11:55 AM
PARIS,
July 26, 2013
Abnormal speed a reason behind Spain train derailment
Vaiju Naravane...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicide
AP
Spain’s interior minister announced Saturday that the driver
whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion
of negligent homicide....
Sunday, July 28, 2013
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Cuffs on train ‘tormentor’
OUR BUREAU
Calcutta, July 27:
A 39-year-old man has been arrested from Uttarpara and identified by
police as the person who chased a young TCS employee in the near-empty
ladies’ compartment...
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Enough evidence on record to nail Pawan Bansal in Railway scam: BJP
By PTI | 27 Jul, 2013,...
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Lucknow, July
28, 2013
UP police to install CCTV cameras in trains
PTI
With a view to keep crime on trains in check, Uttar Pradesh
police plans to install CCTV cameras in special trains passing through the
stat...
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SALEM,
July 28, 2013
68 subways to come up in Salem Railway Division
Staff Reporter
As many as 68 subways have been sanctioned for the
division of which 28 would be completed this financial year, Sujatha
Jayaraj, Salem Divisional Railway Manager said here on Saturda...
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Railway bribery scam: Jain seeks supplementary chargesheet
Rajinder Nagarkoti
Tribune News Servi...
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Stray dog menace at rly station
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana July 27
In the absence of any boundary wall on the railway station
premises and ample space, the station has become a safe haven for stray
dogs. The stray dogs can be seen roaming on the station premises...
Saturday, July 27, 2013
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Shri Ashok Kumar Mital Takes Over As Incharge General Manager, South Central Rail...
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Rly seeks states' help to eliminate unmanned
level crossings
Railways has firmed up plans to expedite construction of
bridges at unmanned level crossings to prevent accidents and asked state
governments to share the cost....
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Zee Media Exclusive interview with former
Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, who says "there is
a conspiracy" to implicate him in Cash-for-Promotion
...
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Zee Media Exclusive interview with former
Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, who says "there is
a conspiracy" to implicate him in Cash-for-Promotion
27 July 2013 3:42 pm | Indiantelevision.com
Team
New...
Thursday, July 25, 2013
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GULBARGA,
July 24, 2013
State lagging in railway network, says Kharge
Special Correspond...
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Bangalore,
July 24, 2013
‘Railway Board post cannot be kept vacant for long against public interest’
Special Correspond...
- 8:36 AM
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SAIL, Railways to ink pact for manufacturing passenger coaches
By PTI | 24 Jul, 2013,...
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India's longest bridge coming up in Northeast
Itanagar, July 24, 2013 (PT...
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HC relief for Railway Board in appointmnt to Member-Traffic post case
TNN | Jul 24, 2013
BANGALORE: In an important development, the Karnataka high court has
permitted the Railway Board to appoint Devi Prasad Pande to the post of
Member-Traffic....
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At least 56 people killed, 70 injured as train derails in Spain
Reuters | Jul 25, 2...
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Rail projects marred by vacancies at the top
Mahendra Singh, TNN | Jul 25, 2013
NEW DELHI: The railway board, the top decision-making body in
the state transporter which handles projects worth lakhs of crores, has been
headless for over a month now. Besides, it also doesn't have a full-time member
(staff) and financial commissioner....
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Rain puts brakes on Central Railway suburban services
Express
news service : Mumbai, Thu Jul 25 2013
Heavy rain for the second day in a row disrupted Central Railway (CR) suburban
services Wednesday. Services on harbour line were suspended between CST and
Mankhurd for three hours in the afternoon.
A high tide Tuesday caused waterlogging at many stations and about 100
locals were cancelled....
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Compensate Railways for loss
in 2011 stir, SC tells Haryana
Team set up to ensure return of families that fled Mirchpur
R Sedhuraman
Legal Correspondent
New Delhi, July 24
The Supreme Court today directed the Haryana’s Claims
Commissioner to pass an order within four weeks on the Railways’ claim
for a compensation of about Rs 34 crore for...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
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Now, waitlist tickets will not be allowed in reserved rly coaches
Railway passengers with waitlist tickets will no longer be allowed to
travel in the reserved compartments as this leads to inconvenience to
passengers with confirmed tickets and overcrowding of compartments, said
railway official...
Monday, July 22, 2013
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AILRSA Bangalore Divisional BGM held on 22.07.13 at NEW KRISHNA BHAVAN,
Malleswaram. The BGM inaugurated by Com. Meenaxi Sundaram, State Secretary
CITU, Karnataka, and presided by Com. DS Niranjan, Divisional Presiden...
