To enhance passenger facilities during the Maha Kumbh, the Prayagraj Junction and Prayagraj Rambag stations will undergo yard remodelling. This will result in the cancellation of some trains on this route, while others will have their routes changed. The Hapa-Naharlagun Special (train number 09525) departing from Hapa on October 16th will...
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be cancelled. The Rameswaram-Banaras Express (train number 22535) running till October 16th will be diverted via Manikpur-Prayagraj Chhivki. The train will halt at Prayagraj Chhivki for 5 minutes. The Banaras-Rameswaram Express (train number 22536) will also follow the same route till October 20th. Additionally, automatic signalling between Dominigarh-Jagatbela on the Gorakhpur-Gonda rail section and non-interlocking work at Dominigarh station will be undertaken. Due to this, the Lalkuan-Varanasi City Special (train number 05055) will be cancelled on October 14th and 21st, while the Varanasi City-Lalkuan Special (train number 05056) will be cancelled on October 15th and 22nd. Several other trains including the Barouni-New Delhi Special, Darbhanga-New Delhi Special, Katihar-Amritsar Express, Howrah-Kathgodam Express, Jammu Tawi-Bhagalpur Express, Anand Vihar Terminus-Saharsa Express, Naharlagun-Anand Vihar Terminus Express, and Purnea Court-Amritsar Express will be diverted or rescheduled during this period. The Nautanwa-Durg Express will run via Gorakhpur-Bhatni-Mau Cantt-Prayagraj Chhivki on October 19th. On October 27th, the Varanasi City-Lucknow Jn. Krishak Express will be rescheduled for 3 hours and will not halt at Jagatbela station from October 18th to 27th.

A cleanliness fortnight was launched in Varanasi on the birth anniversaries of Gandhi and Shastri. On Thursday, 'Clean Station Day' was celebrated at Banaras, Varanasi City, Mau, Ghazipur City, Ballia, Azamgarh, and other stations under the North Eastern Railway (Varanasi Division). The event included a cleanup drive, rallies to raise awareness,...
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and distribution of cotton bags to encourage plastic-free stations. Feedback was also sought from passengers.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating colleagues of Satyam Kumar Singh, a senior divisional engineer of the Northeast Railway (Varanasi Division), after his arrest. Satyam is accused of helping contractors by delaying payments. There are suspicions about another engineer who may have been involved. The CBI is also...
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investigating track and building maintenance work done by Satyam during his two-year tenure in Varanasi. The contractor from Gorakhpur who filed the complaint has gone incommunicado after Satyam's arrest. The CBI conducted a raid on the Divisional Railway Manager's office in Lahartara on Tuesday and arrested Satyam, seizing two lakh rupees from him. Further raids were conducted at his rented flat in Lakhrawan (Bhelupur) and his home in Chunar (Mirzapur), where jewelry, cash, luxury items, and property documents were recovered.

The CBI team from Lucknow arrested Senior DEN-2 Satyam Kumar Singh, posted at the Divisional Railway Manager's office in Lahartara, on Tuesday for allegedly demanding a bribe of two lakh rupees. Cash, jewelry, and luxury items were recovered from the accused officer's apartment in Lakhrav, under Bhelupur Police Station. During the...
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raid, CBI officers were surprised by the amount of cash, jewelry, and luxury items found in the accused's flat.

A 21-year-old woman named Kiran Devi, travelling from New Delhi to Chhapra on the Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express, gave birth to a baby boy in the general coach of the train. Passengers alerted the station authorities when she went into labour shortly before the train reached Varanasi. A medical team led...
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by Dr. Monika Shukla arrived at the coach and successfully delivered the baby. Both mother and child are healthy. The woman and her family declined to disembark at Varanasi and opted to continue their journey to Chhapra, where they were provided with further medical care. The DRM, Vineet Kumar Srivastava, commended the medical team for their prompt response and assistance.