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Delhi: AC double-decker for Jaipur flagged off

New Delhi: Passengers to Jaipur can now take a ride on AC double-decker train with Railways on Friday flagging off the service heralding a new era in passenger transportation. The train will run between Delhi's Sarai Rohilla and Jaipur and carry 120 passengers in a coach as compared to about 80 passengers in a conventional coach. A ticket will cost Rs 347. The train will leave from here at 5.35...  

Kerala: Suspicious object on track, train services disrupted

Kottayam: Train traffic between Kottayam and Ernakulam was disrupted for an hour on Thursday as an object which looked like a "steel bomb" was found on the railway bridge near Piravom Road station, police said. Several trains, including Kozhikode-Thiruvananthapuram Janshatabdi Express, were halted at different stations as state and railways police and bomb squad launched a search immediately knowing about the presence of the object around 11 am. According to...  

CAG Vinod Rai's service records, dossier missing

Lucknow: The service records of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai "are not traceable", the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has revealed in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application. Lucknow activist Arvind Shukla had filed the RTI application last month, seeking details about the most powerful accountant of the country, who has gained renown as a vigilant anti-corruption watchdog and who is once again in the...  

Bangalore: Will Indians from the Northeast return to work?

An estimated 30,000 had fled Bangalore last week but many others stayed back. ...

Now, Northeast Indians head back to Bangalore

Guwahati/Bangalore: Reflecting a gradual return to normalcy after the panic exodus, Northeast Indians headed back to Bangalore in special trains from Guwahati. The tension has also eased in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A spokesman for the Northeast Frontier Railway Nripen Bhattacharya said in Guwahati that three special trains had left for Bangalore on Sunday taking back in a phased manner those who had fled from the capital of Karnataka fearing...  

Train bombing attempt foiled in Pakistan

Islamabad: Hundreds of lives were saved when an attempt to blow up a passenger train in Pakistan was foiled after the train engineer spotted some suspicious material on the rail track, news reports said Monday. The Jaffer Express was stopped on Sunday near Kolpur railway station in Bolan district of Balochistan, Geo News reported. The train, on its way to Rawalpindi from Quetta, was about to reach Kolpur, when the...  

NE Indian passengers thrown out of train, 2 dead

Jalpaiguri/Katihar: Two passengers of a Guwahati-bound special train carrying Northeast Indians fleeing Bangalore were killed and seven others injured on Sunday after they were beaten up and pushed out by unidentified persons. Police and railway authorities remained tightlipped on the identity of the attacked passengers, who hailed from Assam, pending an investigation. Special trains were operated by Railways from Bangalore to ferry passengers fleeing the city over fears of attacks...  

NE exodus: Industry hit by manpower crunch

Bangalore: The exodus of thousands of Northeast Indians from Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune has dealt a serious blow to the hospitality and services sectors in these cities. Dhruv Chettry, who is from Guwahati, has been working as a floor manager at Herbs and Spice Restaurant in Bangalore for the past one year. With rumours fuelling panic and an exit of more than estimated 11,000 fellow North East Indians from the...  

South Central Railway braces up for northeast exodus

Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) has made special provisions to cater to the growing number of northeastern people from the city rushing toward their home states amid rumours of impending attacks on them in the wake of Assam violence. "Extra coaches are being attached to trains going towards Kolkata and Guwahati. While two additional general coaches were attached to Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express (18646) today, as many coaches will...  

Train engine derailed at Kanpur, none hurt

Kanpur: The engine of the Shramshakti Express derailed on Saturday morning in a yard near Kanpur station, disrupting train traffic on the Jhansi-Banda route. No passenger was injured in the derailment. The incident took place at 6 am when the train was coming to Kanpur from Delhi and halted at Juhi Yard just near the main station. As soon as the train started from Juhi Yard, the engine of the...  

NE exodus: Special trains from Bangalore reach Guwahati

A special train from Hyderabad has also reached Guwahati. More trains are expected on Saturday. ...

