Suresh Prabhu On Train Derailment

After two train accidents in five days, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tweeted today that he had taken "full moral responsibility", suggesting that he had offered to quit. The Prime Minister, he shared, had asked him to "wait". Commenting on the move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "Accountability is a goo...

Preliminary responses from various divisions of the railways today indicated that human error might be at the bottom of a train accident that claimed 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. It now appears that some repair work on the tracks was in progress, of which the station master of Khatauli, the nearest station, claimed to have been unaware.

Hours after 14 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailed near Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Wednesday morning, Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has ordered a detailed inquiry over the incident.

Rescue workers have called off the search for possible survivors in the wreckage of the Indore-Patna Express that went off track on Sunday, killing 143 passengers in their sleep and leaving hundreds injured.

The train tragedy near Kanpur that left close to 100 dead could have been caused due to rail fracture, according to railway sources.

Suresh Prabhu's Rail Budget 2016-17 focused on customer comfort and satisfaction and announced no hike in train fares. The minister said his three focuses are, "revenue, norms and structure. This year's Rail Budget drew mixed reactions from various ministers.

After two train accidents in five days, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tweeted today that he had taken "full moral responsibility", suggesting that he had offered to quit. The Prime Minister, he shared, had asked him to "wait". Commenting on the move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "Accountability is a goo...

Preliminary responses from various divisions of the railways today indicated that human error might be at the bottom of a train accident that claimed 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. It now appears that some repair work on the tracks was in progress, of which the station master of Khatauli, the nearest station, claimed to have been unaware.

Hours after 14 coaches of Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailed near Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Wednesday morning, Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has ordered a detailed inquiry over the incident.

Rescue workers have called off the search for possible survivors in the wreckage of the Indore-Patna Express that went off track on Sunday, killing 143 passengers in their sleep and leaving hundreds injured.

The train tragedy near Kanpur that left close to 100 dead could have been caused due to rail fracture, according to railway sources.

Suresh Prabhu's Rail Budget 2016-17 focused on customer comfort and satisfaction and announced no hike in train fares. The minister said his three focuses are, "revenue, norms and structure. This year's Rail Budget drew mixed reactions from various ministers.