** Shares of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd RAIV.NS rise as much as 4.6% to a more than two-month high of 307.4 rupees, last up 2.5%
** Stock up for a third straight session
** Rail infrastructure developer secures project worth 9.68 billion rupees ($104.25 million) from East Coast Railway
** More than 12 million shares change hands by 9:40 a.m. IST vs 30-day avg of 7.95 million
** YTD, stock down 15.5%
($1 = 92.8512 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru)
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