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  Man proposes to woman on newly-inaugurated Kolkata's East West Metro on Valentine's Day

  India | February 15, 2020 9:05 IST

  A man was seen proposing to his girlfriend with a rose while journeying by the new East-West Kolkata Metro on Valentine's Day on Friday.

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  Oh! Kolkata: India's first underwater metro train coming up by March 2022

  India | January 28, 2020 18:26 IST

  Kolkata: India's first underwater metro project is being constructed in Kolkata, a small segment of it will pass under the iconic Hoogly river on which the famous Howrah bridge exists.

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  How hackers robbed Rs 1.5 lakh from Noida girl's HDFC Bank Credit Card, Debit Card in metro

  Business | January 20, 2020 18:23 IST

  A Noida-based girl received a jolt from the blue when she got robbed of Rs 1.5 lakh without any OTP or PIN. The fraudulent transactions were made via the girl's HDFC Bank Debit Card and HDFC Bank Credit Card. Here's what happened.

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  Entry, exit gates at Chawri Bazar, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid stations closed

  India | December 20, 2019 14:04 IST

  DMRC on Friday informed that trains will not be halting at stations including Chawri Bazar, Lal Quila and Jama Masjid.

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  Services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line delayed by 45 minutes

  India | November 25, 2019 13:15 IST

  The Delhi Metro is one of the most used public mode of transportation in the national capital with a daily ridership of over 25 lakh.

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  Work on Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro II to begin in June 2020

  India | November 17, 2019 22:42 IST

  Construction for phase II of the Metro rail project between Motera in Ahmedabad and Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, covering a distance of 28.2-km, is expected to begin in June 2020 and get over by March 2024, officials said on Sunday.

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  Students of IIIT-Delhi showcase innovative projects

  India | November 16, 2019 8:19 IST

  From letting Delhi Metro users track live announcements to developing an app for managing scrap at home, students from the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) showcased 18 innovative projects at an event

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  Man lies on metro platform in Delhi, killed after train smashes head

  India | October 15, 2019 21:25 IST

  The man, identified as Amit Soni, a native of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, laid down on the platform, with his head and shoulders sticking out towards the track, when he saw the train approaching, they said.

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  Tunnel work: KMRCL starts distributing compensation cheques

  India | September 08, 2019 7:03 IST

  Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) on Saturday started distributing compensation cheques to the residents of central Kolkata's Bowbazar area who had to vacate their homes after the buildings suffered damages due to the tunnelling work for the under-construction 16.60-km East-West Metro Railway project -- a part of which constitutes India's first under-river train line.

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  KMRCL starts distribution of compensation cheques

  India | September 07, 2019 19:31 IST

  Authorities of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL) on Saturday started the distribution of cheques to compensate the affected families whose houses have been damaged by tunneling work at Bowbazar area for its east west corridor.

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  Man jumps to death in front of metro train, Blue Line services briefly disrupted

  India | September 03, 2019 13:57 IST

  The man, identified as Sanchit Kumar, jumped before a train at Sector 61 metro station around 11.30 am, a police official said.

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  Probe on for church selling 'defence' land for Bengaluru metro

  India | September 01, 2019 16:56 IST

  "We are inquiring into the Defence Ministry's complaint that the CSI had illegally sold a portion of its land, leased to it over a century ago, for the metro project and collected Rs 60 crore compensation from its operator (BMRCL)," Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Chetan Singh Rathore told IANS.

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  Tree authority allows cutting of 2700 trees for Metro car shed

  India | August 29, 2019 23:49 IST

  The Tree Authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday gave its nod to cut over 2,700 trees for a Metro car shed in the leafy Aarey Colony area.  

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  Metro train passengers can now carry heavier bag

  India | August 29, 2019 12:18 IST

  According to rules notified by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on August 27, only one bag weighing up to 25 kg is allowed and baggage in the form of bundles will not not permitted on metro trains.

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  India to get its first underwater metro soon, see video

  Lifestyle | August 08, 2019 18:23 IST

  The work on India's first metro rail line under the Hooghly river is almost complete and the service is expected to start soon announced Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday. Along with the announcement, Piyush Goyal also gave us a glimpse of India's first underwater metro.

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  Check in at airports will soon be a one-minute process; PM Modi's project positive

  India | July 23, 2019 8:13 IST

  ​If all goes well with PM Modi's dream project of DIGI Yatra, passengers travelling by air will take only a couple of minutes to board a flight across India. The airports would boast of hi-tech body scanners, facial recognition technology and cutting edge identity management system to simplify passenger processes at various checkpoints in less than a minute.

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  Metro Phase-IV: DDA clarification sought on funding

  India | July 19, 2019 21:22 IST

  The Supreme Court on Friday asked Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to clarify its stand on Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) proposal for increasing its financial contribution in three priority corridors of the Delhi Metro project.

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  Two metropolitan region development authorities set up for Srinagar and Jammu

  India | July 05, 2019 8:41 IST

  In order to address the developmental challenges of the rapidly growing Srinagar and Jammu cities, the state government on Thursday announced setting up of two metropolitan region development authorities. Besides infrastructure, through consultative exercise with police, municipal corporations and the deputy commissioners, these authorities will form a comprehensive mobility management plan, sources said.

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  In a first, Sydney Metro deploys first India made fully automated driverless trains

  World | June 02, 2019 13:12 IST

  The driverless Sydney Metro trains are fully automated and consist of various modern features including LED lighting, emergency intercoms, CCTV cameras, real-time travel information, double-doors and more.

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  Normal services restored on Delhi Metro 's Yellow Line

  India | May 21, 2019 14:24 IST

  Normal services on Delhi Metro's Yellow has been restored. Earlier, services were hit on Yellow Line due to a technical snag, causing passengers a lot of trouble during peak traffic hour.