Mumbai has some interesting museums. One dedicated to mothers, one on BEST buses and one that tells Mahatma Gandhi's life story using dolls.
CST heritage gallery:
The iconic UNESCO-listed building of Mumbai CST has a visitors’ lounge and visitors can take a walk in the heritage gallery. The locations that can be...
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) plans to procure 200 more eco-friendly bio-toilets to provide the facility on more trains in the next few months. The decision was taken after successful trial of 48 bio-toilets fitted to the 17 coaches being run on Hyderabad-Mumbai Hussain Sagar Express and Kacheguda-Bangalore Express....
Wanderlust runs in the family. I grew up listening to railway tales from my now-deceased father.Often the dinner-table conversation was about sleeping on a bale of cotton at Ratlam station and how many pieces of luggage he still had to claim from railway cloakrooms. So, when an assignment to travel...
A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of an accused in the Rs10-crore railway bribery case in which ex-Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was among those arrested.Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea of Dharmender Kumar after CBI contended that his release could adversely...
A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of an accused in the Rs 10-crore railway bribery case in which ex-Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was among those arrested.Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea of Dharmender Kumar after the agency contended that his release...
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:
1. They are a subset of the Admin group.
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...
