2 new trains to chug from state Friday

BHUBANESWAR: Railways will launch two dozen new trains across the country on Friday keeping with an announcement made in the Rail Budget for 2011-2012. The trains include two from Odisha __ Jharsuguda-Bhubaneswar Rajarani Express and Puri-Secunderabad Express. “Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will announce the commencement of 24 new trains on Friday,” said a senior Railway Ministry official.Asked whether the date of announcement is being decided keeping the auspicious November 11, 2011, in mind, the official answered in the negative, saying, “It has just coincided, nothing else.”