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Passenger trains collide in South Africa, 20 injured: railway
AFPJohannesburg, January 31, 2013
Two passenger trains collided in South Africa today near Pretoria during the peak morning commute, injuring around 20 people, the rail authority sa...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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RAKESH MISHRA
General Manager
Southern Railway
Respected Sir,
SUB : SAFETY IN
TRAIN OPERATIONS – PREVENTION OF SPAD – DIRECTIVES OF...
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
MADURAI, January 27, 2013
Unmanned level crossings to be phased out in Maduai division
STAFF REPORTER
Divisional Railway Manager unfurls the national flag
In accordance with the Madurai Railway Division’s stress on safety, 365 unmanned level crossings in the division would be eliminated in a phased manner, said A. K. Rastogi, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Southern Railway, Madurai...
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Rapid
Metro has a 21-year-old woman in the driver’s seat
Express news service : Gurgaon, Sun Jan 27 2013, 01:00 hrs
A Documentary on Delhi Metro changed the life of 21-year-old Priya Sachan,
a woman from Akbarpur in Uttar Prades...
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Bombardier, Siemens, GE, Alstom, EMD at war over Rs 40,000-cr locomotive market
...
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Railways'
policy uncertainties slow down bullet train project; many challenges ahead
How
Railways' policy uncertainties slowed down bullet train project
After policy flip-flops over decades, here is a concrete sign of
India getting its first bullet train. The Indian Railways quietly formed a
company called HSRC Ltd in July last to run its dream project, high-speed rai...
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Shatabdi derailment at railway station triggers chaos
TNN | Jan 27, 2013, 05.35 AM IST
BANGALORE: Chaos prevailed at the City railway station early
on Saturday morning after the electric locomotive and two coaches of the
Chennai-bound Shatabdi express (Train number 12028) derailed at 5.20am en route
to platform No.5 from the dockyard. The train that was to depart at 6am did not
have any passengers in it.&nbs...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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National Industrial Tribunal (NIT) on 21.01.13
NIT sitting at Mumbai attended by Com. MN Prasad, Com. MM Roly, Com DS Koparker, Adv TC Govindaswamy etc attended.
NIT imposed a penalty on Railway for Rs.4000/-. Ex-Party proceedings will drop if the Railway submit reply on 11.03.1...
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British
scientists develop bomb-proof trains to prevent repeat of London attack
Train
carriages could be bomb-proofed to prevent a repeat of the carnage carried out
by the London Underground terrorist attacks.British engineers have developed
blast-resilient rolling stock after learning lessons from the July 7, 2005
suicide bombing...
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Pending Projects, Safety Top Priority: Railway Minister
Wednesday, 23 January 2013,&nb...
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Does Europe want Germany to run all its railways?
Monday, 21 January 2013
Lord Berkeley issues an
impassioned plea to member states after the latest move to deliver a single
market and liberalisation is delayed for 'further discussio...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Railways MeetsRailway Minister for Balanced Development of Railway Related Facilities in the Country&nb...
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Iron ore scam: CBI raids railway sidings
B Sridhar, TNN Jan 12, 2013, 05.06AM IST
JAMSHEDPUR: A 15-member CBI team from Kolkata visited the
mineral-rich West Singhbhum district on Thursday to conduct raids at railway
sidings in connection with the Rs 5000 crore iron ore sca...
Saturday, January 19, 2013
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, January 19, 2013
Loco pilots unhappy with Railway booklet on safety awareness
ANIL KUMAR SASTRY
‘It is only educative and there was no intention to show them in bad ligh...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
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Decisions
/ resolutions are taken in CWC meeting of AILRSA and later in joint meeting of
AILRSA & AIGC.
The central working committee meeting of the All India Loco
Running Staff Association was held at Kalyan, Mumbai division of Central
Railway on 5th and 6th of January 2013 presided by Com.
N. Sarkar and the following resolutions were passed unanimousl...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Where have all the Big Chiefs gone?
By Sambit Saha | www.telegraphindia.com –
Haldia, Jan. 15: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today sought to address questions on big projects by calling out the names of public sector companies' chiefs at Bengal Leads but drew a blan...
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Rail staff threaten to go on strike
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times – 21 hours ...
