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Maoist bandh forces train cancellations

Trains passing through Maoist-hit areas were cancelled and short terminated on the East Coast Railways (ECoR) in view of the two-day Bharat Bandh called by the extremists from Wednesday.The......

Normal life hit by Odisha bandh, 1,500 detained

Over 1,500 people were taken into preventive custody on Monday during the bandh called by the Congress in Odisha which hit normal life and disrupted train and road traffic. The bandh, called in......

13 killed, 6 hurt as train hits vehicle in Odisha

Thirteen people were killed and six others critically injured when a train rammed into a vehicle at an unmanned railway crossing in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Friday. The mishap took place at......

Kolkata rocked by successive tremors; offices shut

Kolkata and parts of West Bengal were on Wednesday rocked by successive mild tremors in a span of less than two hours, following the massive temblors in Sumatra. The first tremor was felt at 2.42......

Goods trains collide in Orissa; 1 dead, 4 trapped

At least one person was killed and four others were trapped in the wreckage after two goods trains collided in Orissa's Keonjhar district early on Wednesday. The mishap took place near......

Govt to set up two ports in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal

The government on Thursday said it will set up a port each at Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal in 2013-14, to effectively handle increased cargo traffic. "Two new major ports will be set up in West......

Puri car festival spells brisk biz for hoteliers

The hoteliers in Puri have made brisk business as around 15 lakh devotees thronged the pilgrimage town to witness the famed 'Rah Yatra', the annual car festival of Lord Jagannath on Tuesday.The......

Ticket vending machines at railway stations soon

The Railways has decided to install nearly 900 automatic ticket vending machines at stations across the country for the convenience of daily commuters and reduce queues at counters during rush......

Companies bleed in Naxalite bloodbath

Disruption of work, levy to insurgents, targeting of communications and security concerns stall development.The faceoff with Naxalites is hurting India's industry. Even as the battle to regain......

Myanmar pipelines confirm China's place in Bay

Come September, and China will begin to lay parallel oil and natural gas pipelines from the Kyaukpyu deep-sea port on Myanmar's Arakan coast in the Bay of Bengal, all the way up north-east to......

Bangar puts Railways in driver's seat against Gujarat

Veteran Sanjay Bangar picked up a five-wicket haul while Amit Paunikar struck an aggressive half-century as Railways took command of their Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat in Bhubaneswar on......

Punjab get three points in draw with Railways

The bowlers' impressive display on the first day, followed by Uday Kaul's century, proved decisive as Punjab earned three points from their Group A Ranji Trophy match against Railways, in......

Mumbai follow-on despite Yadav, Shah tons

Suryakumar Yadav (111) and Hiken Shah (113) scored centuries, but could not save Mumbai from following-on, as they folded for 360 in reply to Saurashtra's first innings of 580, on the third day of......

Punjab vs Orissa Ranji match ends in draw

Natraj and Niranjan Behera struck half centuries as Orissa scored 177 for three after following-on in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B against Punjab which ended in a draw on the fourth and......

Ranji: Jaffer, Rahane hit tons to lift Mumbai

Riding on centuries by skipper Wasim Jaffer (169 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (126), Mumbai posted a mammoth 544 for three declared and then reduced Gujarat to 121 for two on day two of theRanji......

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Q. What are some good places to eat in Jagatsinghpur? How should I reach them?
: A. The means of communication from the capital Bhubaneswar are available to the every nook & corner of Jagatsinghpur by buses & moreover the...... more

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Q. How many regions or \"zones\" does Indian Railways have? ?
QnA Quiz: A. Railway Zone HeadquartersCentral Railway Mumbai CSTEastern Railway KolkataNorthern Railway New DelhiNorth Eastern Railway GorakhpurNorth East...... more

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Q. INDIAN RAILWAYS::the most unreliable long-distance train according to u is?
Zane: A. EAST COAST express.........which goes to Howrah from Hyderabad.......Lot of thefts happens........always gets delayed by hours....... more

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Q. Why East Coast Railway officials are neglecting Visakhapatnam people and from this people this zone is getting 90% of revenue and at the same time the public representatives have become impotents in getting new trains and railway lines to this area.
Krish: A. this is a common complant of the people of all areas more

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Q. 5.Which Railway Station in the World having the longest Platform?\ \\ Chikago - USA :::: Beijing - China ::::: Frankfurt - Germany::::Kharagpur - India
Tanuku Ramasubbarao: A. Khargahpur in Orissa on the east coast. more

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Poor coal throughput, a concern for Railways

Two major coal-loading zonal railways, South East Central Railway (SECR) and East Coast Railway (ECoR), serving mines under Mahanadi Coalfields... ...

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India, China to deepen bilateral economic ties

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Sino-India Joint Statement on Li Visit

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ANALYSIS-At margins of US shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria

* Data show Utica, touted as $500bln bounty, all gas and no oil * NuStar shelved pipeline project in Colorado, lack of shippers * Crude by rail... ...

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how is it to be on the longest train journey in India?

Opening showers: The skies open up at Dibrugarh, where the journey to Kanyakumari begins. On A hot summer afternoon in 1853, as the first steam... ...

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