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Mar 2019

Oct 15, 2019

Railways to launch new Sewa Express trains from Delhi, Coimbatore, Bengaluru

In a big stride towards achieving last-mile connectivity for people travelling between small towns and major cities, the Indian Railways will launch 10 'Sewa Service' trains on 15th October.
Out of these, 5 trains will run on a daily basis, whereas the rest of them will have 6 days a week service.
The Ministry of Railways had recently approved 10 trains under its 'Sewa service' initiative for better connectivity between smaller towns and important cities.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to introduce daily Sewa Express trains between Delhi and Shamli, Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh town, Murkongselex and Dibrugarh, Kota and Jhalawar City and Coimbatore and Palani.
It will run as a daily train with effect from October 15, 2019. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will start the 'Sewa Service' trains by inaugurating Delhi-Shamli daily passenger train from New Delhi. He will also flag off other trains through video-conferencing.

Oct 14, 2019

Direct Flights From Sri Lanka's Jaffna To Several Indian Cities Soon

Sri Lanka's domestic military airport in the Tamil-dominated northern Jaffna peninsula has been upgraded from where direct international flights will be operated to several southern Indian cities from October, 2019.
The Ministry of Aviation said that the Palaly Airport was converted into an international airport following the work which commenced in July, 2019. It will be formally declared as an international airport on October 17, 2019.
The regional flights operations service from Palaly to Indian destinations and the Maldives is expected to commence from October 15, 2019 with the completion of the first phase of the development.
Out of the total cost of investment of rupees 2,250 million, the government was to allocate rupees 1,950 million while the Indian assistance will provide 300 million rupees.

Oct 13, 2019

India Relaxes e-Visa Policy For Chinese Nationals

India has announced significant relaxations in its e-visa policy for Chinese nationals, the Indian embassy in Beijing said, at a time when the leaders of the two nations had met for the second informal summit.
October 2019 onwards, Chinese nationals can apply for an e-Tourist visa (e-TV) of a 5-year validity with multiple entries. The visa fee for this 5-year multiple entry e-TV will be USD 80.
Furthermore, it has been decided that the prospective tourists can avail of single-entry 30-day validity e-TV at a reduced visa fee of USD 25, while for a 30-day e-TV during the months of April to June, the visa fee will be only USD 10.

Oct 12, 2019

Railway Passengers Can Register Criminal Complaints Online

Indian railway has launched a new website and mobile app to facilitate the passengers and railway police to file and address complaints across India. Railways already has a dedicated complaint website and app RailMadad for general grievances but this new service will help passengers to register criminal complaints.
The new website www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the mobile app Sahyatri will have the country-wide data of criminals, including their photographs, active in railways' jurisdiction all over India.
Information on unidentified dead body found, missing persons, wanted criminals, absconding/proclaimed offenders, other important law and order related issues would be shared among authorised GRP officers through this service.

Oct 11, 2019

Hindon Airport All Set To Operate First Flight

After a long wait, the Hindon airport is ready to operate its first flight on October 11, 2019. District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey informed that the first flight will be to Pithoragarh from Heritage Aviation Company.
The airport has come as a relief for passengers from western Uttar Pradesh as they would not have to travel all the way to Delhi airport to catch flights for certain destinations such as Shimla, Faizabad, Nasik and Hubli.
The airport can handle flights that carry up to 80 passengers. The terminal can accommodate up to 300 passengers at a time.

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