Railway passenger reservation system to be expanded
New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): The Indian Railways plans to improve the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) in a big way.
In the Railway Budget 2009-10 presented to the Lok Sabha today, Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee said that the initiative would cover 200 new towns [...]
Acute water crisis in Orissa
Bolangir (Orissa), May 13 (ANI): The residents of Bolangir in Orissa are facing an acute water crisis due to the intense heat wave and drought conditions.
The depletion of water table is due to rising temperatures and lack of rain in the area for the past seven months. [...]
Visually imparted caste vote in Delhi for the fourth phase
New Delhi / Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), May 7 (ANI): As hundreds of thousands of people voted in the national capital on Thursday despite scorching heat, several visually impaired voters also exercised their franchise and voted joyfully.
Polling booths with electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Braille were specially set up for the visually handicapped voters, the fact [...]
Priyanka Gandhi exhorts people to vote for Amethi’s development
Amethi, Apr 14 (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted people to vote for her brother Rahul Gandhi for the continuous growth of the area.
“You have always supported us. I can assure you that from our side, the support is there and will always be there,” Priyanka Gandhi said while addressing an election rally here.
Priyanka [...]
Haryana voters get more gimmicks, less of candidates this election
Mobile vans, CDs, cassettes, voice messages, SMS, special election raths, documentaries, computers. You name it and they have them. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Congress, BJP and, to some extent, other parties in the state as well have planned a hi-tech campaign for the Lok Sabha elections to attract voters.
More than a month back, [...]



