Steel Bomb explodes at Kollam Collectorate
Kollam: A bomb exploded inside a jeep that was parked on the premises of Kollam district collectorate onWednesday. One person was hurt. Police suspect it to be a steel bomb.
Eight Express Trains to be Augmented Permanently
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Southern Railway will augment, Train No, 16304/16303, Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam Vanchinad Express, Train No. 16313/16314,Kannur – Ernakulam Express, Train No. 16307/16308, Alappuzha-Kannur Express and Train No. 16305/16306, Ernakulam-Kannur Express with Two additional general coaches. Augmentation will start from 20th May 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam Vanchinad express and all these trains will have 20 coaches by 24th May […]
Southern Railway Emergency Quota Accessable for Common Man
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the system of making emergency quota accessible to common man and stop its misuse by unscrupulous elements, was being stabilized at Southern Railway Headquarters at Chennai in last three months. Chief Commercial Manager, Ajeet Saxena was getting direct feedback from public from far off places in Southern Railway, about continuing malpractices and touts […]
Permanent Augmentation of Trains from Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The following trains will be permanently augmented as explained below. 1. Train No.12617 / 12618 Ernakulam Jn. – Hazrat Nizamuddin – Ernakulam Jn. Mangala Lakshadweep express trains will be permanently augmented by one AC 2-tier coach ex. Ernakulam Jn. from 19.06.2016 and ex. Hazrat Nizamuddin from 22.06.2016. 2. Train No.12666 / 12665 Kanniyakumari – […]
Janani Sewa Launched by Trivandrum Division
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to offer relief to women travelling with infants in trains, the Railways has decided to introduce baby meals in selected trains and all major stations as announced in Railway budget. Along with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurating the ‘Janani Sewa’ at New Delhi , Thiruvananthapuram Division has also launched the service […]
Minister Jayarajan Gets Brickbats for Questioning Sports Council Extravaganza
Kerala Sports Minister E P Jayarajan is at the receiving end of a malicious campaign by former athlete Anju Bobby George, politicians and certain sections of the media.
While Anju, President of State Sports Council and a nominee of the Catholic lobby in the former UDF Govt led by Congress, gets all the sympathy, Minister Jayarajan, who questioned wasteful expenditure of public funds is obviously peeved at the scorn heaped on him by the media.
South West Monsoon in Kerala by June 9
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The South West monsoon is likely to hit Kerala on June 9 following favourable conditions, the India Meteorological Department said. In view of the strengthening of cross equatorial flow and deepening of westerlies over South Arabian sea and development of feeble off-shore trough along Karnataka-Kerala coast, onset of (southwest) monsoon over Kerala is very […]
Special Trains to be Introduced
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: To clear extra rush of passengers following special trains will be run. 1. Special fare trains in Tirunelveli-Gandhidham sector Train No. 09458 , special fare train will start at 2 pm from Gandhidham on 13th , 20th and 27th June 2016(Mondays) to reach Tirunelveli at 11.45 am on following Wednesdays. In the return direction […]
Speaker Election: Rajagopal Voted for LDF
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP MLA O Rajagopal justified voting for the CPM’s Sreeramakrishnan in the Speaker election by saying that the latter is a good friend and a young hand. Rajagopal said that he did not consult his party before making his choice. The first legislator of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Kerala Assembly has […]
Rail Hamsfar Week by Railways
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ‘Rail Humsafar Week’ being observed from May 26 to June 1 concludes today the 01st June 2016. It was aimed to understand the customer and their needs more closely and to create awareness among passengers, staff and stake holders. Cleanliness drive carried out at all Major stations and in colonies. In cleaning up […]