VIGILANCE BUREAU QUESTIONS EXPUNJAB CM CHANNI

Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi appeared before the Vigilance Bureau in connection with a disproportionate assets case and was questioned by the officials for seven hours

Channi described the probe as "totally political" Emerging out from Vigilance Bureau's Mohali office, Channi slammed the AAP government, alleging that "this government is treating worse than even the Mughals They want to use every way to humiliate and defame In democracy, this is not the way that without any basis they try to build up a case I stand by what I said earlier in my press conference they may do whatever they have to " Channi said "I always worked with honesty and will continue to do so he said The bureau had initially asked Channi to appear for questioning on April 12

Kolkata Set For 1st Underwater Metro In India

A piece of history was written last week when a metro train emerged from a 520metre tunnel below the Hooghly, marking India’s maiden under-river train travel The feat comes nearly 40 years after metro started its journey in India in Kolkata - a good 18 years before Delhi got its first metro line - and 170 years after Indian Railways operated its maiden train between Bori Bunder and Thane With the successful run, Kolkata joined the likes of London, Paris New York Shanghai and Cairo that also have train lines under the Thames Seine Hudson Huangpu and Nile rivers respectively “It’s a historic day not only for Indian Railways but for Kolkata as well Test runs along the section have started today said P Uday Kumar Reddy general manager, Metro Railway The metro line will travel at a speed of 80 km/h through tunnels that have been dug out of the Hooghly riverbed, and the journey beneath the river will take less than a minute This 16-km long rail route comprises 10 8 km of subterranean portions, with the downstream stretch of the river also being featured The metro line will be 13 metres beneath the Hooghly River s bed