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  Indian Railways News  / PUJA TREAT Special Rajdhanis every week in festive month

Those planning a trip to Delhi or other locations in north India during the Pujas can travel in comfort. For the first time in recent years, Eastern Railway will run weekly special Rajdhani Expresses from Sealdah for vacationers. The Rajdhanis that will run on Fridays between October 19 and November 9 will accommodate 7,200 passengers.
    “The Rajdhani Puja Specials will provide faster and comfortable travel in keeping with the festive mood. The passengers will be charged Rajdhani fares that will include food charges. The trains will stop at Dhanbad, Gaya, Mughalsarai and Kanpur. We are sure that these special Rajdhanis will be extremely popular,” said Samir Goswami, CPRO, Eastern Railway.
    The Rajdhani Puja Special (03113 Up) will start from Sealdah at 6.40 pm and reach New Delhi at 11.05 am on Saturdays. In the Down direction, the trains (03114 Dn) will leave New Delhi at 8.05 pm on Saturdays (between October 20 and November 10) and reach Sealdah at 12.25 pm on Sundays. In this way, ER will run four pairs of these special Rajdhanis. Each train will have 18 coaches including an ACI class, three AC-II tier and 10 AC-III tier ones apart from two pantry cars and two generator cars.
    “We ran special trains to the north every year but there was a feeling that this didn’t meet the requirements of people who are used to travelling by Rajdhani Express. For such people, the fare is not a factor. In the past, many upper-class passengers either changed their travel plans or travelled by flight by paying slightly more. This year, we have given them an option to travel by train. There will also be regular Puja specials towards the north for those who don’t wish to pay extra,” an ER official said.
    This year, ER will also run trains to destinations like Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. Normally, these destinations are only covered by South Eastern Railway (SER). Of the 56 special trains to be run by ER (apart from the Special Rajdhanis), 14 will run between Kolkata and Anand Vihar, Howrah and Lokmanya Tilak and Asansol and Visakhapatnam.
    “SER will run its own special trains to various destinations. We are running trains towards Visakhapatnam and Mumbai for the benefit of passengers in the ER route. Till now, passengers from locations like Asansol would have to travel to Howrah for trains to Visakhapatnam or Mumbai. Now, they can travel by the special trains from their own locations. This year, we will generate 42,156 additional berths and 26,584 seats for vacationers,” the official added.

  Indian Railways News  / Personal vendetta behind planting of pipe bomb

Personal grudge triggered the alarming incident in which pipe bombs were detected near railway tracks at Velloor, the joint investigation launched by state police and crime branch reveals.  The investigation confirms that a 37-year old man named Senthil Kumar planted the bomb near the railway track.  According to the police,Senthil Kumar,a KSRTC driver who resides at Azhakath house in Veliyanadu near Mulanthuruthy, planted the pipe bombs and engraved the name of K J Thomas of Nirappel house, Edakkattuvayal, with whom he nurtured personal enmity, in a bid to distract the investigation towards him.  The investigation team has launched a combing operation to nab Senthil.  Tracing his mobile phone signals the police found that Senthil has got away to Coimbatore.  Meanwhile, The investigation team has taken Thomas into custody.  The team led by Pala DySP M Rameshkumar and Crime Branch Circle Inspector Biju K Stephen, raided Senthil’s house and found the parts of the clock reportedly used as the timer of the bomb and pieces of PVC pipes similar to those in which detonators were carried.  Besides, they discovered a hand glove and a shirt with paint drips which bore similarities to the incident.  Police have taken these items into custody for detailed examination.  Police also suspect that some external forces could have helped Senthil to set in the bomb, as the mechanism used was highly sophisticated.  “The connection to the circuit was misplaced in the tiffin box which averted a mishap.  Moreover, the content of the ammonium nitrate was very low, and was not enough for causing a major accident. ” said Crime Branch Circle Inspector Biju K Stephan.

  Indian Railways News  / ‘Pipe bomb in Kerala rail track planted for experimental blast’

Those who planted the pipe bomb near Railway track at Velloor near Kottayam were trying to conduct an experimental blast and subsequently trigger panic among people, sources close to police told Express. Police suspect that the primary motive of the perpetrators was to spread panic  rather than conducting blasts. The pipe bomb was unearthed adjacent to Railway track at Velloor near Kottayam on Thursday. “The bomb was found one and half meter away from the railway track. If the perpetrators wanted to make a blast, they would have put it on the track itself. Besides, they did not set the connections properly.Moreover, the explosives discovered could not have made much damage to trains” said C Rajagopal, superintendent of police.Police do not rule out the possibility of a connection between the incident to the explosion occurred at Ernakulam district collectorate in July 2009, as both the incidents have several palpable similarities. However, only detailed chemical examinations can verify this possibility. “This is a very serious incident and we need a thorough investigation to bring out the truth. We suspect the role of subversive elements behind this incident. However, we can not say anything as of now, without getting the results of chemical analysis” says Rajagopal. Meanwhile, some higher officials in the police told express that   the incidents prima facie look similar since PVC pipes were used in both the cases.The team members who first investigated Ernakulam Collectorate blast had also visited the place.

