Ludhiana:
In order to cope with the heavy rush of passengers during the summer vacation and the movement of migrant population for the forthcoming paddy season, the Northern Railway has introduced several summer special trains for various destinations. In addition, extra coaches are being attached to many regular trains to augment...
The Tibetan-dominated area of Majnu Ka Tila was put under police lockdown on Sunday to avoid any disruption to the movement of visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang.Residents said many Tibetan activists were put under house arrest, while many were on the run to evade arrest. The Delhi Police also withdrew...
KOCHI: Signaling more delays in the execution of the Kochi Metro project, land reclamation activities at the Muttom yard once again came to a halt late Saturday following public protests.The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was forced to temporarily go on the back foot after land owners, who handed over...
Traffic movement on certain roads in the Capital will be affected and four metro stations, three of them on the Jehangirpuri-HUDA City Centre line, will remain closed for commuters on Monday in view of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India.According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson, four...
MYSORE: A postgraduate student and her mother allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train at Naganhalli in Mysore taluk on Saturday. The reason for their action is not known.Railway police said Shailaja H M, 45, and her daughter Sharmila H M, 22, a commerce postgraduate, from KR Nagar...
TIRUVARUR, TAMIL NADU: Three persons were on Monday run over by a train when they were sleeping on a railway track at an unmanned crossing gate near here, police said.The tragedy took place when the Nagore-Bangalore train was passing through Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai-Nagapattinam section at Athipuliyur at 4.30am, police said.
Out of the total earnings of Rs. 7477.30 crore from commodity-wise freight traffic during the month of April 2013, Rs. 3420.74 crore generated from transportation of 42.96 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs. 604.13 crore from 8.90 million tonnes of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other...
THE Central Railway (CR) has undertaken a pilot project to reduce its carbon footprint at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in Mumbai division and Tikekarwadi in Solapur division. For this, it is looking at solar energy to fulfil the power needs at these stations.
In December last year, Khandala station was provided...
As already observed by our Admins Jay Shah & Nazeer in prior posts [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/735925] and [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/734351] , the Seat Availability Check, Search and Availability Calendar have now been implemented. The feature is an amalgamation of numerous suggestions put forward by our members/Admins over the past few months. Hearty thanks to...
A new class of members called "Forum Monitor" has been introduced. These members will have free rein to Delete Posts, Suspend Members and Archive Blogs. The defining characteristics of these members is:
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2. They are NOT active bloggers, and so not emotionally involved.
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The following modifications are being made in the Forum:
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1. The Opinion box will now show a detailed list of Members who provided the rating. When you click on Great, Thanks, Useful or Agree, a box will open up beneath displaying the names. When you hover over the respective member names,...
Further elucidation on UnAnswered and Popular tabs.
UnAnswered:
Only posts tagged with "Travel Question" within the last 7 days are candidates for the UnAnswered tab. Other general comments may not necessarily deserve a reply. If members miscategorize their genuine questions as something else - Rail/Travel, etc. - they will have to...
Members mark your calendars. The first online IRI Quiz Contest will be held on Sunday, Feb 3 @ 8pm IST. Some points:
1. You would need a modern mobile or desktop browser. No Opera Mini. You would need to ensure that you have good internet connectivity.
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2. NO easy questions. 20 medium...
As per the suggestion presented [here|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/615661] , a new experimental feature is being introduced today.
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At the top of the member profile, you will see a new link "Block Member" (see pic). If you block any member, they will NOT be able to reply within Blog Entries started by you, OR...