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Inter-Governmental Railway Meeting Between India and Bangladesh HeldProjects for New Rail Links Between Both Countries to be ExpeditedWorking Group Formed to Examine Feasibility of Increasing Frequency of Maitree Express&nb...
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A Comment about the Booklet of Safety Department Bangalore by a well wisher.
2013
is indeed a remarkable year.....in all respects, to a world waking up to the
fallacy of the MAYAN prophesy of the world coming to an END. The euphoria apart.....all
was aptly outlived, except for Safety Branch Bangalore Division that came out
with a remarkable realisation in the wake of the unfortunate PENUKONDA Accident
involving...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Dislodged
bogey incident points at the apathy of railways: HC
By Express News Service - KOCHI 15th
January 2013
Coming down heavily on
the railways, the Kerala High Court on Monday observed that submissions
regarding the dislodged bogey incident have made clear the apathy of the
railways towards Kerala. The railways had blamed ‘preserved fish’ and ‘cattle’
as the reasons for the dislodgement of the bogie...
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China to invest heavily on railway infrastructure
(People's
Daily Online) January 15, 2013
China's railway infrastructure investment will maintain rapid growth this year, with 600billion yuan to 630 billion yuan to be invested,&nbs...
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Southern Rly cancels trains
The Southern Railway has
cancelled several trains plying between Rameswaram and
other destinations across Tamil Nadu, due to the damage to the century-old Pamban bridge which
was hit by a barge.
As many as 10 trains connecting Rameswaram-Madurai,
Tiruchirapalli-Rameswaram, Rameswaram-Kanniyakumari were cancelled due to the
damage of a pier of Pamban bridge, Southern railway...
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Indias Pride Forever Indian Railways
January
15, 2013
Back in the nineteenth century, India had not
many means of transportation. People used to travel long distances by other
tedious means. Thanks to the British, the first rail line was set up in
1867, making it possible for people to travel directly from Bombay to
Calcutta. From then on, the rail industry in the country...
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Fog hits flights, rail traffic in
Delhi
NEW DELHI, Jan 14, 2013, DHNS:
After a
brief spell of sunshine, a thick blanket of fog enveloped the national
capital on Monday morning affecting flight and train operations even as
temperature continued to rise slightly much to the delight of Delhiites.
According to Met officials, the minimum temperature in the city was three
degree above normal at 10.6 degree Celsius, while the maximum was recorded...
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Long-distance, local trains
stranded at level crossing due to traffic snarls
14 January
2013
statesman news service
KOLKATA, 14 JAN: In a
not so common incident, a long distance passenger train and 14 EMU local trains
got stranded en-route for about 25 minutes on an average after the on-duty
railway personnel posted at the Rishra level crossing gate on
Howrah-Bandel Main line section could not close the gate for over half an
hour...
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15 January 2013 Last updated at 08:20 GMT
Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead
A
military train carrying army recruits has derailed south of Egypt's capital,
Cairo, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100, officials say.
The train was heading to an
army camp in Cairo when a carriage became detached and crashed into a goods
train in the Badrashin area of Giz...
A cartoon booklet printed and circulated by Safety
Department, Bnagalore division of South Western Railway, which describes that
the accidents are caused due to Running Staff not availing proper rest since
wife ask to go shopping and child ask to play cricket with father, is
incorrect. The booklet does not tell about extended crew link, continuous night
duties, not sanctioning of legitimate rest, periodic rest leave etc. They are
silent about...
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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AILRSA Central Working Committee Meeting held at Kalyan on 05.01.13 and 06.01.13. Report prepared by Com GN Shaw and published in his blog is reproduced here, with photos...
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Beware of the devil at home
By Rupali Shukla,
TNN | Jan 13, 2013,
KOLKATA:
It's not just the road Romeos on bikes or a lecherous neighbour, the demon of
sexual abuse lives closer home. Far too close for comfort. A shockingly high
percentage of molestation, rape and sexual
harassment cases take
place within the family, very often with the parents pretending not to see it.
Or worse, even condoning i...
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De-politicize
railways, create independent corporation
Railway
fares have finally been raised for the first time in 10 years. Even so, the
change may reduce just Rs 6,600 crore of the loss of Rs 25,000 crore on
passenger traffic.
