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Highlights of the Launch of “Gatimaan Express”, India’s Fastest Train

5Apr By NitishNo Comments

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Highlights of the Launch of “Gatimaan Express”, India’s Fastest Train

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India’s first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express running at a speed of 160 kmph. The train has reached Agra in 100 mins (Avg. time set is 90 mins). Gatimaan Express will run between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment stations. Gatimaan Express becomes India's fastest train touched top speed of 160 kmph beating India’s fastest train so far the Bhopal Shatabdi running at 150 kmph. Gatimaan covers the 184-kilometre distance between New Delhi and Agra in 100 minutes, as opposed to 110 minutes by the Bhopal Shatabdi. Launch of Gatimaan Express by Honble Minister MR Suresh Prabhu Tdy IR ushers in to the age of #HighSpeedTrains wth Launch of #GatimaanExpress by HonbleMR @sureshpprabhu frm NZMStn pic.twitter.com/hAgCwThQpU —...

Indian Railways Website Allegedly Hacked By Al-Qaida

2Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Indian Railways Website Allegedly Hacked By Al-Qaida

IANS- Terror outfit al-Qaida on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Indian Railways' Railnet page. The hacked page of Bhusawal division of Personnel Department of the Central Railway and part of a large intranet created for the department's administrative needs, was replaced by a message purportedly from Maulana Aasim Umar, al-Qaida chief in south Asia, to all Indian Muslims. "Why is there no storm in your ocean? A message for Muslims of India from Maulana Aasim Umar (May Allah protect him)," read the message. An attached 11-page document on the hacked page read: "Will the land of Delhi not give birth to a Shah Muhadith Delhvi who may once again teach the Muslims of India the forgotten lesson of Jihad and inspire them to take to the battlefields of Jihad?" "Is there no ...

Indian Govt. Asks Google To Choose Telecom Partner For Loon Project

1Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Indian Govt. Asks Google To Choose Telecom Partner For Loon Project

The government has asked technology giant Google to select a telecom operator in India for testing its Loon Project, the balloon-based Internet technology. "Google wants to test the Loon Project in expensive and scarce spectrum bands. It has been asked to partner with any telecom operator that can meet its requirement and then approach the government for testing Loon," an official said. "This approach should resolve the spectrum band sought by Google as well as security to some extent," the official added. The Loon Project is a research and development project being developed by Google X with the mission of providing Internet access to the rural and remote areas. The project uses high-altitude balloons placed in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 18 km to create an aerial...

Soon, Differently-Abled Can Avail Rail Travel Concessions Online

28Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Soon, Differently-Abled Can Avail Rail Travel Concessions Online

The Indian Railways is fulfilling its social obligations towards Divyang, senior citizens and women travellers, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Thursday while presenting the rail budget in the Lok Sabha. Prabhu said that for Divyang (differently-abled), the railways have introduced one-time registration for availing concessions while booking tickets online, online booking of wheelchairs and Braille-enabled new coaches. Also, the quota of lower berths has been increased for senior citizens and women. "In the coming financial year, the railways is increasing the senior citizen quota per coach by 50 percent, resulting in almost 120 lower berths per train for senior citizens," he said. The minister said that in pursuance of the objectives of Accessible India campaign,...

After Google, Now Indian Firm Joister Wants to Offer Free Wi-Fi at Railway Stations in Maharashtra

22Feb By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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After Google, Now Indian Firm Joister Wants to Offer Free Wi-Fi at Railway Stations in Maharashtra

After launching free Wi-Fi services at about 500 locations in four major cities of Maharashtra, broadband and gaming provider Joister Infomedia has offered to provide free Wi-Fi at all railway stations in the state. Google had last year announced that it will provide free Wi-Fi access at 400 railway stations in the country, and started the rollout in January. Joister Infomedia, which offers free Wi-Fi to about two lakh registered users in Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Navi Mumbai, has approached Central Railways and Western Railways to offer free Wi-Fi at all stations in Maharashtra. "We appreciate the government's 'Digital India' campaign and to lend our bit of support, we have sought permissions from Central Railway and Western Railway to give free Wi-Fi facility at all railway stations ...

After Chaayos Now PressPlay TV Will Provide Free Video Service in Indian Railway

21Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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After Chaayos Now PressPlay TV Will Provide Free Video Service in Indian Railway

NEW DELHI: Indian railway future looks bright because of the activity Railway ministry has shown to improve railway service quality has clearly seen. Whether it's about cleanness drive on stations, technology use (wifi & tie-up with startups) and better communication approach using twitter and caller service. As we reported last to last week that Indian Railway has tie-up with Chaayos to serve chai in luxury trains. Moving one step further Indian railway has now tie-up with Video streaming application PressPlay TV for started offering free video service in some trains. PressPlayTv expand service in about 30 trains soon. "PressPlay TV has tied up with Northwestern Railways to offer free VoD service Delhi-Bikaner and Delhi-Udaipur bound Delhi Bikaner Intercity and Chetak Express resp...

21Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

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A Gift from Indian Railway, First CNG Train Has Been Launched in Haryana

New Delhi - A new chapter added in the history of Indian Railway today. The first CNG train of Indian railway started between Rewari to Rohtak cities, comes under Haryana, a state of India. Using Remote Control the Railway Minister of India, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated this CNG Train. This CNG DMU Train also has the option to run using Diesel System. The use of CNG will create more energy resources and less consumption of Diesel - said Indian Railway Minister. He also said that creating more options will decrease our dependency to use traditional energy resources. 1400 Horsepower Engine For Diesel-CNG train, Indian Railways specifically commissioned a 1400 horsepower engine. As per the estimates, Rewari Passenger Train will use more than 20 per cent of CNG to cover 81 km ...