All stories by Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Sampark Kranti Exp crew suspended for speeding over 20 kmph
Rediff.com26 Jul 2024This is the third reported incident in the past two months in the Agra Division in which the crew of an express train violated the speed restriction.
Railways reduces speed of Vande Bharat till Kavach is operational
Rediff.com27 Jun 2024The Railway Board has reduced the speed of semi-high speed trains Gatimaan Express and Vande Bharat from 160 kmph to 130 kmph till the automatic train protection system gets operational.
Kanchanjunga mishap: Unions claim new proof for goods train driver's innocence
Rediff.com22 Jun 2024The station master of Ranipatra, following the railway operation norms, issued the authority letter T/A 912 to all train drivers to pass through defective signals.
Bengal train crash: Initial probe blames lapses by goods train crew
Rediff.com20 Jun 2024Meanwhile, the drivers' union rejected the initial probe report alleging "external influence".
Initial probe faults Rayagada passenger train crew for Andhra accident
Rediff.com30 Oct 2023Signed by seven experts, the preliminary report said they carefully examined the accident site, available evidence, statements of officials concerned, data logger report and the speedometer chart.
Man stays at Delhi 5-star hotel for 2 years sans payment, booked
Rediff.com21 Jun 2023The hotel, Roseate House in Aerocity near the Indira Gandhi International Airport, has lodged a case at IGI Airport police station.
American Airlines peeing accused can still fly other airlines
Rediff.com8 Mar 2023Indian civil aviation norms don't apply to foreign aviation companies, experts said.
Drunk flyer booked for peeing on passenger on board American Airlines
Rediff.com5 Mar 2023A passenger on a New York-New Delhi American Airlines flight allegedly urinated on a fellow male passenger in a drunken state, sources said on Sunday.
PAN details of Dhoni, Shilpa Shetty used in credit card fraud
Rediff.com3 Mar 2023Some of the celebrities whose names and details were used by the fraudsters are Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Madhuri Dixit, Emraan Hashmi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Shahadra Rohit Meena said.
Farmer takes on cybercriminal, recovers lakhs lost in fraud
Rediff.com19 Feb 2023Pawan Kumar Soni, a 55-year-old farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that flashed on his mobile phone.
Railway job seekers made to count trains, duped of crores
Rediff.com20 Dec 2022They had been told that this was part of their training for positions of travel ticket examiner (TTE), traffic assistants and clerks, and each of them paid amounts ranging between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 24 lakh to get the jobs in the Railways, according to a complaint filed with the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Aaftab's 'confessions' have no legal validity: Experts
Rediff.com1 Dec 2022The reported 'confessions', including those allegedly made before a magistrate, by Mehrauli killing accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala do not have conclusive legal validity, experts said, doubting that several key conditions were not fulfilled.
VIPs get sexual favours inside Tihar, says ex-official
Rediff.com24 Nov 2022'During my tenure, I have even seen influential people asking for sexual favour and availing it. Sodomy is common inside Tihar and the powerful people get such favours from inmates either mutually or with the help of jail officials'