Pakistan decides to commercialize Railway stations
- 10-Oct-2023
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Railways Minister Shahid Ashraf Tarar says steps are being taken to upgrade and commercialize railway stations to earn substantial revenue at large scale, ARY News reported. He said this while chairing a meeting to review up-gradation and commercialization plan of Rawalpindi railway station in Islamabad today. The Minister said railway stations will remain […]
Inquiry ordered into brawl between guard and student at BRT station
- 24-Dec-2020
Transport Minister Shah Muhammad Wazir said misbehave with the passengers using BRT services will not be tolerated at any cost.
Homeless man’s death outside parliament moves Britain
- 16-Feb-2018
LONDON: The death of a homeless Portuguese man outside the British parliament this week has prompted calls to tackle the problem and unleashed outpourings of grief, including from Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The 35-year-old man, who has not been named, was found dead on Wednesday in an underground passage from Westminster station that […]
Israel to name new Jerusalem station after Trump
- 27-Dec-2017
JERUSALEM: Israel is to name a planned new railway station close to Judaism’s hallowed Western Wall in annexed east Jerusalem after US President Donald Trump, the transport minister has said. Trump has been lauded by the Jewish state — and sparked international condemnation — by breaking with years of US policy to recognise the holy […]
Four TTP terrorists arrested from Multan
- 30-Sep-2016
MULTAN: Four suspected terrorists were arrested after Counter-Terrorist Department (CTD) raided a house near the railway station.
Ads sidelined as cats take over London Tube stop
- 17-Sep-2016
LONDON: Cats have taken over a London underground train station in a campaign to challenge advertising norms, attracting hordes of sightseers -- and leaving dog lovers dismayed.
US astronauts perform seven-hour spacewalk outside station
- 02-Sep-2016
WASHINGTON: Two U.S. astronauts sailed through a seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday to pack up a spare cooling radiator and tackle other maintenance, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
Man stabs four, kills one at Munich train station
- 10-May-2016
MUNICH: A man stabbed four people at a train station near here early on Tuesday, killing one and injuring three in an attack a senior politician said did not appear to be politically motivated.
Three-man international crew safely reaches space station
- 06-Sep-2015
ALMATY: A Russian Soyuz spaceship safely delivered a three-man international crew, including Denmark's first astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a day after having had to maneuver to avoid colliding with space debris.
Spacewalking astronauts rigging station for new US space taxis
- 23-Feb-2015
CAPE CANAVERAL: A pair of U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to begin rigging parking spots for two commercial space taxis.