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VISAKHAPATNAM, December 6, 2012

Bansal, Kotla respond favourably to railway zone demand

STAFF REPORTER

 

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Minister of State Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy have appreciated the joint efforts being made by the Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party, Lok Satta Party and others for achieving the long-pending demand for formation of a separate railway zone with Visakhapatnam as headquarters.

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Thackery memorial-The Hindu editorial

TODAY'S PAPER » OPINION

December 4, 2012

Memorialising Thackeray

 

The Shiv Sena is entitled to memorialise Bal Thackeray, the man who built and led the party into a formidable political force in Maharashtra, but it should do so on private land that it acquires on its own steam and not at a public space.

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Freedom of press

TODAY'S PAPER » OPINION

December 4, 2012

Wake up and smell the ink

MARKANDEY KATJU

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Freedom of Press

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

MANGALORE, December 4, 2012

Katju warns Shettar against curtailing freedom of press

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

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NHRC notice

TODAY'S PAPER

NEW DELHI, December 4, 2012

NHRC notice to Rail Board Chairman 

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Railway Board Chairman, returnable in four weeks, seeking a report on the allegation that a man with mild dementia and impaired speech was arrested by the RPF personnel in West Bengal and remanded to judicial custody just because he could not pay a fine of Rs.500 for travelling in a ladies compartment.

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Ticket less tourists

350 foreign tourists found travelling without tickets on train, touts to blame

TNN Dec 2, 2012,

JAIPUR: Ignorance is not a bliss for at least 350 foreign tourists in Rajasthan who were fined while traveling without tickets in various trains run by north western railways (NWR). Fooled by touts, including train ticket agents, who provided waiting list tickets, these foreign tourists were caught for ticketless traveling in various trains in the past six months.

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Rail Wheel Factory at Rai bareli

Indian Railways to set up wheel factory at Raebareli

PTI Dec 2, 2012, 11.24AM IST

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NEW DELHI: After the formal commissioning of a rail coach factory at Raebareli, Railways has firmed up plans to set up another plant, a wheel factory, in the Congress president's constituency.

"We are finalising the proposal to set up a wheel factory at Raebareli. The plant will be a joint venture with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)," a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project said.

The proposed Rs 500 crore wheel factory is expected to be announced in the 2013-14 Rail Budget by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.

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Financial Crunch in Railways

RAILWAY PROJECTS HANGING FIRE DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS

Thirty nine new line, gauge conversion and doubling projects of Indian Railways are pending for completion for more than 15 years now. As on April 1, 2012, Railways have 347 ongoing projects having a throw forward of about Rs1.47 lakh crore.

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Railway Budget

Railway Budget to be low on populism

 

RAGHVENDRA RAO: CHANDIGARH, DEC 03 2012

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Chinese Railway report

China's high-speed rail, in India

• Staff Reporter
 
• 2012-12-03

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EMD locos with Duel cab

TIRUCHI, December 1, 2012

High HP dual cabin diesel locomotive introduced

R. RAJARAM

Tamil NaduTiruchi
transportrailway

A newly manufactured high horsepower diesel locomotive with dual cabin arrangement has been introduced by the Railways for the first time in south India.

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Chinese Railway

China launches first high-speed train in extremely cold areas

PTI

BEIJING, DEC 1: 

China today launched the world’s first high-speed train in areas with extremely low temperature.

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Financial crunch

Indian Railways needs Rs 1,47k crore to finish projects: Pawan Bansal

By Mahendra Kumar Singh, TNN | Dec 1, 2012, 01.25 AM IST

Railways has failed to manage funds for completing its long list of pending projects, admitted rail minister Pawan Bansal.

NEW DELHI: Railways has failed to manage funds for completing its long list of pending projects, admitted rail minister Pawan Bansal on Friday.

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Train mishaps reduced

·         Train mishaps declined consistently: govt

New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Train mishaps have "consistently declined" and have come down to 77 in 2011-12 from 335 in 2001-02 barring the ones at unmanned level crossings, the government said today.

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High Speed train in China

High-speed train starts in China

By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – 1 hour 35 minutes ago

Beijing, Dec 1 (IANS) The world's first high-speed train in areas with extremely low temperature started operation in China Saturday.

Trains started at 9 a.m. Saturday to mark the operation of the 921-km line, reported Xinhua.

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Fare Hike

Passenger fare hike hinted: Railway Minister

SME News, Friday, Nov 30, 2012 

NEW DELHI: Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has indicated towards a raise in passenger fare as he asked Member of Parliament to be 'realistic' if they want the Railways to go forward.

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Chinese Railway Reports

China's cold-proof trains to withstand sharp temperature changes: engineer

Xinhua | 2012-11-28 19:18:36    By Agencies

China's high-speed trains that will travel across the country's frigid northeastern regions are designed to withstand sharp changes in temperature, a chief engineer said Wednesday.

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Theft in trains The Hindu report

NEWS » NATIONAL

NEW DELHI, November 28, 2012

7,253 theft, 549 drugging cases on trains till September 2012

PTI

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Airport or Railway station ? Confusion

Is this an airport? No it’s the new LTT

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus has been revamped with an aim to give passengers the feel of an airport

Virat A Singh Virat.Singh@timesgroup.com 

    The Rs 24-crore revamp of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) is complete, and the most striking feature of our cramped city’s second busiest railway station is space. 

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Railway project to link India -Bangladesh

New railway project to link India-Bangladesh

Source: Agencies      Date: 11/23/2012 4:45:53 PM

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Chinese Railway

On right track? Beijing woos with rail projects

Saibal Dasgupta, TNN Nov 19, 2012, 04.07AM IST

BEIJING: China is stepping up plans to build rail lines for countries in the Asean.

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Japan High speed train

Levitating 310 mph train unveiled in Japan 

A train capable of travelling at 310 mph has been unveiled in Japan. 

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China's High speed railway

China's operating high-speed railway exceeds 7,000 km

English.news.cn   2012-11-27 21:29:50

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's high-speed rail network in operation totaled 7,735 km at the end of October, ranking it first in the world in terms of the size of its high-speed infrastructure, said an official from the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday.

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AILRSA Hubli division family Dharna report

THE HINDU   - TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

HUBLI, November 27, 2012

Loco staff demand fulfilment of demands

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Members of the Hubli division of All-India Loco Running Staff Association, along with their family members, staged a protest outside the office of the Divisional Railway Manager’s office here on Monday to press for the fulfilment of their long-pending demands.

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AILRSA Hubli Div Family Dharna photos

AILRSA Hubli Division organised a family dharna in front of DRM office Hubli on 26.11.12. The Dharna was inaugurated by Com VR Prakash, Ex AGS AILRSA South Zone. Addressed by Com. MS Venkatesh Murthy GS NREU, Com. BS Suppin, Dt Secretary CPI(M) Dharward, Com. C.Sunish GS/SWR Com Jagadeesh, Com. Donal raj Com. KT Achari etc

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