Indian Railways News => Topic started by railenquiry on Aug 11, 2012 - 18:00:22 PM


Title - Northeast on high alert to foil terror attacks on Aug 15-- cancel and reschedule all night trains th
Posted by : railenquiry on Aug 11, 2012 - 18:00:22 PM

Agartala, Aug 11 (IANS) The central government has alerted the northeastern states about possible militant strikes in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations Wednesday.

"Central intelligence wings and the union home ministry have alerted the state governments in northeastern states to keep a strict vigil in the run-up to Independence Day and thwart any attempt of separatist outfits to create violence," Tripura's inspector general of police Nepal Das told IANS.

The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to cancel and reschedule all night trains through Assam and Tripura until Aug 17 for security reasons.