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Ircon International climbs on bagging order worth Rs 144 crore Ircon International is currently trading at Rs. 83.90, up by 3.55 points or 4.42% from its previous closing of Rs. 80.35 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 80.56 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 84.00 and Rs. 80.56 respectively. So far 902252 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 91.70 on 21-Jun-2023 and a 52 week low of Rs. 36.85 on 27-Jul-2022. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at R...
Ircon International climbs on bagging order worth Rs 144 crore
Ircon International climbs on bagging order worth Rs 144 crore
Source: IANS
17/07/2023 3:16:12 PM
Meghalaya gets its first electric train: NF Railway Meghalaya has got the electric train for the first time after the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has commissioned the 22.82 km track of Dudhnai-Mendipathar railway line, officials said on Friday. Sabysaschi De, CPRO of NFR said that the Railways has achieved a milestone by commissioning Dudhnai-Mendipathar single-line section and Abhayapuri-Pancharatna 34.59 track km double-line section on Wednesday. The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) has carried out the elect...
Meghalaya gets its first electric train: NF Railway
Meghalaya gets its first electric train: NF Railway
Source: IANS
18/03/2023 10:00:58 AM
India's longest train 'Vivek Express' to run 4 days a week India's longest train -- Vivek Express, which covers a distance of 4,189 km traversing through nine states, would now run four days a week from Dibrugarh in Assam, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said on Sunday. NFR's chief public relations officer, Sabyasachi De, said that the railway authority has decided to increase the frequency of Vivek Express which runs on the Dibrugarh - Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) - Dibrugarh route from bi-weekly to four days a week. Vivek Exp...
India's longest train 'Vivek Express' to run 4 days a week
India's longest train 'Vivek Express' to run 4 days a week
Source: IANS
9/01/2023 11:21:45 AM
Northeast Frontier Railway to organise first-ever Northeast Half Marathon The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will organise the first-ever Northeast Half Marathon in Guwahati on February 5 next year, officials said on Friday. To organise the first-of-its-kind Northeast Half Marathon, the NFR has joined hands with Innovations India Pvt Ltd. The Half Marathon will be aimed at the empowerment of sportspersons and the development of sports infrastructure in the northeastern region. NFR CPRO, Sabyasachi De said that the Northeast Half Marathon will be a series of...
Northeast Frontier Railway to organise first-ever Northeast Half Marathon
Northeast Frontier Railway to organise first-ever Northeast Half Marathon
Source: IANS
26/11/2022 11:29:40 AM
Indian Railways, Bhutan discuss trade collaboration The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and Bhutan have discussed undertaking trade collaborations between the NFR and the neighbouring country, supporting the logistics avenues for future linkages, officials said on Tuesday. NFR's Chief Public Relations Officer Sabyasachi De said that a business development meeting was held recently in the NFR's Alipurduar division and delegations from Bhutan government's foreign ministry, trade bodies and chamber of commerce were attended the me...
Indian Railways, Bhutan discuss trade collaboration
Indian Railways, Bhutan discuss trade collaboration
Source: IANS
2/11/2022 9:50:13 AM
President to make maiden NE visit, flag-off 1st Agartala-Kolkata train President Droupadi Murmu would visit Tripura on Wednesday, her first visit to the northeastern region after assuming the highest office, and flag-off a new passenger train in between Agartala and Kolkata, officials said on Sunday. An official of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said that the President would flag off the Agartala-Kolkata passenger train on Thursday from the Agartala railway station. Another Tripura government official said that during her two-day stay, Murmu would in...
President to make maiden NE visit, flag-off 1st Agartala-Kolkata train
President to make maiden NE visit, flag-off 1st Agartala-Kolkata train
Source: IANS
10/10/2022 9:44:16 AM
Price hike at source, transportation glitches key causes of rising prices of essentials in NE Price rise at source, transportation bottlenecks and inadequate storage facilities are the main causes of the rising prices of vegetables and other essentials in the mountainous northeastern states. The capitals of the northeastern states via Guwahati are 1,000 km to 1,700 km from Kolkata by road, and 2,000 km to 2,650 km from Delhi while the distance between the northeastern states and Kolkata via Bangladesh on an average is 600 km to 800 km. There is only a narrow land corridor to t...
Price hike at source, transportation glitches key causes of rising prices of essentials in NE
Price hike at source, transportation glitches key causes of rising prices of essentials in NE
Source: IANS
8/10/2022 1:33:34 PM
Passenger train services to resume in NE states on July 22 After around 70 days, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), following the restoration of the damaged railway tracks, will resume passenger train services in the Lumding-Badarpur section in Assam on July 22 to connect Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and the southern part of Assam with the rest of the country, officials said on Sunday. NFR's Chief Public Relations Officer, Sabyasachi De said that freight train services were started on July 12 in the Lumding-Badarpur section via Dima Hasao moun...
Passenger train services to resume in NE states on July 22
Passenger train services to resume in NE states on July 22
Source: IANS
18/07/2022 9:28:23 AM
Railways completes electrification work on Katihar to Guwahati route With the completion of electrification work of the High-Density Network (HDN) from Katihar to Guwahati, the north-eastern city will now be connected to the major cities of the country. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has completed the electrification work of the total 649 Route Kilometre (RKM)/ 1294 Tonne Kilometre (TKM) of High-Density Network (HDN) from Katihar to Guwahati which will now connect all major cities of the country with Guwahati on Electric Traction, Indian Railways said...
Railways completes electrification work on Katihar to Guwahati route
Railways completes electrification work on Katihar to Guwahati route
Source: IANS
11/10/2021 3:10:22 PM
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started ferrying of raw natural rubber sheets, as a new stream of goods traffic. from Tripura to various states in the country, officials said on Friday. Tripura, which is the second largest natural rubber producing state in the country after Kerala, is currently cultivating natural rubber in 87,500 hectares of land and producing 90,000 tonnes of rubber annually. Over 1.50 lakh families are directly and indirectly associated with rubber cultivation ...
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India
NF Railways to ferry raw natural rubber from NE across India
Source: IANS
4/09/2021 9:29:51 AM
Railway to boost water transport, environment protection in NE The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has ambitious plans to promote water transport, tourism and protection of environment in the mountainous northeastern region, an official said on Thursday. NFR General Manager Anshul Gupta said the NFR has recently signed an MoU with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to provide a multi-modal logistic solution to transporters and to effectively utilise railway and waterway infrastructure for faster economic development of the northeast. &...
Railway to boost water transport, environment protection in NE
Railway to boost water transport, environment protection in NE
Source: IANS
14/05/2021 9:30:38 AM