Welders take shortcuts to finish rail tracks quickly

Weld failure was responsible for the derailment of the Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express near Arakkonam in April last, Satish Kumar Mittal, Commissioner for Railway Safety, Southern Circle said in his probe report released on Tuesday. According to the ...

derailed between Arakonam and Mahendravadi at 5.50am on April 10. A provisional report issued by S K Mittal, commissioner of railway safety, said that permanent or temporary speed restrictions were not in place at the accident spot. "Upon careful ...

at Naval Air Station Rajali (Arakkonam) on 15 May 2013. The remaining seven aircraft would be delivered over the next two years. The P-8I aircraft, based on the Boeing 737-800(NG) airframe, is the Indian Naval variant of the P-8A Poseidon that ...

Navy officials having a look at the Boeing Poseidon-8I that was inducted at the Naval Air Station, INS Rajali in Arakkonam on Wednesday. | Dinesh Kumar Indian Naval Aviation received a shot in the arm with the induction of the first of the eight ...

Three Pattali Makkal Katchi workers K. Saravanan (39) of Arakkonam, who is the Vellore East District PMK secretary, G. Karikalan (35) of Periya Thagarakuppam near Walajapet and V. Pichandi (45)...

Railway and Fire and Rescue Department personnel carrying out relief operations at the site where the Muzaffarpur- Yashvantpur Express derailed in Chitheri near Arakkonam in Vellore district, on Wednesday | S Dinesh One person was killed and 33 ...

Two TASMAC outlets in Pudurkandigai, in Arakkonam taluk, and Egambanallur, in Ranipet taluk, of Vellore district were set on fire by unidentified persons. Police, who suspect the hand of PMK party cadre in these incidents, said the perpetrators had ...

The Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) is all set to cover the whole of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts as well as Arakkonam taluk in Vellore district. Minister for housing and urban development R. Vaithilingam on Tuesday made an announcement on the ...

Chennai, Apr 11 (PTI) Southern Railways today announced restoration of normal traffic on the Arakkonam-Katpadi sector, where a Karnataka-bound train derailed on Wednesday leaving one person dead and 33 persons injured."Normal traffic (has been) ...