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…
Mumbai Western Railway snags delay local services (File Photo) MUMBAI: Western Railway’s suburban services were disrupted on Friday morning after an overhead equipment (OHE) failure between Dadar and Churchgate was followed by a point failure at Churchgate station, resulting in train cancellations and delays of 15-20 minutes.The OHE fault occurred between Dadar and Churchgate from…
A 22-year-old passenger was critically injured in the abdomen by another traveler on a Mumbai local train between Andheri and Borivali. (File photo used for representational purpose) MUMBAI: A dispute over closing the door of a crowded local train during heavy rain allegedly led to a 22-year-old passenger being stabbed inside a moving Western Railway…
Police verify documents of NEET candidates before allowing them inside an examination centre in city on Sunday Vadodara: The re-NEET examination passed off peacefully across Vadodara on Sunday, with 5,477 candidates appearing for the test at 17 centres in the city out of 6,048 registered candidates. The examination, reconducted following the controversy surrounding the earlier…
Students undergo pre-exam checks in the previous NEET exam Pune: Aditi Kulkarni, a NEET candidate from Pune, will appear for the re-test on Sunday. “I have stopped looking at social media discussions and am focusing only on revision. Biology and chemistry are my priority areas this week,” she said.Students across Maharashtra were spending the last…
The latest sanction covers installation on 598km spanning 48 block sections, at an estimated cost of Rs 140 crore Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad division of the Western Railway is set to become fully equipped with Kavach 4.0 after Indian Railways approved the expansion of the indigenous train protection system across the remaining sections of the division.The…
Mumbai : City MLA Sanjay Upadhyay has written to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav, demanding that the process of reconstruction of Borivli railway station be started soon. He also demanded an increase in the number of AC local trains between Borivli and Churchgate, and demanded that new local trains be introduced in place of the MEMU…
Vadodara: One of the busiest railway stations on the Delhi-Mumbai trunk route, Vadodara Junction is set to undergo a major transformation with Western Railway launching an ambitious yard remodelling and infrastructure modernisation project aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, passenger convenience and safety.The comprehensive project will introduce modern signalling systems, longer platforms, faster train movement within…
Vadodara:The Vadodara Division of Western Railway has achieved a major engineering milestone by completing the re-girdering of a century-old bridge over the Mahisagar River, replacing eight 320-tonne steel spans on the busy Ahmedabad-Vadodara rail corridor in what is being described as a first for Indian Railways.The ambitious re-girdering of Bridge No. 624 on the Ahmedabad–Vadodara…
The work required a complete traffic and power block on all lines in the section and was undertaken in the early hours to minimise inconvenience to commuters The work required a complete traffic and power block on all lines in the section and was undertaken in the early hours to minimise inconvenience to commuters The…
