CBI on Thursday arrested two GRP constables who were allegedly taking money from passengers in lieu of providing seats in Sampoorna Kranti express.

Railways is set to make it mandatory for passengers travelling in non-AC sleeper class to carry identity proof as part of its efforts to check the widespread menace of transferred tickets sold by touts.

Paceman S Sreesanth and two other bowlers belonging to the Rajasthan Royals IPL team who were arrested on Thursday for spot-fixing, received upto Rs 60 lakh for one over for giving away runs as per arrangements with bookies with underworld connections abroad.

Around 60 people were injured on Friday after two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut. After the major collision, the key corridor between New York and Boston was closed, officials said.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought reports from the Ghaziabad police and Government Railway Police over the death of a woman who was allegedly pushed off a train with her infant daughter.

The online ticket sales for the IPL's first qualifier and the eliminator, to be held on May 21 and 22 respectively, began on Saturday.

It will be mandatory for sleeper-class train passengers to carry identity proof from December 1, this year, Railways announced on Thursday, in a bid to facilitate travel by bonafide people and reduce the scope for misuse of tickets by touts.

The advance booking period for train tickets has been reduced from existing four months to two months from Wednesday as part of the Railways' efforts to prevent touts to corner bulk tickets.

A woman from Uttar Pradesh gave birth to twins on a moving train - a second time in four years.

The Northern railway officials have nabbed around ten thousand passengers for travelling without identity proof in sleeper class. The Railway Department told that action against such passengers has started  from Monday.