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PM Modi & Shinzo Abe Lay Foundation Stone For Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-speed Rail Project
India’s first bullet train dream will soon be a reality with Prime Minister Narendra Modiand his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laying the foundation stone for the ambitious project today....
Gujarat HC Commutes Death Sentences Of 11 In Godhra Train Burning
The Gujarat High Court on Monday commuted to life imprisonment the capital punishment of 11 convicted for burning a Sabarmati Express coach near the Godhra railway station in Gujarat in 2002 which killed 59 persons. ....
Foggy Saturday Morning In Delhi, 64 Trains Delayed
It was a foggy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average.....
Those Opposing Bullet Train Can Take Bullock Carts: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those opposing the bullet train project should travel on bullock carts.....
'Dangal' Wins Best Asian Film At Australian Gala
Superstar Aamir Khan-starrer "Dangal" was on Wednesday named the Best Asian Film at the 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.....
Mumbai Commuters Get AC Local Trains
The Indian Railways on Monday flagged off the country's first air-conditioned suburban local train for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said.....
Parliamentary Panel For Compulsory Military Training For Job Aspirants
Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.....
A.P. Express Coaches Catch Fire, None Injured
At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured.....
UP Train Derailment: 6 Dead, Ex-gratia Announced, CRS Inquiry Ordered
Six persons were killed on Wednesday after nine coaches and the engine of an express train heading to New Delhi from Malda town in West Bengal derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the family of those killed.....
Amritsar Train Tragedy: Punjab Governor, Sidhu Visit Injured In Hospital
With at least 61 people crushed by a speeding train in Amritsar and over 70 others injured, senior political figures including Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore and Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, visited the injured in hospitals here on Saturday.....
