Kolkata Rail Recruitment fraud victims were surprisingly ‘trained’,’paid’

30/06/2015

Kolkata (KOAA): The detective department made one more arrest in the fake railway and extortion racket with the arrest of one Jitendra Chowdhury from Rishra. What the cops learnt from him has left them wondering on some insider role in running the gang. Sources said the gang used to operate at different levels and had several persons acting as their field agents across four cities in south Kolkata.

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Auto train braking system for Churchgate, CST in a week

Automatic braking for local trains will be introduced in a week to avert mishaps at termini like Churchgate and CST, Western Railway general manager S K Sood told TOI on Monday .

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Indian Railways, Army among world's biggest employers: Study

Indian Railways, Army among world's biggest employers: Study NEW DELHI: Two Indian organizations — Army and Railways — are among the world's biggest employers, together employing a whopping 2.7 million people, said a report.

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Rail Wheel Factory/Yalahanka factory-test LHB Wheels at 160 Kmph speed

26/06/2015

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EPFO TO INVEST IN ETFs from NEXT MONTH

EPFO TO INVEST IN ETFs from NEXT MONTH

Employees Provident Fund(EPFO) will start investing  in  stock markets from the coming month as part of its plan to put in as much as Rs 5000 crores in Exchange Traded Funds(ETFs) by the end of this Fiscal.

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Test of Solar Panels on Shatabdi Express

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Notice for CWC meeting

Date: 23.06.2015

Notice for CWC meeting

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Train derails after blast on track in Jharkhand

• PTI

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National JCA Meeting held on 8th June

National JCA Meeting held on 8th June

The National JCA, which met at the Staff Side Office on 8th June, 2015, took note of the fact that quite a few states are yet to hold the State Level Conventions. The meeting also noted that the strike decision taken on 28th April, 2015 has not been percolated down to the rank and file of the workers. 

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Railway union members to oppose Debroy Commission report, protest on 25th

TNN | Jun 23, 2015,

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Fire at Itarsi station, Bhopal and Nagpur bound trains affected

Rageshri Ganguly,TNN | Jun 17, 2015,

BHOPAL: More than two dozen trains in the busy Itarsi-Nagpur track have been affected since Wednesday morning following reports of fire in signaling system at Itarsi railway station. Consequently, many trains to and from Bhopal have been affected and are running late by few hours.

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High HP dual-cabin Diesel Locomotive to be homed at Diesel Loco Shed/Tiruchi

Tiruchirappalli (TPJ): A newly manufactured high horsepower diesel locomotive with dual cabin arrangement has been introduced by the Railways for the first time in south India.

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THE HINDU  MANGALURU/HASSAN, June 16, 2015

A brake in time saves rail passengers

Anil Kumar Sastry

  

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Three coaches of Kannur/Karwar-Bengaluru Express skid off track near Arebetta

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MANGALURU, June 16, 2015

Loco pilot is second time lucky

Anil Kumar Sastry

Two years ago, a broken rail on the Ghat had resulted in derailment of the same train

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New Delhi, June 13, 2015

Debroy panel wants Railways to embrace liberalisation

Report a clear road map for privatisation, say unions

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New Delhi, June 14, 2015

Make train services viable: panel

• Sanjay Vijayakumar

‘Regulator should be kept out ofRail Bhavan’

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China flags off new cargo train to Europe

Saibal Dasgupta,TNN | Jun 14, 2015,

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Worried railway board ‘dodges’ comment on panel report

Mahendra Singh,TNN | Jun 12, 2015,

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I want all my employees to do yoga: Railway minister

By Shashank Rao |Posted 12-Jun-2015  

Slamming the political showdown over yoga in view of the upcoming International Yoga Day event, Minister Suresh Prabhu says yoga is not against any religion and that all 14 lakh railway employees should do it to stay fit

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A Tata train in the offing? Panel report seeks to overhaul Indian Railways

by FP Staff  Jun 12, 2015 A government panel set up to study restructuring of Indian Railways and Railway Board has asked the government to open up the sector for more private sector participation even in passenger segment, say media reports.

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MoU to Improve Bengaluru Railway Station Inked

By S Lalitha

Published: 10th June 2015

BENGALURU:  A step towards improving passenger amenities at the City Railway station was taken on Tuesday with the signing of an MoU between the Bangalore Railway Division and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, a public sector company run by the Ministry of Railways.

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Semi High-speed Railway Project Hit by Safety Issues

By Express News Service

Published: 10th June 2015

NEW DELHI: The  Railways has been going all-out in its efforts to introduce high-speed trains in the country but it is now struggling to run the semi-high speed train ‘Gatimaan Express’ on Delhi-Agra route due to safety issues owing to lack of fencing in stretches along the 200 km route.

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CBI arrests railway official in bribery case

IANS  |  Kolkata 

June 10, 2015

A railway official in West Bengal was arrested for taking bribe from a subordinate promising a favourable transfer, a CBI official said on Wednesday.

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Day after, Indian Railways dismisses plans to remove chain pulling system

Dismissing reports to the contrary, the Indian Railways has said it won't do away with the chain pulling system in train coaches.

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Case Filed Against Railway Officials, Private Firm in Weighbridge Scam

By Siddharth Prabhakar

Published: 11th June 2015

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Gatimaan Express awaits security clearance: Railway Board Chairman

By PTI | 6 Jun, 2015

MATHURA: The first of its kind semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra is awaiting the mandatory security clearance before its launch, Railway Board Chairman A K Mittal said here today.

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Soon Trains Without Driver will run in India !

June 5, 2015

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro today received its first driver-less train, equipped with several advanced features, from a Korea-based manufacturer, which will ply on sections of Phase-III of the network, set to be operational by next year end. The six-coach train that was ferried to India by sea, arrived at Gujarat’s Mundhra port and was brought by road to Delhi on specially-made trailers.

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Ratan Tata-headed council to benchmark Indian Railways

Ratan Tata-headed council to benchmark Indian Railways against four global giants

To compare financial and operational performance indicators to turnaround Indian Railways

Sudheer Pal Singh  |  New Delhi 

June 2, 2015

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Penalised Contractor fires At Senior Railway Official

By Express News Service

 01st June 2015 

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