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Railways gears up for crowd control in Kumbh's last week

The railways has established holding areas in various stations as part of its preparation in anticipation of a surge in Maha Kumbh pilgrims during the final week of the religious congregation in......

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......

Security beefed up at major railway stations after Delhi stampede

Stringent protocols are being enforced at key railway stations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh following the stampede at the New Delhi railway station and the massive crowds arriving for the Maha Kumbh.......

Jalgaon: Train crushes 12 as fire rumour scrambles passengers

At least 12 passengers were killed on Wednesday evening when they jumped from their Mumbai-bound train in panic due to a false fire alarm, only to be tragically run over by another train on the......

I won't call it Maha Kumbh, it is 'mrityu kumbh': Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the Maha Kumbh has turned into a "Mrityu Kumbh" due to incidents of stampede, claiming that the actual toll at the mega religious......

Trade on road to recovery but Indian firms tread cautiously

Truck movements across the India-Bangladesh border are on the rise, with increasing rentals signalling a trade recovery between the two South Asian nations. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Yet,......

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......

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......

Railways outsourcing cleanliness to ragpickers

Railways is finding meaningful ways to engage ragpickers across the country. They are being pressed into service to clean the tracks at stations and become daily wagers. All divisional railway......

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 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......

Ranji Trophy: Mum teen Mhatre hits century; Double century for Sudarshan

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. Teenager Mhatre hits ton as Mumbai in command IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's Sai Sudarshan celebrates his double ton against Delhi on Friday.......

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