Assam BJP expels nine rebel leaders, six workersUnion Home Minister Amit Shah campaigned in Guwahati with a roadshow. The Bharatiya Janata Party expelled nine leaders for six years for st...
Tripura to start rationing petrol from Sunday: MinisterTripura government will start rationing petrol from November 10. The decision comes after a railway track derailment disrupted fuel supply ...
Eight coaches of Agartala-Lokmanya Terminus Express derail in AssamEight coaches of the Agartala-Lokmanya Terminus Express derailed on Thursday in Assam's Dima Hasao district, news agency PTI reported citin...
Kanchanjunga Express scheduled direction reversal turns tragic for some, lucky for othersThe express train was struck from behind by a goods train at Rangapani, near New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. The direction reversal at Lumdi...
Northeast Frontier Railway to restore passenger trainsRailway officials worked day and night to bring back the national transporter on track in these affected areas so that scarcity of essentia...
After Gorukhuti, Assam government has begun an eviction drive in Lumding Reserve forestCM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that from 2012 trees falling started in the forest and ginger cultivation started. Yearly around 25 Crore ginge...
Assam government to survey land in Char riverine areas: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said, “We will initiate a survey in Baghbar, Jonia to assess the land available there. While moving in the area I can see a lot of va...
Assam government asks those settled in Lumding and in the forest areas to voluntarily evictSarma said, “We had discussion with minority organisations, we have asked the people to leave. These people were doing ginger cultivation b...
Assam seizes locomotive for ‘murdering’ elephantsAssam forest officials “seized” on Tuesday the engine of a goods train that had mowed down a mother elephant and her calf inside Lumding Re...
GM of Northeast Frontier Railway HK Jaggi meets CM Sarbananda SonowalThey discussed various railway projects in Assam including Lumding – Silchar gauge conversion, doubling of railway line between Guwahati an...
Lumding-Silchar broad-gauge rail line expected to become functional by NovemberConversion of the meter-gauge section of Lumding division in Assam started in October last year.
Commissioner of Railway Safety inspects Silchar-New Haflong broad gauge Railway lineThe inspection report will be submitted to the higher railway authority and accordingly the decision for running of passenger trains will b...
First goods train in newly Gauge Converted Lumding – Silchar section flagged offAt the Lumding Railway station, thousands cheered as the train loaded with about two thousand three hundred tonnes of potatoes from West Be...
Lumding-Silchar broad gauge line operationalThe line was opened for goods traffic today and passenger service will be started later on.
Last journey on Silchar-Lumding metre gauge line tomorrowThe metre gauge route covered a serpentine hills section going through green forests, rivulets and streams and mounting the highest ridge o...
No word in Rail Budget on track conversion in Tripura: Manik Dey"There was mention in the rail budget about broad gauge conversion in the Lumding-Silchar sector in Assam, but it was silent on the Agartal...
Railway service to Tripura to stop for gauge conversionSources said, the rail line from Lumding to Agartala would remain closed from October to January next year due to conversion of railway tra...