On Sunday, a railway worker named Anand Prakash, 49, was killed when he was hit by the Ranchi-Howrah Intercity Express near Pole No. 314-BG 13 between Bhojudih and Shivbabu dih, under the Adra Railway Division. The worker was employed in the engineering department and resided in the Bhojudih railway colony....
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His body got trapped under the train, halting the train for an hour. The GRP, notified by other workers, took possession of the body and filed a case, sending the body to Dhanbad for a post-mortem. The deceased was originally from Bihar.

The trial run for the much-awaited Vande Bharat Express train between Tata and Patna is scheduled for September 8th. The train will depart from Tatanagar station and return to Tatanagar on the same day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off three Vande Bharat Express trains, including this one,...
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from Tatanagar station in Jamshedpur on September 15th. The orange-colored Vande Bharat Express, the 64th in India, will cover the distance between Tata and Patna in 7 hours. The train will depart from Tatanagar station and stop at Purulia, Anara, Bhojudih, Mahuda, Gomo, Koderma, Gaya, and Jahanabad before reaching Patna. The tentative timings are 6 AM departure from Tatanagar and 1 PM arrival in Patna. The return journey will depart from Patna at 2 PM and arrive in Tatanagar at 10 PM.

A Vande Bharat Express train is set to operate between Tata and Patna, covering the route via Koderma-Gaya. This train will be the first to run on this route, offering a faster and more efficient travel option between the two cities. The train will travel at speeds of 130-160 km/h, reducing...
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the travel time to around seven hours. The train will operate six days a week and is expected to leave Tatanagar at 6 am, reaching Patna by 1 pm. The return journey will depart from Patna between 2-3 pm and arrive in Tatanagar between 10-11 pm. The train will have eight coaches and will be maintained at a new maintenance center being built in Tatanagar. This new service is expected to benefit thousands of passengers.

The budget allocated Rs. 10 crore for the Dhanbad-Ispatnagar line, a part of the Dhanbad-Chandrapura line, which is being constructed as a 'Y' connection at Tetulmari, Nichitpur, Matari, Telo, Dhanbad, and Ispatnagar. This project, worth Rs. 478.37 crore, will complete the 43.8 km Dhanbad-Chandrapura alternative line. Other projects funded include...
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the Giridih-Koderma (102.5 km), Koderma-Ranchi (189 km), Koderma-Tilaiya (86 km), Parsnath-Madhuban-Giridih (49 km), and Dhanbad-Chandrapura-Tund-Nichitpur (25.81 km) new lines. The budget also allocated funds for doubling the Garhwa Road-Ramna, Dania-Ranchi Road (partial), Ranchi Road-Patratu (31 km), Dhanbad-Sonnagar (291 km) lines, and for constructing a third line between Dhanbad and Sonnagar. Further, funds were allocated for constructing a flyover for down trains in Gomoh, a rail-over-rail bridge between Garhwa Road and Ramna, and a bridge over level crossings in Tetulmari, Gomoh, and Khanudih. A bridge over level crossing 20 at Keswari, replacing the existing gate, is also part of the project. Additionally, funds were allocated for the construction of a bridge over level crossing number 1 between Katrasgarh and Nichitpur, and for the doubling of the Chandrapura-Jamuniatand line, along with multi-tracking between Sonnagar and Andal, and construction of a three-kilometer marshalling yard at Sindri.

A 69-year-old woman, Khema Devi, wife of Hira Mochi from Tekuda Junbad, Chandankiyari, died after being hit by a train near the eastern cabin of Bhojudih railway station's setting yard. Her son, Chhotu Das, identified the body. He explained that his mother suffered from mental instability and often wandered away...
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from home. She had left the house on Monday morning and was not found until later that evening when news of a woman's death by train in Bhojudih surfaced. The body was identified by Chhotu Das at the GRP station late at night. After a post-mortem examination, the body was handed over to the family. A case under section 2/24 UD has been registered at the GRP station.