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Trekking on rail tracks in WG punishable
ByAlvin
Mendonca, TNN | Jan 19, 2013,
HASSAN:
Trekkers taking the risky walk through the railway tracks on Western Ghats
should know this. The Railway
department has said that trekking on the track is a punishable offens...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Miracle derails woman's suicide bid on rail tracks
TNN | Feb 24, 2013,
AHMEDABAD:
A middle-aged woman tried to end her life on the railway tracks near Khokhra on
Friday night, but has survived, even after three trains passed from over her.
She has sustained severe head injuries though, and was rushed to VS Hospital
for treatment. As the woman hasn't regained consciousness, police are yet
identify her and ascertain the reason for the suicide...
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Theft of rail tracks in Chhattisgarh: Railways, RPF pass the buck
ByRashmi
Drolia, TNN | Feb 28, 2013,
RAIPUR:
In a biggest case of theft, rail tracks
worth about Rs one crore of South
East Central Railway (SECR) went missing from Janjgir-Champa
district in Chhattisgarh....
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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TODAY'S PAPER » OPINION
February 27, 2013
A budget freighted with the past
K. BALAKES...
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Railway staff burnt alive after 2 kids run over by train
Vidisha (MP), Feb 26, 2013, PTI:
Two children were run over by a speeding train while crossing the tracks at Gulabganj railway station near here on Tuesday, triggering violent protests and arson in which a railway employee was burnt alive and another was battling for life with serious burn...
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
CHENNAI, February 27, 2013
More trains with existing manpower will
impact safety
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Staff say Budget is against spirit of Kakodkar panel
recommendations
The absence of a roadmap in the Railway Budget 2013-14 for
improving zonal-level maintenance infrastructure or a clear plan to fill up
safety-related vacancies has rankled railwayme...
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The Railway Minister, Pawan Bansal introduced the
following Trains:
New
passengers trains
1. Bathinda – Dhuri Passenger (Daily)
2. Bikaner-Ratangarh Passenger (Daily)
3. Bhavnagar – Palitana Passenger (Daily)
4. Bhavnagar – Surendranagar Passenger (Daily)
5. Bareilly – Lalkuan Passenger (Daily)
6. Chhapra –Thawe Passenger (Daily)
7.
Loharu – Sikar Passenger (Daily) after Gauge Conversion(GC)
8. Madgaon – Ratnagiri Passenger (Daily)
9....
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Comments from different organisations
BANGALORE, February 27, 2013
Nothing much for Karnataka
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Belying the
high hopes of the people of Karnataka, particularly at a time when Assembly
elections are to be held in the State shortly, the Railway Budget for 2013-14
presented by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has nothing much to offe...
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL
NEW DELHI, February 27, 2013
A slew of safety measures and amenities
K. BALCHAND
: Railway
Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in his budget speech on Tuesday promised a series
of safety measures covering not only general passengers and women but also
elephants. He has unrolled a number of amenities, including a separate coach
with latest facilities.
Mr. Bansal
has set aside Rs. 1200 crore for amenities and increased...
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New
coach manufacturing and maintenance facilities to be set up in various places
including Rae Bareli, Bhilwara, Sonepat, Kalahandi, Kolar, Palakkad and
Pratapgarh
Rs 9000
crore investments expected including Rs 3,800 crore in port connectivity and Rs
800 crore in iron ore mines connectivity
Allocation
of Rs 1,000 crore each made for railway land development authority and railway
station development authorit...
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Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal already told that this budget
will give priority to Railway Safety.
1. High Level Safety Review Committee Report:
High Level Safety Review Committee headed by Dr. Anil Kakodkar
submitted their report on 17.02.2012. Among their recommendation comes around
160 pages.(Minister announced that some of the suggestions are started
implementing). A few are given belo...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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India... Rail Alerts To Save Hundreds Of Lives (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Every year, about 400 gangmen are run over by trains while working...
...on the rail tracks. To check these deaths, railways will use Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN). This train tracking technology has been developed byIIT-Kanpur and Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO).
Meabwhile,...
Friday, February 22, 2013
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Mangala Express derails near Panvel
K. RAGHAVENDRA RAO
MUMBAI, FEB 22:
Four coaches (Guard’s brake van, General Second Class coach, S-1 and S-2) of the Ernakulam-bound 12618 Mangala Express derailed at Pen in Raigad district of Maharshtra at 12:20 p.m. on Friday while entering the railway statio...
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Railways to import high-speed accident relief trains
PTI
NEW DELHI, FEB 22:
Aiming to put rescue and restoration work during accidents on fast-track, the railways plans to import high-speed self-propelled accident relief trains (SPART) and hydraulic cranes with telescopic boom from Europ...
