Friday, February 27, 2026

What are some amazing facts about the Rajdhani Express?

 Rajdhani express gets the highest priority on the Indian railway network. They are fully air-conditioned. The Rajdhani Express is a series of express passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with capital and/or largest cities of various states. Rajdhani means “The Capital” in many Indian languages.

Here are some cool facts about Rajdhani Express:

1. Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express is the longest running Rajdhani Express train, connects New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram. The 12431 Rajdhani Express runs the longest nonstop run between Kota Junction to Vadodara Junction.

2. Rajdhani Express runs at speed of 140 km/h.

3. The first Rajdhani Express left New Delhi station for Howrah station to cover a distance of 1,445 km in 17 hours 20 mins.

4. Are the first train of Indian Railways in which onboard Wi-Fi system is available. Howrah Rajdhani with onboard WI-Fi.

5. Howrah Rajdhani is the oldest Rajdhani Express, followed by Mumbai Rajdhani and Bangalore Rajdhani Express.

6. Assam and West Bengal are the only states with three Rajdhani Express.

7. Jharkhand, Odisha, and Maharashtra are the only states with two Rajdhani Express

8. West Bengal and Maharashtra are the only states with two Daily running Rajdhani Express. Sealdah Rajdhani and Howrah Rajdhani from West Bengal and Mumbai Rajdhani and August Kranti Rajdhani from Mumbai.

9. All Rajdhani Express trains offer three classes of accommodation: AC First Class with 2-berth and 4-berth lockable bedrooms, AC 2-tier with open berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the other side of the corridor) with curtains for privacy, and AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) without curtains.Currently, there are 23 pairs of trains, connecting New Delhi to important cities across the country. These trains have fewer stops than other express trains and halt only at prominent stations.

10. Passengers are served complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the duration and timings of the journey, these could include morning tea, breakfast, lunch, high tea, and dinner.

What is so special about Kollywood actor Jayam Ravi?

 

  • The son of editor Mohan
  • He made his debut in film JAYAM , he got success for this film. And this is the reason why his name was changed from Ravi Mohan to Jayam Ravi.( The director of this film was none other than his elder brother). So he continued to collaborate with his elder brother
  • He worked as an Assistant director for the film “Aalavandhan”.
  • He is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer
  • A Martial arts expert

What are some amazing facts about The Indian Railways, that most people don't know?

 Inserting a fact which only a few people know:

Indian railways is running single compartment train from Bobbili to Saluru it is called Rail bus in East Coast railway Zone in visakhapatanam division. Total 3 rail buses are present.

This was inside seating

Drive cabin: in Rail Bus drive cabin at both ends.

Manufactured BY Bharat Earth Movers Ltd

You can see timing of rail bus.

pic credit: Rugada Manikanta (మణికంఠ రుగాడ)

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Some other things

  1. Indian railway uses only 2% of power of total generation of power.
  2. Electric engine in railway always uses only rare pantograph irrespective direction of moving. Because if they use front one if any damage occurs then damage parts of may damage rare one and we can use rare at that time.
  3. The transmission of 25000KV is combination of R Y B terminals. Some part R terminal then Y then B it will repeat through out the line. While changing from one terminal to other they stop power supply of engine for couple of seconds.

What is a cantonment railway station? How is it different from other railway stations?

 ABOUT CANTONMENT RAILWAY STATION

  • Cantonment railway station are those railway stations which was established near a military station (Cantonment).
  • The term ‘Cantonment’ stands for a large army establishment.
  • During the British Raj, there were many areas within a city which had military establishments, Regimental Centres etc.
  • Many Cantonment stations in India are small stations with limited stoppages of trains like Delhi Cantt, Meerut Cantt but there are some cities which have Cantonment stations serving as the main station for the city like Agra Cantt, Ambala Cantt etc.
  • There are some railway station in India which are classified as Junction railway station because of more connectivity of railway lines from different parts of India but in actual, they are called Cantonment railway station in the city because those station lies in the Cantonment region of the city. The name of stations are Varanasi Junction and Allahabad Junction.

