A black Scorpio car belonging to Vijay Shankar Yadav, residing near Namkum station, was stolen on Wednesday night. The victim filed a police report against unknown individuals. Police reviewed CCTV footage and found three to four youths arriving in a car and stealing the Scorpio at around 2:30 am. The footage...
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shows the Scorpio heading towards Tata Silvey, followed by the thieves' car. The stolen Scorpio crossed various toll plazas: Ormanjhi at 3:15 am, Hazaribagh at 4:15 am, Barhi at 4:20 am, and Rajauli at 5:20 am. The police are chasing the thieves based on the CCTV footage. The thieves are believed to have fled towards Bihar.

The Indian budget has included funding for two new railway lines: Kandra-Namkum and Chakulia-Buramara. These lines are estimated to cost over 1600 crores. Although the budget mentions these lines, the specific fund allocation has not been confirmed. The new routes will shorten the distance between Tatanagar and Ranchi/Bhubaneswar by 40...
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kilometers. The South Eastern Railway Zone proposed these projects to the Railway Board. The South Eastern Railway Zone received approval for 733 projects, including Tatanagar, Chakradharpur, Ranchi, Kharagpur, and Adra divisions. These projects will involve over 68,000 crore in spending. While some new lines, track doubling, station expansions, and over/under bridges are already underway in Chakradharpur division, other projects are in the surveying and DPR (Detailed Project Report) stages, awaiting approval from the Railway Board or the zone.

On Thursday, the Principal Chief Safety Officer of South Eastern Railway, Pradeep Kumar, conducted a safety audit of the Hatia-Muri rail section. The inspection included a check of level crossings on the Silli-Muri section, crew lobbies and running rooms at Muri station, and facilities for crew and guards. The audit also...
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covered AC rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian kitchens, toilets, bathrooms, running room registers, and complaint books. Following this, a technical inspection was carried out on the Gautamdhara-Ganga Ghat section, Tatisilwai station and yard point, crossings, and the Tatisilwai-Namkum stretch. Instructions were given to ensure vigilance in train operations. Present at the site were ADRM Manish Kumar, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer Piyush Gupta, Transport Manager Basant Sharma, Chief Signal Engineer Gaurav Singh, SC Chaudhary, Divisional Safety Officer N. Srinivasan, Shreya Singh, and others. In terms of passenger convenience, the coach composition of two pairs of trains operating through Ranchi Railway Division has been altered. The Hyderabad-Raxul Express, starting from November 14th, will consist of 22 coaches, including a generator car, an SLRD, four general class coaches, seven second class sleeper coaches, six ST three-tier coaches, two AC two-tier coaches, and a VPH coach. The Raxul-Hyderabad Express will have the same coach composition starting from November 17th. Due to development work on the Muri-Chandil section under the Ranchi Railway Division of South Eastern Railway, a mega block will be implemented on November 14th. As a result, the Tata Nagar-Barkakana-Tata Nagar MEMU Passenger via Muri and the Tata Nagar-Hatia-Tata Nagar MEMU Special trains will be canceled on that date.

The Amrit Bharat Station scheme in the Ranchi Railway Division is behind schedule. While the work is progressing at a rapid pace at Ranchi, Namkum, Tatisilwai, Lohardaga, and Ramgarh stations, the rest are only 40-50% complete. The deadline for the work is March 2025. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the...
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project in February 2024. The scheme is meant to revamp the stations of Balasiring, Govindpur Road, Orga, Tulin, Piska, Bano, Gangaghat, Tatisilwai, Silli, Ramgarh Cantt, Suisa, Namkum, Muri, Jhalida, Lohardaga, Ranchi, and Hatia. Work is progressing rapidly at Ranchi station, focusing on the southern section, including a second entrance, ticket office, parking, and approach road, with the main building yet to be started. At Namkum, the work is focused on platform sheds, waiting rooms, toilets, widening of the entrance, and beautification of the building, with a goods train shed also under construction. The Piska Yard work is yet to commence, with a survey in progress for the Lodhma-Piska bypass line. The Lodhma approach road is complete, and the station building is ready, awaiting internal finishing. In Lohardaga, significant progress has been made in developmental work, especially for passenger facilities, as this line connects to the Tori line, anticipating higher train traffic in the future. A new ramp has been built, replacing the old one, and goods shed and approach road work are in progress. Ramgarh Cantt, also part of the scheme, has seen the completion of a new waiting room replacing the old one, along with extensive electrical work.

The Jharkhand Chamber's Railway Subcommittee held a meeting on Tuesday where they raised concerns about the lack of general and sleeper coaches in major trains, leading to long waiting lists and inconvenience for passengers. The committee requested the South Eastern Railway to increase the frequency of the Ranchi-Kamakhya train to daily...
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as it is the only train connecting the North East and there are no direct flights. They also demanded an increase in the number of seats at Ranchi, Hatia, Muri, and Namkum stations, along with more fans and water coolers at Tulin and Kotshila stations. The committee urged the implementation of a rate chart board for porters at the station, promotion of exam special trains, regular operation of Hatia-Durg special train, and the extension of the Ganga Sutlej Express to Ranchi. Additionally, the chamber president requested a reduction in Vande Bharat train fares for accessibility to all classes.