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Railway track jammed: Farmers in Punjab have announced the train stop movement, the railway track will be jammed on this date

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 Trains will be stopped at about 30 places in 18 districts of Punjab. Among them, the district. Railway track jammed Farmers in Punjab are once again going to protest on the railway track. This time there will be a large-scale protest. The farmers have announced a strike on October 3. Farmers in many districts of Punjab will sit on the railway tracks and affect the movement of trains. The farmers' organizations held a meeting under the chairmanship of farmer leader Satnam Singh Sahni on Monday and took stock of the preparations for the train stop movement to be held on October 3. Sarwan Singh Pandher, coordinator of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Morcha, said that the BJP has staged a dharna for 3 hours on October 3 against the non-punishment of former Union Home Minister and his son Ashish Monu Mishra, the main accused. A nationwide train stop movement has been announced for the rest of the 12 demands, including the Lakhimpur Khiri incident. Pandher said that trains will be stopped at ab...

Howrah Man Travels 235 Kms To Pull His 'Dead' Son Alive From Balasore Morgue

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After pulling out his 24-year-old son Biswajit from the morgue at Bahanaga High School, Helaram rushed to Balasore Hospital before bringing him to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital. New Delhi: Howrah resident Helaram Mallik travelled 235km to Balasore to recover his son alive from a makeshift morgue where he was kept with the bodies of those killed in the triple train accident. After pulling out his 24-year-old son Biswajit from the morgue at Bahanaga High School, Helaram rushed to Balasore Hospital before bringing him to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital. Biswajit, who suffered multiple bone injuries in his limbs, underwent two surgeries at the trauma care unit of SSKM Hospital here. "I saw the news on TV and then realised that I must call Biswajit to find out if he was okay. He did not initially pick up the calls and then when he did, I could hear a feeble voice on the other side," Helaram, who runs a kinara shop in Howrah, said. On the same night (June 2), he and his brother-in-law Di...

Railways Resume General Class Passenger Services Suspended Due To Covid

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"In trains already restored with regular train numbers, second class accommodation shall be earmarked reserved or unreserved as per applicability during pre-pandemic period," it said in a circular.   New Delhi:  The railways on Monday announced the resumption of general class passenger services which were suspended due to the coronavirus crisis. The railways had been running fully reserved 'special trains' during the pandemic to prevent crowding in trains so as to contain the spread of the disease. Even the general second class coaches, mostly used by people on short distances and from economically backward sections, were made reserved coaches. "In trains already restored with regular train numbers, second class accommodation shall be earmarked reserved or unreserved as per applicability during pre-pandemic period," it said in a circular. Apart from this, second class accommodation of special trains currently running as holiday special trains will als...