The meteorological department has forecast more rains through the day and relative humidity at 100 per cent in Delhi.
A major rail accident was averted when a bomb exploded on the Delhi-Howrah railway line just five minutes after a Rajdhani Express passed the spot.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday launched India's first bullet train project in Ahmedabad. Here's all you need to know about the project.
Reacting to the hike in power rates, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on discoms would ascertain the lack of funds as stated by power distribution companies.
There were over 3000 passengers stranded at the Jammu railway station when reports last came in.\n\n
The focus is now on having premium service to give passenger comfort and increasing train speeds.
The train has a lot to offer to its passengers: Silent run, fully-sealed gangway connecting two coaches, GPS-based passenger information system, modular bio-vacuum and disabled-friendly toilets, intelligent air conditioning that adjusts cooling according to the climate and closed-circuit television for safety.
New rates effective will be effective from 15 November.
Reader Sudhir Mohan takes us back to the 70s when the food served in the Indian Railways was top class.
The tangy tomato soup is an excellent recipe for hunger.
This traditional preparation is a hit among the young and old alike.
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Private carrier Jagson Airlines, which primarily operates flights to Himachal Pradesh, has joined the ongoing competition offering low fares on its flights to Jaipur and other cities in Rajasthan from New Delhi.
The exchange has also ordered freezing of the entire promoter shareholding of these companies till further notice
The disease could go down several paths. One possibility, the least likely, is that it will just disappear. The most likely is that it will have seasonal impact, says Devangshu Datta.
This is the second rail accident in the state in four days.
This follows a Supreme Court directive to move Yadav to a jail outside Bihar.
Though the Railways is yet to declare any five-year action plan, it is clear the government is not in a position to hand-hold it for any major expansion or upgrade. The issue, however, is how far the Railways can function within the PPP format. Recent history highlights some of the challenges.
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Six long distance trains bound for Howrah and Sealdah were delayed due to the bandh called by the Maoist Communist Centre and People's War in Bihar and Jharkhand.
The event from 8:30 to 11 am on June 21 would feature an exclusive video message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A large amount of RDX and arms were also seized.
One of them, a SIMI activist, had removed clips from railway sleepers near Barakar railway station on the West Bengal-Jharkhand border.
Train services were paralysed in Assam as several Bodo outfits resorted to a 12-hour railway blockade in Kokrajhar while violence continued for the third day in Karbi Anglong as ethnic groups stepped up their demand for a separate state on the lines of Telangana.
People close to the erstwhile royal family underline that Jyotiraditya Scindia is neither as accessible nor as unpretentious as his father.
Dr Pranveer Singh from Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh shares his experience of having poor quality meals served in the Azad Hind Express.
These new coaches are being built at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala under a technology transfer agreement with Alstom-LHB of Germany.
Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the government has asked people not to panic, saying no community transmission of the virus has been observed and there has only been a few cases of local transmission so far and that it is "not a health emergency" in India at present.
Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved
The Reliance group-promoted BSES Yamuna Power and Rajdhani Power plan to invest as much as Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) over the next few years to improve the power distribution activities in the capital.
Biswas, 64, complained of chest pain at the Howrah station after his return from New Delhi. He was admitted to the Medical College Hospital where he breathed his last.
A total of 1,177 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Bilaspur special train, which departed at 4 pm, while 1,122 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Dibrugarh special train that departed at 4:45 pm.
LHB coaches are safer. Two high-level railway safety commissions came down heavily on ICF coaches, recommending their replacement by LHB, says Bibek Debroy.
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to introduce bullet trains in the country, a team of Railway officials will visit Beijing on November 24 to take forward the Delhi-Chennai high-speed corridor project, the longest in India.
Supporters of Yadav created ruckus in the hospital premises protesting the decision.
A Mumbai-Delhi air ticket is now available upwards of Rs 3,700 for next day travel on all airlines.
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