K. H. Muniyappa to attend flagging off ceremony of Standard Gauge Metro Car

October 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Minister of State for Railways K.H.Muniyappa on Friday sought immediate intervention of the Prime Minister, Union Home Ministry and Union Defence Ministry in rescue and relief operations in border areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the wake of the unprecedented flood situation. Torrential rains have continued to wreak havoc in Karnataka with 35 more deaths being reported from the region since Thursday night.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has got an advanced train to its existing fleet. The new broad gauge train, that was rolled out today, is the first of the Phase-II project.

September 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) achieved a milestone when it delivered the country's first standard gauge metro car on Friday. Manufactured by compiling global standards, the metro train is a four-car formation, comprising two driving trailer cars and two motorcars with a capacity to carry 1,506 passengers.

September 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Friday rolled out India's first set of four standard gauge metro cars for Delhi Metro Rail Corp's second phase of mass rapid transport system. The stainless steel air-conditioned coaches are indigenously manufactured at Bharat Earth's Bangalore complex under technology transfer from Rotem of South Korea.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Ministry of Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Thursday said that during the last three years, 116 surveys for new lines, 16 surveys for gauge conversion and two surveys for flyovers have been completed.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Ministry of Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Thursday said that India has signed the Inter Governmental Agreement on the Trans Asian Railway Network in June 2007 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

July 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) posted net profit of Rs.268 crore in fiscal 2008-09 as against Rs.225 crore the year before, registering growth of 19 percent, the listed company said Thursday. Net sales, however, grew by 10 percent to Rs.2,797 crore last fiscal from Rs.2,540 crore in 2007-08.

July 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - The railway ministry has earmarked Rs.1,026 crore ($214.5 million) for various projects in Karnataka for the current fiscal, up from Rs.680 crore in 2008-09, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa said here Saturday.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has allocated equal work to her two Ministers of State E Ahmed and K H Muniyappa. According to a Railway Ministry notification, apart from her home state of West Bengal the Trinmool Congress leader has decided to keep the states like Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra under her direct supervision.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - K.H.Muniyappa on Monday took over as the new Minister of State for Railways. Chairman, Railway Board, S.S.Khurana, all Railway Board Members and senior officials of Railway Board were among those present on the occasion.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trial runs for the the newly procured broad gauge train that would ply on phase II of the Delhi Metro began here Friday. 'The trial run was carried out between 3 a.m.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A minor fire Tuesday evening at the Pitampura Metro station of Line 1 (Shahdara - Rithala) in Delhi caused disruption in Metro train services, an official said. The fire erupted in an air conditioner in the signal room of the Metro station around 5.40 p.m.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro services were disrupted Saturday morning after a train ran over an unidentified person at the Chawri Bazaar station in what could be a case of suicide, an official said. 'A metro train ran over a person at about 8.15 a.m.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Vishwavidyalaya-Jahangirpuri corridor of the Delhi Metro that was to be flagged off Jan 30 would now be operational from Feb 3, an official said Thursday. The ceremony was postponed in view of the state mourning in the wake of death of former president R.

December 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will observe an awareness week Jan 1-7 for safe use of elevators and escalators by its commuters across stations. 'Watch your step as you get onto the escalator, hold the railing' - are some of the instructions found on the sign boards put at Metro stations in the capital.