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Narendra Modi flags off all-electric Champaran Humsafar Express, calls it 'glowing example' of Make in India initiative
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 12,000-horsepower freight electric locomotive assembled at the Madhepura factory, a joint venture between the Indian Railways and French manufacturing firm Alstom
Narendra Modi in Bihar: PM flags off 3 railway projects in event to mark 100 years of Champaran Satyagrah
•Modi on Tuesday flagged off a train between Katihar and Old Delhi, dedicated to the nation a loco factory in Madhepura and laid the foundation of a track-doubling project in Bihar
Narendra Modi to flag off India's first 12,000 hp electric locomotive from Bihar's Madhepura on 10 April
Ians •Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the India's first 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive from the Madhepura loco factory in Bihar on 10 April.
Budget 2018: Railways to use Rs 73,000 crore on safety, says Union minister Piyush Goyal
Ians •The railways will spend over Rs 73,000 crore on safety out of the Rs 1.48 lakh crore capital expenditure earmarked for it in the Union Budget, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
Fodder scam verdict: December a month of setbacks for Lalu Prasad Yadav as CBI readies chargesheet in IRCTC graft case
Alok Kumar •While the CBI verdict on the 1996 fodder scam is awaited, December will continue to be a month of setbacks for Lalu Prasad Yadav as the CBI is expected to chargesheet him in the IRCTC graft case this month
Chhath Puja turns tragic in Bihar as 14 people drown on concluding day of festival
•Fourteen people drowned while offering prayers to the rising Sun on the concluding day of the Chhath festival in Bihar on Friday, officials said.
Bihar floods: Death toll rises to 202 in 18 districts; thundershowers likely to continue today
•The toll in Bihar floods rose to 202 on Saturday as the flood situation worsened affecting around 1.21 crore people across 18 districts in the state
Around 100 people fall ill after consuming 'prasad' in Bihar
Fp Archives •Around 100 people including at least ten children were taken ill after consuming 'prasad' at Sahugarh Janki village under Sadar police station of Bihar's Madhepura district on Monday.
Death tolled in Bihar earthquake rises to 19
Fp Archives •The death toll in the two high intensity quakes that rattled Bihar on Tuesday rose to 19 today, with two more deaths reported from Vaishali and Siwan districts.
Pappu Yadav blasts Lalu; to claim RJD's lantern symbol after Janata Parivar merger
Fp Archives •Expelled for six years by the RJD, an angry Pappu Yadav today attacked Lalu Prasad and said he will claim symbol of RJD after merger of splinter parties into Janata Parivar.