Now it will get Easier to reach one of the seven wonders of the world -Taj Mahal, Agra - SUPER SPEED TRAIN after express highway

Come November and you can travel to Agra, the city of Taj Mahal, by train in just 90 minutes, cutting the journey time by 30 minutes at least.

The passenger train sets off during the trial run of a 'semi-bullet train' between New Delhi and Agra from New Delhi railway station, India (Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

This has been made possible as the railways on Thursday successfully conducted the trial run of the country's fastest train that moves at a speed of 160 kms per hour.
Its commercial operation is expected to begin in November, railway officials said.


An Indian railways worker cleans a coach prior to the trial run of a high-speed train between New Delhi and Agra is flagged off at New Delhi railway station (AFP Photo)

So far, Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi was the fastest train with a speed of 150 kmph.
The trial run of the 'semi high-speed train' was conducted this morning on a 10-coach train. It left New Delhi station at 11.15 am and reached Agra about 99 minutes later.
However, from Nizamuddin station, where it will actually originate during commercial operations, the train took 90 minutes, Deputy Regional Manager (DRM) Delhi Division Anurag Sachan said.


Technical team inside the Train during the trial run of a 'semi-bullet train' between New Delhi and Agra from New Delhi railway station (Arun Sharma/HT Photo)
The time taken currently by the Shatabdi train between Delhi and Agra takes 120 minutes.
A journey by road via the Yamuna expressway takes two hours between Delhi and Agra.
After the Delhi-Agra service, Railways are expected to run similar high speed trains on Delhi-Kanpur and Delhi-Chandigarh sections.
"The trial run was conducted successfully and we hope to start commercial service by November," said Sachan who was involved in the exercise on Thursday.


The passenger train sets off during the trial run of a 'semi-bullet train' between New Delhi and Agra from New Delhi railway station (Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

Delhi Woman lured in CP Delhi , Raped - This is the area near pahar ganj where the dutch woman was raped

Women in Delhi aren’t safe from sexual predators even in broad daylight and in a relatively “safe” area like Connaught Place.
In a city where an estimated six rapes are reported every day, a 34-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a security guard in an office building in bustling CP at 3pm in the afternoon. The incident occurred on June 28 on the 13th floor of Tower 2 of the Jeevan Bharti building. The guard, Roshan Singh, has been arrested.


The woman, a mother of seven, was lured into the building by Roshan with the promise of a job, the police said. He took her to an office on the 13th floor on the pretext that she would be interviewed for a housekeeping job.

When they entered the room, Roshan locked the door behind him and raped her. He then called up a friend to come over. But before the friend arrived, the woman managed to get hold of Roshan’s mobile and locked herself inside a bathroom from where she made a call to the police.


She was rescued shortly after and taken to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital for a medical examination. Her statement was also taken.

This latest incident comes amid a sharp spike in crimes against women in the last few years, despite the administration’s claims of better policing and the enactment of stringent laws. Rape cases have risen by nearly 129% since 2012 — when the gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in the

Capital grabbed international headlines and led to an outpouring of outrage — while molestation cases have spiked 412%.
In the first four months of 2014, six rapes and 14 molestation cases were reported every day. In January alone, there was a 40% increase in crime rate due to a spike in rape and molestation cases.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-woman-raped-confined-in-cp-office-building/article1-1235726.aspx