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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on August 23 in what's going to be the first visit by an Indian PM to Ukraine in over 30 years.

More than 73,000 transgenders have been arrested for extorting money from railway passengers in the past four years, with over 20,000 alone in the last one year, the railway ministry has said in a reply to an RTI query.

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they recaptured Mosul train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the latest in a series of key sites retaken from jihadists.

One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.

Suspected Maoists triggered an explosion on Visakhapatnam-Raipur railway line in Rayagada district early today, injuring one person and blowing up a portion of track that led to disruption of train services on the route.

India's railway network is one of the world's largest, but years of low investment and subsidised fares have crippled growth forcing the Modi government to announce a passenger fare hike of 14.2 per cent and freight rate hike of 6.5 per cent on Friday. The passenger fare hike could bring nearly Rs 6,000 crore to the railways.

With the defence forces planning to finalise major deals such as the one for 126 Rafale combat aircraft, the government has earmarked more than Rs 33,000 crore for acquiring aircraft and aero-engines from the Rs 86,000 crore modernisation Budget for the forces.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on August 23 in what's going to be the first visit by an Indian PM to Ukraine in over 30 years.

More than 73,000 transgenders have been arrested for extorting money from railway passengers in the past four years, with over 20,000 alone in the last one year, the railway ministry has said in a reply to an RTI query.

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they recaptured Mosul train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the latest in a series of key sites retaken from jihadists.

One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.

Suspected Maoists triggered an explosion on Visakhapatnam-Raipur railway line in Rayagada district early today, injuring one person and blowing up a portion of track that led to disruption of train services on the route.

India's railway network is one of the world's largest, but years of low investment and subsidised fares have crippled growth forcing the Modi government to announce a passenger fare hike of 14.2 per cent and freight rate hike of 6.5 per cent on Friday. The passenger fare hike could bring nearly Rs 6,000 crore to the railways.

With the defence forces planning to finalise major deals such as the one for 126 Rafale combat aircraft, the government has earmarked more than Rs 33,000 crore for acquiring aircraft and aero-engines from the Rs 86,000 crore modernisation Budget for the forces.