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He said the GM took stock of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Line (USBRL) project to assess operational readiness. Pandey primarily undertook a rigorous examination of the safety aspects of railway tracks, bridges, and tunnels, particularly in light of the region's challenging geographical terrain. During his inspection, he issued directives to all divisional officials to ensure the completion of all pending works within the stipulated timelines and to strictly adhere to safety standards ...Read More >
Srinagar: In a significant enhancement to its operational capabilities along the northern borders, the Indian Army successfully inducted tanks, artillery guns, and engineering equipment into the Kashmir Valley using a Military Special Train on Wednesday. This operation, conducted as part of a validation exercise, involved the seamless transportation of heavy assets -- including tanks, advanced artillery systems, and dozers -- from the Jammu region to Anantnag in southern Kashmir. The move demon ...Read More >
JAMMU, Oct 24: To enhance the convenience of passengers in Jammu Division and to meet local demand, the Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat Express will take a brief stop at Reasi Railway Station from October 29, 2025. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Currently, this Vande Bharat semi-high-speed train (26401) stops only once between Katra and Srinagar - at Banihal. According to the Northern Railway, the Vande Bharat Express will stop at Reasi for two minutes in both directions for provi ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 24: In a move aimed at enhancing passenger convenience and strengthening regional connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northern Railways on Friday announced that the Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat Express will now halt at Reasi Railway Station from October 29, 2025. Officials said the decision comes in response to growing local demand from residents, pilgrims, and tourists seeking easier access to Reasi district known for its religious significance and proximity to the world's high ...Read More >
Jammu, Sep 14: Creating a history of sorts, regular Joint Parcel Product-Rapid Cargo Service (JPP-RCS) parcel train service from Budgam Railway Station will commence from tomorrow, September 15, 2025 to provide reprieve to horticulture producers in Kashmir. The inaugural ceremony of JPP-RCS parcel train, which will depart daily from Budgam Railway Station of Kashmir valley, will be held at Srinagar Railway Station. During the inaugural event, the parcel train will be flagged off by Lieutenant G ...Read More >
New Delhi: Vande Bharat and Chenab Bridge have emerged as star attractions at the ongoing World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, drawing enthusiastic crowds and high praise from Japanese visitors for its remarkable journey of modernisation and technological innovation. Held at Yumeshima, an artificial island on Osaka's waterfront, the World Expo 2025 opened its doors on April 13 and will continue till October 13, welcoming millions of visitors from across the globe. Amid the vibrant international exh ...Read More >
Sangaldan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said "Pakistan attacked both Kashmiriyat and Insaniyat in Pahalgam on April 22. That was intended to incite violence in India and cripple the earnings of hardworking Kashmiris". "Pakistan's repeated attempts to disrupt this progress mean that it stands against humanity, social harmony and economic prosperity," he said addressing a public gathering at Katra. The PM said that this deliberate attack on tourists was meant to sabotage the flourishin ...Read More >
STUNNING Facts About Jammu & Kashmir's Chenab Rail Bridge You Need To Know | PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the world's highest railway bridge, the Chenab Bridge, in Jammu and Kashmir. Standing 359 metres above the Chenab riverbed -- 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower -- the bridge is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project aimed at transforming connectivity in the region. Located in Reasi district, it connects the remote villages of Kauri a ...Read More >
A visually animated video showing three high-speed trains seamlessly crossing paths at a railway junction has gone viral across social media platforms. The video, often shared with patriotic captions, has been widely mistaken for real footage showcasing India's railway capabilites, with some users attributing it to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's leadership. However, the clip is entirely computer-generated. The animation depicts an elaborate X-shaped junction where three trains pass each o ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) There are rare moments in a nation's history when a leader's action reverberates far beyond the physical gesture -- it speaks directly to adversaries, uplifts the national spirit, and sets the course for the future. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's walk across the Chenab Bridge -- the world's highest railway bridge -- holding the Tricolour high in his right hand, was one such moment. Quiet but commanding, symbolic yet strategic, it was a bold declaration. In tha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) The world's highest rail bridge on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6, has become a craze among air travellers flying to Srinagar. According to a press statement issued by the railway ministry, flight pilots are making special announcements and passengers are showing eagerness to capture photographs of the Chenab Bridge, the world's highest railway-arch bridge. "The Chenab Bridge draws admiration from every altitu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Chenab Bridge, the world's highest single-arch railway bridge spanning the Chenab River in Jammu & Kashmir, has become an unexpected visual spectacle for air travellers. Visible from aircraft flying over the region, the engineering marvel is capturing the imagination and camera lenses of thousands of passengers mid-flight. Constructed under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and closely overseen by technocrat-turned-politician and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Ch ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturda ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the spotlight was on the engineering feat. Behind the scenes, a Bengaluru-based academic played a quiet yet critical role in shaping this marvel.Dr G Madhavi Latha, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has spent the past 17 years working as a geotechnical consultant on the Chenab Bridge project -- which is part of the ambitious 272 km Udhampur-Srin ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict b ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Back in 2004, when Gali Madhavi Latha joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), she had to fight for something as basic as a toilet for women. That was just one of the many hurdles, related to gender, she faced. But Latha pushed through them all. This was the spirit of the woman who contributed 17 years of her life to the completion of the world's highest railway bridge - the Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. ...Read More >