Railway fares have finally been raised for the first time in 10 years. Even so,
the change may reduce just Rs 6,600 crore of the loss of Rs 25,000 crore on
passenger traffic.&nbs...
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Barge collides into century-old rail bridge near Tamil Nadu coast
Press Trust of India | Updated: January 13, 2013
Rameswaram: A century-old railway bridge
near Pamban coast was damaged and rail link to Rameswaram was disrupted as a
barge towing a naval ship, which had ran aground, drifted and collided with it
today, officials sai...
Saturday, January 12, 2013
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Network Rail in
10-year low carbon power deal with EDF Energynews
The operator of Britain's railway
infrastructure, Network Rail, has struck a 10-year deal with the French-owned
EDF Energy to provide low-carbon nuclear power to the railways.
According to International
Business Times, Under the £3-billion...
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East Coast Railway fines 2,040 people
for spitting
By Indo Asian News Service
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IANS) The East Coast
Railway (ECoR) has
fined 2,040 people for spitting and littering at railway premises in less than a month and collected
Rs.128,570 in fines from them, an official said here Saturda...
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Assam: Passenger train derails; around
20-25 injured
Haflong: Around 20-25 persons received
injuries when two bogies of the Barak Valley passenger train derailed on
Saturday afternoon at Dima Hasao Hills district of Assa...
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Railways
has derailed since I left office: Lalu
Patna, January 12: Criticising the rise in train fares, RJD
supremo Lalu Prasad today said that the railways have "derailed"
since he left the office of railway minister. "The railway has derailed
from the track.... The people in power are trying to destroy the lifeline of the
country," Prasad told reporter...
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Indian Railways Relax
Condition in Proof of Identity
Indian railways has made some relaxation in
the condition of production of original Proof of Identity during train travel
and particularly for the passengers belonging to the lower economic classe...
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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Pre-Budget talks: Unions
press for pay commisison
Urge FM to raise income tax
threshold to Rs 5 lakh in a year from the present Rs 2 lakh
Shaikh Zoaib Saleem / New Delhi
Jan 03, 2013,
Pressing for a people-friendly Budget for 2013-14, trade unions today urgedFinance Minister P Chidambaram and his team to announce the
constitution of...
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Several Trade Unions, including CITU, AITUC, INTUC, HMS and BMS, in a joint memorandum to Shri Chidambaram Hon'able Minster for Finance demanded
* Unions pitch for hiking I-T exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh/annum
* Trade unions today demanded 12% interest on PF contributions of employees &nb...
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Sri. VIVEK KUMAR
Executive
Director,
Mechanical Engineering
(Traction)
Railway Board, New Del...
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The Convener
Uniform Committee,
Executive Director Establishment (G),
Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delh...
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AILRSA Central Committee held at Central railway Officers Club, Kalyan on 05.01.13 to 06.01.13, presided by Com. N Sarkar, Working President. Secretary General MN Prasad and different central and Zonal leaders addressed. The meeting discussed the issues prevailing in National level and decided to organise program for pressurising railways to implement SPAD recommendations. There will be Divisional , Zonal and a Parliament march proposed in...
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No.10/02/2011.E.III/A Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 7th January, 2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Fixation of pay on promotion to a post carrying higher duties and responsibilities but carrying the same grade p...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Rail fares may rise substantially to finance
mega projects
Chetan Chauhan,
Hindustan Times
New Delhi, January 08, 20...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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Dear Comrade, to you and your loved ones a very happy safe and prosperous new year.
In solidarity.
Gavin Richards
Vice President
CPSU/CS...
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Rlys ready to give 30% encroached land to dwellers: Muttemwar
Vijay
Pinjarkar, TNN | Jan 2, 2013,
NAGPUR: The Indian Railways have 'in principle' agreed to give 30%
of its encroached land along the tracks to encroachers provided they return 70%
of it to the railways. This was disclosed by Congress MP from Nagpur Vilas Muttemwar on Tuesda...
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200 Km per hour trains on Delhi-Mumbai route on track
PTI | Jan 02, 2013,
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Dear Comrade Sunish and all comrades included in this email
Seasonal greetings to you all.
As always it is a pleasure to hear from you.
Wishing you a very good 2013.
Kind regards
Michėle Cohen
Community and Public Sector Union WA
(Councillor)
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