German pilots’ union capitulates to Lufthansa

Last Friday, the pilots’ union Cockpit published a declaration of surrender in the current labour dispute with Lufthansa, agreeing to almost all the company’s demands. If the aviation group agrees to sit down with the union on this basis, Cockpit will dispense with further strikes.

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Railway engineer, branch manager sentenced for amassing wealth

PUNE: The special judge for CBI cases, Visakhaptnam on July 24 convicted and sentenced Katakam Jogendra Reddy, then senior section engineer, wagon workshop, South Central Railway, Guntu-palli, Vijayawada, Krishna district for possession of dispropor-tionate assets to three years rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs 25,000.

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Indian Railways to test its solar-powered trains to reduce pollution

In a bid to reduce diesel consumption in trains, the Indian railways have sort to harness solar energy to run their trains. This will prove to be highly cost-effective to the railways by saving upto Rs 1.24 lakh per coach year.

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Running Room Management System has been brought in to monitor Motormen and Motor Guards

New Delhi: The Railway Board has asked other all the 17 Zonal Railways to follow the system implemented by Western Railway (WR) where a newly installed machine reads the punch-in time of motormen and motor guards at Mumbai Central Running Room i.e. rest room allotted to them.

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Suresh Prabhu wants higher pay to CRB

New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has written to chairman of the pay commission, seeking higher payscale for the posts of Chairman of the Railway Board and General Managers (GM) of zonal railways.

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Courageous railway trackman saves 270 lives

Trackman Ashwani Saini turned out to be the saviour for 270 passengers of the Amritsar-bound 54612 down passenger train that came to a grinding halt just 3 km away before Dinanagar.

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AC local project on track, launch by March 2016

The Integral Coach Factory on Saturday released the first pictures of the air-conditioned local train being manufactured for Mumbai. The train is expect ed to arrive in the city by October this year. After a series of trials, it will be commissioned into service before March 2016.

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B’luru railways get customer friendly; introduce facilities for disabled, web, app - See more at: http://www.newskarnataka.com/bangalore/bluru-railways-get-customer-friendly-introduce-facilities-for-disabled-web-app#sthash.kh95TnrY.dpuf

Bengaluru: With an aim to make Bengaluru City railway station disabled-friendly and convenient to the senior citizens, Bengaluru division Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Dr Anup Dayanand Sadhu with Additional in-charge of Bengaluru division inaugurated the free cart service on July 23.

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Facts About The Indian Railway That Will Surprise You!

Indian Railways have been running for a successful 162 years since 1853. It is the railway in the country that has made traveling around and commuting within easy and accessible to the common man.

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Railway ministry: 8 achievements that really aren't (Special to IANS)

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS/IndiaSpend) During the one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's term, the ministry of railwayshas claimed several "new beginnings" and "key reforms". Among its achievements: More rail track (1,375 km) electrified in one year than ever before; earnings increased 12 percent; more bio-toilets installed; and a feasibility report received from Japan for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train during 2014-15.

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Judgement of CAT Bengaluru on 46 hrs PR Case 09.06.15

OA No. 960 to 963 of 2014, Central Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru bench, Judgement on 09.06.2015
The 46 hrs PR case filed by IRLRO.

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Clamp down on people travelling in motorman's cabin to curb mishaps

A four-member committee appointed to probe the Churchgate station accident has recommended restricting the number of people travelling in the motorman's cabin. They also sought more depots along Western Railway's suburban stations.

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E Sreedharan panel report on J&K rail link a paper alignment: Railways tells Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI: The Railway Board today told the Delhi High Court that recommendations of E Sreedharan panel on the Katra-Banihal rail link to the Kashmir Valley was only a "paper alignment" and requires further studies.

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AILRSA SWR Gate meeting on 23.07.15

AILRSA South Western Railway  Zone organised

GATE MEETING on 23.07.2015 in front of all CREW BOOKING DEPOTS

Demands:

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Railway staff unhappy with medicare at Danapur hospital

PATNA: Danapur Railway Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals of Indian Railways catering to the needs of about 14,000 railway employees and 6,000 pensioners of the Danapur division of East Central Railway (ECR). At present, it is providing medicare to about one lakh patients, including dependents of railway employees.