Officials say the train will help the troubled region, but many Kashmiris see it as a tool to entrench the Indian government's control. After decades of highly complex engineering work and billions of dollars in investment, India has finally connected the Himalayan region of Kashmir by rail to the rest of the country. The train link, which was officially inaugurated on Friday, fulfilled a dream dating back to the British colonial era. Indian officials called it a transformative leap for the re ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapu ...Read More >
Mumbai : ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has proudly reinforced its role in India's infrastructure transformation by supplying critical steel for two of the country's most iconic railway bridges 70% of flat steel for Chenab Bridge, the world's highest railway bridge, and 100% of steel for the Anji Khad Bridge, India's first cable-stayed railway bridge. The dedication of the iconic Anji and Chenab bridges by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi marks a significant step in rea ...Read More >
Jammu, June 6 -- Security has been intensified across Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Indian PM Modi's much-anticipated visit on Friday (today), marking his first trip to the Union Territory (Indian Adminstrated part os Kashmir) since the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, most of them tourists, in April, reported by Kashmir News Media. A multi-layered security apparatus has been deployed, with drones, surveillance tech, ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): Shikha Rastogi, a passenger aboard the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, expressed her joy and gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, recalling her past interactions with the Prime Minister and praising the transformative infrastructure developments in India. Speaking to ANI on the train, Rastogi said, 'I have been blessed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ma'am. I have been allotted a shop ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad Water Cut: AMC Announces Water Disruptions On June 10 Due To Plant Maintenance And Canal Repairs | Check Affected Areas Professor G Madhavi Latha, a distinguished academic from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, played a key role in the construction of the world's highest railway bridge - the Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. For 17 years, she served as a geotechnical consultant on the project, working closely with engineers to overcome one of India's toughest infra ...Read More >
OCCUPIED SRINAGAR - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Friday and inaugurated the Chenab Rail Bridge, calling it a symbol of India's unity and strength. This marks his first visit to the region since the recent cross-border conflict with Pakistan. Addressing a crowd during the opening ceremony, Modi referred to the bridge as "a celebration of rising India" and declared it a strategic step toward integrating Kashmir more deeply into ...Read More >
Katra, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a heartwarming and symbolic moment, a family from Varanasi celebrated their son's sixth birthday on the world's highest railway bridge -- the Chenab Railway Bridge while travelling by the Vande Bharat Express train -- on Saturday, turning the engineering marvel into a stage for cherished memories. The family marked the occasion with joy and pride, expressing deep gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making such a moment possible. "We never imagined we ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): The inaugural ride of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and Katra has drawn praise from passengers, many of whom described the new service as offering 'unmatched convenience,' making travel 'much easier', 'possible and comfortable,' while hailing it as a 'great move by the government' to connect Kashmir with the rest of India. Tourists and locals alike hailed the launch as a historic moment, saying it would not only cut down travel tim ...Read More >
Katra Srinagar Vande Bharat: The Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat train has started for passengers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the train on June 6 before Bakrid. It is the first train connection between the Kashmir Valley and the Jammu region. Now, passengers will reach Srinagar from Katra in just 3 hours. If you are worried about the security during the travel to a sensitive place like Kashmir, then don't worry because this Vande Bharat Train will operate with high security. The I ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): The inaugural ride of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and Katra has drawn praise from passengers, many of whom described the new service as offering 'unmatched convenience,' making travel 'much easier', 'possible and comfortable,' while hailing it as a 'great move by the government' to connect Kashmir with the rest of India. Tourists and locals alike hailed the launch as a historic moment, saying it would not only cut down travel tim ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Special Wing of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will begin its probe into the Chinnaswamy stampede tragedy, which claimed 11 lives on June 4, starting Saturday. Concurrently, the magisterial enquiry by the Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district is also progressing. Sources confirmed that the CID probe will be headed by SP Shubanvita and Dy SPs Gowtham and Purushottam were named as investigators. The CID is likely to seek custody of th ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): The inaugural ride of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and Katra has drawn praise from passengers, many of whom described the new service as offering "unmatched convenience," making travel "much easier", "possible and comfortable," while hailing it as a "great move by the government" to connect Kashmir with the rest of India. Tourists and locals alike hailed the launch as a historic moment, saying it would not only cut down travel tim ...Read More >
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