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Coming, privatisation of railway passenger segment
K. Balchand
Kharge launches High Speed Rail Corporation stressing need for safe, reliable and affordable transp...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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New Delhi
October 29, 2013
Last Updated at 15:20 IST
Innovative measures boost Railways' freight volume
Coal, iron ore have seen dip in their traffic; cement and steel have helped Indian Railways to keep pace with its budget targets
...
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Press Trust of India
New Delhi, 29 October: Going ahead with the ambitious high speed rail
project, railways today announced formation of High Speed Rail
Corporation even as railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge said care should
be exercised in adopting new technology....
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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Bangalore,
October 29, 2013
Excellence can be achieved only through equality: URA
Special Correspondent
‘Common school system is an important founding stone for equal socie...
Monday, October 28, 2013
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DRAFT
TERMS OF REFERENCE 7th CPC
Finalized
by the Staff Side at the meeting of 25.10.2013
A. To examine
the existing structure of pay, allowances and other benefits/facilities,
retirement benefits like Pension, Gratuity, other terminal benefits etc. to the
following categories of employee...
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To
Sri. Mallikarjun Kharage,
The Hon'ble Minister for Railways,
Government of India, Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
Respected
Sir,
We the loco running staff of
----------------------- division, ----------- Railway, whole heartedly
welcome your honour on assuming charge as Minister for Railways, and extend
sincere cooperation in leading the Railways efficiently. We would like to
submit the following few...
Sunday, October 27, 2013
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Bullet train plan picks up speed, rail authority coming soon
Srinand Jha , Hindustan Times New Delhi, October 27, 2013
Plans to run bullet trains at speeds of 300-350 kilometres per
hour have been re-activated in the run-up to the 2014 general elections,
with railways minister Mallikarjun Kharge set to formally launch a High
Speed Rail Corporation at an international conference in New Delhi on
Tuesday.
...
Saturday, October 26, 2013
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East
Coast Railway – surging to the TOP Innovations, Investment through PPP
mode & Extensive use of Advanced Signalling Sys...
Friday, October 25, 2013
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Turkish energy workers in anti-privatization march
Turkish workers marched last week from the Aegean region to the capital Ankara in a demonstration against the privatization of lignite mines and thermic power station...
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Greek municipal workers protest comments of finance minister in Athens
On October 17, Greek municipal employees protested in Athens against the New Democracy/PASOK government’s austerity measures. Workers protested outside the Finance ministry of Finance Minister Yannis Stournara...
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Thousands of workers protest Portugal austerity
Thousands of Portuguese workers protested in the country’s two largest cities on October 19 against the government’s proposed 2014 budget. The conservative ruling party aims to slash the budget deficit to 4 percent of GDP next year from 5.9 percent in 20...
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Anti-austerity march through Rome
An estimated 25,000 marched through Rome on Saturday against austerity measures, including cuts to welfare programs and a shortage in low-income housin...
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Wealth and poverty in America
25 October 2013
Five years after the financial crash
of 2008, in the midst of growing poverty and social misery, the US ruling class
is amassing unparalleled levels of wealt...
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Express rail service to boost China-Europe trade
Xinhua | October 24, 2013 By Agencies
A regular
express train from Poland to Southwest China's Sichuan Province is
expected to be inaugurated by the end of this month, authorities with
Sichuan's Chengdu City said on Thursd...
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Floods: ECoR takes steps for safe train operations
Friday, 25 October 2013 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR
The East Coast
Railway has taken steps to ensure safety of passengers and safety of
train operations during times of heavy floods and waterlogging in many
area...
Thursday, October 24, 2013
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Press Trust of India |
New Delhi
October 23, 2013
Rly plans speed boost for premier trains, to make them "semi Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto services to between 160km to 200km per h...
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French call in drones to fight rail thieves
23 Oct 2013 14:01
French rail operators are banking on drones to help
save them €30 million a year in stolen cables. SNCF is currently
testing the use of the unmanned aircraft as their latest tactic to fight
the chronic problem of cable thef...
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Press Trust of India |
New Delhi
October 23, 2013
No further fare hike till next rail budget: CRB Chair...
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Manna Dey
Prabodh Chandra
Dey (born 1 May 1919), better known by his nickname Manna
Dey, is a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati,
Marathi,
Malayalam,
Kannada, and Assamese
films....
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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No change likely in train fares till next Budget: Rail Board Chairman
Our Bureau
New Delhi, Oct 23:
There is unlikely to be any further change in rail fares till the next
Budget, which will be due around July, the Railway Board Chairman,
Arunendra Kumar, told reporters here today....
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Express train that travels at a speed of 10.6 kmph in Karnataka
Gulam Jeelani, Hindustan Times Lucknow, October 23, 2013
At a time when the railways is mulling high-speed trains across
the country, an express train takes six hours and 35 minutes to cover a
distance of 69 kilometers between two stations of Karnataka, travelling
at a speed of 10.6 km per hour....
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Special food on Rajdhani, Shatabdi for diabetic, ill travellers
Agencies October 23, 2013 at 11:16 am
The
Indian Railways will provide special meals on demand for diabetic and
ailing passengers travelling on Rajdhani and Shatabdi train...
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Indian Railways Successfully Tackled Train Operations During Phalin Cyclone Crisis
The Indian Railways geared up its
entire machinery in a big way in the most efficient and prompt way to ensure
and manage smooth and safe railway
operations in the areas affected by the recent cyclonic storm ‘‘PHAILIN” which
hit the east coast of the country....
