Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off 11 Vande Bharat trains on September 15th from Platform No. 1 of Tatanagar Railway Station. The event will last 10 minutes, followed by a 50-minute ceremony at the parking lot. Modi will remotely activate the trains and wave the flag to signal their departure....
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He will also meet students of a local Kendriya Vidyalaya and address the public in the station area. This will be followed by a roadshow in Bistupur and attendance at a BJP event in Gopal Maidan. The station will be under SPG security from September 11th, with limited passenger movement. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will visit Tatanagar on September 14th to review development projects and attend the main event. The 11 Vande Bharat trains to be flagged off include Tatanagar-Patna, Tatanagar-Berhampur, Deoghar-Varanasi, Nagpur-Secunderabad, Agra Cantt-Banaras, Raipur-Visakhapatnam, Gaya-Howrah, Rourkela-Howrah, Bhagalpur-Howrah, Pune-Hubli, and Varanasi-Deoghar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off 11 Vande Bharat Express trains, including three running through Tatanagar, on September 15th. He will depart the Tata-Patna Vande Bharat from Tatanagar station at 10:30 AM. He will also virtually flag off 10 other trains. The Rourkela-Howrah Vande Bharat is set to undergo a...
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trial run in the next few days. PM Modi will spend approximately 30 minutes at Tatanagar station, interacting with school children and railway staff onboard the Vande Bharat Express. He will then attend an agriculture department program in the station's parking area, followed by a public gathering at Gopal Maidan. Notably, the Tata-Patna Vande Bharat Express, during its trial run, was subjected to stone-pelting, resulting in broken window panes between the Bandhua-Tanakuppa stations in the Dhanbad railway division. The incident occurred while the train was en route from Tata to Gomoh, prompting an investigation by authorities and personnel from the Kodarma RPF Post's Paharapur Outpost.

A gang involved in defrauding unemployed individuals by promising jobs in various departments, including the Railways, has been exposed. The mastermind behind the racket, 82-year-old Sachendra Sharma, a retired clerk from the Secretariat, has been arrested and sent to jail. Two unemployed individuals, Saurabh and Mohan, have filed a complaint with...
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the Bela police station, alleging that they were duped of Rs. 15 lakh under the pretense of getting jobs as Ticket Collectors in the Railways. The complaint names six individuals, including famous bhajan singer Sonu Muskaan, Kabir, a railway employee allegedly working at Danapur Railway Station, and Shyam Babu Singh, a businessman from the Ahiyapur Market Committee. ASP Nagar, Bhanu Pratap Singh, stated that an investigation revealed the involvement of over 30 people in the racket, with connections to several cities including Patna, Muzaffarpur, Sasaram, and Bardhaman. The gang would collect money from victims and provide them with fake training and joining letters. They would later be informed that the jobs were fake, exposing them to the scam. The ASP also mentioned that the gang was operating a similar racket in other departments like FCI, Steel Plant, and Central Police Officer roles. The victims, Saurabh and Mohan, stated in their complaint that they were desperate for jobs. They were introduced to Sonu Muskaan by Shyam Kishor Singh, a potato and onion merchant from the Market Committee. Sonu Muskaan introduced them to Sachendra Sharma, claiming that he could get them jobs for a fee of Rs. 1 lakh. After collecting Rs. 1 lakh each from Saurabh and Mohan, they were introduced to Sachendra Sharma on July 2nd and 4th. He had them fill out forms and collect Rs. 7 lakh each, after which they received fake joining letters from the Railways by post. Saurabh was to join in Wazirganj, Gaya, and Mohan in Bardhaman, West Bengal. Upon reaching Wazirganj Railway Station, Saurabh was informed by the station master that the joining letter was fake. He managed to escape the situation with the police. Mohan also faced a similar situation in Bardhaman Junction.

The President of the Central Bihar Chamber of Commerce, Vipendra Agrawal, has requested the Indian Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, to introduce direct train services between Gaya and Bengaluru, and Gaya and Mumbai. Agrawal emphasizes the importance of improved connectivity for the pilgrimage and tourism industry in Gaya. He highlighted the existing...
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train from Patna to Bengaluru, and the need for a direct train from Gaya to benefit the people of Magadh region and the neighboring districts of Jharkhand. The request also acknowledges the recent selection of Gaya as a potential industrial park in Bihar, and the ongoing efforts to upgrade Gaya Junction to international standards.