Train services disrupted as boulders fall on railway track between Yedakumari and Shirabagilu stations

Train services disrupted as boulders fall on railway track between Yedakumari and Shirabagilu stations

After boulders fell on the railway track between Yedakumari and Shirabagilu railway stations, services of three trains were disrupted on Saturday (June 21, 2025) morning. The Bengaluru-Kannur Express train (16511) has been stopped at Kadagaravalli. Bengaluru-Murudeshwara Express (16585) and Vijayapura – Mangaluru Central (07377) have been stopped at Sakaleshpur. Boulders fell on the track around … Read more

Modi virtually inaugurates five rly stations redeveloped under Amrit Bharat scheme

Modi virtually inaugurates five rly stations redeveloped under Amrit Bharat scheme

Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot participating in the formal inauguration of redeveloped Dharwad Railway Station on Thursday. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated 103 redeveloped railway stations across the country. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Five railway stations under South Western Railway (SWR) zone in the State, Gokak Road, Gadag, Munirabad, Dharwad and Bagalkot, that have … Read more

Install CCTVs in all rooms of police stations, M.P. High Court tells DGP

Install CCTVs in all rooms of police stations, M.P. High Court tells DGP

Image for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State police to ensure that CCTV cameras with audio recording are installed in each room of all police stations in the next three months. In an order dated October 21, a single Bench of Justice G. S. Ahluwalia, hearing a … Read more

Odisha CM asks IPS officers to receive women with complaints cordially at police stations

Odisha CM asks IPS officers to receive women with complaints cordially at police stations

Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi addressing IAS and IPS officers in Bhubaneswar on September 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Close on the heels of a massive controversy that erupted around the alleged custodial abuse of an Army officer and his fiancée in a Bhubaneswar police station recently, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi … Read more

Karnataka has the highest number of EV stations in India: Bureau of Energy Efficiency  

Karnataka has the highest number of EV stations in India: Bureau of Energy Efficiency  

Around 85% of these EV stations (4,462) are in Bengaluru Urban district | Photo Credit: File photo With 5,765 charging stations, Karnataka has the highest number of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the country, according to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Around 85% of these stations (4,462) are in Bengaluru Urban district.  … Read more

E-pass for T.N. hill stations | Nilgiris residents who own vehicles registered in other districts also have to get e-pass

E-pass for T.N. hill stations | Nilgiris residents who own vehicles registered in other districts also have to get e-pass

Nilgiris residents, who own vehicles that are registered outside of the Nilgiris will need to get an e-pass from the Regional Transport Office in Udhagamandalam to continue using their vehicles without hassle within the district, a press release stated. Following the Madras High Court’s order that said vehicles entering the Nilgiris will need to mandatorily … Read more

9 special polling stations for internally displaced people in Outer Manipur seat

9 special polling stations for internally displaced people in Outer Manipur seat

Nine special polling stations have been set up for internally displaced people in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat that will head to the polls on Friday. Polling in 13 assembly segments of Outer Manipur seat, a seat reserved for the scheduled tribes, will be held in eight districts – Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tamenglong, Noney, Senapati, … Read more

Uttar Pradesh govt. plans to install 100 Telemetric Weather Stations across to monitor drought

Uttar Pradesh govt. plans to install 100 Telemetric Weather Stations across to monitor drought

Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced plans to establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) to monitor drought situation in the 100 most drought-prone tehsils in the State, including all tehsils in the seven districts of Bundelkhand region. “In a bid to effectively monitor drought conditions in Uttar Pradesh, U.P. government will establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) … Read more

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

SP visits border polling stations, directs to step up security

West Godavari district Superintendent of Police, Ajita Vajendla, inspecting a polling station in Akiveedu mandal on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Superintendent of Police Ajitha Vajendla inspected the polling stations located on Eluru and West Godavari districts border villages on Thursday. The SP, who made surprise checks in the polling booths at Upputeru, Dempagadapa and other … Read more

RTI reply on line doubling between Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction Stations amuses patrons

RTI reply on line doubling between Mangaluru Central and Mangaluru Junction Stations amuses patrons

Train No. 16585 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express switches towards the single-line track towards Mangaluru Central Railway Station from the Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur double line at Jeppu Kudpady in Mangaluru on December 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Notwithstanding demands from railway patrons, including the Pashchima Karavali Railway Abhivriddhi Samithi to double the … Read more