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  Storm disrupts road, rail, air services in Kolkata

  India | April 18, 2013 7:27 IST

  Kolkata, April 18: A storm, with maximum wind speed of 116 km per hour, hit Kolkata yesterday evening disrupting normal life as road, rail and air services. Over 50 trees were uprooted and a number

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  Chidambaram justifies rail fare hike

  India | January 10, 2013 16:59 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 10: Justifying the hike in rail fares, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said it was a “sound economic decision” given the financial health of railways.Chidambaram also sought to make light the opposition

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  Rollback In Fares For 2nd Class, Sleeper, AC Chair Car, 3-AC

  India | March 22, 2012 13:28 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 22: The hike in rail passenger fares for second class suburban and non-suburban, Sleeper, AC Chair Car and AC 3-tier was today rolled back with the new Railway Minister Mukul Roy dubbing

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  Omar Abdullah Supports Trivedi On Rail Fare Hike

  India | March 16, 2012 9:34 IST

  Srinagar, Mar 15: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who supported the hike in railway fares, today said he would not mind being sacked for doing the right thing.“If I had to be sacked,

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  Mamata Says, We Won't Allow Rail Fare Hike

  India | March 14, 2012 17:49 IST

  Nandigram (West Bengal), Mar 14: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today ruled out accepting railway fare hike. Addressing a gathering here Banerjee said: " We didn't know railfare was going

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  Jat Protesters Block Rail Traffic In Haryana

  India | February 22, 2012 11:57 IST

  Hisar, Haryana, Feb 22: Jat protesters continued their protests on the rail tracks here for the fourth day today after talks broke down yesterday ober OBC reservation for Jat community. Haryana minister Randeep Singh Surjewala

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  UP Minister Arrested For Leading Stir

  Politics | March 28, 2011 21:01 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 28: An Uttar Pradesh minister was today arrested for disrupting rail traffic during an agitation in Saharanpur and was later expelled from the BSP.Vinod Tejiyan, who holds the rank of a Minister of

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  Dense Fog In North India; Power, Rail, Air Services Go Haywire

  India | January 02, 2010 15:11 IST

  Several parts in north India faced power cuts in the wee hours of the day as a thick blanket of fog engulfed the region reducing visibility, leading to three train accidents and severely affecting air

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  Rail, Road Traffic Disrupted Due To Punjab Bandh

  India | November 03, 2009 14:00 IST

  Rail and road traffic was thrown out of gear and normal life disrupted in Punjab and Chandigarh today due to a day-long state-wide bandh called by radical Sikh outfits on Tuesday to protest alleged inaction