The Indian Railways is making arrangements for the upcoming Shravani Mela, which begins on July 22nd, to ensure a smooth journey for devotees. They've introduced special train services and extended stoppages at various stations to manage the anticipated influx of pilgrims. For the convenience of travelers, additional stoppages are being...
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provided at Sultan Ganj, Ara, and Buxar stations for select mail and express trains during the mela period. The Shravani Mela Special Trains (03113 & 03114) will have a 2-minute halt at Ara at 11:35 am and Buxar at 12:31 pm respectively. These trains will also stop at Buxar at 8:43 pm and Ara at 9:45 pm. All mail and express trains (except Rajdhani Express, Vande Bharat Express, Duronto Express, Janshatabdi Express, Purva Express, Garib Rath Express, Humsafar Express) with a stop of less than 5 minutes at Jasidih station will have their stoppage extended to 5 minutes during the mela period.

On Sunday, March 3rd, power and traffic will be blocked on the up and down main lines of the Jasidih Tulsitanr Lahaban section of the Asansol Division for six hours (from 7 AM to 1 PM) to launch low-height subway RCC boxes between kilometer 326/25-27 and 336/23-25. Due to this, seven...
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trains on this route will be canceled, and several others will have their timings altered. This includes the cancellation of 03571 Jasidih Mokama MEMU Special, 03769 Jasidih Jhajha MEMU Special, 03573 Jasidih Kiul Passenger Special, 03572 Mokama Jasidih MEMU Special, 03770 Jasidih Jhajha Passenger, 03234 Jhajha Devghar MEMU Special, and 03574 Kiul Jasidih Passenger Special. Additionally, 03675 Asansol Jhajha MEMU Passenger will be terminated at Jasidih, 03273 Devghar Patna MEMU Express will start from Jhajha, and 03676 Jhajha Asansol MEMU Special will start and end at Jasidih. Several other trains will be rescheduled, including 13508 Gorakhpur Asansol Express (310 minutes), 02023 Howrah Patna Superfast Special Express (315 minutes), 13331 Dhanbad Patna Express (120 minutes), 12317 Kolkata Amritsar Akal Takht Express (90 minutes), 22197 Kolkata Jhansi Pratham Swatantrata Sangram Express (65 minutes), 02024 Patna Howrah Superfast Special Express (315 minutes), 22347 Howrah Patna Vande Bharat Express (180 minutes), 22348 Patna Howrah Vande Bharat Express (180 minutes), 13332 Patna Dhanbad Express (155 minutes), 12326 Nangal Dam Kolkata Guruमुखी Superfast Express (305 minutes), 12304 New Delhi Howrah Poorva Express (210 minutes), 17006 Raxaul Hyderabad Weekly Express (155 minutes), and 18184 Ara Tata Express (255 minutes).

During 'Operation Alert,' the Railway Protection Force (RPF) apprehended a man carrying 7 bottles of foreign liquor on the Vande Bharat Express train and sent him to judicial custody. Separately, 30 bottles of foreign liquor were recovered from an unattended bag on the platform. The seized liquor has been handed over...
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to the Excise Department. The RPF reported that on Friday evening, while patrolling coach C of the 22347 Vande Bharat Express, the escort party discovered an air bag. Upon investigation, they apprehended an individual with a white plastic bag containing 7 bottles of Blender's Pride whiskey. The apprehended individual has been identified as Rajnish Kumar, a resident of Rajpur village in Athmal Gola police station area, Patna district. Meanwhile, an unattended bag containing 30 bottles of foreign liquor was found on platform number 2.