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Southern Railway installing Integrated Security

Chennai : Southern Railways will be installing Integrated Security System(ISS) in all major railway stations as part of its initiative to step upsecurity measures. The ISS includes CCTVs, access control, personal and baggage screening systemand explosive detection and disposal system, a release issued by the Southern Railways said. Procurement of bomb squad equipment and other modern security equipment was also under progress, the release said.

Gomo rly stn. now Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose rly stn.

Ranchi : Indian Railways Friday paid tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by renaming a railway station in Jharkhand after him. Railways Minister Lalu Prasad announced the new name of the Gomo railway station that comes under the Dhanbad railway division. The railway station will be now known as the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose railwaystation, Lalu Prasad said. Bose had stayed for some time in Gomo when his Indian National Army was fighting British rule in the country.'In the coming months, Jharkhand will get many gifts from the Indian Railways,' Lalu Prasad said.

5 Members of Cheater Gang Arrested

Darbhanga : Five members of a gang, who used to cheat people by promising to double theirmoney, were arrested from near the railway station area here last night, policesaid today. They said acting on a tip-off, a team of district police led byRailway police station officer in charge Sanjay Kumar, rounded up five members of the gang who had duped several people in the district by promising them todouble their money within minutes. On the basis of complaints lodged by some ofthe cheated people and necessary information provided by them, the police arrested the five while they were boarding a train. A large amount of cash along with some counterfeit notes were recovered from them, the police said adding that all the five had been brought to the district police head quarters for interrogation. The police was on the look out for the gang members for the past few months following reports that several people had been cheated by them in the name of doubling their money in a whisker.

BJP accused Lalu Prasad of taking

political mileage during Govt. function

Ranchi : The BJP today accused Railway Minister Lalu Prasad of taking political mileage during a government function organised at the Gomo railway station during whichhe urged people to vote for the UPA in the coming Lok Sabha election. ''Mr. Prasad has no right to urge people to vote in UPA's favour during a government function and we lodge our protest against him,'' party's state secretary Dinesahnand Goswami said. Yesterday, during a function to rename the railway station as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Gomo junction, Mr Prasad urged people to vote in favour of UPA toform a secular government at the Centre. Criticising UPA for present political crisis in the state Mr Goswami said fresh Assembly polls should be held to end the present political crisis in the state.''Fresh polls should be held after dissolving state Assembly,'' the BJP leader said.

ER-Trains rescheduled due to late running Assam bound trains

Kolkata : Due to suspension of night running of Mail/Express trains in Assam region by the North East Frontier Railway, many following trains, running through Eastern railway system, will either be cancelled or short terminated. The trains, which would be cancelled are 2517 Up/2518 Dn Kolkata-Guwahati Garib Rath Express, 5657 Up/5658 Dn Sealdah-Guwahati Kanchenjungha Express, which willremain cancelled from Sealdah on January 25 and 26 and from Guwahati on January 24, 25 and 26 and 5930 Dn Dibrugarh Town-Chennai Egmore Express, which willremain cancelled from Dibrugarh town on January 26, an Eastern railway releasesaid. Similarly, the trains, which would be short-terminated are 5959 Up Kamrup Express to be short terminated at Guwahati on January 24, 25 and 26 and the corresponding down train 5960 Dn will originate from Guwahati on January 25, 26and 27. 2345 Up Saraighat Express will also be short terminated at New Bangaigaon on January 25, 26 and the corresponding down train 2346 Dn willoriginate from there on January 25 and 26. Also, 4055 Dn Dibrugarh town-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail will originate from Guwahati on January 25, 26 and 27 and 4056Up Brahmaputra Mail will be terminated at Guwahati on January 24, 25 and 26January. 5639 Up Puri-Guwahati Express will be terminated at New Jalpaiguri on January 25 and will work from there as 5642 Dn Guwahati-Jhajha Express onJanuary 26.The 2456 New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Special will be terminated at New Bangaigaon on January 26 and will work from there as 2455 Dn on January 27, therelease added.

Bridge collapsed-2 labourers injured

Bilaspur : Two labourers were seriously injured when a portion of an under-constructed railway bridge collapsed on Bilaspur-Katni route under Civil Lines area here today, police said. Two slabs of the overbridge over Uslapur rail lines were collapsed suddenly prompting two labourers to jump. Both the labourers were injured critically andadmitted to hospital.A major accident was averted as the nearby railway gate was opened and movementof people was less. A bike, parked under the bridge, was also damaged, A casehad been registered in this regard, the police added.

NFR suspends trains for security reasons

Agartala : Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has suspended two pairs of trains between Agartala and Assam following security threat on the eve of Republic Day. Announcing the decision, NFR officials last night said Assam government had declined to provide security for train movements between Agartala, Badarpur and Silchar even during the celebration of Republic Day. Therefore no train would move outside Tripura till January 27 from today, railway officials added.''Only a pair of local trains would move between Agartala and Dharmanagar because Tripura government has agreed to provide security along railway lines,''the officials said. Tripura government has been demanding resumption of train service on Lumding-Badarpur route providing sufficient security to connect southern partsof the region but nothing substantial was done so far, officials stated. Railway service in Tripura had been affected for past three months following attack from militant outfit Dimasa Black Widow (DBW), which forced NFR authority to suspend six trains between Lumding and Badarpur.