West Central Railway

Supreme Court has on Monday sought response of the central government within a week on a plea challenging the order of the Calcutta High Court that allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe a case pertaining to illegal mining and transportation of coal through Railways in West Bengal, without the state's consent.

Two engineers of the Bhopal division of West Central Railway were placed under suspension for allegedly gang-raping a woman in a room in the railway station, an official said on Sunday.

This is the second apprentice recruitment drive conducted by the West Central Railway. The first one was held in January for 1273 posts.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of depriving the people of the state of the benefits of central schemes such as the Ayushman Bharat and Prime Minister Kisan Yojana.

A total of 1273 vacancies have been announced by the railways, selection to which will be through merit. There will be no written test or interview for selection to apprenticeship.

A 24-hour strike by central trade unions in West Bengal on Wednesday was marked by incidents of violence and arson, blocking of railway tracks and roads by protestors trying to enforce the shutdown, officials said.

Members of the Gujjar community continued to block railway tracks on the second day of their agitation today to demand implementation of the 5 per cent reservation that was promised to them by the Rajasthan government. Agitating Gujjars sat on railway tracks at Malarna Doongar near Sawai Madhopur, leading to the cancellation of 23trains and the re-...

As of now railway has already implemented the scheme in 15 of its zones with the Northereast Frontier Railway and West Central Railway being the remaining two zones.

A total of 700 train e-tickets worth Rs 10 lakh have been seized in the West Central Railway Division of Jabalpur and one person arrested, a Railway Protection Force source said on Sunday.

The East Central Railways will run nine Holi special trains in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Officials in the Railway Ministry said a final blueprint for introducing dynamic pricing through premiums and discounts will be finalised by December 31.

A 23-year-old vendor was allegedly raped onboard a passenger train when it was passing Bherkhera area under Bhopal railway division of the West Central Railway, a GRP official said today.

With the recovery of three more bodies, the death toll in the twin train derailments near here has risen to 28, a top West Central Railway (WCR) official said today.

The railway traffic in the Bhopal division of West Central Railway (WCR) continued to remain affected for the second day today following a breakdown of signalling system due to a fire at Itarsi station.

Summoned by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam, Trinamool Congress general secretary and former railway minister Mukul Roy on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and said he will contact the probe agency about his appearance.

Supreme Court has on Monday sought response of the central government within a week on a plea challenging the order of the Calcutta High Court that allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe a case pertaining to illegal mining and transportation of coal through Railways in West Bengal, without the state's consent.

Two engineers of the Bhopal division of West Central Railway were placed under suspension for allegedly gang-raping a woman in a room in the railway station, an official said on Sunday.

This is the second apprentice recruitment drive conducted by the West Central Railway. The first one was held in January for 1273 posts.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday accused the West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of depriving the people of the state of the benefits of central schemes such as the Ayushman Bharat and Prime Minister Kisan Yojana.

A total of 1273 vacancies have been announced by the railways, selection to which will be through merit. There will be no written test or interview for selection to apprenticeship.

A 24-hour strike by central trade unions in West Bengal on Wednesday was marked by incidents of violence and arson, blocking of railway tracks and roads by protestors trying to enforce the shutdown, officials said.

Members of the Gujjar community continued to block railway tracks on the second day of their agitation today to demand implementation of the 5 per cent reservation that was promised to them by the Rajasthan government. Agitating Gujjars sat on railway tracks at Malarna Doongar near Sawai Madhopur, leading to the cancellation of 23trains and the re-...

As of now railway has already implemented the scheme in 15 of its zones with the Northereast Frontier Railway and West Central Railway being the remaining two zones.

A total of 700 train e-tickets worth Rs 10 lakh have been seized in the West Central Railway Division of Jabalpur and one person arrested, a Railway Protection Force source said on Sunday.

The East Central Railways will run nine Holi special trains in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Officials in the Railway Ministry said a final blueprint for introducing dynamic pricing through premiums and discounts will be finalised by December 31.

A 23-year-old vendor was allegedly raped onboard a passenger train when it was passing Bherkhera area under Bhopal railway division of the West Central Railway, a GRP official said today.

With the recovery of three more bodies, the death toll in the twin train derailments near here has risen to 28, a top West Central Railway (WCR) official said today.

The railway traffic in the Bhopal division of West Central Railway (WCR) continued to remain affected for the second day today following a breakdown of signalling system due to a fire at Itarsi station.

Summoned by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam, Trinamool Congress general secretary and former railway minister Mukul Roy on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and said he will contact the probe agency about his appearance.