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I feel pleasure to intimate you that at the initiation of DREU/AILRSA, a joint convention is called jointly by DREU, AILRSA, AIGC, AISMA in New Delhi on 1st Feb. 2017 from 15 hours in Ambedkar Bhavan, Pahadganj, on FDI, BIBEK ROY COMMITTEE REPORT, Merger of Railway Budget in General Budget and its effect on railway employees, NPS, Outsourcing in railway at large scale etc....
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016-
The railways on Monday doubled the compensation amount in case of death during accidents w.e.f. from January 1, 20...
Thursday, December 22, 2016
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SHEWALI TIWARI DECEMBER 22, 2016
In a bid to enhance the efficacy of the Indian Railways, the institute has come forward and introduced an anti-collision Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) on the 68 km Chennai-Arakkonam route. As trains plan to become faster and better, it's imperative for the institute to ensure that all those travelling on it are safe and secure. ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
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While Indian Railways’ freight growth on originating tonnes basis is impressive, the internals are anything but t...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
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The Rail ministry has sought views from a few ministries and the NITI Aayog regarding this, say Sour...
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The rollback would result in reduction of fares of the trains on the said sections by an average of nine to 24...
Monday, December 19, 2016
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The steel ministry has signed a unique way-leave agreement with the railways under which slurry pipelines will be laid alongside railway trac...
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The FIR registered by the CBI against top railway official KL Bhoyar reveals exclusive details of how the railway officials converted black money into white at the cash counters post demonetisation. India Today has an exclusive copy of the F...
Sunday, December 18, 2016
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GoA 3 is a driverless train operation (DTO) where starting and stopping are automated but a train attendant operates only the gates of the trai...
Saturday, December 17, 2016
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BHEL bags Rs 200 crore railway order for traction converters , the order has been placed on BHEL by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), it sa...
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A source told India Today, "Every day railway gets Rs 100 and Rs 50 notes in huge numbers at all cash counters like PRS, booking counter, parcel counter and etc. The top level railway officials exchange this money by giving it to people having black currency....
Thursday, December 15, 2016
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All India Loco Running Staff Association
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
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Ultrasonic Flaw Detection Testing is a non-destructive testing with Ultrasonic waves to detect the minor inner flaws in rails and welds and is carried out as per provisions of “Manual for Ultrasonic Testing of Rails and Welds-2012”. In trolley inspection, physical condition of track, its components and other track-side railway infrastructure are inspected manual...
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The High Level Safety Review Committee (Kakodkar Committee): The Committee constituted on 16.09.2011 had made 106 recommendations on various technical and technology related aspects in connection with safe running of train services....
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10 Dec 2016
Dr. Urjit R. Patel – Governor, Reserve Bank of India has said in a media conversation has made following observations in respect of Central Government employees which is published in Reserve Bank of India website:&nb...
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The salary of all employees has increased by at least 14.29 per cent after the implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) recommendations....
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Tarique Anwar November 22, 2016
The deadly accident involving the Patna-Indore Express is believed to have occurred as a result of ignoring repeated danger alerts raised by the loco pilot concerned. According to the driver, senior officials were allegedly warned of the danger early, but they asked the driver to carry on and bring the train to Kanp...
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Brief History:
In Indian Railway the first uniform committee was formed in 1957. The committee recommended Jacket's Battle Dress( Dress worn by army personnel) for loco running staff. From day one we have been protesting against the unsuitability of this type of uniform....
Thursday, December 1, 2016
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ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S FEDERATION 92nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT ALLAHABAD FROM 8th to 10th NOVEMBER, 2016 RESOLUTION NO....
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As you aware that the NJCA strike of 11th July was withdrawn due to the assurances of the group of ministers on 30th June 2016, but the same was not adhered till today as four months has lapsed, the issues of 7th CPC are not resolved till today...
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PROGRAMME OF ACTION
1. On denial of benefit of 30% / 55% pay element for medically decategorised / retired employee...
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21st All India Biennial Conference of All India Loco Running Staff Association was held successfully at “com. Joginder Singh Nagar (Desh Bhakth Yadgar Complex, Jalandhar) on 18 & 19 November 2016. The conference was started with flag hoisting by com. L. Mony, President of All India Loco Running Staff Association and followed by garlanding of Martyrs’ column by leaders and delegates. Before flag hoisting EPTA/DGG placed a revolutionary so...
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ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION
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Central Office : AILRSA BHAWAN, H.No. 333, Bhoor Bharat Nagar, Ghaziabad – 201001.
