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വനിതകള്‍ക്കു മാത്രമായുള്ള പാനിപ്പത്ത്-ഡല്‍ഹി പാസഞ്ചര്‍ ട്രെയിന്‍ പുനരാരംഭിക്കുമെന്ന് ഹരിയാന മന്ത്രി കവിത ജയിന്‍ അറിയിച്ചു. Pic Courtesy: smithsoniamag ഡല്‍ഹിയില്‍ നിന്നു പാനിപ്പത്തിലേക്കു യാത്രചെയ്യുന്ന വനിതകള്‍ക്കും കുട്ടികള്‍ക്കും ഈ ട്രെയിന്‍ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുന്നതാണ്. എന്നാല്‍ ചില കാരണങ്ങളാല്‍ ട്രെയിന്‍ നിര്‍ത്തി വെച്ചിരിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. ട്രെയിന്‍ നിര്‍ത്തിയതില്‍ പ്രതിഷേധിച്ചു വനിതകളുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തില്‍ പാനിപ്പത്തു സ്റ്റേഷന്‍ ഉപരോധിച്ചിരുന്നു. സമരത്തിനിടെ എത്തിയ ട്രെയിനും അവര്‍ തടഞ്ഞു. റെയില്‍ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരുമായി ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്‌തെന്നും ട്രെയിന്‍ വീണ്ടും ആരംഭിക്കാനുള്ള നടപടികള്‍ പുരോഗമിക്കുന്നതായും അവര്‍ പറഞ്ഞു.

Photo Courtesy: smithsoniamag The special train for women passengers on the Delhi-Panipat section would be restarted soon, said Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain. The minister said that the move to restart the train is after observing a large number of women commute between Delhi and Panipat daily. The train is likely to be restarted within the next three to four days. “The train service was stopped due to some difficulties which has caused a lot of resentment among women passengers who faced commuting problems,” Jain said. The minister sought the intervention of Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and suggested ... Read more

No matter where in Europe travellers plan to explore, they can travel confidently with its new travel medical insurance, says EuropeTravel Plus. Created by Visitors Coverage, in partnership with global benefits and assistance services leader International Medical Group (IMG), EuropeTravel Plus provides international travel medical insurance coverage for non-US citizens travelling to Europe while also meeting and exceeding the EU’s published insurance requirements for the Schengen visa. The plan offers coverage up to 90 days, a $0 deductible option and minimum coverage of $50,000. In addition, the visa letter confirming coverage can be emailed directly to the customer after purchase. ... Read more

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to develop a 500-acre ‘New Ayodhya’ township on the banks of the river Sarayu. ‘New Ayodhya’, which is being planned on a stretch of land between the villages of Majha Barhata and Jaisingh Mau near the ancient city of Ayodhya, will be constructed at an estimated initial cost of around Rs 3.5 billion (Rs 350 crores). The new township will be adjoining the Lucknow-Gorakhpur expressway and will be close to the banks of the Sarayu, a tributary of the river Ganga. The ‘New Ayodhya’ project will come under the jurisdiction and administration of the Ayodhya ... Read more

There’s no one who has not complained about the insanely high prices the restaurants and eateries at the multiplexes charge from the customers. But, from now on, you can buy food and water from Mumbai multiplexes at regular prices. Noting that the cost of food and water inside multiplexes was exorbitant, the Bombay High Court observed that it should be sold at regular prices. The Maharashtra government told the court that it would soon frame a policy on the issue. A division bench of justices SM Kemkar and MS Karnik was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Mumbai resident ... Read more

If you are in Bengaluru and want to try out the suburban trains for a change, this multilingual app is going to help you find everything you need to know about the metro, suburban train systems. RailJini, which will cover aspects pertaining to suburban train travel, was launched earlier this week. The app will give exact train timings, update passengers on delays, send locations, and also allow them to send their location if required. The app will work in English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.   More features, like Metro timings, information and last-mile connectivity (allowing you to book a cab ... Read more

A regular weekly express train between Dibrugarh and Silchar will be introduced from April 8, connecting Barak and Brahmaputra valley. The new service will be jointly flagged off by chief minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and minister of state of Railways Rajen Gohain, from Dibrugarh tomorrow, informed the Northeast Frontier Railway. The regular service of the train will start from April 16 from Dibrugarh and from Silchar on April 17. The  15944 Dibrugarh – Silchar Express will leave Dibrugarh every Monday at 7 pm and arrive at Silchar at 8.40 am the next day. During the return journey, the 15943 Silchar ... Read more

