Guwahati: Pinki Jangra emerged as the new national champion with a dominating victory over N Tonibala Chanu of Arunachal Pradesh while her team Railways bagged the team's title at the senior women's national boxing championship, which concluded on Thursday. Having beaten her biggest challenger for the title, Van Lal Duati in the quarters, the 22-year-old dynamo easily claimed the top podium finish with a 14-point margin win in the fly...
09:54 PM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday pushed for completion of projects in key infrastructure sectors like railways, roads and ports as he took stock of the performance of these sectors, vital for revival of the sagging economy. At a two-hour long meeting, ministers of the railways, ports and road presented the progress reports on the targets set in June this year. Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Planning Commission...
02:20 AM, Nov 28, 2012
In other matches, Hyderabad and Railways notched up three points against Mumbai and Gujarat respectively. ...
05:41 PM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: India on Monday signed a pact with China to enhance mutual technical cooperation between the the two Asian countries in the field of railways, an official statement said. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), both the countries will enhance mutual cooperation across various areas of rail technology including high speed rail, heavy haulage and station development, said a statement from the railway ministry. The two sides will undertake...
12:11 AM, Nov 27, 2012
In other matches, Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh piled up healthy totals against Hyderabad and Bengal respectively. ...
07:13 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Agartala: India and Bangladesh would soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a railway link between Tripura capital Agartala and Bangladesh's southeastern city of Akhaurah, officials here said on Friday. At a cost of Rs 271 crore, India will build a 15-km railway track linking Agartala with Akhaurah which is an important railway junction connected to the Chittagong international port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka. Of the 15-km...
03:47 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Punjab earned three points against Railways and sit at top of Points Table with 17 points, while Bengal couldn't break Gujarat's resistance to gain an outright victory. ...
07:28 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Southern Railway has opened a reservation counter at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala to serve devotees visiting the hill shrine, where the annual pilgrim season is underway. A divisional railway release on Monday said the single window counter for ticket booking, cancellation and fare related enquiries would function from 8 AM to 8 PM. The Railway has announced special trains from different destinations in the country and back...
11:57 AM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: Apple, who was of late accused of copying the design of the iconic Swiss Railway station clock for the new iPad clock app in iOS 6, reportedly paid about $21 million for the right to license the clock's design, reports mashable citing the local Swiss publication Tages-Anzeiger. The clock was designed by a Swiss engineer Hans Hilfiker in 1944 and has since achieved an icon status in Switzerland....
03:47 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Railways and Madhya Pradesh are staring at defeats on the final day of Ranji Trophy action around the country. ...
06:41 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing his first Ranji Trophy match since 2009, hit a brilliant 137 against Railways on Friday to get back among runs ahead of the England series. ...
10:28 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: In an attempt to facilitate travel of bonafide passengers and reduce misuse of ticketing system, the railways on Thursday decided to extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during travel on reserved tickets for all classes in a train. The change will come into effect from December 1, said a statement from the ministry. At present, only passengers travelling on e-tickets, Tatkal tickets and in air-conditioned...
12:42 AM, Nov 02, 2012
The 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season gets underway on Friday with 12 matches on view. ...
08:50 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services team won their pre-quarterfinal matches to be on course to clash in the championship round. Round three saw both the pugilists defeat their respective opponents with straightforward victories to march into the quarter-finals of the event. Nanao, who was the first to take to the ring, locked horns with...
08:48 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Tendulkar will represent his home association for the first time since the final against UP at Hyderabad in 2009. ...
07:58 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Rohit is yet to play a Test after narrowly missing out on the distinction when he twisted his ankle during training ...
07:21 PM, Nov 01, 2012
The former Railways and Karnataka batsman has called time on a first-class career spanning 17 years. ...
08:20 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: In the first major hint of a change, new Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that a hike in fares was a possibility. "Passenger fares can be hiked if needed. Primary concern is safety," Bansal said at a press conference. Bansal, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, was made the Railways Minister on Sunday during the mega Cabinet reshuffle effected by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the 2014...
01:35 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, an influential Congress leader from West Bengal's Murshidabad district and known to be close to Pranab Mukherjee, is a three-time Lok Sabha MP. Having dropped out of school at age 15, he started as a District leader of Youth Congress in the 1970s when political atmosphere was very tense and violent in West Bengal. Chowdhury, who on Sunday took oath as Minister of State, entered...
07:03 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who waved the chequered flag at the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, will miss the second edition of the Formula One race to play a Ranji match for his Mumbai team. It has been learnt that Tendulkar, who is a motorsports enthusiast, decided to prefer practising with the team in Mumbai than coming here. Tendulkar, who is going through a lean patch, is scheduled to...
12:09 PM, Oct 26, 2012
