur. Southern Railway Chief Motive Power Engineer R P Mishra......

S Railway to step up reservation facilities

As part of steps to improve facilities, the Southern Railway would be taking a series of steps including increasing the speed of the data circuit and providing additional counters to reduce the......

Railway launches mobile app for unreserved tickets

Moving ahead in line with digital India, railways on Wednesday launched mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu introduced from here the mobile app for......

Mumbai's Memorable Fan Party For Team India

IMAGE: Fans celebrate during Team India's victory parade in Mumbai on Thursday. Photographs and Video: Satish Bodas, Hitesh Harisinghani, Afsar Dayatar for Rediff.com and Saahil Salvi South Mumbai......

Viswanathan Anand's father dies in Chennai

'A simple man, he made sure his son had the right values.' IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand's father K Viswanathan was a former General Manager of the Southern Railway. Photograph: Dean......

Ranji Trophy: Jackson, bowlers put Saurashtra in control

IMAGE: Sheldon Jackson struck a century as Saurashtra took control. Photograph: BCCI Saurashtra's middle-order batter Sheldon Jackson followed in senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's footsteps,......

India cricketer R Ashwin bereaved

India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin's grandfather S Narayanasamy died in Chennai due to age-related illness, family sources said on Sunday. The 92-year-old passed away on Saturday and his last......

Central Railway stun Army XI

The youthful exuberance of Central Railway helped them shock fancied Army XI from Bangalore 4-2 and enter the third round in the 43rd Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament in Mumbai on......

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