A bomb threat alert aboard the Howrah-SMVT Bengaluru Duronto Express triggered a security operation at Bangarapet railway station Sunday afternoon, delaying the train briefly before it resumed its journey after officials found no explosives.According to railway officials, the alert was raised after a passenger, Prasad Yadav, travelling in AC coach B6, contacted the railway helpline…
Mayank Lohar (L), Roshan Suvarna (R) MUMBAI: “I had never seen such a ghastly crime and so much blood before… It haunts me.” TOIspoke to an eyewitness to the horrific murder of a 21-year-old passenger, Mayank Lohar, in a local train this week. The witness said Roshan Suvarna, who has since been arrested for the…
IPS officer Dayal Gangwar Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Thursday suspended senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar, who has been at the centre of a controversy following last month’s Balianta lynching case involving railway constable Soumya Ranjan Swain.“Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has suspended Dayal Gangwar,” a brief statement from the CMO read, without elaborating on the…
Mumbai: Central Railway’s Mumbai Division rolled out a multi-pronged ticket-checking push across its heavily loaded suburban network, deploying “Fortress”, “Ambush” and other special drives to curb ticketless and irregular travel and protect revenue and earned revenue through Rs 1 lakh in fines daily.In April and May 2026, special checks conducted in addition to routine inspections…
Pune: The Pune city police, in a coordinated operation, rescued a one-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Pune railway station area and detained three suspects within 16 hours in Daund.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Gauhar Hasan told TOI, “The child’s parents were asleep near the railway station when the incident occurred. They earn a…
Between 2021 and 2026, 11,974 unaccompanied minors were found on Railway premises in Mumbai. Almost 99% of them were eventually reunited with their parents Mumbai: The evening rush hour at any bustling railway station is a blur of commuters, noise, and moving trains. But in February 2025, four sharp-eyed policewomen noticed something at Kalyan station…
From left to right: Vigan Ansari (44), his elder sister Noorjahan (55), and her husband Mujibullah Ansari (65). From left to right: Vigan Ansari (44), his elder sister Noorjahan (55), and her husband Mujibullah Ansari (65). From left to right: Vigan Ansari (44), his elder sister Noorjahan (55), and her husband Mujibullah Ansari (65). From…