How is Cantonment railway stations different from other railway stations?

  • The main difference between Cantonment railway stations and other railway stations is there is presence of Movement Control Office (MCO) at Cantonment railway stations.
  • MCO (Movement Control Office) is a place where Indian Army Personnel going for the duty or coming for the duty by train reports here.

AGRA CANTT RAILWAY STATION

AMBALA CANTT RAILWAY STATION

BAREILLY CANTT RAILWAY STATION

BENGALURU CANTT RAILWAY STATION

DELHI CANTT RAILWAY STATION

GORAKHPUR CANTT RAILWAY STATION


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Why do all south going Rajdhani Express departs from Nizamuddin instead of the new Delhi railway station?

 In Delhi, there are 5 main railway stations. They are :-

  • New Delhi (NDLS).
  • Old Delhi Junction (DLI).
  • Delhi Sarai Rohilla (DEE).
  • Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM).
  • Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT).

All these 5 main railway stations in Delhi are made as per the routes for different cities in India like trains halting, originating and terminating at New Delhi railway goes to every routes of Indian Railways i.e. Kanpur, Jhansi, Kota, Jaipur, Ludhiana etc.

Similarly, trains originating and terminating at Anand Vihar Terminal goes towards North East side and eastern part of India via Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Trains going towards Jaipur and other cities of Rajasthan like Jodhpur, Bikaner etc goes from Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station and trains going towards Central India and Southern India cities like Bhopal, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai etc goes from Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station.

Hence, in this way the train travel routes are made for different cities.

In Indian Railways, there are currently 24 operational pairs of Rajdhani Express for all capital cities of different states.

  • Rajdhani Express for Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal originates and terminates at New Delhi.

All these Rajdhani Express originating and terminating at New Delhi passes via Kanpur, Jhansi, Kota, Jaipur, Ludhiana i.e. in different routes of Indian Railways. New Delhi railway station holds the record for the largest route interlocking system in the world i.e. 48.

  • Rajdhani Express for Agartala originates and terminates at Anand Vihar Terminal.
  • Rajdhani Express for Goa, Karnataka, Kerela, Tamil Nadu, Telangana originates and terminates at Hazrat Nizamuddin.

There are 3 Rajdhani Express for Maharashtra state in which one originates and terminates at New Delhi and the other two trains originates and terminates at Hazrat Nizamuddin.

On a conclusion point, there are 3 railway stations which are originating and terminating stations for Rajdhani Express.

  • New Delhi (NDLS).
  • Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM).
  • Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT).

Now, coming to the main question why do all south going Rajdhani Express departs from Nizamuddin instead of the New Delhi railway station ?

The basic reason behind all south going Rajdhani Express departs from Nizamuddin instead of New Delhi railway station is to cut down the travel time.

But how ?

Suppose, all south going Rajdhani trains are leaving for different capital cities from Delhi, they depart on time and reaches their respective destination like Chennai, Goa, Bangalore etc.

In the return journey, when those Rajdhani Express departs from those capital cities for Delhi, they are terminated at Hazrat Nizamuddin instead of New Delhi. This is done to cut down the extra travel time of 40 to 45 minutes between Hazrat Nizamuddin and New Delhi.

  • The distance between Hazrat Nizamuddin and New Delhi is 7 kilometers.

The time taken to travel between these two stations is approximately 40 to 45 minutes due to not getting line clearance on time. There are heavy traffic of trains at New Delhi railway station. Nizamuddin railway station lies on New Delhi - Mumbai main line and New Delhi - Bhopal section.

All south going Rajdhani Express passes via Kota and Jhansi, based on the destination point of Rajdhani Express. Kota falls between New Delhi and Mumbai whereas Jhansi falls between New Delhi and Bhopal.

  • The Thiruvananthapuram and Madgaon Rajdhani Express passes via Kota to their destination station.
  • The Chennai, Bangalore and Secunderabad Rajdhani Express passes via Jhansi to their destination station.

