24 Oct
AMRITSAR OCTOBER 24, 2008
BSF traps One Bangladeshi
RASHMI TALWAR
TARN TARAN (AMRITSAR ) October 24, 2008—
BSF’s 08 Battalion on Friday nabbed one Bangladeshi Nitin Bishna of village Janetta in Bangladesh while he was trying to cross over to Pakistan from the Khalra sector . BSF personnel Vipin Kumar nabbed the Bangladeshi at BoP (Border out Post) no 145 while he was attempting to cross the barbed wire. A case has been registered
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24 Oct
AMRITSAR OCTOBER 24, 2008
Rs 98,000 in Indian fake currency seized from Indo- Pak border village
RASHMI TALWAR
TARN TARAN (AMRITSAR ) October 24, 2008—-
As much as 98,000 in fake Indian currency were seized from one Jatinder Singh of village Havellian Naushera Dhala on Indo Pak border, falling in the Tarn Taran district, on Friday. SP Special Narcotic Cell (TT) while talking to the press said that the SNC had set up a decoy and laid a trap for Jatinder son of Gurcharan Singh of the village. The deal between an SNC decoy and the smuggler was sealed at Rs 10,000 for fake currency of One lakh Rupees in Rs 500 denomination.
When Jatinder came with fake currency he was nabbed by the sleuths of the SNC informed SP SNC Gurpeet Singh. a case has been registered against the accused. According to SNC Paramjit Singh is the mastermind behind this gang of Indo Pak smugglers.
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24 Oct
AMRITSAR OCTOBER 24, 2008
Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar high speed train gets nod for pre-feasibility report from Lok Sabha
RASHMI TALWAR
AMRITSAR
October 24, 2008———
Even as the issue Mumbai to Ludhiana freight corridor’s extension to Amritsar is held in abeyance the
Ministry of Railways has decided to conduct pre-feasibility studies for construction of high speed passenger corridors equipped with state of the art, signaling and train control system for Delhi – Chandigarh – Amritsar corridor . along with this studies would also be conducted for three other “high speed rail ” corridors including ‘ Pune – Mumbai – Ahmedabad’; ‘ Hyderabad – Dornakal – Vijayawada – Chennai’ and ‘Chennai – Bangalore – Coimbatore – Ernakulam’ .
The proposed section will be having dedicated tracks solely for running trains at speed of 300 to 350 kilometers per hour. These trains will have state of art technology, traveling comfort and on board services. The Rail ministry said presently, technology for such trains is not available with Indian Railways. Detailed requirement of technology will be assessed during the course of pre-feasibility study.
Till now, global tenders for engaging a consultant for Delhi– Chandigarh – Amritsar and Pune–Ahmedabad have been invited by Ministry of Railways.
Minister of State for Railways Dr. R. Velu informed in a written reply in Lok Sabha .
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