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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CWC Meeting at Kalyan

Notice for holding CWC Meeting on 5^th & 6^th Jan’ 2013

     The CWC meeting is fixed at Kalyan (Mumbai) on 5^th & 6^th January 2013 form 10:00hrs. All Zonal Secretaries, Presidents and CWC Members are requested to attend the meeting positively.

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Titagarh wagons Ltd

Titagarh Wagon restructures rail coach, mining equipment verticals

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The Hindu report about Mumbai arrest

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL

MUMBAI, November 20, 2012

Katju blasts arrest of women

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Wrongful arrest a crime, he tells Maharashtra Chief Minister

Markandey Katju

Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju on Monday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan after the police arrested two women who protested on Facebook against Sunday’s bandh over the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.

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The Hindu News

TODAY'S PAPER

MUMBAI, November 20, 2012

‘Mumbai shuts down due to fear, not respect’

MUMBAI BUREAU

This Facebook post opposingthe bandh for Thackeray got two women arrested

Two young women were arrested here on Monday on charges of “promoting enmity between classes” and “sending offensive messages through [a] communication service,” after one posted, and the other ‘liked,’ a message on Facebook on Sunday, questioning the Mumbai bandh that followed Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray’s death. Both of them were released on bail by a local court on Monday afternoon.

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An article by Markandey Katju

Why I can’t pay tribute to Thackeray

MARKANDEY KATJU

His bhumiputra theory flies in the face of our Constitution and works against the unity needed to ensure development

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Mrs.Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan expired

First woman Financial Commissioner of Railways dead

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Safety Seminar at Ernakulam today

Railway safety seminar today

STAFF REPORTER  

The Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad and Salem divisions of Southern Railway will jointly organise a safety seminar on Sunday at the Railway Kalyana Mandapam Cochin . The theme of the seminar is ‘Safe working of crew.’

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Increase in freight fare

Rail movement of containers to get costlier by 31% in 2 stages

17 November 2012 , By Mamuni Das 

The hike in haulage charges will vary depending on weight.

Hikes coming in Dec, Feb; container train operators body to approach Ministry

Moving goods in container trains may get costlier.

The Indian Railways — which moves 77 million tonnes of goods via containers every year — has decided to increase haulage charges for container train operators by up to 22 per cent with effect from December.

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Pay and use entry point at NDLS

New entry point likely to come up at New Delhi railway station

Press Trust of India / New Delhi November 18, 2012, 09:35

With the twin objectives of easing rush and facilitating hassle-free boarding at New Delhi station, Railways is actively considering to make an additional entry point to the station for passengers. Named as Premier Access, passengers will have to pay a fee to avail the facility for entering the platform using a separate gate at the New Delhi station.

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AISMA SWR BGM

All India Station Masters Association (AISMA) South Western Railway Zonal General Body meeting will be held at PRAKASH RESTAURANT, HUBLI on 19.11.12. The General Body will be addressed by Com. John Vincent Kumar, All India Secretary General , AISMA, and Com G Rajan Ex Central Vice President AISMA along with other Zonal and Divisional leaders.
AILRSA SWR Extends warm greetings for the General Body meeting.

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Railway for High speed trains

Railway Board plans to buy high-speed trains atRs.550 crore a piece

The Indian railways needs at least Rs.10 lakh crore to enhance its safety measures and another Rs.1.25 lakh crore to complete 129 key projects.

These financial hiccups, however, have not stalled the flight of ambition of the railway board, which has prepared a proposal to buy highspeed trains, which can travel up to 200 km per hour, at the cost of Rs.550 crore per train.

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Recruitment-Press news

HUBLI, November 15, 2012

No discrepancies in recruitment for Group D posts: SWR

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

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South Western Railway (SWR) has termed the allegations about discrepancies in the recruitment of Group-D posts as “factually incorrect”.

A press release said on Wednesday that SWR had been consistently following the rules prescribed by the Ministry of Railways on the recruitment of candidates for Group-D posts and they had not noticed any violation of these instructions.