Not only Rajdhani Express, all other superfast and mail express trains running between Delhi and South cities departs from Hazrat Nizamuddin like Dakshin Express, Mangala Lakshadweep Express, Kongu Express, Thirukkural Express etc.

Out of 7 pairs of Rajdhani Express, 2 pairs of Rajdhani Express goes to Mumbai from Hazrat Nizamuddin. Both Rajdhani Express for Mumbai travels via different routes from Hazrat Nizamuddin.

  • The August Kranti Rajdhani Express (12953/54) passes via Kota whereas the CSMT Rajdhani Express (22221/22) passes via Jhansi.
  • The CSMT Rajdhani Express runs with push-pull method which means two WAP-7 locomotives of KYN shed are attached to haul the train.

Hope you are clear now !!!

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What are some amazing facts about the Indian Railways?

 

This train is so special that it has made it to the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and the question asked was not for Rupees 5000, 10000, or 50000. It was asked as a question for a whopping Rupees. 25 Lakh. The contestant couldn’t manage to answer though.

Presenting to you India’s shortest running passenger train with a huge fan following and loyal commuter base, ‘The Legendary Ait-Konch Shuttle’!!!!

The Ait-Konch Shuttle is a train that runs with just 3 coaches and covers a distance of 13.68 kilometers in 35 minutes, at a sluggish pace of 30 Kilometers per hourSounds interesting? What is more interesting is the history behind this.

Konch and Ait are two tiny towns in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and comes under the Jalaun district. The crumbling 15 km road ride from Konch to Ait is a daunting one for bones, young and old. Tempos charge Rs 20 for each passenger and arrive at the destination in one hour.

The train made its first run around 1901-1903, even before the Railway Board was constituted in 1905. Introduced by Britishers, the shuttle was meant to ferry goods and passengers as Konch was a big market for cotton, forest produce, and ghee. The cotton was sent to Manchester for weaving.

When the government decided to discontinue its services in 1997, thousands squatted on the railway line in protest. The railways tried to reason with them and a Rail Bus was sent to Konch to replace the shuttle. But the shuttle remained the locals’ first and only choice.

Three months later, the train was back on track. Since the shuttle was running a loss, with the fare only Rs 2 per head, local traders bought 200 tickets daily to help boost the revenue.

Post-Covid Pandemic, the train has now been restarted as ‘Unreserved Special’ and the ticket is now costing Rs.30/- which was Rs.10/- before.

Nearly 400-500 passengers travel on the train every day. There is no halt on the way but a passenger can flag it down with a wave, or request the guard to let him alight when his village nears. Students and traders from adjoining villages take it to travel to Konch, which is the tehsil headquarters and also has several educational institutions. It is not surprising to find a marriage party traveling by it. Or a railway employee on a joyride.

It continues to run on a loss though….

Here are some glimpses of it.

What are some strange but fascinating scientific experiments?

 A small team of researchers from Spain and Mexico made a discovery, almost by accident, which

was later published in the renowned journal

Physics Review Letters .

Thousands of cubes randomly poured into a glass align themselves perfectly when the mixture is subjected to "oscillating rotation," that is, alternately accelerated clockwise and counterclockwise.

The researchers poured 25,000 plastic cubes into a transparent cylinder. They then tested various shaking techniques to determine which resulted in the highest compaction of the cubes.
They found that alternating rotation (left-right-left-right) worked best. However, the individual rotations had to be performed at high speed.
This caused the cubes to align themselves from top to bottom, forming concentric circles in each layer.

At an acceleration of 0.52 g, the pile of cubes reached its maximum density after 10,000 alternating angular impulses.
This seems to work significantly better than a simple "jerking," because at a state of medium density, the latter causes the cubes to wedge themselves together and remain stuck.
If the rotational impulses are too slow, the compaction and alignment of the cubes could potentially take years.

The researchers now hope that their findings will open up a potential new way to compact materials during the manufacturing process.

Which Bollywood actors live alone in Mumbai?

