New rail ticket refund rules from tomorrow
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The Railways will not refund your ticket if it is
surrendered for cancellation two hours after the actual departure of the
train, as per the new refund rules effective from July ...
Sunday, June 30, 2013
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Layoff of 40 station masters put off
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Express News Service - KOCHI
29th June 2013 11:06 AM
The decision of the Thiruvananthapuram division to cut down 40 station master posts has been frozen.
According to sources, the decision was suspended by Rakesh Mishra, General Manager, Southern Railways on Frida...
Friday, June 28, 2013
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Abducted train driver freed, two held
Parth Shastri, TNN | Jun 28, 2013,
AHMEDABAD: Two men were arrested by Government Railway Police officials posted at the Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur. The men had allegedly abducted a train driver from the railway station on June 24....
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Restrict goods train along Shirady Ghat section, MP urges South Western Railway
Jaideep Shenoy, TNN | Jun 27, 2013,
MANGALORE: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel
has requested the general manager of Hubli based South Western Railway
(SWR) to restrict movement of goods train movement during night - from
6pm up to next morning 6am - between Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road. In
a letter to the official, the MP said such a step is prudent...
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Bangalore photo exhibition depicts the 'journey' of Indian Railways
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Bangalore, June 27 (ANI): On the occasion of completing 160 glorious years of the Indian Railways, South-Western Railway organized a weeklong photo exhibition here showcasing rare moments of the railway journey...
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Railway bribery: CBI probing role of Pawan Kumar Bansal's secretary
Manoj Gupta, Marya Shakil, , CNN-IBN | Jun 27, 2013...
Thursday, June 27, 2013
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PM, Sonia flag off first train to Kashmir Valley
Majid Jahangir/TNS
Banihal, June 26
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi
on Wednesday inaugurated a rail line to connect the mountain-locked
Kashmir Valley with the rest of the state and in future link the region
with the countr...
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Chakki railway bridge pillars damaged in flash flood
Our Correspondent
Nurpur, June 26
The flash flood in the Chakki rivulet following rain washed away
protection steps of six pillars of the Chakki railway bridge on the
Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge railway line, near here, this
morning. These cemented steps had been built by the Railway Department
by spending lakhs of rupees a few months...
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Alert gangman spots rail fracture, prevents accident
TNN | Jun 27, 2013,...
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Preliminary trials of anti-collision system successful:Mittal
Indian Railways, Anti-collision systemJammu: Preliminary field trials
of TrainCollision Avoidance System (TCAS) inSouth Central Railways have
beensuccessful, Chairman Railway BoardVinnay Mittal said on Mond...
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Railway quarters in a shambles
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 26
Decades-old railway quarters occupied by its drivers, guards and
Class IV employees in Ludhiana are in a pathetic condition as the
Railways has failed to renovate the same.
Most of the quarters have old-fashioned roofs. Kitchens and
washrooms in these quarters have no permanent roofs but are simply
covered with ordinary cement...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
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India's longest rail tunnel
Ruchika Chitravanshi in Banihal/Uri (J&K)
Nine
years ago, when Sharanappa Yalal relocated to Kashmir as project manager of the
11-km Pir Panjal rail tunnel, the longest proposed in India, most locals told
him it was never going to happen.
Yet after a three-year delay,
technical snags and several complications, the Rs 800-crore (project is to be
inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesda...
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THE HINDU TIRUCHI,
June 26, 2013
Station masters demand filling up of vacancies
Staff Report...
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Railways ropes in National Institute of Design to give coaches facelift
Piyush Mishra, TNN | Jun 24, 20...
Sunday, June 23, 2013
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THE HINDU Today's Paper
» NATIONAL RAJAHMUNDRY,
June 23, 2013
Public pressure puts the brakes on railway plan to sell bridge as sc...
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The Healing Touch
Kalpana Verma : Mumbai, Sun Jun 23 2013,
James Nelson, 54, had lost all hope. Employed with the mechanical
department of the South Western Railway, Nelson had had multiple hip
replacement surgeries in the past. Now, the joint was infected and the
implants were coming loose. To make matters worse, he was suffering from
diabetes, hypertension and renal problems. When doctors in Bangalore
gave up, he came to Mumbai. That...
Friday, June 21, 2013
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Mangalore's hope rekindled as Kharge takes charge of railways
Govind D. Belgaumkar
Mangalore MP writes to the Minister listing out dema...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
Shri
Mallikarjun Kharge assumed charge as the Union Minister of Railways
here today i.e. 19th June, 2013. Prior to this, Shri Kharge was Union
Minister of Labour and Employment. He is a Member of Parliament (Lok
Sabha) from Gulbarga constituency in Karnataka. Immediately after
assuming the office, the Shri Kharge was briefed by Shri Vinay Mittal,
Chairman Railway...
