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PM to dedicate Jammu Tawi-Udhampur rail line

     New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off the Uttar Sampark Kranti Express and dedicate the Jammu Tawi- Udhampur rail line to the nation at Udhampur on April 13. According to a press release, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, the Ministers of State Naranbhai, J. Rathwa and R. Velu, the Chairman, Railway Board and other senior officials of Ministry of Railways will be present on the occasion. The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Lt. Gen (Retd) S.K. Sinha, the Chief Minister of J-K Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, the Dy. Chief Minister of J-K, Shri Mangatram Sharma and other dignitaries would also be present on the occasion. The 54.85 km Jammu-Udhampur rail line is part of the ambitious Jammu-Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link. The completion cost of the project is likely to be Rs 515 cr. Jammu-Udhampur new broad gauge rail line connects Jammu, the winter capital of J&K State, with Udhampur, an important district Hd.Qr. of the State. The foundation stone for this project was laid at Udhampur on 14th April, 1983 by the then Prime Minister of India, late (Smt.) Indira Gandhi. This railway line will give a further boost to tourist traffic for the valley, as the traveling time by road beyond the proposed railhead at Udhampur will be reduced. In addition to the economic gains that are likely to accrue, the proposed extension of the railway line up to Udhampur, would also indirectly add to social and cultural benefits and contribute towards thickening the existing bonds that knit the people of the State with the rest of the nation. The project links Jammu to Udhampur connecting on way four stations i.e. Bajalta, Sangar, Manwal and Ramnagar and crossing the mighty Tawi river and its tributaries such as Sardan, Ringhal, Gambhir and Dudhar.

Defence lawyers to cross-examine Ravi Subramaniam (Go To Top)

     Kancheepuram: Defence Lawyers will cross-examine Ravi Subramaniam, the approver in the Shankararaman murder case in Kancheepuram today. Earlier, Subramaniam, one of the 25 accused in the case, had turned approver and is now the main witness. On Friday, he had deposed before the Kancheepuram magistrate on how the contract killing of the temple manager was allegedly ordered by the Kanchi seers.

R Tata quits as VSNL chairman (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: Tata Group supremo Ratan Tata today stepped down as chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited in a move that enables him to take full charge of the entire telecom business of the conglomerate, which intends to step up its investment to Rs 30,000 crore by August 2006. According to the sources, VSNL board, which met in Mumbai, accepted the resignation of Ratan Tata and appointed Subodh Bhargava, an independent director on the board since 1999, as the new chairman.

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