THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A nine day Nationwide cleanliness drive is rolled out by Railways starting from 17th September 2016. Railway aims to improve the quality of service and cleanliness by taking up such programmes at regular intervals . At Thiruvananthapuram the programme was started by Prakash Butani, Divisional Railway Manager by administering the Swachta Pledge to staff […]
KOCHI: Cochin University of Science and Technology scored an ‘A’ grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to assess and accredit institutions of higher education in the country. The university has been awarded 3.09 points. The NAAC Peer team to assess Cusat was […]
KOCHI: The third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), curated by eminent Indian artist Sudarshan Shetty, is set to be the largest event of its kind in South Asia. Titled ‘forming in the pupil of an eye’, the Biennale will run for 108 days from December 12, 2016 till March 29, 2017. The Biennale’s main […]
NEW DELHI: Startup Village, India’s first PPP model incubator which is heralding a student startup revolution across the country, is launching the second phase of its flagship six-month Silicon Valley entrepreneurship programme for college students at the FICCI Global Skills Summit (GSS) on September 15. The programme will be launched in the presence of Union […]
NEW DELHI: India’s newest sporting stars Thangavelu Mariyappan and Varun Bhati who won Gold and Bronze for the country at the Rio Paralympics are being offered a sponsored trip on the world’s most luxurious train, the Maharajas’ Express. The gesture comes from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which operates the award-winning luxury […]
GUWAHATI: A range of ideas to boost tourism in the Northeastern states, including special tourist trains to unexplored destinations, are under discussion as the IRCTC steps up its efforts partner state tourism bodies in putting the region on the global tourism map. Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways, on Saturday chaired a meeting of […]
NEW DELHI: IRCTC is set to manage mobile catering services on 23 more trains as part of the Indian Railways’ phased efforts to bring the management of food supply services on trains under the mini-ratna enterprise. With this addition, the number on trains on which IRCTC manages catering services has risen to 115. The IRCTC […]