Police also lathi charged protestors near the Nimdih railway crossing in Seraikela-Kharswan district when they attempted to put up blockades, Sub-Divisional Officer of Chandil, Ranjit Lohra said.
A Rajdhani passenger was shocked to discover a cockroach in a meal served on the train yesterday.
Manipur finally came on the Indian Railways map on July 3 after the first passenger train – a Rajdhani Express – reached Vaingaichunpao railway station located in Tamenglong district from Assam’s Silchar railway station.
No passenger has been injured, the official said, adding the accident spot is 325 km from Mumbai.
Following the necessary sanctions, the Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) economy coaches will be inducted in all express and mail trains running LHB coaches. However, these coaches will not be added in the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and Jan Shatabdi etc. trains.
The Rajdhani Express had got stranded at Daltonganj due to Tana Bhagat protests, so the district administration had arranged a bus for the stranded passengers. Almost all the passengers (930 of them) agreed to de-board the train and travel the remaining 310 kms by bus, save one woman
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said a team, acting on a tip-off, boarded the Mumbai-bound Rajdhani Express on Saturday morning and made the seizure and arrests.
A railway spokesperson said doctors at Gomoh station attended to those taken ill and all of them are stable.
The Mumbai Rajdhani as of now has a sanctioned speed of 130 kmph. However, because of the numerous curves and speed restrictions on the route, its average speed comes down to about 89 kmph.
A coach of Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed today at the New Delhi Railway station in the national capital, but no one was injured in the incident, a Northern Railway spokesperson said.
Manisha Aggarwal, Neha Prasad and Manju Singh, who were travelling in the train, reported the theft of their belongings by three youngsters, according to the FIR lodged by the aggrieved passengers.
Railways will replace couplers of nearly 3,500 coaches of Rajdhani Express to make the train ride jerk-free and improve safety.
Air India on Friday announced a limited period special fares scheme under which passengers can book tickets at the price of a second class AC Rajdhani Express ticket.
Several trains, including Rajdhani Express, have been stranded at various places following blockade put up at Parsabad Railway station in Koderma district by a BJP MLA and his supporters.
The Army has staged flag marches in the four violence-hit districts of Assam on Wednesday even as the death toll reached 38 after five people were gunned down on Tuesday after shoot-at-sight orders were issued.
Normal life in Jhakrhand came to a grinding halt today during the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA in protest against last week's petrol price hike.
The government will raise railway passenger fares for the first time in eight years, snapping a populist trend to help mend the finances of a creaking network that is a bottleneck for growth in Asia's third-largest economy.