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Railways woo Banking sector

Wooing the banking and financial sector, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has rolled out ambitious investment plan of Rs 8.5 lakh crore in the coming five years in the public transporter.

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2nd SEPTEMBER 2015 NATIONAL STRIKE

The Confederation and all its affiliated organizations shall participate in the nationwide one day strike on 2nd September 2015 as per the call of all Central Trade Unions and independent Federations.

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RRI Itarsi restored

Itarsi: The new Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) panel at Itarsi Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh has started functioning at 14:50 hrs on 21.07.2015. As a result of the functioning of the new RRI, train movement via Itarsi is now becoming normal which was badly disrupted for the last 34 days. However, very few trains will still remain cancelled for next 2 – 3 days due to rake imbalance on account of sudden cancellation of trains. Only 15 trains will be cancelled on 22nd July 2015 and only 11 trains will be cancelled on 23rd July 2015.

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Heavy rainfall disrupts rail traffic

Hundreds of passengers were stranded on various railway stations in Gujarat as about a dozen trains were either cancelled, terminated midway or rescheduled due to heavy rains in Mumbai and breaches on the railway tracks between Palgarh and Boisar stations on Tuesday .

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Trade unions give labour pains to govt

Narendra Modi tried to reach out to trade unions on Monday saying labour laws will be modified only after consensus as Bharatiya Janata Partyaffiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh ( BMS) openly opposed any reforms. At the 46th Indian Labour Conference here, Modi said that consensus would be the guiding principle while changing labour laws and the government would continue to consult trade unions.

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46th ILC recommends mechanism for labour reforms

New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about evolving consensus on labour laws, the 46th Indian Labour Conference today recommended tripartite consultations on changes in such laws, a development that may delay further reforms in the sector.

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Central Government employees to strike work from Nov. 23

Central Government employees all over the country massive will go on an indefinite strike from November 23 to protest against the anti-labour policies of the government.

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Trade unions call for general strike on Sept 2 against ‘unilateral’ labour law changes

Rejecting the NDA government’s bid to “dangle the carrot” of another committee to look into their demands, a joint platform of about a dozen trade unions, including federations of defence, railways, banks and insurance employees, on Wednesday called for a country-wide general strike on September 2.

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Bibek Debroi Committee report- Notice Matter

Dear Comrades,

Dr.Bibek Debroy report on restructuring Indian railways will have far reaching consequences to railways and railway men.

It recommends unbundling Indian Railways.

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Suburban railways have lost Rs 4,150cr in last 6 years

Mumbai's suburban railway system is deep in the red. Cumulative losses over the last six years have touched Rs 4,150 crore, and losses for the year 2013-14 alone amounted to Rs 1,112 crore. The situation has sparked fears that the quality of services may be affected if a turnaround does not happen.

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Mumbai bullet train ride to cost Rs 2,800

The proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor is estimated to cost Rs 98,805 crore, according to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)'s final feasibility report submitted to railways.

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Local derails near Kalyan, services hit

suburban train coach A derailed on the slow line between Kalyan and Thakurli stations on Sunday, delaying CR services by 10-15 minutes.

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Rail accidents claimed 25,006 lives in '14: NCRB

Over 25,000 people died and 3,882 were injured in railway accidents in 2014, a government report has said.

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JCTU convention

In connection with NATIONWIDE ONE DAY STRIKE AS PER THE CALL OF ALL CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS AND INDEPENDENT FEDERATIONS on 2nd September 2015 . The convention is being held on 24th July 2014 at Varadachar Memorial Hall, Behind Nataraj Theatre, Seshadripuram Bengaluru from 10 am to 2pm. (No Lunch).

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WR Installs Biometric Crew Management system

WR Installs  Biometric Crew Management system:

Mumbai: The Western Railway on Monday installed a biometric Crew Management System (CMS) as part of its infrastructure, which also includes a breathe-analyser and a web camera, to keep a check on its loco pilots (motormen for long-distance trains), assistant loco pilots and guards. The plan was in the pipeline for a while, but after the recent Churhgate accident, the procedure was speeded up, according to officials.

