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GUWAHATI, Oct 5 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today laid stress on concerted efforts to protect the girl child. The Chief Minister was addressing a function organised by the Indian Society for Third Party Assisted Reproduction, NF Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation and Frontier TV on CME on Surrogacy in India and Value the Girl Child Campaign at the Rang Bhawan, Maligaon here.
The Chief Minister said the society must play a proactive role in saving the girl child and nursing them. He expressed serious concern over the decline in sex ratio in the country.

According to an official press release, Gogoi appreciated Miss Universe Olivia Frances Culpo for taking up the cause of the girl child. Thanking the reigning beauty queen for coming to this part of the country, the Chief Minister welcomed her saying, “Ours is a land of hills and rivers inhabited by beautiful people. The North East region is the most beautiful part of our country.”

In her brief speech, Culpo, who was dressed in traditional Assamese attire, underlined the importance of maintaining right to privacy of donor as well as surrogate mother by involving a third party agency. On the issue of girl child, Culpo said she wanted to bring the desired change by involving herself in the campaign.

Earlier, in his address, General Manager, NFR, RS Virdi, said that social transformation could be brought about in the girl child through education.

Later, the Chief Minister and the Miss Universe flagged off a rally, a press release stated.

VIJAYAWADA: United Andhra Pradesh supporters on Saturday went on a rampage and blocked roads, burnt vehicles, attacked properties of Congress leaders besides disrupting train and power services to protest the Centre move to go ahead with Telangana formation despite their two-month agitation.Thousands of vehicles were stranded on highways as protesters blocked them by burning tyres on the second day of the blockade of roads.Three vehicles were burnt in temple town of Tirupati, where the annual Brahmotsavams began on Saturday. The agitation had its impact on the Dasara festivities at Vijayawada's famous Sri Kanakadurga temple.Train services were disrupted at many places resulting in delay of trains by up to four hours. Several trains were stopped at Kondayapalem railway gate on Nellore outskirts as agitators protested for about two hours.

Superfast trains, including Janashatabdi Express, were stopped forcing other trains on the section to stop at different stations.

Sources said many trains on Chennai-Kolkata and Chennai-Hyderabad line were running behind schedule as they were stopped at Ongole, Chirala, Tenali, and Vijayawada.

Legislator K Gurunatha Reddy led protesters, who stopped trains on the Chennai-Bangalore section at Anantapur. The protesters burnt tyres on the track to stop trains besides blocking the station manager's chamber.

The New Delhi-Bangalore superfast express was among the trains stopped at Anantapur station for about two hours. Police did not use force on the directions of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and DGP Prasada Rao.

In Prakasam, agitators burnt rubber bags and tyres on railway tracks near Chirala to spot trains on Chennai-Howrah and Chennai-Delhi sections.

In Vizianagaram, protesters clashed with police as they attacked properties of Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana and other Congress leaders besides stoning the district collector's office.

A Congress MP Harsha Kumar-run college in Rajahmundry was ransacked and its furniture and buses were damaged. Kumar's sons and their security guard clashed with the protestors as police could not control the situation. They were later arrested and booked.

A 35-year-old man suffered 75% burns as he set himself on fire to protest Telangana formation in Prakasam district.

The striking APGenco employees closed power plants hitting generation of 3,000 mw, which plunged over 300 villages in six coastal districts into darkness on Friday night.

They even tried to snap power supply to the railways to pressurize the Centre. Senior officials are closely monitoring the situation and trying to keep railway supply lines intact till the strike ends on Sunday morning.

Elsewhere in Seemandhra, a total bandh was observed for the second day as all commercial activities were halted.

इलाहाबाद : बारिश ने रेलवे पर भी कहर बरपाया। ट्रैकों पर पानी भरने से प्लेटफार्म एक और दो के इलेक्ट्रिक सिग्नल फेल हो गए। इससे इन प्लेटफार्मो पर ट्रेनों का आवागमन पूरी तरह ठप हो गया और दर्जनभर से ज्यादा ट्रेनें घंटों देरी से पहुंचीं। वहीं, रेलवे ट्रैक पानी से लबालब होने पर ट्रेनों को कॉशन देकर गुजारा गया। दोपहर बाद सिग्नल ठीक होने पर ट्रेनों का संचालन सामान्य हो सका।