Sunday, July 21, 2013
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Railway engines to get National Institute of Design makeover
Piyush Mishra, TNN | Jul 18, 2013,
AHMEDABAD:
Driving trains will soon become a comparatively cushy job in the near
future. For the first time, diesel engines are set to get a complete
makeover in terms of aesthetics and ergonomics. The National Institute of Design
(NID) in collaboration with Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, is
redesigning the interior and exterior...
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China-Germany cargo train launched
Saibal Dasgupta, TNN | Jul 21, 2013,
BEIJING: China has established its second rail link to Europe, connecting the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou with Hamburg in Germany....
Delhi crawls as heavy rain causes flooding
Saturday,
July,20 2013 - 19:55
NEW
DELHI: A heavy downpour caused flooding and brought parts of the capital to
a virtual standstill for hours Saturday as several roads got submerged under
rain water, stranding vehicles. A Metro station was shut due to rain water on
the platfor...
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Rail track, bridge washed out
Jul 21, 2013
As heavy showers continued to
lash Maharashtra for the second day since Friday, the ballast and bank
under the railway track and a small bridge, were washed out completely
between Sindi and Tuljapur station on Nagpur-Wardha section. The
incident resulted in operational problems for long-distance trains, with
at least a dozen of them either being cancelled...
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MP to approach Centre for another railway station in Mysore
TNN | Jul 21, 2013, ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013
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BANGALORE,
July 20, 2013
Two dead as rain lashes Bangalore
Staff Reporter
...
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Railways to seek more funds for execution of rail projects
'More funds are required to
complete many rail projects in the country. We will seek approach
Finance Ministry for the additional funds,' Railway Minister Mallikarjun
Khar...
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Railway ticket check yields Rs 1.22 lakh
Stanley Pinto, TNN | Jul 19, 2013
MANGALORE: A special ticket
checking drive was conducted all over Palakkad Division on Thursday,
particularly in Kannur - Kozhikode and Shoranur - Nilambur Road sections.
During this check, 353 cases were registered through which an amount of Rs.1.22
lakhs was collected as excess fare and penalt...
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Railway bypass project to cost Rs 180 crore
Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, July 18
Rohtak will soon get a Railway Bypass. It will be perhaps the
first such project in the state which would help to maintain the problem
of traffic jams. The project would cost around Rs 180 crore. The
project will be launched soon and is likely to be completed in the next
two y...
- 9:21 AM
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13 minors caught begging at Hisar railway station
Tribune News Service
Hisar, Juluy 18
In a special drive, the district administration caught 13 minor
children who were indulging in begging at the railway station in the
town recently. All the children were hailing from Bappa village of Sirsa
district. The administration called their parents for counselling them
to enroll the children in schools...
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Homage
to Comrade Samar Mukherjee
AILRSA
expresses its deep sorrow at the death of Comrade Samar Mukherjee, a most
exceptional, outstanding and dedicated leader of the communist movement in
India.
A
valiant freedom fighter, able parliamentarian and leader of the trade union
movement, Samarda passed away at the age of 100 in Kolkata today. He was the
oldest living member of the CPI(M), having joined the Party in 1940....
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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Mallikarjun Kharge reviews performance of railway PSUs
By PTI | 16 Jul, 2013,...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
- 9:28 PM
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What is the railways doing?
Ht Correspondent, Hindustan Times Lucknow, July
16, 2013
It maintains that policing on the rail network is a state subject and
prevention of crime, registration of cases, investigations and maintenance of
law and order on railway premises as well as on moving trains are, therefore,
the statutory responsibility of the state governments which they discharge
through the GR...
Monday, July 15, 2013
- 7:39 PM
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Bhilai Steel Plant develops advanced rails for Indian Railways
By Rakhi Majumdar, ET Bureau | 15 Jul, 2013,...
- 3:10 PM
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Amidst lobbying, key Railway posts lie vacant
By Srinand
Jha | Hindustan
Times – Sun
14 Jul, 2013
India, July 14 -- With the Railways, some kind of a Peter's
Principle seems to be applying: The more the things have changed, the more they
seem to remain the same.
Appointments to critical posts including
those of General Managers
(GMs) and Divisional
Railway Managers (DRMs) are...
