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Eagle smashes train windscreen, injures pilot in J&K

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Srinagar, Nov 8 : In a rare and startling incident, an eagle crashed into the windscreen of a moving train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, injuring the locomotive pilot and landing inside the cabin. The mishap occurred on the Baramulla–Banihal train between Bijbehara and Anantnag railway stations, officials said. The powerful impact … Read more

NFR rolls out intrusion detection to protect elephants, boost train safety

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Maligaon (Guwahati), Oct 19 : The Northeast Frontier Railway has begun deploying an optical fibre–based Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to warn of elephant movement near tracks, aiming to enhance wildlife protection and train operations in forested stretches. Trial installations now cover 64.03 km of elephant corridors and 141 km of block sections across four sections, … Read more