 Ranbir Kapoor had recently moved out from his own family house and living alone in Mumbai

He said in an interview that his mom Neetu only had insisted him to live alone so he get to know about his responsibilities in life

He also said his connection with his parents has increased post his movement as he meet them atleast once in two days for lunch or dinner and spend quality time with them there .

I don't think normal people and celebrities life are similar in anyway . They almost have parties and celebrations everyday .

What are some mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett?

  • Tax payee : He paid his first income tax by the age of 14.
  • Rich : He became rich by 140000 by the age of 26.
  • Millionaire : He became millionaire by the age of 33 .
  • Billionaire : He became billionaire by the age of 55.
  • 100 billions : He had 100 billions by the age of 91 .
  • Fact : He became real rich after reaching 50 ;then super rich after reaching 60 and then among the wealthiest after reaching 90.
  • Frugal : He still spends only $6 on his breakfast; buys used cars and stays in same house and uses same office .
  • Pic Credits : Google

Which Bollywood celebrity has lots of attitude?

 20 Bollywood Stars Who Are Extremely Arrogant

A lot of the actors in the industry are the children of already established actors, so they are brought up in glitz and glamour and have everything at their beck and call. This makes them arrogant at a very young age, and they frequently lose their sense of judgment and understanding, treating anyone below them with disregard, what is worse, is that they think of everyone as inferior to them. Even in actors, who have no ancestry in Bollywood but manage to deliver a few hits, this attitude does not take long to creep in. This becomes a matter of huge distress or people who love them and religiously follow them because these stars start to disrespect those people who in the first place were responsible for their stardom.

The following are 20 such actors, who have been known to be arrogant.

1. Shraddha Kapoor

The innocent looking Arohi in “Aashiqui 2” is not as innocent in real life. From her very first time, there have been constant reports of her misbehavior with the press. She frequently refuses the press for photos, and she has agitated them to such an extent that during the success party and press meet for Ek Villain, photographers did not click photos of the stars until Shraddha moved out of the frame. Her own father has given statements regarding her haughtiness.

2. Shirish Kunder

We know him as ‘Farah Khan’s husband, and for receiving a punch from Sanjay Dutt, and a slap from Salman Khan. However, his cockiness was known far and wide even before that. In fact, his lack of friends was a huge reason behind the Industry’s hasty dismissal of ‘Joker’, despite his Jaan-e-Mann being a good enough film.

3. Sajid Khan

I have seen and heard of countless instances where it has been proven that he is practically the most arrogant person in the industry, despite the many flops he has recently been giving. So much so, it is said that he brags about his movies months before their release and goes right out and asks people to buy tickets for the movies in advance. He, for some reason believes himself to be the best Bollywood critic. Also, worst of it all, who can forget what he did to in a now infamous award show and in the same show, he also notoriously commented on ‘Neeraj Pandey’s clothes.

4. Ram Gopal Varma

It has been quite a while since he delivered a hit, but he has been living off the fame he achieved long back, and has been throwing tantrums, ego and rudeness which has lead to him becoming a laughing stock in almost every show.

5. Karan Patel

The actor is a television actor and is extremely successful, considering how well his show is doing. The show, “Ye Hai Mohabbatein”, is under the production house of television queen Ekta Kapoor and is tremendously loved by the audience. However, whenever there are award shows, Karan Patel can always be seen showing off his cockiness, as he mocks the shows that could not do well and genuinely believes that he is Indian television’s Shah Rukh Khan, so the rest are too insignificant to be talked to with respect.

6. Vivian Dsena

The actor has been appreciated, especially by his female fans, in almost all roles he has appeared in. His appearances as a vampire in “Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani”, as a smartass superstar, who is first evil and then romantic, but clearly slightly unstable, in Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, was also readily embraced by the audience. However, the star is known to be particularly arrogant with the media.

7. Salman Khan

Well, he is a star who is religiously followed, but what many people do not about him is that he destroys the careers of those who dare to go against him, Vivek Oberoi being a living breathing example. And the controversy with Arijit Singh? The amount of fear that Salman commands became so stringently clear, it is a shame that the industry is completely at his command, which is perhaps why he gets away with numerous crimes like murder and poaching, along with several cases against Being Human.