रेलवे के मुताबिक शुक्रवार रात को हुई झमाझम बारिश से रेलवे ट्रैक पूरी तरह लबालब हो गए। पानी भरने के कारण ही प्लेटफार्म एक और दो के इलेक्ट्रिक सिग्नल शनिवार तड़के 4.15 बजे फेल हो गए, जिससे इन प्लेटफार्मो पर आने वाली ट्रेनों को जहां का तहां रोक दिया गया। लालकिला चार घंटे, हावड़ा-नई दिल्ली सुपरफास्ट 8 घंटे, प्रताप एक्सप्रेस 5 घंटे, सीमांचल 5 घंटे, हावड़ा-जोधपुर 4 घंटे, सियालदह-अजमेर 4 घंटे, रीवांचल 5 घंटे, कालका एक्सप्रेस 5 घंटे समेत कई और ट्रेनें देरी से सेंट्रल पहुंचीं। सुबह पानी कम होने के बाद मरम्मत का काम शुरू हो सका, जिसे ठीक करने में दोपहर 12.30 बजे गए। इसके बाद जाकर ट्रेनों का संचालन सुचारू हो सका। वहीं, अन्य रेलवे ट्रैक भी पानी से भरे होने के कारण ट्रेनों को गुजारने में दिक्कतें पैदा हुई।

A pair of special trains will be operated from Chennai Central to Santragachi (Kolkata) to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Dasara festival.Train No. 06007 Chennai Central – Santragachi special express will leave from Chennai Central at 7.50 a.m. on October 6 and 13 (Sundays) and reach Visakhapatnam at 8.35 p.m. the same day. It leaves at 8.55 p.m. and reaches Santragachi at 10.25 a.m. the following day (Monday).Train No. 06008 Santragachi (Kolkata) – Chennai Central special express will leave Santragachi at 7 p.m. on October 7 and 14 (Mondays) and reach Visakhapatnam the next day (Tuesdays) at 8.20 a.m.It leaves at 8.45 a.m. to reach Chennai Central at 10.45 p.m. the same day.

Train No. 06316 Ernakulam-Santragachi Special Express will leave Ernakulam on October 4 and 11 (Fridays) at 11 p.m. and reach Visakhapatnam at 00:10 hours on Sundays (midnight of Saturday) and leave at 12.30 a.m. and reach Santragachi the same day at 2.30 p.m.In the return direction, Train no. 06315 Santragachi-Ernakulam will leave Santragachi at 00.25 a.m. (midnight) on October 7 and 13 and reach Visakhapatnam at 2.15 p.m. the same day and reach Ernakulam the next day at 3.50 p.m.

The railway board has declared an increase in passenger fares in all mail and express trains by 2 per cent and freight tariff by 1.7 per cent. While the revised passenger fare will come into effect from October 7, the increased freight charge will be applicable from October 10.While travelling in chair car between Pune and Mumbai will cost passengers Rs 8 more, for a second-class journey, the fare has increased by Re 1.The II AC journey between Pune and Delhi will be dearer by Rs 40 and III AC journey will cost Rs 27 more. Passengers travelling in sleeper class will have to shell out Rs 6 more.This is the second increase in passenger fares this year after a 20 per cent hike in January.Harsha Shah of Railway Pravasi Group said that due to the increased expenses, the Indian Railway needs additional revenue and such hikes can be condoned if it comes with improved facilities for the passengers who will have to shell out more money."This is the third fare hike within a very short time and passengers will obviously feel burdened. However, if this hike means that the Pune Division will get additional infrastructure and facilities, then passengers will find not mind it. It is not done if they earn more money from this region and use it for conducting development work at other places," said Shah.

A pair of special trains will be operated from Chennai Central to Santragachi (Kolkata) to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Dasara festival.Train No. 06007 Chennai Central – Santragachi special express will leave from Chennai Central at 7.50 a.m. on October 6 and 13 (Sundays) and reach Visakhapatnam at 8.35 p.m. the same day. It leaves at 8.55 p.m. and reaches Santragachi at 10.25 a.m. the following day (Monday).Train No. 06008 Santragachi (Kolkata) – Chennai Central special express will leave Santragachi at 7 p.m. on October 7 and 14 (Mondays) and reach Visakhapatnam the next day (Tuesdays) at 8.20 a.m.It leaves at 8.45 a.m. to reach Chennai Central at 10.45 p.m. the same day.

