The railways are plaguing with punctuality issues leading to slow running of passenger trains due to colonial infrastructure and absence of freight corridors exclusively meant for goods trains. Report for the month of August shows passenger trains failed to go beyond the mark of 44.30 kmph.
Vishwas Dass | October 12, 2018 | New Delhi
Neha Lakra, 20, doesn’t forget to practise hockey, at least for four hours, every day. Whether at home or at the Panposh sports hostel in Rourkela where she is training under the guidance of coaches, her routine doesn’t change. “I can’t sleep unless I have worked on the ground,&rdqu
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The 13th National Voters’ Day was celebrated across the country Wednesday with president Droupadi Murmu gracing the national event held here. Kiren Rijiju, union minister for law & justice, was the guest of honour. The chief election commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, election commissioners Anup Chandra
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