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ASSOCHAM demands safety on trains
India Blooms News Service
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IBNS) Virtually 65 per cent out of 7,000 people representing all sections interviewed in 20 cities by ASSOCHAM team have voted in favour of moratorium on new passenger trains and wants Railway Budget to focus on safety and modernization, improving existing track and rolling stock and separation of passenger and freight train line...
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22 FEB, 2013, 04.17PM IST, PTI
Rail Budget 2013: Government should focus more on safety and modernisation, says Assoc...
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Rail Budget 2013-14 to benefit Rae Bareli most; yet another fare hike likely news
21 February 2013
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency Rae Bareli will benefit the most in the upcoming Railway budget, which is also expected to introduce about 100 new trains, including AC double-deckers, new passenger services and extension of service...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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DARKNESS travels towards light,
but blindness towards death.
Dear Comrades,
The
number of passengers by train are increasing day by day. Freight movements by trains are also
increased very much. The speed of
trains has increased very much from 75 to 110 and 140 KMPH. Behind all these growth there is a hard work
of loco running staff. But still the
railway...
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TRACK WORK
3 senior railway officials held for 80L fraud
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three senior railway engineers in connection with an alleged 80 lakh fraud in track work.&nb...
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Rail
Budget 2013-14: Railways to launch 100 trains
PTI : New Delhi, Thu Feb 21 2013
Railways are planning to introduce about 100 trains, including AC double
deckers, new passenger services and extension of services to cater to the
demands of various states in the Rail Budget 2013-1...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Today's Paper » NATIONAL
» TAMIL NADU
MADURAI, February 20, 2013
Stir
by railway clerks comes to an end
Special Correspondent
The boycott of work by 14 railway commercial clerks on Monday, who
reported sick en masse, demanding filling up of vacancies and to increase
number of posts to meet the rising demand, came to an end on Tuesday evening
after talks with official...
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Strike will bring Bangalore to a standstill today
TNN | Feb 20, 2013,
BANGALORE: Normal life in
Bangalore is likely to be crippled on Wednesday, the first day of a two-day
nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions in protest against the UPA
government's policies. ...
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, February 20, 2013
LCD TV at railway station stolen amid ‘tight security’
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Police personnel attribute lapse to blurred CCTV foota...
Monday, February 18, 2013
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‘Railways has
failed to curb track deaths’
Feb 18, 2013 |
The
Central and the Western Railways have completely failed to minimise the deaths
under its wheels, despite the high court issuing show cause notice to both the
general managers one year ago. Railway activists have decided to expose the
Railway’s inaction in court on February 22. Data shows that 2297 passengers
died in 2012, while 2145 passengers died in 201...
Sunday, February 17, 2013
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World’s highest rail bridge to
come up across Chenab river
PTI
NEW DELHI, FEB 17:
Arguably
one of the toughest engineering challenges in hand, Railways plans to complete
the Chenab bridge in Jammu and Kashmir by 2016, making it the world’s highest
rail bridg...
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11 wagons of goods train derail, railway traffic disrupted in
Bihar
Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013,
Khagaria: Eleven wagons of a goods train derailed on Sunday
near Manasi station in Bihar's Khagaria district disrupting traffic on
Barauni-Saharsa section, railway officials said.&nbs...
TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
SALEM, February 17, 2013
Salem – Karur broad gauge sector to be inspected
STAFF REPORTER
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is expected to inspect the Salem – Namakkal – Karur new broad gauge tracks between February 25 and 27 for commencing the passenger service.
Sources in the railways said that all major works have been completed in the sector and the Chief Administrative...
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Support to “General Strike” by AIRF
AIRF
ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATI...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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NEW DELHI, February
14, 2013
Petrol, diesel prices likely to go
up by weekend
SUJAY MEHDUDIA
TOPICS
energy and resourcepetrol
With the crude oil prices
in the international market hardening for the past couple of weeks, State-run
oil marketing companies (OMCs) are likely to hike petrol and diesel prices by
this weeken...
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UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR RAIL PAASENGERS –THE ON BOARD SHOPPING SERVICE
IN KONKANKANYA AND MANDOVI EXPRESS TRAINS
In an endeavour to provide better customer services and to make the journey more pleasurable, Konkan Railway launches yet another service oriented scheme to provide an unique experience for rail passengers; The On-Board Shopping Service in Konkankanya and Mandovi Express train...
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Train
engines will now come with toilets
TNN | Feb 14, 2013,
DALTONGANJ:
Few people with some interest in the Indian Railways know that the engine cabin of any
train, passenger or express, is devoid of a toilet and washbasin. An even
lesser number of people are aware of how the crew members manage to relieve
themselve...
