Railway services in northeast partially restored
July 25th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar/Agartala, July 25 (IANS) The railway services between southern Assam and other states in the region were partially restored, connecting Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram with rest of the country ... Read more...
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‘Another month to restore train services to northeast’
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Silchar, July 2 (IANS) Owing to enormous track damage, it would take at least a month more to restore train services between some northeastern states and the rest of India, ... Read more...
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Day 3: 2,500 train passengers still stranded in Assam
June 28th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/Agartala, June 28 (IANS) Over 2,500 passengers in four trains continued to be stranded for the third day Thursday as heavy landslides following heavy rains blocked tracks and cut ... Read more...
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Northeast train services partially resume after two weeks
June 14th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), June 14 (IANS) Train services between southern Assam and northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram were partially restored Thursday, connecting the region with the rest of India, after ... Read more...
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Train services yet to be restored in northeast
June 10th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar/Agartala, June 10 (IANS) Train services between the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram, as also southern Assam and the rest of India are yet to be restored even ... Read more...
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Rail projects in Bengal suffered from 2001 to 2008: Mamata
June 4th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hoogly, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday alleged that indifferent attitude of the railway ministry was responsible for "zero progress" in projects related to the ... Read more...
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Ruckus over union minister’s visit to Himachal
July 6th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Amb (Himachal Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) Union Minister K.H. Muniyappa's trip to inaugurate a railway line in this town led to a ruckus Wednesday with the state's ruling Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Heli Taxi services launched in Himachal
January 30th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Jan 30 (ANI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has launched the much-awaited Heli Ttaxi services to cater to high-end tourists.Talking to the media, Dhumal said: " Heli Taxi Service ... Read more...
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Successive shutdowns disrupt life in northeast
January 22nd, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam)/Agartala, Jan 22 (IANS) Continuous shutdowns in southern Assam have affected rail and road traffic as well as supply of essential goods between the northeastern states and the rest of India, ... Read more...
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Imphal-Jiribam Railway Line spearheading infrastructure development in Manipur
January 21st, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal (Manipur), Jan.21 (ANI) Infrastructure development tops the central government's agenda in the northeast and in this context, the ongoing construction of the 84-kilometer-long Imphal-Jiribam Railway Line in Manipur, assumes significance.Construction began ... Read more...
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Tripura, Mizoram facing shortage of food grain
December 16th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 16 (IANS) Tripura and Mizoram are facing a food crisis as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has not supplied the allocated quota of food grain to the two states, ... Read more...
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Rail services in northeast restored partially
October 7th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Oct 7 (IANS) Rail services between the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam and the rest of India were restored partially Thursday after 114 days of ... Read more...
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Emotional farewell for metre gauge train in Kerala
September 19th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Punalur (Kerala), Sep 19 (IANS) It was all over for the last metre gauge train in Kerala when the Punalur-Chencotta passenger train to Tamil Nadu pulled out of this city Sunday evening.
Since ... Read more...
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Passenger train services in northeast still disrupted
July 17th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), July 17 (IANS) Passenger train services between the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam and the rest of India are yet to be restored even after ... Read more...
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Rail services in northeast restored
July 3rd, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar/Agartala, July 3 (IANS) Rail services between the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam and the rest of India were restored partially Saturday after 18 days, an official said.
The ... Read more...
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Rail services in northeast still disrupted
June 29th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Silchar, June 29 (IANS) The northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam continued to remain cut-off from the rest of India by railway network even after two weeks following heavy ... Read more...
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Landslides disrupt rail services in parts of northeast
June 22nd, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), June 22 (IANS) Rail services in southern Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram have been suspended for the past one week following heavy landslides, an official said Tuesday. The services may ... Read more...
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Landslides, blockade disrupt rail services in northeast
June 17th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), June 17 (IANS) Rail services in southern Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram were suspended following heavy landslides and a three-day rail blockade called by a student body, officials said Thursday.
"Following ... Read more...
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Rail services to Tripura, Mizoram disrupted
June 10th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), June 10 (IANS) Rail services to parts of Assam, Tripura and Mizoram have been suspended after damage to an old rail bridge in southern Assam, officials said Thursday.
"After sudden increase ... Read more...
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India, B’Desh agree to address all outstanding land boundary issue
January 12th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.12 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have agreed to comprehensively address all outstanding land boundary issues keeping in view the spirit of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and also to ... Read more...
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Vice President lays foundation stone of first ever railway line in Sikkim
October 30th, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Gangtok, Oct 30 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday laid the foundation stone of the first ever railway line (Rangpo-Sivok railway line) to Sikkim at Rangpo.The new broad gauge ... Read more...
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Tracking Jammu and Kashmir’s rail history
October 28th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 28 (IANS) When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday flagged off a train bedecked with flowers on the 18-km stretch between Qazigund and Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley, he actualised ... Read more...
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Pilibhit worries over development, not hate speeches
April 3rd, 2009 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
By Rajat Rai
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), April 3 (IANS) This Lok Sabha constituency in the foothills of the Himalayas is in the news due to Varun Gandhi. For the voters, though, the ... Read more...
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Union Home Ministry reviews Assam situation
July 24th, 2008 - 8:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry today in detail reviewed the situation in Assam.At a high level meeting taken by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta here today, the ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh gets new railway line
February 26th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by admin
Shimla, Feb 26 (IANS) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in his railway budget Tuesday announced the construction of the new 63-km Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri broad gauge line in Himachal Pradesh. The railway line, connecting the ... Read more...
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