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Mumbai rains: City receives 418 mm of rain in 12 hours; IMD predicts more of the same today
Fp Staff •Torrential rains lashed Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and other parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, severely affecting normal life and paralysing the lifelines — local train and bus services — in the state capital and leading the state government and civic authorities to sound a high alert.
Digital India: Suresh Prabhu inaugurates Wi-Fi facility at 28 stations on Konkan Railway
•Konkan Railway has tied up with broadband and internet service provider Joister to provide Wi-Fi facility at its stations.
Railway Ministry launches free Wi-Fi at 28 stations on Konkan railway
Ians •In line with the government's Digital India initiative, the Railway Ministry on Sunday launched free Wi-Fi facility at 28 stations on Konkan railway.
IBM Helps Konkan Railway Build Smarter Railroad
Fp Archives •The railway solution helps minimal staff manage all aspects of Konkan's business.
Konkan railways promise Chenab rail bridge of J&K to be safe against terror strike
Fp Archives •The world's highest rail bridge being constructed over Chenab river in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir will be "terror attack-proof" and is expected to be completed by early 2019, the Konkan Railway has said.
Forget the highway, Maharashtra plans to revive ferry service from Mumbai to Goa soon
Fp Archives •If the Maharashtra government's move to revive passenger water transport goes as per plan, tourists will soon be able to use roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) services at three jetties in Mumbai to reach Goa without getting stuck in highway traffic jams.
RO-RO service not feasible in electrified Delhi-NCR network: Railways to NGT
Fp Archives •RO-RO is a service that enables loaded trucks to be carried directly on railway wagons between two destinations.
12 bogies of goods train derails near Chiplun, Konkan route affected
Fp Archives •Twelve wagons of a goods train derailed on Tuesday between Chiplun and Kamathe section of the Konkan Railway, disrupting train movement on the route.
No one has contacted me for ministerial post: Sreedharan
Fp Archives •The media in the state is abuzz with speculation that Sreedharan would be made a junior minister in the railways.
SkyBus scrapping is loss to people of India, says its developer
Fp Archives •The SkyBus project was former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's New Year gift to Goa in 2003. It has been lying in limbo since then.