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British-Era secret tunnel found inside Delhi Legislative Assembly, connects to Red Fort

  A tunnel-like structure was discovered at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Speaking to ANI, Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the legislative assembly to Red Fort and was used by the Britishers to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters.  Goel further informed that the Delhi Legislative Assembly, which was used as Central Legislative Assembly after shifting of capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912, was turned into a court in 1926 and Britishers used this tunnel to bring freedom fighters to the court.  "When I became an MLA in 1993, there was hearsay about a tunnel present here that goes till Red Fort and I tried to search for its history. But there was no clarity over it," he stated.  "Now we have got the mouth of the tunnel but we are not digging it further as all the paths of the tunnel have been destroyed due to metro projects and sewer installations," he added.  The assembly speaker added that i...
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SBI opens Floating ATM on Jammu & Kashmir

 State Bank of India (SBI) has launched an ATM on Houseboat at Dal Lake, Srinagar known as the 'Floating ATM'. Bank said that this was an attempt to make more tourist attraction to the place and make it a little more beautiful.


This was not the First inauguration of a 'Floating ATM' by SBI, they have launched it's First Floating ATM in 2004 in Kerala.


The machine was installed on a Jhankar Yacht owned by Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC). The ATM operated between the Ernakulam and Vaypin regions.

According to the website of State Bank of India, there are over 60,000 SBI ATM's in India, one of the Largest Network in the Country. 

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