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE HINDU
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Calling for stringent measures and sustained efforts towards ensuring quality of signalling works, the Director-General, Signal & Telecommunication, Railway Board Akhil Agrawal said that safety shall remain the prime consideration for the Indian Railwa...
Friday, November 25, 2016
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MAKE THE 15TH DECEMBER 2016 PARLIAMENT MARCH
A HISTORIC SUCCESS
20000 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WILL MARCH TO PARLIAMEN...
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All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: November 22, 2016
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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Coimbatore: Loco pilot stops worker’s suicide bid on track
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedNov 20, 2016,
Vijay, 30, a daily wage labourer and native of Vellakoil in Tirupur district had married 25-year-old Nagama...
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Though the railway ministry has been sharply focused on increasing capital expenditure over the last two years, the tragic Indore-Patna Express accident where 142 of the 200 injured have already died—this is the deadliest tragedy since 2010—brings the focus back to where it should always have been, on railway safe...
Monday, November 21, 2016
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ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION
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Elected
Central Office-bearers of 21st All India BGM
Held
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21st All India Biennial Conference of All India Loco Running Staff Association was inaugurated at “com. Joginder Singh Nagar (Desh Bagath Yadgar Complex) on 18.11.2016 at 10 ...
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NEW DELHI: Trade Unions have pitched for an hike in personal income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh and minimum wages to Rs 18,000 in the upcoming Union Budget.&nb...
Monday, November 14, 2016
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India-Japan's bullet train deal will cost more than education, health: It's more of a vanity project
Aakar Patel Updated: Nov 13, 2016
There are over 200 trains going from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. The first one leaves just after midnight and the last one leaves just before. So there are trains going through the day to cover the 524 km distan...
Sunday, November 13, 2016
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November 12, 2016
ASEEM GAURAV SHARMA
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The Indian Railways is planning to procure electricity directly from the generator of its choi...
Saturday, November 12, 2016
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The Railway Police took into custody a youth on the charge of pelting stone on the loco of the Puducherry – Mangalore weekly express train near Vazhapaddi station on Thursday late evening and injuring the loco pilot. Sources said that when the train was approaching Vazhappadi railway station, the loco pilot S.S. Sankar (58) of Salem city, blew ho...
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
K.A. Manoharan has taken over as Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengalu...
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Railways is likely to present the financial requirement for the next fiscal keeping the ongoing massive infrastructure development projec...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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Shewali Tiwari November 8, 2016
We've seen our railways evolving like never before under the leadership of beloved Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. With massive advancements in the way we travel, things that were once a luxury are now an everyday thing. ...
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The NFR policy is based on the Swiss challenge model wherein any individual with credentials can present his/her proposal to the government
Manasi Lohum...
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By Suraj Ojha | Posted 08-Nov-2016
Railway employee unions' statistics show how those working on tracks - gangmen, engineers - are among the most vulnera...
Sunday, November 6, 2016
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BJP's Avinash Khanna all set to be appointed NHRC member
Press Trust of India | New Delhi November 6, 2016&nb...
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National Federation of Indian Railwaymen(NFIR )
3, Chelmsford Road, New Dlehi – 110055
No.IV/NJCA(N)/20l4/Part II Dated: 1-11-2016
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Companies from these countries to bring three of the nine semi-high speed rail corridor projects on trac...
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The initiative is aimed at reducing dependence on diesel by electrifying nearly 90% of railway tracks in the next five ye...
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Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers Karnataka State
ALL INDIA MASSIVE DHARNA
On 7th November 2016
At GPO Bangalore from 10.30 am to ...
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Third entrance to City railway station to be ready by December
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Indian Railways: Mission electrification to cover 24,000 km track in 5 years
Currently about 2000 km track is being electrified in a year and the aim is to reach 4000 km per year by 2017-18 and 6000 km in subsequent ye...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Indian Railways eyes 2-5 trains to reduce travel time drastically
Talgo, the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed trains, is all set to lease out 2-5 trains to Indian Railways in less than a year's ti...
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CHHANDOSREE
Ranchi, Oct. 25: South Eastern Railway authorities have decided to shunt the senior divisional operations manager of Ranchi railway division after a high-level inquiry found that he had indeed used his clout to stop the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express at an unscheduled station to allow his daughter on board last we...
