Railways starts train movement in violence hit Assam
July 25th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) The railways Wednesday started the movement of freight trains and expected soon to resume passenger train services, suspended for more than 48 hours due to the ... Read more...
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Pakistan prospecting for rail engines in India
April 26th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) In a move that signals the rapid progress in normalising relations, India is considering a request from Pakistan to supply rail engines to help improve ... Read more...
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Mayawati advises Jats to shift protests to Delhi
March 14th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Monday announced her support for the ongoing Jat agitation for declaring the community a ... 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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Night passenger trains suspended
July 4th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Movement of passenger trains during the night on the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Eastern Railway (SER) will remain suspended till July 9 due to security reasons ... Read more...
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Passenger train movement to remain suspended on two routes
June 14th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Movement of passenger trains during the night on the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Eastern Railway (SER) would remain suspended till June 18 due to security reasons ... Read more...
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Maoist sabotage threat hits Bengal train movements (Lead)
June 10th, 2010 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Train movement was late Wednesday suspended over a part of the South Eastern Railway in West Bengal following intelligence inputs that Maoists had assembled near the tracks in ... Read more...
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Passenger trains to run again through restive southern Assam
June 23rd, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Silchar (Assam), June 23 (IANS) Passenger train services of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) would resume Wednesday - after nearly two and a half months - on the militancy-hit Lumding-Badarpur rail section which ... Read more...
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Dhaka seeks Delhi’s help to build bridge over river Jamuna
April 12th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 12 (IANS) Dhaka has sought Delhi's financial assistance to build a dedicated railway bridge over river Jamuna to facilitate the movement of Indian cargo trains to Gazipur, located north of ... Read more...
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Railway services, food supply hit in parts of northeast
June 23rd, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 23 (IANS) The supply of essential items, including food grain, was sevrely affected in the three northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur and parts of Assam due to disruption ... Read more...
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RITES eyes opportunities in South Africa (Lead)
June 6th, 2008 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, June 6 (IANS) RITES Ltd, the consultancy arm of the Indian Railways, is in talks with South African railway authorities to develop tailor-made solutions for their requirements, a senior ... Read more...
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RITES eyes opportunities in South Africa
June 6th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, June 6 (IANS) Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) is in talks with South African railway authorities to develop tailor-made solutions for their requirements, a senior RITES official ... Read more...
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Maitree Express flagged off, restores India-Bangladesh rail link
April 14th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Evoking nostalgia and bonhomie, the much-awaited India-Bangladesh Maitree (Friendship) Express chugged out Monday from the railway station here, creating history as the inaugural run restored rail links between ... Read more...
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Thousands queue up for train to Bangladesh
April 12th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) It was only the second day Saturday of ticket sales for the India-Bangladesh Moitree (Friendship) Express and all the AC First Class tickets were sold out. Then the ... Read more...
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Foreign minister to flag off train to Dhaka
April 11th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will flag off from Kolkata on Monday a trans-border passenger service train between India and Bangladesh that was suspended over four decades ... Read more...
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