Train No. 06316 Ernakulam-Santragachi Special Express will leave Ernakulam on October 4 and 11 (Fridays) at 11 p.m. and reach Visakhapatnam at 00:10 hours on Sundays (midnight of Saturday) and leave at 12.30 a.m. and reach Santragachi the same day at 2.30 p.m.In the return direction, Train no. 06315 Santragachi-Ernakulam will leave Santragachi at 00.25 a.m. (midnight) on October 7 and 13 and reach Visakhapatnam at 2.15 p.m. the same day and reach Ernakulam the next day at 3.50 p.m.

They upload pictures of victims online, use software to match profiles of missing persons

Thousands of people whose bodies were found on railway track across Southern Railway remain unidentified. Of the 23,717 people who were found dead since 2003, the identity of as many as 9,118 is yet to be established.The victims, including hundreds of women, are suspected to have either committed suicide or had an accidental fall, though police do not rule out other possibilities.In many cases, the bodies were mutilated beyond recognition leaving only the clothes and identification marks for detection. Since bodies remained unclaimed, investigators preserved the skull or thigh bone and disposed them of with the help of NGOs. However, post-mortem and other mandatory formalities are carried out, police sources said.“A detailed investigation is done whenever a body is found on the railway track. Besides making enquiries in the locality, we send photographs to police headquarters in all States for verification. Wide publicity is given in the media…when a person is found missing, the family should also check with the railway police,” Additional Director-General of Police (Railways) R. Sekar said.

Going by statistics, in the last nine months alone 2,015 bodies were found on track of which 631 remain unidentified. In a number of cases, the victims were senior citizens.

“It is possible that they belong to some other state and came to Tamil Nadu on a pilgrimage or in search of employment. Death due to accidental fall or some other reason cannot be ruled out. Of late, we are coming across many cases of youth getting hit by trains between Chennai Egmore and Tambaram stretch,” a police official said.

ADGP/Director, State Crime Records Bureau, Asish Bengra said the photographs of missing persons and unidentified bodies were regularly updated on the police website.

“In 2012-13, more than 40 cases of missing persons were solved after family/friends of victims identified photographs on the website and informed the police,” he said.

The SCRB was using software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to match the profile of missing persons with those of unclaimed or unidentified bodies.

“We have a web cell in all districts to do this profiling on a regular basis. The data is also shared with the National Crime Records Bureau for analysis at their end,” he said.

In a novel initiative, the Dharmapuri police organised camps where complaints in man/woman missing cases are shown photographs of unclaimed/unidentified bodies on large screens.

At least a dozen cases reported in Salem and Dharmapuri districts were solved when the complainants identified the deceased persons, police sources added.

CHANDIGARH: With the Northern Railways finally announcing to start the train between Kalka-Chandigarh-Shirdi, lakhs of Sai devotees across the tricity of Chandigarh-Mohali Panchkula and the region have the reason to celebrate.Union minister and Ambala MP Selja will flag off the train from Kalka at 7pm while Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal will flag off the train at 7.40pm on Sunday. With this, Sai devotees long pending demand has finally met.Earlier devotees had to either board the train from Ambala or from New Delhi to reach Shirdi. After New Delhi, this is the second such direct train which will reach Sai Nagar Shirdi. Train no.22455/22456 (Kalka-Sai Nagar Shirdi bi weekly Superfast) is being inaugurated from Kalka to Sai Nagar Shirdi on 06.10.2013. The train will comprise of total 13 coaches having the composition of 2-Tier AC (01 coach), 3-Tier AC (01 coach), Sleeper (03 Coaches) and Unreserved ( 06 Coaches) & SLR's (02 Coaches).

On its outward journey, train No. 22456 will depart on every Thursday & Sunday ex-Kalka at 19:00 hrs. and will reach Sai Nagar Shirdi on Friday & Monday at 22:15 hrs. having stoppages at Chandigarh, Ambala Cantt, Panipat, New Delhi, H. Nizamudin, Mathura, Agra Cantt, Gawalior, Bhopal, Bhusawal & Manmad.

On its return journey from Sai Nagar Shirdi weekly train no. 22455 will depart on every Tuesday & Saturday ex- Sai Nagar Shirdi at 10:00hrs. and will reach Kalka on Wednesday & Sunday at 12:35 hrs. having stoppages at Manmad, Bhuswal, Bhopal, Gwalior, Agra Cantt, Mathura, H.Zimamudin, New Delhi, Panipat, Ambala Cantt & Chandigarh.

