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Fire in Indian Railway train Central Railway has positioned a dedicated mobile number, 9004414444, at Zonal Security Control Room to take prompt action on information about carrying banned substances on trains. This has been done after a series of fire occurred in trains in recent past and the culprit was identified as inflammable material being transported in passengers bogies. The initiative was taken by Railway Ministry after a bogie of Solapur-bound passenger train caught fire on October 16, 2012. A highly placed source of Commercial Department confirmed the information on request of anonymity. The officer said that Chairman of Railway Board, Vinay Mittal, had written a letter to General Manager, Central Railway, Subodh Jain, to take care about recent incidents involving fire in coaches, which have led to loss of human life. Sources informed that passengers, who notice other passengers carrying inflammatory goods in trains, should pass on information on the mobile number...

Duranto Express of Indian Railway Booty worth Rs 5 lakhs was stolen by tricksters abroad Chennai-Jaipur Express on Saturday. The three passengers, all women were deceived by gang of four who pocketed the ornaments and cash under guise of helping them. The complainant Anju Bisani (41), Chennai, was travelling in the train and was to detrain at Katol. She was travelling with her sister, Vibha Chandak and they were in B-2 bogie. The theft as per the FIR occurred between Kalmeshwar and Katol when the sisters duo and their cousin, Neetu Bhutada, were planning to get down at next station. Neetu had boarded the train at Nagpur. Around four youth came forward and helped them arrange their luggage.  The three sisters went to home and while checking the luggage found their ornaments missing, and then realised the trick played by helpful quartet.  The four had managed to cordon of the three in a way that they could not notice their luggage.  The youth opened the lug...

Home guards in India Diwali is a festival of joy. However, for Home Guards attached to Nagpur district headquarters, Diwali has proven to be a lost opportunity for no fault of theirs. The service of 29 Home Guards working with Central Railway for four months, was discontinued as a ‘Babu’ with Home Guards headquarters at Mumbai got transferred and proposal for extension of their services awaits approval. These Home Guards were working at Nagpur, Ajni, and Wardha railway stations. There are 450 men working with Railway Protection Force (RPF) and as many as 150 posts in RPF are lying vacant across Nagpur Division of Central Railways. Considering the vacancies, the Railways administration decided to deploy Home Guards at Nagpur, Ajni and Wardha stations. Accordingly, Home Guards were deployed on June 2, 2012. They were deployed on various duties including in parking areas, scanners, and other places. Home Guards proved their worth with their performance. A Home Guard at Nagpur r...

TWO young lovers ended their lives by jumping in front of a running train on Godhni line near Mankapur Railway Crossing in Koradi area on Wednesday midnight. It is believed that parental opposition to their affair drove them to suicide.  Mutilated bodies of Rashmi Sunil Bawangade (17), a resident of Quarter No 28, Model Town, Bezonbag, and Arman alias Deepak Karamchandani (21), a resident of HUDCO Colony, Jaripatka, were found on railway track around midnight. Rashmi was a 12th standard student of Tidke Mahavidyalaya. Arman ran an electronic goods shop at Warpakhad. It is learnt that families of Rashmi and Arman were opposed to their affair. They had also warned the two to stay away from each other.  According to information, Rashmi left home for college at around 1 pm on Wednesday but did not return till late evening. Her parents lodged a complaint with Jaripatka Police stating that Arman had kidnapped their daughter luring her with a promise of marriage. On the ba...

IN A case of ‘instant justice,’ an irate mob of villagers and factory workers lynched a drunk driver after his speeding truck  crushed a school boy to death and seriously injured two other children on Wardha bypass near MIDC Butibori on Thursday evening. After attempting to to set afire the ‘killer’ truck, hundreds of villagers and factory workers blocked the highway for more than two hours. Akshay Charandas Dhore (15), a resident of Ganeshpur, died instanteously after he was run over by the truck (MH-40/N-1872). Rahul Ashok Dehriya (14), also a resident of Ganeshpur, and  Tabassum Iqbal Khan (15), a resident of MIDC, Butibori, who were returning with Akshay from Nistane High School, were seriously injured. The injured children were rushed to Maya Hospital. As their condition started deteriorating, they were admitted to Shree Hospital in the city. Soon after the mishap, villagers and factory workers blocked the truck a few metres from the accident spot. They pulled ou...

IN yet another daring sensational daylight robbery, three unidentified armed robbers looted gold and silver ornaments worth over Rs 1.58 crore from one of the representatives of Khandelwal Logistics courier at knife point at Jaistambh Square near busy Railway Station on Tuesday morning. After snatching a trolley bag and an airbag containing the ornaments from Pradip Vishwanath Vighe (50), a representative of Khandelwal Logistics Pvt Ltd, the robbers sped away on a motorcycle. Prima facie, investigators said, it was a well-planned robbery as the robbers had concrete information about the courier agent carrying consignment of gold ornaments.  However, the police were groping in dark about the perpetrators involved the sensational street crime that took place in full public view. As a face saving measure, cops detained two anti-socials for questioning in this connection.  A resident of Anand Nagar, Amravati, Pradip Vighe is working with Khandelwal Logistics for the p...