Southern railway said it will operate special fare special train between Kochuveli and Kamakhya, via Podanur, Katpadi, Perambur from April 8, to clear the extra rush towards Guwahati sector. Train No.06336 Kochuveli – Kamakhya special fare special train will leave Kochuveli at 2 pm on Sundays from April 8 to May 27 and reach Kamakhya at 8.10 am on Wednesdays. Train No.06335 Kamakhya- Kochuveli special fare special train will leave Kamakhya at 11.05 pm on Wednesdays from April 11 to May 31 and reach Kochuveli at 10.30 pm on Saturdays. The train has one AC 2-tier, two AC 3-tier, seven ... Read more

The National Rail Museum will be open till 9 PM from next month with an aim to increase footfalls at the museum. The move is in line with the views of Tourism Minister K J Alphons, who has been advocating that places of tourist interest should remain open post evening. “We are still working out the details. We have to give the tourists who visit at night a different package than what we give to the day tourists. We are working that out. But the museum will be open from 6 PM to 9 PM,” said Amit Saurastri, Director, National Rail ... Read more

Goa has issued an alert to all vessels and casinos operating off the state’s coast following an intelligence input about possible arrival of terrorists on board a fishing trawler, the state’s ports minister said. State’s Ports Minister Jayesh Salgaoncar said that his department has issued a warning to all the off shore casinos, water sports operators and barges to be alert as the Indian Coast Guard has shared an intelligence input about a possible terror attack on the western coast. “The alert is not specific to Goa. It can be even to Mumbai or Gujarat coast, but we have alerted ... Read more

A short while after the Ministry of Defense website started leading to an error page and Chinese characters started appearing on it, the websites of Home and Law Ministry have also gone down. The websites of Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in) and Law Ministry (http://lawmin.gov.in/) went down flashed: “The requested service is temporarily unavailable. Sorry for Inconvenience. It would be available soon” and “The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later” messages respectively. The Defence Ministry tweeted to say, “Issue with the MoD website has been taken note of. Appropriate action has been initiated.” Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured ... Read more

Russian cloud-based messaging service app, Telegram is going to face a legal lawsuit from the Russian state security services. The company is facing charges as it refused to give access to the secret messages of their loyal users to the government. Telegram is rated as the 9th most popular messenger in the world. Over 200 million active users are reportedly using the service under the protection of strong encryptions. Meanwhile, the Russian government’s Federal Security service approached Telegram to give access to some of the messages related to a terrorist attack. But telegram hesitated the request sighting their user privacy. ... Read more

The finance ministry today announced that a 5 per cent GST will be levied on food and drinks supplied by Indian Railways or Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. or their licensees, whether in trains or at platforms (static units). The Finance Ministry has written to the Railway Board on March 31 about the 5 per cent rate to remove any doubt or uncertainty in the matter. The new announcement would bring about uniformity in the rate of GST applicable to supply of food and drinks made available in trains, platforms or stations. “The GST rate on supply of food and ... Read more

As many as 14 e toilets would be installed across 11 locations in Pune, for which the Municipal Corporation has sanctioned a sum of over Rs 1.99 cr to build the e toilets. The toilets will work as a vending machine in which users can drop coins to make use of the facility. The new project was launched by MP Anil Shirole. The modern e-toilets has additional features that include napkin dropper, baby diaper changing rooms, mobile charging points and voice-assisted command systems. Moreover, each toilet is technically connected over a network, that enhances real-time monitoring of the hygienic status of ... Read more

Tourism News Live, the 24X7 dedicated tourism news portal, has received “Best Innovative Idea” award from the Association for Arab Tour Operators (AATO). Anish Kumar PK, President, ATTOI, received the award from Kerala Minister for Tourism, Kadakampally Surendran at a function held in Crowne Plaza, Kochi. Tourism News Live, the first integrated news portal discussing positive stories about the tourism and travel fraternity to the global audience, is the brain-child of ATTOI (Association of Tourism Trade Organisations, India). The minister has also released an Arab-English travel guide published by the Association for Arab Tour Operators. Kerala Travel Mart President Baby Mathew ... Read more