| Mafia | Pre-paid taxi service on fast-track on : August 25, 2013 - 08:57:25 AM |
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The proposal for introduction of pre-paid taxi service at Cuttack railway station seems to have gained wings with the Railway authorities agreeing to fast-track infrastructure development for it.The Railways has been entrusted with the responsibility of providing parking spaces and developing taxi bays at the entry and exit points of the railway station. Ticket counters for the prepaid service would also be set up with the support of the Railways. The issue was discussed with the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) in the High Court-appointed Traffic Management Committee meeting, chaired by Commissioner of Police Dr R P Sharma here.The committee had proposed launch of the prepaid taxi service following the success of the prepaid auto rickshaw service at the Railway station. According to the assessment made by the committee, the service would start off with around 50 taxis in the initial phase.The objective is to provide hassle-free transport service, both intra-city and outside, to the people.A substantial chunk of the passengers, who alight at Cuttack station, are from neighbouring districts like Jagatsinghpur, Dhenkanal, Kendrapara and Jajpur. The taxi service would be highly beneficial for them as they face problems in arranging onward transportation to their destinations. Along with development of infrastructure, the committee will also get down to formulating the fare structure for the taxis. The fares would be decided by the Transport department officials in consultation with the committee. |
| Mafia | Army recruitment applicants vandalise Gorakhpur on : August 25, 2013 - 08:57:12 AM |
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Gorakhpur: Thousands of unsuccessful applicants went on a rampage during an Army recruitment campaign here pelting stones at buses and stopping trains. On the last day of the 'Sena Bharti Mela' at the RPSF camp here yesterday, candidates from Mau district were tested. A total of 362 of them were selected and rest about 5,000 were found ineligible, police said. Some of these 5,000 candidates while returning home created a ruckus at the railway platforms, bus stations and streets of the city, they said. They travelled in autorickshaws and buses without paying the fare and also pelted stones on roadways buses, police said. The accused looted railway vendors and stopped Durg Express, Bagh Express and Varanasi-Gorakhpur Intercity trains on Cantt Railway station in a bid to board them, railway sources said. They stopped Shaheed Express at the Cantt railway station for hours, the sources said. Policemen and RPF jawans controlled the mob and got the train moving. The railway is trying to identify the miscreants through CCTV footage, a railway spokesman said. "The guilty will be punished once the identification is established," he added. |
| eabhi200k | Police on high alert in Rameswaram on : August 25, 2013 - 08:57:06 AM |
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Rameswaram: Tight security is in place in this temple town following reports that 12 terrorists were trying to sneak in from Maniyachi in Tuticorin district, police said on Saturday. Armed police personnel have been deployed at the bus stand, TV towers, Pamban bridge and other important sites including the temple and railway station, police said. Besides secret cameras have been installed at vantage points to monitor the movement of people.Passengers and pilgrims were being thoroughly checked before they were allowed to board trains and enter the temple. The Government Railway Protection Force also had been deployed in sufficient strength to monitor the trains and passengers, officials said. |
| irmafia | Army recruitment applicants vandalise Gorakhpur on : August 25, 2013 - 08:56:59 AM |
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Gorakhpur: Thousands of unsuccessful applicants went on a rampage during an Army recruitment campaign here pelting stones at buses and stopping trains. On the last day of the 'Sena Bharti Mela' at the RPSF camp here yesterday, candidates from Mau district were tested. A total of 362 of them were selected and rest about 5,000 were found ineligible, police said. Some of these 5,000 candidates while returning home created a ruckus at the railway platforms, bus stations and streets of the city, they said. They travelled in autorickshaws and buses without paying the fare and also pelted stones on roadways buses, police said. The accused looted railway vendors and stopped Durg Express, Bagh Express and Varanasi-Gorakhpur Intercity trains on Cantt Railway station in a bid to board them, railway sources said. They stopped Shaheed Express at the Cantt railway station for hours, the sources said. Policemen and RPF jawans controlled the mob and got the train moving. The railway is trying to identify the miscreants through CCTV footage, a railway spokesman said. "The guilty will be punished once the identification is established," he added. |
| irmafia | Police on high alert in Rameswaram on : August 25, 2013 - 08:56:54 AM |
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Rameswaram: Tight security is in place in this temple town following reports that 12 terrorists were trying to sneak in from Maniyachi in Tuticorin district, police said on Saturday. Armed police personnel have been deployed at the bus stand, TV towers, Pamban bridge and other important sites including the temple and railway station, police said. Besides secret cameras have been installed at vantage points to monitor the movement of people.Passengers and pilgrims were being thoroughly checked before they were allowed to board trains and enter the temple. The Government Railway Protection Force also had been deployed in sufficient strength to monitor the trains and passengers, officials said. |
| TrustMe | SWR emerges overall champion on : August 25, 2013 - 08:56:45 AM |
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South Western Railway (SWR, Bengaluru) swept the overall team championship of the 54th all-India Railway aquatics meet which concluded here on Saturday.SWR garnered 159 points to relegate Western (145) to second position. SWR’s Sajan Prakash emerged the individual champion by winning four gold and a silver medal.On the fourth and final day, only one record was improved. The SWR quartet clocked 3:39.97s in the 4x100m freestyle relay, which bettered the previous record of 3:41.88s set by SWR four years back.SWR won the waterpolo title defeating Western by eight goals to four in the final. The host Eastern finished third beating Southern 6-5 in the play-off. The diving championship went to Western (31 points). DLW (Varanasi) was second (22). |
| nikhilndls | तत्काल आरक्षण में अब 10 आईडी कार्ड वैध on : August 25, 2013 - 08:00:22 AM |
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तत्काल आरक्षण में अब 10 आईडी कार्ड वैध |
| riteshexpert | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board sweep team titles at Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships on : August 25, 2013 - 08:00:16 AM |
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PSPB men defeated Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) 3-1 while the women beat Airports Authority of India (AAI) 3-0. |
| Mafia | When travel mirrored the leisurely pace of life on : August 25, 2013 - 08:00:08 AM |
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They moved like giant snails, at their own pace. But when life itself was leisurely paced, trams in Chennai — the service came to a stop in 1953 — did not seem as if they belonged to the Jurassic age.They travelled at a maximum speed of 7 kmph but have left behind pleasant memories of a time when every inch of city roads was not occupied by vehicles.“I would not call the journeys thrilling. But travel in a slow-moving tram, seated by the windows, offered me excellent sightseeing opportunities. At one anna (1/16th of a rupee), they were ideal for a pleasant journey,” said writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Ashokamitran.Run by the Madras Electricity System (MES), trams on rails dominated Chennai roads back then and remained a convenient mode of transport for office-goers.“People from Mylapore travelled in trams to reach the High Court and other parts of the city. They boarded and detrained as they pleased, as trams moved very slowly,” said Mr. Ashokamitran.A strike by workers who demanded wage revision led to a lockout. Subsequently, Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari favoured the idea of ending the service, bringing the curtains down on 67 years of its run. “But the rails embedded on roads continued to remind Chennaiites of the tram days. For many years, they were not removed as they cost a fortune,” said Mr. Ashokamitran, who arrived in Chennai in 1953 to settle down permanently on an invitation from S.S. Vasan, owner of Gemini Studios. |
| sushil | तत्काल आरक्षण में अब 10 आईडी कार्ड वैध on : August 25, 2013 - 07:57:04 AM |
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तत्काल आरक्षण में अब 10 आईडी कार्ड वैध |
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