Bengaluru: South Western Railway (SWR) has dismissed as “false and factually incorrect” a social media claim that a passenger died of suffocation due to overcrowding in a train at Tumakuru railway station.The clarification came after a video showing an unconscious man being carried on a stretcher at a station went viral on social media. The…
Patna: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted an anti-encroachment drive at the Mithapur vegetable market located beneath the road over bridge (ROB) near the western end of Patna Junction on Saturday evening.According to Danapur senior divisional commercial manager (senior DCM) Abhinav Siddarth, the operation targeted illegal commercial activities being carried out on railway property where…
Railway Protection Force personnel checking passengers and luggage at Mangaluru Central Railway Station. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS The Railway Protection Force (RPF), which is entrusted with the task of safeguarding railway property, passenger areas, and the well-being of travellers, has helped 49 children reunite with their parents during the month of May. According to…
Bokaro: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Bokaro Steel City railway station seized 23 bottles of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from Kosi Super Express. A passenger was detained for attempting to smuggle the consignment into Bihar, officials said.Santosh Kumar, the officer-in-charge of the RPF post, said the operation was carried out during a routine inspection…
Varanasi: As many as 45 tortoises packed in nine bags were recovered from a bogie of Doon Express train by GRP and RPF when it reached Varanasi Junction on Monday. Police were trying to identify the smugglers carrying tortoise.Varanasi Junction GRP station in-charge Rajol Nagar said that after the Howrah bound Doon Express arrived at…
Traders and hawkers in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas staged a ‘rail roko protest’ against a statewide eviction drive. Following an eviction notice in Gobardanga, affected vendors, including women and elderly individuals, laid on the railway tracks, demanding a rehabilitation package or an alternative location to continue their businesses. The protesters stated that the eviction…
Arrested accused at Ranchi railway station Ranchi: Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized 61kg of marijuana valued at around Rs 30.50 lakh during checking of the Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express at Ranchi railway station on Sunday, police said on Monday.A team carried out the raid under ‘Operation Narcos’ and arrested Ayush Singh (22), Prince Kumar (21), and…
Patna/Buxar: The RPF and GRP have busted an inter-district liquor smuggling racket and arrested four accused, including a 20-year-old woman, in connection with the May 27 incident in which smugglers allegedly pulled the emergency chain of a moving train and fled after a scuffle with law enforcement personnel.The arrested have been identified as Jahana Khatoon…
Bengaluru: A bike stolen from KSR Bengaluru parking lot more than two months ago was recovered by Railway Protection Force (RPF) Thursday. They also apprehended a man who allegedly stole the bike, valued at almost Rs 1.2 lakh.Rakesh Chandran (name changed), a resident of Jakkur, reached the station on his Hero XPulse motorcycle, which has…
Mangaluru: Konkan Railway intensified its crackdown on ticketless travel. In April, KRCL organised 934 ticket checking drives with routine ticket checking activities, detecting 37,000 cases of unauthorised and irregular travellers. An amount of Rs 2.9 crore was collected from these passengers towards due railway fare and penalty. Cumulatively, during the financial year 2025-26, a total…