Bihar govt takes steps for security to NE bound trains

Patna: Bihar government has made arrangements to ensure security in Northeast-bound trains passing through the state, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Friday. This was done as part of special vigilance to check any untoward incident following rumours of impending attacks on the trains, he said. There has been no exodus of people of Northeast origin residing in Bihar nor any attack on Northeastern people residing in the...  

ONGC GT recruitment applications on for 2012

New Delhi: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is still inviting online applications for 889 positions for its Graduate Trainee (GT) Recruitment 2012. Candidates can log on to www.ongcindia.com to do the same. The process stared on August 4, 2012. Following are the number of vacancies under various quotas: Posts of General : 476 vacancies Posts of OBC : 235 vacancies Posts of SC : 97 vacancies Posts of...  

MP: Goods train gets derailed

Guna: Three wagons of a goods train got derailed on Saturday night between Pilighata and Pagara station on the Guna-Bina rail section, disrupting rail traffic, official sources said on Sunday. The coal-laden goods train was on its way to Kota when its three wagons got derailed around 10.30-11.00 pm, about 30 km away from Guna district headquarters. The derailment led to disruption of rail traffic on the section since last...  

Bangalore: Tax brigade hits the green button

Bangalore: Where in Bangalore will you find a zero waste campus? Seems impossible, but hold your thoughts, we are about to break that myth. The Direct Taxes Regional Training Institute (DTRTI), located in Jalahalli at HMT Watch Division have set an example with their green initiatives. World famous author, Albert Wood rightly said, Waste is a tax on the whole people, and keeping his words in mind, DTRTI carries out...  

Bihar: Rail official mistaken for thief, killed

Patna: A railway official was beaten to death on a train in Bihar by a group of people who thought he was a thief, police said on Wednesday. The ghastly incident took place in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday. Virendra Kumar Tyagi was first thrashed by dozens of passengers at the Patna railway station but he survived, Government Railway Police inspector Rajendra Paswan said. As he boarded the Danapur-Bhagalpur Inter-City Express,...  

Rains wreak havoc across India, 42 dead

New Delhi: Heavy rains, flash floods and landslides wreaked havoc across much of India on Tuesday. Nearly 34 people were dead and 20,000 were said to be affected in Uttarakhand, eight people had lost their lives in Kerala and four in Madhya Pradesh, while train services between Mangalore and Bangalore in Karnataka were hit. Uttarakhand It has been four days since heavy rains battered Uttarakhand, triggering landslides and flash floods....  

Hyderabad: Special trains to Kolhapur from Tuesday

Hyderabad: The South Central Railway will run 10 special trains between Hyderabad and Kolhapur. Accordingly Train No. 07143 Hyderabad-Kolhapur special train will depart Hyderabad at 11.10 pm on Aug 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 and will arrive Kolhapur at 10.45 pm the next day. In the return direction, Train No 07144 Kolhapur-Hyderabad special train will depart Kolhapur at 07.30 am on Aug 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 and...  

ONGC GT recruitment applications open till August 26: apply here

New Delhi: Candidates have until August 26 to apply for 889 positions for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC's) Graduate Trainee (GT) Recruitment 2012. Candidates can log on to www.ongcindia.com to do the same. Following are the number of vacancies under various quotas: Posts of General : 476 vacancies Posts of OBC : 235 vacancies Posts of SC : 97 vacancies Posts of ST : 79 vacancies Posts of PWD...  

ONGC invites GT recruitment applications for 2012

New Delhi: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has started inviting online applications for 889 positions for its Graduate Trainee (GT) Recruitment 2012. Candidates can log on to www.ongcindia.com to do the same. Following are the number of vacancies under various quotas: Posts of General : 476 vacancies Posts of OBC : 235 vacancies Posts of SC : 97 vacancies Posts of ST : 79 vacancies Posts of PWD :...