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Railway bridges to remain closed as Yamuna flows way above danger level
Dailybhaskar.com
| Jun 19, 2013,...
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After Bengal govt, now railways too reluctant
to execute Kolkata Metro project
Indian Railways holds 74% stake in the project while Union
Urban Development Ministry holds the remaining 2...
Monday, June 17, 2013
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What’s so great about train travel in Europe?
Would you believe everything?
Train travel in Europe is nothing like it is in the U.S. In Europe, trains
aren’t considered a secondary form of transportation; it’s how most Europeans
travel. So they’re modern, dependable and in some cases state-of-the-art. At
the heart of European rail is an extensive network of high speed trains, with
travel times that can occasionally rival the airlines. But...
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Rail services to resume through Hatfield and Stainforth
13 June 2013The passenger timetable will be fully re-introduced by 29 July 2013 with some services starting from 8 July 201...
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Now, computerised reservations of rail tickets all day on Sundays
- ST Correspondent
Monday, 17 June 2013 -
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Row over move to axe 40 station masters' posts
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15th June 2013
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Railway Board member Kul Bhushan faces CBI probe over cash-for-posts allegations
By
Abhishek Bhalla
PUBLISHED:
21:21 GMT, 14 June 2013
The CBI probe into the cash-for-posts
scandal in the railways involving former Union minister Pawan Kumar
Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla is not limited to former Railway Board
member Mahesh Kumar, now in Tihar jail....
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28 unmanned railway crossings in Pune railway division to be closed by 2015
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013, 1:11 IST | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA
DNA
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CBI DIG Mahesh Aggarwal repatriated
Had courted controversy by leaking info of CBI raid on Singla’s house
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 14
CBI DIG Mahesh Aggarwal, who courted controversy for his
alleged involvement in leaking information of the CBI raid on former
union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla’s residence...
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Special train carrying top officials mows down truck at level-crossing, one killed
A. V. Ragunathan
Of the three injured in accident, truck driver died on Friday...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
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Fresh probe involves Rail Board member, Bansal’s PS
New Delhi, June 12
The CBI today registered two new preliminary inquiries involving
the private secretary of former Railway Minister Pawan Bansal and a
Railway Board Member which are off-shoots of its probe in the Railway
bribery scandal...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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SCR waging a battle with rodents
By
Express News Service - HYDERABAD
12th June 2013 ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Railway union leaders 'using official properties to house their own families'
By
Maneesh Pandey
PUBLISHED:
23:51 GMT, 10 June 2013
Railway unions and staff
associations, which have the mandate to fight for the cause of employees
of the country's largest transporter, have emerged as one of the
biggest 'property grabbers' in the Capital....
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BANIHAL-QAZIGUND SECTION: TO BE OPENED VERY SOON
Banihal-Qazigund
section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah Rail link Project has been
completed by Northern Railway and is likely to be opened for public very
soon after statutory inspection by Commissioner of Railway Safety for
running passenger trains. Trial run on this section was successfully
done on 28.12.12 and since then ballast...
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Three railway
employees die on duty over past 2 days
MUMBAI: Three railway employees died in separate incidents in the past two days
after being hit by trains in Central Railway's Mumbai divisio...
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June 11, 2013
Heavy rains flood Mumbai
Staff Reporter
Trains run late, flights delayed, bus routes chan...
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1473 Vacancies at Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC)
RECRUITMENT AGAINST EX-SERVICEMAN (Ex.SM) QUO...
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Railway bribery scam: CBI may book Bansal’s secretary Rahul Bhandari
Jun 10, 20...
Thursday, June 6, 2013
MOTORMAN REWARDED FOR BRAVERY
The
Railway Board has decided to posthumously reward the bravery, the sense
of responsibility and duty consciousness exhibited by S. Manohar, the
motorman who was instrumental in averting a potential mishap on May 23,
an incident that claimed his own life. His commitment to the safety of
his passengers even in his dying moments demands the highest honor. The
award comes over the compensation that has been worked...
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Labour law violation: 15 firms face criminal cases
Special Correspond...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION
REGD NO.17903 HQ:ADRA
SOUTHERN, SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTH WESTERN ZONES
Dear Loco Running men,
Even without...
Monday, June 3, 2013
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Railways opts for standard gauge first time in 160 yrs
Monday, Jun 3, 2013, Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Binoo Nair
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