North India woke up to a thick fog on Friday morning, disrupting road, air and rail traffic across north India. The current visibility is just above 50 meters, making it difficult for traffic on the airport runway. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 01, 2013
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....
02:04 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Chandigarh/Lucknow: A blame game erupted among some states with whom the Centre also locked horns over the unprecedented power outage on Tuesday that affected 60 crore people - over half of the country's population. The second blackout in two days after the power crisis hit north India on Monday also gave ammunition to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to take potshots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Power Minister Sushil Kumar...
09:27 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: PowerGrid Corp CMD RN Nayak on Monday evening said that the Northern Grid, which collapsed early morning, has been completely restored. The Northern Grid, which caters to power supply in nine states and Union Territories - Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh - collapsed at 2.35 am on Monday. "We have completely restored the Northern Grid," said Nayak. Services of...
07:34 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Seven states in North India faced a long power cut late on Sunday night due to a massive breakdown in the northern grid. ...
10:39 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Guwahati: The communal violence in Kokrajhar in Assam is spreading to other districts like Dhubri. Villagers are fleeing their villages and taking shelter in relief camps as more than 50,000 people have been displaced. The violence has been spreading like wildfire since Friday evening. Clashes between Bodos and minority Muslims have thrown normal life out of gear. The violence has spread beyond Kokrajhar to Dhubri, Chirang, Baksa and Bijni, and...
09:19 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Guwahati: Train services to and from the north east have been severely hit and more than 20,000 passengers have been stranded at different places following violence in lower Assam which has claimed 25 lives. North East Frontier Railway spokesman N Bhattacharjee on Tuesday said that 11 down trains from Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Kamakhya railway stations have been cancelled. Altogether 21 trains, including the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express, have been halted at...
06:00 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Kokrajhar: The violence in the Kokrajhar region of Assam shows no sign of ending. An estimated 50,000 refugees have taken shelter in relief camps so far, while those affected in the violence are said to be more than 60,000. The violence has spread to neighbouring districts such as Chirang and turned into a rail blockade agitation as well. With hundreds of protesters protesting on railway tracks, six north-east bound trains...
08:31 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Naxals have stepped up attacks on the railways and security forces on the second day of their 48-hour bandh. ...
10:13 AM, Jul 08, 2010
The officials did not feel necessary to provide adequate information to passengers regarding train services. ...
02:27 PM, Jul 07, 2010
No explosion took place on the track between Gidni and Jhargram stations where services were halted briefly. ...
11:37 AM, Jun 22, 2010
The Railway police have averted a possible Maoist attack on trains in West Bengal. ...
10:36 PM, Jun 09, 2010
They are charged with damaging public property, assaulting policemen. ...
01:49 PM, Feb 05, 2009
