Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Western Railway (WR) administration on Saturday successfully completed a major anti-encroachment drive near the Bandra railway station, completely flattening all illegal structures and shanties in the Garib Nagar area of Mumbai’s Bandra East. Following the five-day intensive operation, debris clearance work commenced on Saturday.According to the Railway officials, while unauthorised structures were completely razed, the ground floors of around 100 authorised houses in t…
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Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that if the Centre extends to Telangana the same level of assistance that Gujarat received during the 10 years of Congress rule at the Centre, the state would end up getting only half of what it currently receives. PM Modi made the remarks in response to a request from the Chief Minister at an event in Hyderabad, where he launched and inaugurated projects worth Rs 9,400 crore.Seeking li…
Ghaziabad, March 23 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Monday sentenced a former railway official from Agra to four years’ imprisonment for demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor. The Special Court held Rafi Ahmad, the then Chief Yard Master, Agra Cantt Railway Station, guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act and imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on him.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered the instant case on July 4, 2015, against the accused, said a statem…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a slew of development projects covering petroleum, natural gas, roads, railways and other infrastructure sectors in Tiruchirappalli on Wednesday.Earlier on Tuesday, sharing details of the upcoming initiatives on social media platform X, Prime Minister Modi wrote: “In Tiruchirappalli tomorrow, I will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects covering petroleum, natural g…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) BJP MP and former Union Minister Anurag Thakur praised the Modi government for the financial assistance and infrastructure projects extended to Himachal Pradesh, saying that the state has received unprecedented support from the Centre. He said that since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, Himachal Pradesh has been generously aided and several historic steps have been taken for its development. Addressing the media, Thakur said the Modi government has so far prov…
Guwahati, Jan 31 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has made notable strides in railway infrastructure development and safety enhancement during FY 2025–26 so far, reaffirming its commitment to delivering safe, reliable and passenger-friendly rail services across the region, officials said on Saturday. The NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the focused initiatives were undertaken by the Engineering Department of the zone during this period …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Boxing World Cup Finals silver medallist Jadumani Singh displayed a mix of aggression and technical superiority to defeat fellow international and SSCB teammate Pawan Bartwal to clinch his first Senior National crown in men’s 50-55kg category while SSCB topped the overall standings with 12 gold medals in the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with easy wins at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida on Saturday. This was the first time that the men and w…