“Right now we cannot say any connection with Collectorate blast case though both the incidents look similar. We can confirm it only after the Chemical examination result is known” said P Vickraman, DySP of National Investigation Agency (NIA) who paid visited to the site.

Kottayam police has sought the help of higher police officials in the state including ADGP Vincent M Paul.

Forensic experts from Kottayam and Ernakulam collected pivotal evidences from the site. Various other investigative agencies including Railway protection force and crime branch also visited the place.

  Indian Railways News  / रेल राज्य मंत्री को बताईं समस्याएं

अबोहर (फिरोजपुर)। राम नगर के निवासियों को रेलवे क्रासिंग से रास्ता दिलाने के लिए तथा नई आबादी छोटी पोड़ी को शहर से जोड़ने के लिए अंडर पास बनाने और अन्य समस्याओं के समाधान के लिए नई दिल्ली स्थित रेल भवन में रेल राज्य मंत्री केएच मुनियप्पा से विधायक सुनील जाखड़ ने मुलाकात की।जाखड़ ने बताया कि अबोहर की नई आबादी छोटी पौड़ी से शहर से जोड़ने वाला रास्ता पिछले 30-40 वर्षों से चल रहा है, जबकि राम नगर के लोग रेलवे क्रासिंग पर फाटक न होने के कारण लाईनों के ऊपर से गुजरते हैं। शहर के बीच श्रीगंगानगर रोड पर रेलवे फाटक भारी रेल ट्रैफिक रहने से दिन में अनेकों बार बंद होने से हजारों लोगों को मुश्किलों का सामना करना पड़ता है। रेल राज्य मंत्री ने जाखड़ द्वारा अपने इलाके की बताई समस्याओं को गंभीरता से लेते हुए उन्हें मौके पर ही अंबाला डिवीजन केडीआरएम पीके साघी की ड्यूटी लगाते हुए उन्हें अपनी देखरेख में शीघ्र अबोहर में इंजीनियरों की टीम भेजने का निर्देश दिया।

  Indian Railways News  / SAMJHAUTA BOMB EXPLOSION Pak High Commission turns a blind eye to blast victims

Panipat: The lawyer who fought the battle of the kin of the Pakistani victims in the Samjhauta bomb blast to get their visa to visit India for pursuing their case for compensation is upset over the “non responsive and indifferent” attitude of High Commission of Pakistan in India.Advocate Momin Malik said that he had sent letters to the Pak High Commission twice in 2011 seeking information on the pending claims of the relatives of the victims. There has been no response inspite of 41 reminders sent by him, he said.Hapless relatives of victims of the bomb blast that occurred in Samjhauta Express at Diwana Station (Panipat) on February 18, 2007, have been running from pillar to post for compensation. Even after the Indian government cleared their case to visit India, the Pak High Commission has not shown any concern.Malik had asked the Pak High Commission to inform whether the Government of India has announced compensation to the next of kin or has it said that the compensation would be paid in accordance with railway laws.“I have sought this information so that the matter can be taken up in the High court but there is no response at all,” Malik said.“In view of non-cooperative attitude of the Pak High Commission towards its own nationals, I would now write to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani for their intervention,” he said.

Malik said that the DNA report of the victims was also not available and in case Pak High Commission furnishes the desired information, it would be easy to pursue the case for compensation in the High Court.

While pursuing the case for visa, Malik came to know that the amount of compensation of two minors Sayed Umar Ali and Sayed Fahad Ali, whose father, mother minor brother and sister were killed in the blast had not been paid any compensation and one of their relatives Afaq Hasan, a resident of Farookhabad in India, usurped the compensation in connivance with some railway officials. Similarly, parents of one Ayaz Ahmed of Karachi also died in the bomb blast and their compensation was also claimed by Afaq Hasan.

Munna Khan, a resident of Karachi also lost his wife, daughter and son in the blast and the compensation was fraudulently claimed by his co-brother Abdul Rafiq.