Krishna Maya is a well-known art director who has worked for the films of Mani Ratnam, Priyadarshan and Ram Gopal Varma in the past. He is turning a director with 'Railway Station', which he calls a love story with a subtle message interspersed into the drama. The film stars Supreeth, Banarjee, Jayanth, Bheemili Shiva, Sandeep, Shiva, Shravani, 'Gamyam' Sandhya, 'Allari' Subhashini and others. Music is composed by Jayanth, 'Railway Station'...
11:17 AM, May 26, 2012
CHENNAI: Train passengers bound for Chennai airport from the south of Tamil Nadu may soon be able to alight at the railway station diagonally opposite the aerodrome. Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa has ordered authorities to augment for a stop at Tirusulam Railway Station for express and mail trains, allowing passengers to proceed directly to the city airport. He was addressing the gathering on the occasion of...
08:06 AM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at 'Centre One' shopping mall outside Vashi railway station in neighbouring Navi Mumbai late on Wednesday evening. Six fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire-fighting operation was underway, fire brigade sources said. The fire started sometime after 9.30 pm, they said, adding the cause of the fire could s not be ascertained as yet. ...
11:33 PM, May 09, 2012
CHENNAI: They are the two major railway terminals linking Chennai with the rest of the country. Attracting over three lakh people every day, the citys premier landmarks handle roughly 150 trains, and tens of thousands of passengers. However, the absence of a pharmacy is a blot on these stations, which otherwise have several first-of-its-kind initiatives to their names. What is more, neither Central nor Egmore has an Internet caf, at...
08:19 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: A powerful bomb struck a crowded platform at a railway station in this Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing three persons and leaving over 40 others injured. The bomb that was planted in a bag exploded shortly after the Awami Express, travelling from Karachi to Peshawar, pulled into platform no 2 at the Lahore railway station. Eyewitness Asif Butt told the media that the blast occurred at 6.45 pm...
07:56 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has decided to construct foot over bridges (FOB) to connect monorail stations with the suburban railway stations. "The FOB will help commuters, travelling towards Wadala and further, reach for monorail without being hassled by the vehicular traffic on roads," MMRDA Joint Project Director (PR) Dilip Kawathkar said on Friday. The first of such FOBs - 250 meters long and 4 meters wide -...
10:12 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Body of an unidentified toddler was found on Thursday in a toilet at the New Delhi railway station, police said. The body of the one-and-a-half-year-old child was found in the ladies' toilet at platform number 1 around 6 pm, they said. According to police, there were no external injury marks on the body. The case is being probed. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Mumbai: Central Railways' grand vision to have corporates, builders and private companies adopt railway stations and build toilet blocks seems to have gone down the drain due to lack of interest displayed by potential developers. More than four months ago, senior officials of the network and General Manager Subodh Jain had proposed construction of '5-star' toilets. They had also identified stations like Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Vikhroli, Kurla and CST for...
02:33 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: Anger turned to amazement for 90-year-old Savitri Desai when her son Ravi came to Chinchpokli railway station to take her back home yesterday. Although she was apprehensive of going back home out of fear of harassment by the family members, she relented after her son's assurance of proper behaviour. "I am glad to be with my family and I am grateful to all the commuters who took care of...
01:42 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Mumbai: A sloshed female ticket checker (TC) in the Central Railway (CR) has been accused of misbehaving with commuters at Ambernath railway station on Friday night. The primary medical report confirmed that she had consumed liquor. Radha Tomar (34) created a ruckus in a local train and at platform three at Ambernath, commuters said. According to RPF sources, she was off her duty at 9 pm at Dombivli, when she...
01:38 PM, Feb 27, 2012
BANGALORE: If everything goes as per plan, you can reach the City Railway Station from Malleswaram and Rajajinagar without any hassles including the zillion signals on this stretch. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is gearing up to construct an eight-lane corridor between Okalipuram Junction and Fountain Circle known as Sangolli Rayanna Circle near Kempe Gowda Bus Stand. As per the plan, apart from an eight-lane corridor between Okalipuram Junction...
08:52 AM, Nov 28, 2011
HYDERABAD: Pre-paid autorickshaw service has been introduced at the Secunderabad railway station here. It was inaugurated by transport minister Botcha Satyanarayana on Thursday. On an average, 1.5 lakh passengers visit the station in a day either for boarding trains to other destinations or arrive from other places. It is expected that the new service will prevent fleecing of passengers by unscrupulous autorickshaw drivers. The pre-paid service booths will collect Rs...
08:40 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: A man trying to board a train to Indore at New Delhi's Nizamuddin Station on Wednesday night slipped and fell into the gap between the platform and the moving train. Alert bystanders raised the alarm, causing someone to pull the chain and stop the train. But no one was able to reach the man and lift him from the tracks. Authorities had to saw off the metal steps...
10:09 AM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Khalistan Tiger Force on Monday claimed responsibility for the Ambala RDX Haul, saying that the explosive were sent to terminate Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. Sajjan Kumar is a key accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Earlier on Monday, the Khalistan Tiger Force has issued a letter to the media saying that the RDX haul was the group's doing. The letter also claims that the KTF does not...
12:46 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday revealed that the explosives found in an abandoned car in Ambala was meant for banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International and was to be used in Delhi. As per the Delhi Police, central intelligence agencies had provided the input that a module of the Lashkar-e-Toiba was active in J&K. Then on October 12, a specific input was passed on about a consignment of...
02:44 PM, Oct 13, 2011
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