Governor N N
Vohra boarding off train
at Nowgam railway station
after conducting
inspection of
Budgam-Nowgam section on
Wednesday.
Governor
reviews work on rail
project
Conducts aerial
survey of world's longest
railway tunnel
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Sept 10: The
red colour eight-coach
Diesel Electric Multiple
Unit train chugged on the
Budgam-Nowgam sector of
the Qazigund-Baramulla
section of the Northern
Railways this morning,
with Governor, N N Vohra,
on board, reviewing the
progress on the dream
Railway Project in
Kashmir. As the train
moved on the track, the
Chief Administrative
Officer, Northern
Railways, R K Gupta
briefed the Governor on
the salient features of
this Railway Project of
national importance.
Being in the priority
sector, the funding for
the execution of various
works on this project is
being directly made by
the Centre. The Governor
also conducted an aerial
survey of the 10.96
kilometer long Pir
Panchal tunnel from
Banihal to Lower Munda,
considered to be the
longest tunnel on the
Indian Railway network,
and was apprised that the
Qazigund-Baramulla
section will have 800
bridges.....more
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Zardari-Singh
meet likely at UN session
ISLAMABAD,
Sept 10:Pakistan’s
new President Asif Ali
Zardari expects to have
his first meeting with
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh on the sidelines of
the UN General Assembly
session in New York later
this month as part of an
effort to ease recent
strained relations
between the two nations......more
Scientists
look at computer screens
at the control centre
of the CERN in Geneva on
Wednesday.(UNI)
Doomsday
predictions prove wrong
Scientists
fire protons
GENEVA,
Sept 10: The
world’s largest
particle collider passed
its first major test by
firing a beam of protons
around a 27-kilometer
underground ring today in
what scientists hope is
the next great step to
understanding the makeup
of the universe. ...more
EC
meets MHA, JK officials
on polls
NEW
DELHI, Sept 10:After
eliciting the views of
political parties on the
feasibility of
October-November Assembly
polls in Jammu and
Kashmir, the Election
Commission today held
consultations with Union
Home Ministry and State
Government officials on
security arrangements for
the exercise.....more
Amarinder
expelled from Assembly
Former
Punjab Chief Minister
Capt. Amarinder Singh
talking
to reporters in
Chandigarh on Wednesday.
(UNI)
CHANDIGARH,
Sept 10:Congress
leader and former Chief
Minister Amarinder Singh
was today expelled from
the Punjab Assembly after
being indicted by a House
committee in a graft case
and his seat declared
vacant.....more
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Kanachak infiltrators
reach Gulabgarh
By Sanjeev
Pargal
JAMMU,
Sept 10: At
least four
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
militants, all
Pakistanis, have reached
safely to Gool-Gulabgarh
belt of Ramban district
after their infiltration
from International Border
(IB) in Kanachak sector
on the intervening night
of August 25 and 26 along
with three fidayeens who
were killed in Chinore on
August 27.....more
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