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Tube Rail drivers strike at London

Commuters rush home ahead of strike .The rush hour started early in London as commuters left work to beat a Tube strike which will cripple services until Friday morning.

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2015 SEPTEMBER 2, Nationwide Strike

No. CONFDN/GENL/2015                                        Dated – 13.07.2015

2015 SEPTEMBER 2

NATIONWIDE ONE DAY STRIKE AS PER THE CALL OF ALL CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS AND INDEPENDENT FEDERATIONS

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Trains, road traffic hit in Bihar shutdown

IANS | Jul 11, 2015, 

PATNA: Several trains were halted and traffic was blocked in Bihar on Saturday because of a shutdown called by Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav over the death of a youth. 

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Gangman dies, engineer assaulted

TNN | Jul 12, 2015, GHAZIABAD: Around 25 railway gangmen at Ghaziabad railway station allegedly manhandled a railway engineer on Saturday morning after one of their colleagues got run over by a train on Friday evening.

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Loco Pilot Dies on Duty

By Express News Service

Published: 12th July 2015

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India's biggest transport crisis

Jul 11 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai)

India's biggest transport crisis

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NEW GM FOR SR

NEW GM FOR SR

Mr Vashishta Johri, had taken over the charge of the post of General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai today

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Railways Ministry panel to outline use of IT for railways to improve efficiency

NEW DELHI: A panel set up by the railways ministry is working on creating an IT vision for the railways and identifying areas to leverage newer technologies such as cloud, analytics, predictive analysis and geographic information systems to improve the efficiency of its vast and complex network.

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Issues of Central Govt Employees

Five major issues of the Central Government employees which are projected for a serving employee to the 7^th CPC by staff side JCM.

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Auxiliary Warning System to avoid hitting on buffer

Auxiliary Warning System to avoid hitting on buffer

Mumbai: A week after a suburban train rammed into dead-end buffer at Churchgate station and jumped onto the concourse, the railways will soon introduce an auxilliary warning system (AWS) at CST, Churchgate and Andheri stations to prevent such mishaps in future.

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MANGALURU, July 5, 2015

AILRSA seeks electronic earmuffs for loco pilots

• ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

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Goods train derails at Allahabad

Goods train derails near railway station

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Rail tragedy averted in Tamil Nadu

V Senthil Kumaran,TNN | Jul 5, 2015, 

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CBI arrests Northern Railway engineer for bribery

Asseem Shaikh,TNN | Jul 3, 2015, PUNE: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Naveen Kumar Goyal, senior section engineer of the Northern Railway, Kaithal in Haryana for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from the complainant. 

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CRB with RB reviews SER performance

FULL BOARD LED BY CHAIRMAN REVIEWS SER PERFORMANCE AT HIGH LEVEL MEETING HELD AT SER HEADQUARTES, GARDEN REACH

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Panel to Double the Salary of MP's

Panel to Double the Salary of MP's

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has recommended doubling the salary of law makers and also increasing pension of former MPs by almost 75%.

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Letter sent to GM SWR regarding violation of GR 4.35

To

    Sri. Pradeep Kumar Saxena,

    General Manager,

    South Western Railway,

    Hubli.

Sub:- Abrasive SOB of Mechanical Department, Over burdening of Loco Pilot- protest- seeking kind intervention-reg

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Delhi division Railway plans to issue electronic muffs to Loco Pilots:

Delhi div. Rly  plans to issue electronic muffs to Loco Pilots:

New Delhi: To protect railway employees from occupational health hazard of exposure to high decibel sounds during long working hours, the Delhi division of the Northern Railway plans to issue electronic muffs, a device which suppress all very high-level ambient noises to medically prescribed limit.

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Bonus ceiling

Central Government is considering to increase the eligibility limit of bonus from 10000 to 21000.

According to media source, the Central is going to give a green signal to the much awaited decision to raise eligibility limit of bonus from Rs.10000 to 21000. And the calculation ceiling also hike from Rs.3,500 to Rs.7,000

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