Tag: railway

India has nearly completed the construction of the colossal Chenab Bridge, standing 59 metres above a river, which is the world's highest railway bridge.The Chenab River bridge was built to withstand severe earthquakes and blasts, and it can withstand wind speeds of up to 266 kilometres per hour. This ...

Bomb Found Inside Awam Express Train At Cantonment Railway Station In Karachi | IANS | Twitter Karachi, December 23: A bag containing an improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered by the police from a train at the Cantonment Railway Station in Karachi, media reports said on Saturday. Police said ...

DGP RR Swain receiving a guard of honour at GRP Headquarters in Jammu on Wednesday. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 20: Director General of Police, J&K, RR Swain, today conducted a comprehensive review of the railway security and the functioning of the Government Railway Police (GRP) in the Union Territory ...

Last week, the Northern Railway conducted a successful 15-km trial run of an electric train for the first time from Banihal in the Khari staton in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Representational file image | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY The Railway Board has allotted eight coaches for a ...

KATRA: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha flagged off “Gyanodaya Express- College on Wheels”, the first-of-its-kind mobile educational endeavor in Jammu Kashmir, from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Railway Station, Katra.In his address, the Lt Governor commended the unique and unprecedented effort of the Higher Education Council, University of Jammu and ...

Islamabad - China and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, signing a key deal to construct a multibillion-dollar railway project in the South Asian nation.Chinese Premier Li Qiang and his Pakistani counterpart, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, held bilateral talks Wednesday on the sidelines of the ...

Islamabad —  China and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, signing a much-delayed key deal to construct a multibillion-dollar railway project in the South Asian nation.Chinese Premier Li Qiang and his Pakistani counterpart, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, held bilateral talks Wednesday on the sidelines of ...

Islamabad: One of Pakistan’s key railway modernisation projects planned to be built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is in trouble due to the IMF’s conditions regarding sovereign guarantees, according to a media report on Saturday. The Main Line-1 (ML-1) aimed to modernise over 1,726 kilometres of colonial-era rail ...

October 2 marks the birth anniversary of two iconic Indian leaders who played a role in the freedom struggle and the early years of nation-building: the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966).Shastri’s came from humble origins in Uttar Pradesh, and ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, wearing a porter dress and badge, carries luggage during an interaction with railway porters at Anand Vihar railway station, in New Delhi, on Sept. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on September 21 interacted with porters at the Anand Vihar railway ...