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THE HINDU -TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI, February 14, 2013
Safety audit exposes loopholes at New Delhi railway station
MOHAMMAD ALI
Most fire extinguishers don’t work; several CCTV cameras “defective”, face roof; four out of 12 baggage scanners out of ord...
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Almost 23 Lakh Passengers Travel by Delhi Metro on 11th February,set highest
ridership so far.
...
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THE HINDU -Today's Paper » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
TIRUCHI, February 14, 2013
Fatal accidents at unmanned crossings, a cause for conc...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
TIRUCHI, February 13, 2013
Railway guards want inclusion in LARGESS scheme
STAFF REPOR...
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In Bansal's budget, no allocations for wagons
Srinand Jha,
Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 13, 20...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Almost 23 Lakh Passengers Travel by Delhi Metro on 11th February,set highest ridership so far.
The Delhi Metro achieved a milestone on Monday, 11th February 2013 when close to 23 lakh people traveled on the Metro throughout the day. Delhi Metro recorded the highest ever ridership figure of 22, 89,617 on 11th February 2013, which surpassed the earlier record set on 27th November 2012, when 22, 77,751 people traveled by the...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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Will high speed rail connectivity from Surat to Mumbai be affordable?
By Himanshu Bhatt, TNN | Feb 10, 2013,
SURAT: A sudden visit by a three member team of
Systra, an urban rail public transport engineering consultancy firm of France,
of the city to conduct a survey of passenger traffic from Surat city to Mumbai
and Ahmedabad and to check the possibility of fast track passenger train on
Mumbai -Ahmedabad rail corridor has...
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Fuel surcharge on train tickets in the offing
PTI | Feb 10, 2013,
NEW DELHI: With the recent
hike in diesel prices putting an additional burden of Rs 3,300 crore on
Railways, the PSU behemoth is considering to further increase passenger fares
or raise freight charges. ...
- 10:22 PM
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Over 20 feared
dead in Allahabad station stampede, PM announces ex-gratia
UTTAR PRADESH, Updated Feb 10,
Allahabad: More than 20 people were feared dead and 30
others injured in a stampede at Allahabad railway station in Uttar Pradesh on
Sunday. The stampede was caused after railing of an over bridge at the railway
station collapsed. Officials, however, are yet to confirm the death tol...
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THE HINDU -TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, February
10, 2013
Railway union
launches campaign ahead of election
STAFF REPORTER
The
Nairuthya Railway Employees’ Union (NREU), a registered trade union of the
South Western Railway, launched its campaign for the upcoming referendum, where
railway employees vote for the trade union that represents the...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
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NAIRUTHYA RAILWAY EMPLOYEES’ UNION (NREU)
South Western Railway-Reg.No.ALCB-4/DRT/TUA/3/2008-09
THE ONLY STAR OF SW RAILWAYMEN.
FEDERATIONS REFUSE TO STRIKE FOR YOUR CAUSE
WHILE THEY DID SO FOR BONUR IN CASH
ARE RAILWAYMEN BONDED LABOUR ?
ARE RAILWAYMEN PROHIBITED TO EXCERCISE THEIR
RIDGT TO STRIKE UNDER SECTION 22 OF ID ACT 1947...
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Editors agree with Markandey Katju, slam govt ‘blackmail’
TNN | Feb 7, 2013,
Katju told TOI that he had received a very large
number of complaints from newspapers about advertising being drastically
reduced or stopped altogether without any explanation after articles critical
of the government, or even ministers or officials, had appeared in the pape...
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KERALA
KOZHIKODE, February 7, 2013
Bedbugs leave Railways sore
KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL
Found guilty of deficiency in service
Bedbugs in a train left Southern Railway red in the face with the Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission finding it guilty of “deficiency in service...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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Today's Paper » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU
TIRUCHI, February 6, 2013
‘Allot hostel no. 4 exclusively for station masters’
Staff Repor...
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Railway workers seek removal of CCTV
TNN | Feb 6, 2013,
BHUBANESWAR:
The employees of carriage repair workshop of East Coast Railway (ECoR) at
Mancheswar here moved Union railway ministerPawan Kumar
Bansal complaining
that their demand of removing close circuit television (CCTV) from the workshop
was yet to be fulfille...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
HUBLI, February 5, 2013
Railway recruitment: demand for CBI inquiry into irregularities
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
‘79 selected candidates yet to receive appointment letters’
The Communist Party of India and the All-India Trade Union Congress have demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the railway recruitment to Group D posts conducted by South Western Railwa...
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