Rahul asks PM Modi to visit Punjab farmers, BJP hits back
Back from a 57-day sabbatical, the Congress vice-president took a train to Punjab on Tuesday and spent time at grain markets where anger has been mounting as farmers were finding it difficult to sell their produce from the spring harvest after.
Worlds Greatest City: 50 reasons Mumbai is No. 1 | CNN.
Those seeking to learn how to operate the two-stroke workhorse of the Indian commuter system -- the beautiful beasts first rolled off Indian assembly lines in 1957 and have barely changed since -- can take lessons and register for free at the. It might sound like the title of your next book group novel, but the Ladies Special local train pulls into the Gothic-style Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station (which noobs mistake for a huge cathedral) at 10:09am every morning.
Death and destruction as massive earthquake hits Nepal
I can confirm only two Indian deaths now -- one in the embassy and one in a hospital, Ambassador Rae said. Asked about other Indian casualties, he said it was difficult to give exact figures as the phone lines were down and it was tough to contact.
Aruna Shanbaug, Mumbai nurse in coma for 42 years after brutal rape, passes.
Aruna Shanbaug, a former nurse who lived in a vegetative state for the past 42 years after being brutally sexually assaulted at the KEM Hospital here and became the face of the debate on euthanasia in India, died today. 66-year-old Aruna, who was one.
Travel news - Wikitravel
The massive heatwave sweeping India is starting to ease, with forecasts of rain in some affected states. Officials say nearly 1,700 people have died in the worst-hit states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where temperatures rose above 45C��.
A school dropout is an Apple doctor
He gets orders for MacBook repairs from all over India. Harish Agarwal at his workplace in Bengaluru. S K Dinesh. Academic brilliance was not Indore man Harish Agarwals cup of tea. Dropping out of class VIII, arriving in Bengaluru ready to do even a.
Heavy rains in Mumbai, waterlogging in Dadar. - India
Heavy rains in Dadar have led to massive water-logging causing numerous problems to the commuters.. Commuters also had a hard time travelling due to poor visibility. Modified Date: August 21, 2014 10:34 AM. comment��.
A little world of my own: Trains
Trains. I enjoy the train rides. and there is a reason for that. first and foremost, trains connect me with my father who worked in Indian railways. He loved trains and I grew up listening to his passionate stories about trains. He saw.. Mumbai gets paralysed when the local trains shut down and that happens every year in monsoon at least a couple of times when we get flooded. we have just learned to live with these facts of life. that heavy rains will knock out the train��.
IPL 8: How Mumbai Indians came from down under to enter play-offs
Mumbai Indians have played like cornered tigers. After losing four matches in a row at the start of Indian Premier League-8, few would have expected Rohit Sharma and Co to finish second in the points tally at the end of the league phase. With every game .
Rare plant with anti-cancer properties found in Western Ghats
Several plant species producing CPT have been found in India. But the demand for CPT has resulted in extensive felling of the woody trees and plants like Nothapodytes nimmoniana, which is now on the verge of extinction and declared vulnerable.
BMC in the News | www.karmayog.org
Below are the News Articles / Stories pertaining to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai.. IE : BMC to Demolish Encroachments Near Girgaum Chowpatty : Mar 16, 2007 -Its clean-up time for Girgaum chowpatty again.. end, South Mumbai commuters can expect a smoother ride without having to waste time at the; 2009-05-26 Indian civic body to sell carbon credits to ADB -The Asian Development Bank has signed a co-financing transaction with the Municipal��.
Small-time actor found dead in Mumbai
A small time Bollywood actress has been found dead at her rented apartment in citys plush Versova area, police said today. Actress Shikha Joshi (40) was found lying in a pool of blood with a knife lodged inside her throat in her flat at MHADAs Rajyog .
Twitterati fume over PMs Ashamed to be born Indians comment
Modi said, ���Earlier, you felt ashamed of being born Indian. Now you feel proud to represent the. ���There was a time when people used to say we dont know what sins we committed in our past life that we were born in Hindustan. Is this any country, is.
How to plan a journey on Srinagar ��� Leh Highway - DeViL.
Apart from being famous for its enchanting views, this highway holds a strategic importance for India and being close to LOC, you see the heavy army presence on it when you travel through Srinagar ��� Leh Highway. The highway.. But, many a times finding vegetarian food becomes difficult in Kargil in the late evening and hence, you can opt to stay at Drass which does offer a few accommodation options. The distance... mumbai to srinagar 2 day by train srinagar��.
City Travel ��� Shatabdi Express, New Delhi-Jhansi �� The.
Running at an average speed of 90-100 kmph, it is Indias fastest train service, though the speed of each Shatabdi may vary depending on the rail traffic, track quality and maintenance work on the route. In 2013. The train is also the fastest of all Shatabdis, hitting a top speed of 150 kmph on the tourist-heavy Delhi-Agra stretch, making a same-day return possible. In some.. ���I know the regular commuters of the Bombay Rajdhani and they know me, so its home-like.���.