8. Shah Rukh Khan

The main issue that people have with him is that he is always two hours late. But that is because of the amount of work he has. However, he is permanently banned from a stadium where he abused and misbehaved, and often condemns security checks at American airport (which everyone has to go through). Although he is said to be a thorough gentleman, his past behavior has something else to say.

9. Kareena Kapoor Khan

Kareena Kapoor’s arrogance is attributed to the amount of hate she garnered over the years, from dumping Shahid Kapoor after five years of statements regarding how committed she is and plans to stay with him, to insulting her fellow actresses, best friends and others around her. Her comments are found derogatory which have led to her presence in this list.

10. Akshay Kumar

It is sad, that the actor who has so much of his fan’s love, has been time and again reported to abuse and slap his fans. Even on the sets of “Gabbar Is Back”, he slapped a fan who tried crossing the shooting line. His bodyguards are known to be too protective, often beating and abusing his fans. So much so that one fan, who is a dentist by profession, even lodged a FIR against the actor.

11. Kamaal Rashid Khan

The self-acclaimed Bollywood critic for some reason believes himself to be among the best of Bollywood stars, if not better than the best. He frequently comments on shoots and trailers of films, and most of them are inappropriate, if not all. What he loves the most is to stir up controversy, which he has recently done, by causing dispute between Ajay Devgan and Karan Johar through his Twitter account.

12. Hema Malini

The veteran actress, now a politician had shown new colors of her personality recently, when she injured a family and left them to bleed. The dream girl’s name has frequently been counted among the corrupt politicians who hardly cares about the people she wants to govern.

13. Karishma Tanna

This woman is fiercely competitive, no matter what show takes part in, she proves it each time that she would rather kill than lose, although she has never won. She frequently cheats, thinks of herself as way superior to others around her, and barely gives people the respect that is due to them.

14. Upen Patel

His fellow contestants at Bigg Boss stated that like his then girlfriend Karishma Tanna, the actor barely ever looked at the rest of them, always looking down on them and believing himself to be more successful, better looking and more talented.

15. Rimi Sen

The actress crossed all boundaries when she came on the last season of Bigg Boss. She insulted the show, the host, fellow contestants and most importantly her own fans when she gave them the devil may care attitude, despite many of them rooting for her. She then showed off a new side to her, when she said would not walk out, but rather stay and increase her bank balance doing nothing.

16. Ekta Kapoor

The queen of television may be the most successful television producer of all times, but she is known to be extremely dominant when it comes to creative control in her shows and many of those who have worked with her refuse to do so again, which is their own loss ultimately considering her ever growing success.

17. Anurag Kashyap

Although now a popular figure and a huge part of mainstream cinema, there was once a time when the actor had trouble releasing his films. In those days he would frequently rant against the stars, producers and directors, even speaking out against ‘Black’ to the extent that he annoyed . So much so, that Amitabh Bachchan even made sure that he did not work in ‘Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’.

18. Ankita Lokhande

Although the actress has left very well-mannered image all thanks to her role in the show Pavitra Rishta, it is said that the shows she worked with always had a tough time handling her tantrums. She was already fired from Comedy Circus due to these tantrums, but it is said that even with Pavitra Rishta, she never followed the shoot schedule and would come and leave at her leisure.

19. Drashti Dhami

The actress has a huge fan following for her bubbly roles, but she has frequently shown high tantrums, and is said to be extremely uncooperative during the shoot of her shows. So much so, that the crew would build schedules keeping her mood swings in mind, else she would start screaming at the first person who came in front of her.

20. Tina Dutta

Although now missing for a long time from our television screens, it is said that this actress has been dubbed as the tantrum queen, as she barely ever made it to the shoot of her show on time and delayed the shoots by spending most of her time in her vanity. She would also frequently reject her costumes for the show, making matters worse for the crew.