Meghalaya on Country’s Railway Map

By Prasanta Mazumdar

30th November 2014

Committee on Restructuring of Railways

Committee on Restructuring of Railways Ministry of Railways have constituted a committee on 22.09.2014 with a tenure of one year for “Mobilization of resources for major Railway projects and Re-structuring of Railways, Ministry & Railway Board” under the chairmanship of Dr. Bibek Debroy. The terms of reference of the committee are:

MYSURU, November 26, 2014

High-speed train: Chinese delegation to visit Mysuru

R. Krishna Kumar

AILRSA 20th All India Conference Report:

AILRSA 20^th All India Conference Report:

All India Loco Running Staff Association 20^th All India Conference held at Chithorgarh( Rajasthan), Rathlam Division of Western Railway on 15 & 16 November 2014.

China to offer aid for India high-speed rail study

NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI Tue Nov 25, 2014

Anti-corrosive Rail Tracks to be Introduced Soon

By Princy Alexander

 24th November 2014

KOCHI: Keeping in mind the corrosion of railway tracks owing to bio-waste droppings from toilets, the Railways will soon introduce highly efficient anti-corrosion coated rail tracks in the country.

14 Railway Projects in State on Chopping Block

By Express News Service

24th November 2014

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The Railway Ministry plans to shelve projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore in Karnataka as part of a larger move to freeze non-starter schemes across the country.
Altogther 160 such projects, including 47 in the four southern states worth nearly Rs 41,000 crore, will be affected. A majority of these were sanctioned when Lalu Yadav and Mamata Banerjee were railway ministers.

One man Committee- E Sridharan

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No.ERB-I/2014/23/46

New Delhi, dated : 13.11.2014

ORDER

Ministry of Railways decided to constitute one man committee headed by Sri E.Sridharan, former Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to suggest a proper system and procedure to ensure proper accountability and transparency at the General Managers and other functionaries’ level for taking all commercial decisions, including that of tendering.

Railway Board referred Running, Additional and Breakdown allowances to 7th Pay Commission for consideration…

November 1, 2014

Railway Board has referred three allowances (viz. Running Allowance, Additional Allowance and Breakdown Allowance) to 7th Central Pay Commission for their consideration and recommendation.

Railway officer gets jail for Rs 100 bribe in Madhya Pradesh

P Naveen,TNN | Nov 21, 2014,

BHOPAL: An officer of central railways posted in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh has been convicted by a CBI court for taking a bribe of Rs 100 from a gangman for marking him 'present' in the attendance register two decades ago.

Suresh Prabhu flies to Mumbai to fix railways

By Yogesh Naik & Rajendra B Aklekar, Mumbai Mirror | Nov 22, 2014,

Bombay high court slams railways for blaming Mumbai mishap victim

Shibu Thomas,TNN | Nov 21, 2014,

Eurostar train breaks down in France with power failure

Eurostar passengers say the train broke down at Lille after suffering a broken cable leaving them in darkness, unable to open doors

Suresh Prabhu puts high-speed rail corridors on fast track

Nov 21, 2014 - MANISH ANAND |

Office Bearers of AILRSA elected on Central BGM

Elected Central Office Bearers on 20^th BGM of AILRSA :

At Chithorgarh, Western Railway on 15 & 16 Nov 2014.

New Delhi, November 10, 2014

New Railway Minister holds out promise

PTI

RAILWAYS - Soft-spoken mantri out, policy guru helms railway machine

Nov 11 2014 : The Times of India (Bangalore)

RAILWAYS - Soft-spoken mantri out, policy guru helms railway machine

Mahendra Singh

MANGALURU, November 11, 2014

Updated: November 11, 2014 11:15 IST

Sadananda Gowda’s exit from Railways may hit projects

Govind D. Belgaumkar

Bank workers plan All India strike on 12 Nov 2014

Bank workers plan All India strike

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), a joint forum of five workmen unions and five officers’ associations has given a call to observe a one-day All India strike on November 12, 2014. 

Union cabinet rejig, expansion - DVS to lose railways portfolio?

November 7, 2014

The failure of the Indian imagination

Gautam Bhatia

Railway Minister Launches a Book “Art & Railways – A Bangalore Saga” Written by Railway Officers

Railway Minister Launches a Book “Art & Railways – A Bangalore Saga” Written by Railway Officers

This is the First Book Published by National Rail Museum

Mumbai railway seen 2,600 rail deaths in just 9 mths

City’s seen 2,600 rail deaths in just 9 mths

Nitasha Natu,TNN | Nov 5, 2014,

'Custodians' of India's vast rail network-Trackman.

6 November 2014 

'Custodians' of India's vast rail network

By Vikas Pandey BBC Monitoring

Note prepared by MK Shaji

TRRRIIIMMM…….. TRRRIIIMMM……..

ALARM BELLS RINGING FOR US……..

           MK Shaji, General Secretary, AILRSA, SCR.

Dear Locomen,

            This is probably one of the last chances for us, my dear loco running brother, to get up from the slumber and act.  The much awaited VII CPC was constituted and AILRSA has submitted a detailed memorandum to it, followed by a short interview in Bangalore. 

High Speed Train between Amritsar- Chennai

As part of efforts to translate into reality the ambitious vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start bullet trains in India, the Railway Ministry has commissioned a study on a high speed railway line between New Delhi and Chennai, to be conducted by China's High Speed Rail company. Railway Board last week issued an order to conduct a feasibility study on a high speed Rail line between New Delhi and Chennai to the China Rail High speed (CRH).

Bold reforms in store in Rail Budget

Nov 03, 2014 - MANISH ANAND |

OA 962 -DCRG

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL  ERNAKULAM BENCH

Original Application No.962 of 2013             Tuesday, this the 21^st day of October, 2014.

CORAM:

HON’BLE Mr. U.SARATHCHANDRAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER

AILRSA & 2 others.                                                                                         ......Applicant

Versus

Union of India & 4 others                                                                                 .......Respondents

            This Original Application having been heard on 23.09.2014, the Tribunal on 21.10.2014 delivered the following:-

OA 180- Decategorised Running staff elegible for 55% benefits

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL      ERNAKULAM BENCH

Original Application No.180/00272/2014                               Wednesday this the 1^st October 2014.

CORAM:

HON’BLE Mr. U.SARATHCHANDRAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER

K.S.Gopalakrishnan                                                                                          ......Applicant

Versus

Union of India & 6 others                                                                                 .......Respondents

            This application having been heard on 17^th September, 2014 the Tribunal on 1^st October 2014 delivered the following:-