Rapid Transit Closer to Realization as Honolulus Rail Project
And transit is a popular way to get around ��� The Bus, the local transit agency, carries 236,000 daily riders, and the city has a transit work commute share of more than 10%, which is the highest of any major city without rail in the. The alignment, which roughly parallels the curve of the south Oahu coast, hits most of the major destinations in the metropolitan area, including downtown, the airport, and two institutions of higher learning (including one now being built).
Googles Self-Driving Cars Still Face Many Obstacles | MIT.
Among other unsolved problems, Google has yet to drive in snow, and Urmson says safety concerns preclude testing during heavy rains. Nor has it tackled big, open parking lots or multilevel garages. The cars video cameras��.
How to decide if your commute is too long | Penelope Trunk.
Because Brendan, at The Where Blog, points out that the values we hold highest ��� marriage, community, and extra time with the family ��� are falling apart in the face of a long commute as we are in our cars commuting for so long.. Indian perspective ��� Basically I am from a small city in India. I did my MBA from Mumbai (one of the most populated city on earth) and started working here. I travelled around 2 hrs each side and to top up it, extra commute to meet clients !
Ktaka min threatens action against Goan IT workers in Bengaluru
A senior Karnataka minister has stoked a controversy by suggesting a retaliatory action against Goan IT professionals staying in Bengaluru if Goa government goes ahead with its drive to demolish illegal hutments at Baina beach in Vasco, which he said.
Telcos threaten to hike data prices by six times
���If the same rules are not to apply, then the only way this industry can be viable is data rate will be 6 times higher from where they are there today. After that, you can do what you want. But if you take data rate to five or six times higher, a lot.
17 dead in India as powerful quake jolts Nepal, again
Union Home Ministry sources said Bihars capital Patna accounted for the largest number of four deaths, followed by Darbhanga and Saran (two each), besides Siwan, Nawada, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Madhepura, Motihari and Purnia recording .
RIP Gateway Corridor: Light Rail Accidents, Crashes.
The NJ Transit - Pascack Valley line commuter train 1634 struck and killed a woman at the Park Ridge station at 9:30am. The train was carrying 12 passengers and could not stop in time. 2015 May 29. Light Rail Hits Car (Salt��.
The 12 Best Hotels in Bangkok ��� The 2015 Travel Guide
The Thailand-Burma Railway Museum pays homage to the prisoners of war who built the Death Railway. Buses leave the Southern Bus Terminal daily, every 15-30 minutes depending on class. The ride takes about two hours��.
Heavy rain halts Mumbai, 2 killed; rail commuters hit hard
MUMBAI: Heavy rain pummelled Mumbai and its suburbs in which two persons died of electrocution and bringing normal life to a grinding halt on Friday with several areas waterlogged and local train services cancelled leaving thousands of commuters .
Where There Were Once Many Lines Planned, Just One.
There, voters passed a 1/2�� sales tax increase in 2002 by a huge margin. They were promised an enormous expansion of rail transit service, with dozens of miles of new lines shooting out of the existing Metrorail system in��.
South Africa travel guide - Wikitravel
The first Europeans to reach South Africa were the Portuguese, who named the end of the country Cape of Good Hope in 1488, when they managed to sail around it to reach India... Those non-whites, then, had to put up with lengthy, miserable commutes on overcrowded trains and taxi vans into white-controlled areas (where their permission to remain could be revoked at any time) and work for wages that were a. Thousands of people were murdered in riots or terrorist attacks.
MMRDA opts for higher sea link instead of costlier, movable kind
With a 2 km long sea bridge and 3 km long approach roads on either sides coming up between these two important tourist places in Raigad, not only the tourists going to Alibag will benefit, but it will also help in saving a lot of time and fuel that is.
ORBITRAM: Rail Accidents 2000-2009 - Why Orbitram is Safer
August 15, 2000 - According to Kenya Broadcasting Corporation report, a Butere-Kisumu commuter train carrying 400 passengers on-board ploughed off the rails at the shore of Lake Victoria, Lela, Nyanza, Kenya, in an incident... Eurostar Italia train 9410, running from Taranto to Milan, is derailed between Acquaviva delle Fonti and Sannicandro di Bari when subsidence due to heavy rain causes a bridge to collapse under it, leaving two bare rails spanning the 12 m��.
Norman Foster promotes cycling utopia - Dezeen
Cycling safety in London was called into question in November last year when six cyclists died in road accidents in a two-week period, bringing the total for the year up to 14. A poll by BBC News found that one in five cyclists��.
My sons soul can now rest in peace, says Ravindra Patils mother
Speaking to mid-day from Dhule, Virendra Patil (46), Ravindras elder brother, who works as a constable with the State Reserve Police Force in the same town, stated that his 65-year-old mother always blamed Khan for his younger brothers death. Also.
ICC World Cup: Arjun Bharadwajs catch of the match
Auckland: Brendan Taylor gave one Indian fan an expensive parting gift on Saturday. Taylor was playing his last ODI for Zimbabwe before moving to Nottingham to play on the English county circuit as a Kolpak player which requires him to stop playing for.
Buildings on dead lakes in City may be regularised
Demolition drive will continue, says CM. The State government is contemplating bringing in a law to regularise properties on dead lakes here. However, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the government would go ahead with the ongoing drive against illegal .