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Pantry food rate hiked

Railway passengers find food price hike unpalatable

By Express News Service - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM    14th November 2012 

With the Southern Railway increasing the rates of food items in the pantry cars and railway canteens, passengers are finding the hike unpalatable.
 The new rates, which came into effect without any notice,  caught many passengers unaware of the exorbitant price hike.

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Alert Loco Pilot prevent accident

Alert driver prevents mishap
Kollam | Wednesday, Nov 14 2012 IST
 

Due to timely action by the crew members's of Mumbai-Thiruvananthapuram Express a possible train mishap was prevented between Kollam and Mayyanad Railway Stations early today.

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Railway Porters-News

Need to better porter services of Indian Railways

Vishnu Mohan

14 November, 2012

The licensed railway porter is not an employee of the Indian Railways - he is merely contracted by the Indian Railways to offer his services to passengers. Although the Railways are no in way obliged to provide monetary or other benefits to licensed porters, they are offered some facilities as a goodwill gesture.

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Didi's proposal are derailing.

Mamata’s rail panels face axe in Adhir hands

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
Kolkata, November 13, 2012

When Mamata Banerjee as railway minister constituted several expert committees packed with painters, poets and academics who sided with the Trinamool Congress in its battle with the Left, there was widespread criticism of the move.

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RB letter to NREU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                            MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
                                 (RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E (P&A) II-2012/PLB                                                                                   dated 05.11.2012

Shri.G.Rajan, Legal Adviser, NREU,
No.40/5, Suri Bhavan, 3nd Main,
16th Cross, Sampangiramanagar, 560027.

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Misutilising the Technology

Cheating with cameras and mobiles  

There were at least seven of them, women allegedly posing as candidates for a medical exam, and equipped with cameras, phones and Bluetooth devices to transmit the questions to accomplices in nearby hotels. These accomplices were to route the images of the questions to “experts” in Patna and Hyderabad, who would send the answers back to the middlemen, who would then dictate these to 20 real candidates at various centres.

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Pinki Pramanik Male ?

Tests show Pinki Pramanik is a male, charged with rape: Police

Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik was charged with rape and cheating by the police on Friday after gender determination test report concluded that the 26-year-old athlete was a “male”.

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Step mother treatment by Rly-MP

KASARAGOD, November 12, 2012

MP sees threat to railway division

STAFF REPORTER

  

Mangalore’s shift from Palakkad division

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Rail link to Krishnagiri-The Hindu news

KRISHNAGIRI, November 12, 2012

Steps to bring Krishnagiri under rail network, says Governor

STAFF REPORTER

 

“Jolarpet-Krishnagiri-Hosur rail service will be expedited”

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Fog safe device

Train safety device under a cloud, tests show snags

The Railways’ winter preparation to run trains safely in foggy conditions, especially at night, suffered a setback as the global positioning system-based (GPS) fog safe device has failed to produce the desired result during trials.

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Railway financial position

To complete all projects Indian Railways will need Rs 2.5 lakh crore

Infrawindow News Bureau|Plassey|Nov. 12, 2012

Indian Railways will require about Rs 2.5 lakh crore in order to complete all the projects that have been announced by the Ministry stated Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

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12.12.12 Strike-COC circular

Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers Karnataka State

web site: http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/

Comrades,

               CONFEDERATION  CHQ has  sought the support and solidarity for the strike action slated for 12^th December, 2012 from various Central Government organisations in Defence and Railways and FNPO.

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AILRSA-WR

Joint Action Committee Meeting of the AILRSA & AIGC was held at Vasai Road, Mumbai Division, Western Railway on 5^TH November, 2012 which was addressed by Com. M. N. Prasad Secretary General – AILRSA, Com. A. K. Shrivastav Secretary General – AIGC, Com. B. L. Shrivastav Zonal Secretary – AILRSA/WR, Com. Pradip Vyas Zonal Secretary – AIGC/WR, Com. D. S. Koparkar Zonal Secretary – AILRSA/CR, Com. Mahesh Pandya Divisional Secretary – AILRSA/BCT/WR, M. S. Khan Divisional Secretary – AIGC/BCT/WR, Com. V. K. Shrivastav Divisional Secretary – AIGC/Mumbai/CR.