The Sai devotees have hailed the decision of railway authorities. Said Ramesh Kalia, the president of Shirdi Sai Samaj, `` Keeping in view the tourist rush in other trains, the railway authorities should make this train as daily train or atleast three days in the week."

अमरोहा। मुरादाबाद रेलवे के डीआरएम सुधीर अग्रवाल की स्पेशल ट्रेन शुक्रवार को गजरौला रेलवे स्टेशन के प्लेटफार्म तीन पर रूकते ही स्टाफ में हड़कंप मच गया।
मुरादाबाद से निरीक्षण को निकले डीआरएम ने यहां अपनी स्पेशल ट्रेन से उतरकर प्लेटफार्म, स्टेशन मास्टर कक्ष, सिगनल, कैंटीन, प्रतीक्षालय, टिकट खिड़की, माल गोदाम साइड आदि का निरीक्षण किया। इस दौरान सफाई व्यवस्था समेत तमाम खामियां मिलने पर स्टेशन अधीक्षक प्रेमचंद को सुधार के निर्देश दिए। वहीं उन्होंने सभी व्यवस्थाएं दुरुस्त बनाने की सख्त हिदायत दी। हालांकि इस दौरान स्टेशन अधीक्षक ने रेलवे फाटक पर लगने वाले जाम के दौरान ट्रेनें लेट होने समेत कई दिक्कतें उनके सामने रखीं। इसके साथ ही डीआरएम ने सिगनल, रेल पथ व निर्माण से जुड़े साथ आए मातहत अधिकारियों को खामिया दूर करने के निर्देश दिए। इस दौरान स्थानीय रेलवे प्रशासन में हड़कंप मचा रहा। दोपहर करीब 11:50 बजे डीआरएम अपनी स्पेशल ट्रेन में सवार होकर दिल्ली की ओर रवाना हो गए। इससे पूर्व उन्होंने अमरोहा रेलवे स्टेशन का भी निरीक्षण कर अधिकारियों को जरूरी निर्देश दिए।
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डीआरएम स्पेशल के रूकते ही गायब हुए ठेले
गजरौला : डीआरएम स्पेशल के रूकते ही प्लेटफार्म पर लगे खाद्य पदार्थो के ठेले गायब हो गए। आरपीएफ स्टाफ ने उन्हें खदेड़ दिया। हालांकि डीआरएम स्पेशल के रवाना होने के बाद चाय-पकौड़ी, फल इत्यादि सामान बेचने वाले पुन आ धमके थे।
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एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों के ठहराव की उठाई मांग
गजरौला : डीआरएम मुरादाबाद को स्थानीय नागरिकों ने ज्ञापन सौंपकर एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों के ठहराव की मांग उठाई। उन्होंने बताया कि एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों का ठहराव नहीं होने के कारण स्थानीय यात्रियों को दिल्ली व लखनऊ दिशा में सफर के लिए काफी परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ता है।
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डीआरएम को भी चखना पड़ा जाम का स्वाद
गजरौला : डीआरएम स्पेशल को भी रेलवे फाटक के जाम का स्वाद चखना पड़ा। डीआरएम स्पेशल ट्रेन जाम के कारण प्लेटफार्म तीन पर खड़ी रही। चूंकि फाटक बंद नहीं हो पा रहा था। ऐसे में आरपीएफ व जीआरपी के जवानों ने फाटक पर पहुंचकर सड़क का ट्रैफिक रोका। तब फाटक बंद होने पर डीआरएम स्पेशल ट्रेन रवाना हो सकी।

Reaching the railway station was a difficult task on the two-day bandh on Friday-Saturday, as traffic was stopped at several places and people going to the railway station either by four-wheelers or two-wheelers had to face a tough time crossing the hurdles.A person taking his son to the railway station was stopped twice in the evening at Kancharapalem. At one point, protesters stopped vehicles for sometime and let them go only after making them raise slogans in favour of Samaikyandhra.A short stretch later on the service road, traffic was totally stopped by placing a long tube and burning tyres. To overcome it he had to either go back to the highway or take a detour via the narrow pathway abutting the houses adjacent to the highway. Finally the man reached the highway near Tatichetlapalem. From then on, thankfully, it was a hassle-free ride. But those without their vehicles found it very difficult to go to the station or return from there.