Metro Rail News Online

“Yaar, kitne log hain.” “I hate changing lines man. Such a pain” “God I wish I had a car. I hate standing.” You’ve faced these first world problems on the Delhi metro. But that’s all they are — first world problems. We’re so accustomed to our daily metro routine that we’ve forgotten to appreciate this sheer awesomeness that runs all over  Saddi Dilli. With the new 60km Delhi Metro line connecting Noida, Greater Noida in the offing, a lot can be said about all that this invention of E Sreedharan has given us. Need a quick recap? Here you go: No traffic jams in Metro land. Traffic kills you overhead, while under the ground the metro cruises along smoothly. Result? What takes you one hour by road, takes you 20 minutes by metro. As you walk in, the cool air greets you. Think Delhi summers and you’ll agree that the A/C in metro makes life a lot easier. Not to forget the freezing winters where some human warmth is rather welcome. Even...

Delhi Police recovers 1,020 live cartridges from metro station, arrests three ===================================================== New Delhi: Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit, the special cell of Delhi Police has recovered 1020 live cartridges from near Welcome Metro Station here. Among bullets recovered by the police, 15 were 12-bore rounds, and rest were mix of 9mm and 7.65mm. The police has arrested three persons in the arms haul case but ruled out any terror an gle into the seizure of the cartridges. The buyer of the cartridges, identified by the police, has not been revealed and it is being said that this is the largest haul of ammunition. The arrested persons have been identified as Mohd Imraan, a resident of Sitapur, Sharik, a resident of Meerut, and Faheem, a resident of Uttarakhand. The police is further investigating the three held. A seven-layer security ring will be thrown around the VVIP enclosure on Rajpath for the Republic Day parade to be witne...