Patna junction news

Patna, May 30 (IANS) A probe has been launched after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) received a call threatening to blow up the Patna railway junction. The RPF, along with the General Railway Police (GRP), immediately swung into action late on Monday night and launched a search operation after the call, which turned out to be a hoax. Intensive search operations were carried out across all 10 platforms late on Monday night. The officials also searched the baggage of passengers on the platforms as well as in the trains that were arriving. The RPF also took the help of bomb and dog squads during the search operation. "On receiving a threatening call to blow up Patna Junction railway station, we immediately launched a search operation on all platforms, waiting halls, rest rooms, washrooms, clock room, parking area apart from the baggage of passengers on board trains as well as on the platforms. Nothing could be found," said Vipin Chaturvedi, inspector of RPF Patna. The security agencies of Patna have received threatening calls in the past. The official said that they are on the high alert. "We have informed the higher authorities as well as Patna police. Efforts are on to trace the call," he said. Disclaimer: This story has not been edited by the Sakshi Post team and is auto-generated from syndicated feed. Amaravati: Indian cricket team player KS Bharat (Kona Srikar Bharat) called on Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Camp Office here on Thursday. Bharat was accompa...

Police arrested fugitive CRPF jawan Rajesh Kumar Ranjan from Saharsa who threatened to blow up Patna Junction. Police have recovered mobile and four sim cards from him. He is basically a resident of Ward No. 2 of Sair Bazar police station of Saharsa. To teach a lesson to his third wife, he called Patna Control Room (PCR) on Monday night at 11 pm from her mobile phone number and threatened to blow up Patna Junction. Along with this, it was also said that bombs have been planted at many places including parcels. Fugitive CRPF jawan arrested from Saharsa Patna Control Room immediately informed the Rail Control Room about this. After this, investigation was started on that mobile number 8210873730, from which the call was received. Threatened by calling five times from this number. On the other hand, Patna Police became active along with the rail and a search operation was conducted with the help of bomb and dog squad for about six hours from 11 am to early morning on the entire Patna Junction. However, no suspicious object was found. After this, the police traced the threatening mobile number and raided Saharsa and arrested Rajesh Kumar Ranjan at 4 am on Tuesday. During the search operation, the operation of trains also had to be stopped from 11 am to 12 noon on Monday night. Due to this many trains of up and down line were stopped here and there and the train also got late. The third wife also eloped with her lover, made a call to trap her Rajesh Kumar Ranjan is an abscondin...

After reaching Patna Junction, the train was brought to Rajendra Nagar Terminal's coach complex, reported LiveHindustan. The trial run of the Vande Bharat Express will be specially monitored by the Senior engineer of IFC Chennai. There has been no official announcement of the date when the Vande Bharat Express will begin its operation on the Patna-Ranchi route. Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat express features and facilities The Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express will encompass five general and one luxury coach. The train will have a capacity of 530 passengers in a single journey with two loco pilots. The train will travel at a speed of 128 to 130 kmph. The high-tech train is fully fireproof and contains a lot of safety measures for passengers. The arrival of the Vande Bharat Express at Patna Junction was celebrated with cheerful clapping and selfie session, reported LiveHindustan. The train departed from Chennai's Integral Coach Factory on June 3 at 5:10 pm. Railway employees like loco pilots, and crew members, will undergo training before the beginning of the high-speed train. Tentative route of Bihar's first Vande Bharat Express The proposed route of the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express is also expected to be finalised soon. The Railway ministry is planning to run the Vande Bharat Express on the newly laid Patna-Gaya-Koderma-Hazaribagh Town-Barkakana-BIT Mesra-Tatisilwai-Ranchi route to cover an approximate distance of 378 kilometer, reported Times of India citing anonymous so...

Patna. The security of the highly sensitive railway station Patna Junction is now going to be hi-tech. If the passengers have to take any luggage in the train, then it will have to be checked first. This facility will be available at both ends of the junction. The machine has been sent for testing. The work of installing luggage scanner machine is also going to start soon. Once the machine is installed, passengers will have to get it tested in the scanner before taking their luggage to the station. Due to having two machines, the weight of the luggage of the passengers will also be less. Lakhs of passengers come daily from all over Bihar including Patna at the junction. Metal detector will be attached to the machine After the scanner machine, there is also a provision to install a metal detector right next to it. Whichever passenger will keep his bag in the machine, checking will be done along with it. According to officials, this machine will be made operational soon. Let us tell you that the machine was installed a few years ago, but this facility was stopped after the machine broke down. Now after the arrival of the new machine, this facility will start once again. What is CPRO CPRO of East Central Railway Virendra Kumar said that this step is being taken to increase the security of Patna Junction. Two luggage scanner machines are being installed here. All the passengers who enter from platform 1 or 10, their luggage will be checked. A separate security team will be rea...

PATNA: A state-of-the-art AC executive lounge-cum-restroom has been made functional at Patna Junction to cater to the needs of elite class passengers. According to Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Prabhat Kumar, railways wanted to utilise the space which was earlier used by the IRCTC to run a food plaza on the platform number 1 at Patna Junction. “Railways roped in a noted hospitality sector firm to develop a modern VIP lounge-cum-restroom on nominal service charges from passengers during their stay there,” he said. Besides, a food court has also been launched on the ground floor while the AC executive lounge is located on the first floor. Passengers can also book their meals or snacks for delivery during journey on the WhatsApp numbers 852146998/6287399701 in advance, he said. Passengers taking rest in the AC lounge will have to pay nominal service charge of Rs35 and Rs175 for the first one hour for taking rest on bed. Railways will charge Rs150 for the second one hour. The lounge has well furnished four beds and comfortable chairs for the passengers, he said. The lounge is equipped with free Wi-Fi facility. According to the DRM, Patna Junction is being developed gradually with all kinds of facilities which are available at a world-class station. Escalators, lifts, VIP lounge, food court, cleanliness and passengers’ security are the major priorities of the railways in the Danapur division, he said, adding that the number of CCTV cameras has been increased while ni...