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CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
ALL INDIA TRADE UNION STUDY CAMP
2013 NOVEMBER
15TH & 16TH – MUMBAI
Venue: - CLI
Auditorium, Central Labour Institutute, Sion – Chunabate Road
Sion, Mumbai – 40002...
Monday, October 21, 2013
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NIT on 21.10.13: Eventhough new judge for NIT was appointed, the notification is still to be done by Ministry of Labour. Next date for hearing is fixed on 16.12.201...
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China punishes eight in railway corruption case
Oct 21 (Reuters) - China's anti-graft authorities
have punished eight people at a state-owned rail construction
firm for spending more than $100 million on hospitality last
year, a disciplinary body of the Communist Party said on Monda...
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Indian Railways' RailTel to launch Railwire rural broadband service
Press Trust of India,
October 21, 20...
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Ticket windows at post offices big hit
A joint effort of the department
of post and the Railways to offer railway ticket windows has been
beneficial to not only these two parties, but also the passengers.
During the celebration of National Postal Week recently, the postal
department pledged to carry on this robust growth in revenue. “We are
overwhelmed by the robust response we have received, and now plans are
on to popularise...
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Measures to combat misuse of Izzat scheme yield results
By
Princy Alexander - KOCHI
21st October 2013
Measures taken by the Railways to ensure issuing of Izzat concession
tickets to just eligible candidates have succeeded in putting a check on
rampant misuse of the scheme. According to figures available with the
Thiruvananthapuram division of the railways, if the total number of
users of the scheme in 2010-11 was recorded to...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
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KOCHI,
October 20, 2013
Loco pilots’ stir
Loco pilots go on hunger str...
Friday, October 18, 2013
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NEW DELHI,
October 18, 2013
Top posts will be filled soon, says Rly. Board chairman
K. Balchand
Immediately after his regularisation as Railway Board
Chairman Arunendra Kumar on Thursday fast-tracked the process to end ad
hocism, and fill vacant posts at the higher levels within the next few
day...
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NEW DELHI,
October 18, 2013
Railway passenger safety continues to be compromised
K. Balchand
The fire that broke out in the pantry car of the 12435
Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in the early hours of Tuesday once
again poses a question mark on the seriousness of the railways towards
safety of passenger...
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CHENNAI,
October 18, 2013
Railway engineers protest
Special Correspondent
Railway engineers led by the Indian Railways Technical
Supervisors’ Association (IRTSA) staged a demonstration at Chennai
Central seeking removal of anomalies in the implementation of the Sixth
Pay Commission before finalising the Seventh Pay Commissio...
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Faluknama express derails at Mangalagiri
October 18,2013
Mangalagiri:
The Faluknama express just missed out an accident at Mangalagiri in
Guntur district on Friday morning. At 4 a.m. on Friday morning, when the
train left from Vijayawada and reached Mangalagiri, the bogies got
delinked from the main engine. When this happened, the train was rather
at slow speed as there was a turning. The train was taken 3 kms back to...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Sri. Arunendra Kumar will in full charge of Railway Board Chairman
NEW DELHI: After being headless for more than three months, railways is
expected to get a full-time chairman on Tuesday, ending the bloody
fight among senior railway officials for the coveted post.
Sources said the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has cleared the
elevation ofArunendra Kumar, currently 'interim' railway board chairman
and member (mechanical) as full-time...
Monday, October 14, 2013
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Railway signal,high-tension towers,platforms damaged in Odisha
The running of major trains between Kolkata and Chennai passing through Odisha would be affected due to these developmen...
Saturday, October 12, 2013
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NEW DELHI,
October 12, 2013
Rail Tariff Authority coming, passenger fares set to rise
Special Correspondent
Board hopeful of achieving ambitious revenue target for the y...
Friday, October 11, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
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Tracking down railway memories
By
Janani Sampath - CHENNAI
10th October 2013 ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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NEW DELHI,
October 8, 2013
Rly. Board chief post: PMO’s ‘no’ to Kharge’s proposal
K. Balchand
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has returned Railway
Minister Mallikarjun Kharge’s recommendation of appointing South Western
Railway general manager A.K. Mittal as chairman of the Railway Board,
according to highly placed source...
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Railway Revenue Earnings up by 11.41 Percent During April - September 2013
The
total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis
during 1st April to 30th September 2013 were Rs. 65354.64 crore compared
to Rs. 58661.79 crore during the same period last year, registering an
increase of 11.41 per cent....
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Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Railways Invite Suggestions on the Subject
‘Suburban Train Services of Indian Railways, with Particular Emphasis on
Security of Women Passenger...
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
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To
Sri. Ashok Kumar Mittal
General Manager,
South
Western Railway,
Kesavpur, Hubli.
Sir,
Sub:
Payment of PLB 2013 through Bank-Reg.
Ref:
1) RB D.O.Lr.
No. 2003/AC-II/21/13 dated 17.08.2004 to GM/SWR
directing the South Western Railway to
pay the salary through
...
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History of Central Pay Commissions
Government
of India have set up six pay commissions to review and recommend wage
structure for all civil and military divisions including Railways....
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CHENNAI,
October 5, 2013
Japanese team begins spadework for Chennai-Bangalore corridor project
N. Anand
The Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) project
got a boost with a fact-finding team from the Japan International
Co-operation Agency (JICA) commencing its spadework for the projec...
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Rlys may hike freight tariff soon
Passenger fares unlikely to be tinkered
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 3
The Railways could soon announce an increase in the freight with
the proposal to hike the fares being under active examination of the
Railway Minister who would take a decision soon...
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