- 3:08 PM
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Railway's 'outsourcing' plan put on hold after protests
By Srinand
Jha | Hindustan
Times – Sun
14 Jul, 2013
India, July 14 -- Indian railway's plan to share in-house
designs and drawings of passenger
coaches with private parties has created a flutter in its two
production units
- the Kapurthala-based Rail
Coach Factory (RCF) and the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Chenna...
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Decision of Central Trade Unions held on 8th July
2013
The Joint meeting of Central Trade Unions held on 8th
July 2013 at BMS office, New Delhi has decided the following course of joint
mobilization/agitations and activit...
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2 more held in Railways exam paper leak
Express news service : New Delhi, Mon Jul 15 2013,
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has arrested two more persons, including a Delhi Police constable, for the leak of the Railway
Recruitment Board competitive exam question pape...
Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Russian Railways keen to extend support for electrification
Russian Railways expressed interest in the electrification of India large railway network, which is undergoing a major modernisation programm...
Friday, July 12, 2013
- 1:38 PM
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Railway bribery scam: Court to decide on bail pleas of 6 accused
CNN-IBN | Posted on Jul 12, 2013...
- 1:35 PM
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No hike in rail fares: Kharge
By
Express News Service - GULBARGA 12th July 2013
Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge rubbished rumours that the
passenger fares would be increased in the month of Septembe...
Thursday, July 4, 2013
- 4:10 PM
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Golden Arrow’s regular steam locomotive hauls steel train in Sheffield
Published 02 July 2013
Clan Line marks centenary of the Outokumpu Steel Works in Tins...
- 3:52 PM
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Railway staff seek constitution of Seventh Pay Commission
All India Railwaymen Federation, Confederation of Central
Government Employees’ Association and All India Defence Employees
Association have threatened to go on strike if the Centre fails to meet
their charter of demands, including constitution of the Seventh Pay
Commissio...
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Jyoti Mukul & Anusha Soni |
New Delhi
July 4, 2013
Railways gets ready for PPP plunge
The railways plans to shortlist companies by July-end for locomotive factory projec...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
- 2:17 PM
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Diesel locomotive for NMR ruled out
Special Correspondent
S.Railway GM cites security-related constraintsto operate additional servi...
- 2:14 PM
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CBI files charge sheet in Railway bribery case, Bansal gets clean chit
Staff Reporter
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a
chargesheet against suspended Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar
and former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla,
besides eight others, in the alleged cash-for-post case, following an
assurance by the Railway Ministry that the sanction for prosecution of
the main...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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CBI may not file charges today
With the railway ministry
delaying granting of permission to prosecute suspended Railway Board
member Mahesh Kumar in the railway bribery scandal, it is likely that
the CBI may not file the chargesheet in the case within the stipulated
time of July 2. The scandal cost Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal his job
as railway ministe...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013
India’s Railway Ministry appoints temporary board chairman
Written by
Kevin Sm...
- 8:47 PM
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Track II behind Banihal: Men who weathered every
obstacle & went beyond the call of duty
By Reshmi R Dasgupta, ET Bureau | 2
Jul, 2013, ...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
- 10:26 AM
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Half of Rly Board posts without full-time appointments
Our Bureau
New Delhi, June 30:
Four out of the seven Railway Board Member posts will be manned by people with additional charge from Monday....
- 10:20 AM
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Hooter system to alert drivers
By
Express News Service - HYDERABAD
30th June 2013 10:00 AM
To prevent train collisions, the South Central Railway, on a trial
basis, has installed the hooter system at Moulali station here. It is
the first time that such a system is introduced in the countr...
- 10:18 AM
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Bangalore,
July 1, 2013
‘Include Mangalore region in Konkan Railway’
Anil Kumar Sastry
...
- 10:15 AM
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SWR announces revised timetable
Bangalore, June 30, 2013, DHNS :
The South Western Railways have announced
revised timetable for many of their trains. They have also notified the
timetable for the new trains announced in the Railway Budget 2013, but
dates for the commencement of the services are yet to be announce...
- 10:12 AM
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Railways won’t have full-time board chief from today
Mahendra Singh, TNN | Jul 1, 2013,
NEW
DELHI: Reeling under financial stress and a bribery scandal, the
railways will have to work without a fulltime chairman from Monday as
the government has not yet finalized the name for the top post. The government has decided to give additional charge of chairman, railway board to member (mechanical) Arunendra Kumar....
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