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Drilling rail holes

Adhir drills rail holes

By Our Special Correspondent | www.telegraphindia.com 

New Delhi, Nov. 9: Junior railway minister Adhir Chowdhury is holding "unusually long" meetings with officials to review projects announced by Mamata Banerjee when she held the portfolio and apparently picking holes in them.

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Rajasthan LC accident

Four killed in train-jeep crash in Rajasthan

By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – 

Jaipur, Nov 9 (IANS) Four people were killed, while one person was seriously wounded when a train rammed into the jeep they were in at an unmanned railway crossing in Rajasthan's Churu district Friday, police said.

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Myanmar Train accident

Myanmar train crash fire kills 25 people, injures 62 Published: Saturday, Nov 10, 2012, 12:18 IST  Place: Yangon | Agency: Reuters

A train in Myanmar carrying petrol derailed and burst into flames, killing 25 people and injuring 62, most of them villagers trying to collect fuel spilled in the accident, state television said.

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Rail Net Work in Karnataka

440-km commuter rail network planned in Karnataka Published: Saturday, Nov 10, 2012, 14:11 IST  By Suchith Kidiyoor | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

The Rail India Technical and Economic Services (Rites) has submitted its final report on a commuter rail system (CRS) connecting the city with suburban areas. The directorate of urban land transport will convene a meeting within a week to examine the report with stakeholders concerned.

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Rail Fracture

Crack in railway track disrupts rail traffic

By Express News Service - THRISSUR

07th November 2012 10:48 AM

Rail traffic on the Shornur-Ernakulam route was partially disrupted for a few hours after a fissure was detected on the railway track near Ollur railway station, here, on Tuesday.

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Theft in train

NEW DELHI, November 7, 2012

Couple held for looting train passengers

STAFF REPORTER

Police recover two diamond bangles, two mobile phones

A 31-year-old man and his post-graduate woman accomplice have been arrested for allegedly travelling in air-conditioned train coaches as a couple and stealing cash and valuables of co-passengers.

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Hidden Cameras

Hidden cams for unguarded bags soon Published: Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012, 8:16 IST  By Shahkar Abidi | Agency: DNA

Next time you visit a railway station, be careful not to leave your baggage unattended for a long time in order to avoid any inconvenience and face some ‘hard questions’ from the police.

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Guarad held for theft

Guard held for theft in train

TNN | Nov 7, 2012, 06.27AM IST

UJJAIN: Three persons including a railway guard were held on charge of stealing valuables from the train passengers. According toGovernment Railway Police (GRP) officials, a laptop, camera and mobile phones of some passengers were stolen from AC coach in Jabalpur- Somnath express train last week between Ratlam and Nagda.

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Safety is first priority-MR

Improving safe travel first priority, new projects later: Rly minister

Union minister of state for Railway Adhir Ranjan Chawdhury today said the Centre was giving importance to improving safety aspect of train travel and improvement of infrastructure vis-a vis taking seven new projects immediately.

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Heavy rain disrupts train service

Heavy rainfall disrupts train services

Heavy downpour in the region has derailed the train schedules of the KK line. The trains coming from Vishakapatnam are left stranded at Jagdalpur station on Monday.

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NIT

Today at NIT Mumbai : Judge was not available, case postponed to 26.11.12

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ID Proof for all reservation ticket

New Delhi, Nov 1: 

With effect from December 1, if you do not have identity proof, then you can't travel in reserved trains.

At present, photo-id proof was mandatory for all air-conditioned travels and e-tickets. The move is expected to reduce misuse of tickets by travel agents.

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