Freight legacy of Bengal Nagpur RailwayOn May 17, over 100 railway officers, some retired, mostly serving, assembled at the magnificent building of South Eastern Railway on the bank of the Hooghly river in Kolkata. The officers had several things in common: they were all from IRTS (Indian Railway ... Business Line, 2 weeks ago |
Google doodle on homepage marks 160th anniversary of Indian railwayInternational News: New Delhi: Google on Tuesday marked the 160th anniversary of the first passenger train journey in India with a doodle on its homepage. On April 16, 1853, the first commercial passenger train chugged out of Bori Bunder, in Bombay ... KeralaNext.com, 2 months ago
Google Doodle Marks 160 Years of India's First Passenger Train Journey; 10 Interesting Facts About Indian Railways
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Within hours of stepping off train, woman lured with a job and rapedShe left her husband in Bengal to make a living in Mumbai; an unknown man at Dadar station promised her a job and took her to a house where she was raped and her jewellery stolen Mumbai Vinay Dalvi ... Mid Day, 1 month ago
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Plastic water bottles: Why we stopped caring about municipal waterIn the late 1980s, when I started working in New Delhi, train travel from Kerala was an exercise in national integration. We filled drinking water from the taps on the railway platforms in our green, blue, red and yellow plastic water bottles that ... Firstpost.com, 1 month ago
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Are Pune utilizing their resources well?ed comments on this article Ruchir MishraRuchir Mishra , TNN | May 6, 2013, 08.04 PM IST Despite poor performance they continued with players like Ashok Dinda and Abhishek Nayar. (PTI Photo) NAGPUR: What do you need in Twenty20? Powerful hitters, ... Times of India, 1 month ago
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Monuments gone missingIn 2006, the figure stood at 35. Seven years later, the figure has more than doubled and stands at 81. The numbers might look very insignificant looking at the sheer scale of everything else in this country, but when it is attributed to missing ... The Hindu, 2 months ago
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Somewhere To Call Their OwnThe Anglo-Indian settlement that was meant to be a special place for its people—still only a small town with a special history. Ian Jack Brijesh Patel McCluskiegunge's cemetery is a vandalised, abandoned site MOFUSSIL JUNCTION: INDIAN ENCOUNTERS ... Outlooktraveller.com, 2 months ago
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