Indian Railways has announced 158 special trains called 'Pooja Specials' to cater to the travel needs of people travelling to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during festivals like Navratri, Dussehra, Diwali, and Chhath Puja. These trains will operate 1,198 trips, potentially mitigating the issue of confirmed ticket scarcity. The news article also...
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covers various other incidents and events including a hate speech incident in Bijnor by a Samajwadi Party MLA, a murder case in Kanpur, a protest in Lucknow following the death of Naserullah, a suicide by an area manager in Jhansi, a fatal accident in Noida, and news from Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.

Vijay Shankar, a 48-year-old wholesale betel nut seller, was killed in Kanpur on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by a train near the MRE company bridge in the Khapra Mahaul area. His family consists of his wife Manju and two sons. His father, Ram Chandra, reported that Vijay had...
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gone to the bridge for work when the incident occurred. The incident happened while he was crossing the Lucknow line near the goods shed. The Government Railway Police (GRP) Kanpur Central sent the body for post-mortem and initiated further investigation.

Children from volunteer organizations took a metro train ride in Kanpur, promoting cleanliness awareness with posters titled 'Swachhata Hi Seva'. The children were informed about the features of the metro during their journey. They were also awarded for their enthusiasm, receiving books as prizes. The trip started from Motijheel...
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station, went through IIT, and ended at the same station.

The North Central Railway Employees Union will hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Monday, demanding the restoration of the old pension scheme. A large number of employees left for Delhi on Sunday night via various trains. Suresh Yadav and IPS Chauhan led a campaign from Kanpur to Tundla,...
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urging people to participate in the protest. The protest will be held under the banner of 'Indian Railway Movement for Old Pension Scheme'. Manoj Yadav, Ashish Pankaj, Manoj Jha, Laeeq Ahmed, and Harishankar Porwal were involved in the campaign.

On Sunday morning, the driver of the 12534 Pushpak Express, AK Bhasin, spotted a fire extinguisher cylinder on the railway track near Govindpuri station in Kanpur. He immediately applied emergency brakes and stopped the train. The cylinder, a railway safety cylinder used for fire prevention, was handed over to the RPF...
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at Kanpur Central. This incident marks the fourth time in 45 days that a cylinder has been found on the Kanpur railway track. Investigations suggest the cylinder may have fallen from the 22538 Kushinagar Express, which passed the same track earlier. Authorities are investigating how the cylinder fell and if any passenger intentionally dropped it. The incident has raised concerns about safety protocols. A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident, while the RPF and Carriage & Wagon department have also started their own investigations.