Saturday, October 29, 2016
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No.NC/JCM/2016 Dated: October 26, 2016
Hon’ble Minister for Finance,
Ministry of Finance,
(Government of India),
New Delh...
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Officials have said that the Cabinet has approved a 2 percent dearness allowance in the salary of people working with the Central governme...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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By Venkatesan Parthasarathy | Express News Service | Published: 25th October 2016
CHENNAI: On the night of October 21, at 9.10 pm, 45-year old Mahalakshmi, travelling in the ladies compartment of the Tirumalpur-bound Fast EMU, thought she was heading back to her residence in Guduvanchery. But as things turned out, she would instead spend the next two days at a hospital getting treatment following a freak incide...
Monday, October 24, 2016
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CHALO DELHI ...... CHALO PARLIAMENT
15th DECEMBER 2016 CONFEDERATION PARLIAMENT MARC...
Friday, October 21, 2016
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
: The Southern Railway Officers’ Association (SROA) has asked the Southern Railway administration to take steps to ensure that retired employees do not hold posts in employee unio...
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By Express News Service | Published: 21st October 2016
SRIKAKULAM: A major accident was averted after an alert train driver, noticing a bus stuck on a railway level crossing, stopped the train just 20 to 30 feet from the bus, even as many passengers jumped out of the b...
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Press Trust of India | New Delhi October 21, 2016
Railway Board officials today briefed a Parliamentary panel on the implications of the government's decision to merge the railway budget with the general budget. ...
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October 17, 2016
Railway setting up the Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendat...
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THE HINDU 17 October 2016, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Celebrating its 26th Foundation Day, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL), with a 741-km network along the western coast, has geared up for modernisation. Electrification of the line would begin soon even as doubling work has already commenced between Roha and Veer stations in Maharasht...
Sunday, October 16, 2016
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TNN | Updated: Oct 16, 2016,
Pune: The railway administration has launched passenger trains attached with electric locomotives on the Pune-Daund track on Saturday...
Saturday, October 15, 2016
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MoU will be signed between Indian Railways and DB Engineering and Consulting G...
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Kailash Korde, Hindustan Times, Mumbai |
Updated: Oct 13, 2016
A railway engineer was run over by a goods train near Kopar railway station on Wednesday. It was the second such incident on Central railway within a month and labour unions blame unsafe working condition responsible for the incide...
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By S Lalitha | Express News Service | Published: 09th October 2016
BENGALURU: Among the 1,200 gangmen, eleven engineering graduates, an MBA and an MCA degree holder take care of maintaining railway tracks across its 83 railway stations. They are all here because of “family pressure to somehow get a government job”. Their monthly salary is `20,0...
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The meetings of allowances and standing committee of National JCM scheduled on 13th October 2016, has been postponed to 25th October 2016. It was expected that the recommendations of allowance committee in October 2016 now has been postponed to November 2016.&nb...
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Subject: - Seventh Pay Commission recommendations- Amendment to Rules of Compendium of Rules on Advances to Government Servan...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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In a Q&A, senior fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, says govt has not clarified how it will make railways more effici...
Monday, October 3, 2016
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Indian Railways still a laggard, but Narendra Modi govt rewards staff with Rs 2,090 cr payout
Indian Railways may not be very productive, even though in terms of stats it is one of the biggest movers on the pla...
Friday, September 30, 2016
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The 7th CPC while calculating the minimum wage of Central Government Employees has arrived at Rs 18,000/- the 7th CPC has erred in prescribing provision to cover education, recreation, ceremonies, festivals and medical expenses has been moderated to 15 percent against the provision of 25%...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
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Air travel no more “elitist”/“luxury” as size of domestic aviation industry at R1.75 lac cr exceeds rly revenue at R1.67 lac ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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PTI | Sep 27, 2016,
Mumbai, Sep 27 () Popular Marathi actress Nivedita Saraf has complained that her bag was gnawed by rats while she was travelling by a train, prompting the railway administration to intensify the pest control measur...
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S Mohammed Irshad Sep 26, 2016
Theere are reasons to believe that the Narendra Modi government's decision to merge the railway budget with the general budget is part of the government's larger strategy to privatise Railways, India's largest public carri...
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance M. Veerappa Moily said here on Tuesday that the committee will give its report on the ramifications of the Union Cabinet’s decision of merging the Railway Budget with the General Budget before the commencement of next Parliament session...
Monday, September 26, 2016
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, THE HINDU
The assistant loco pilot of the Ernakulam – Bengaluru Express, Pritham Kumar, suffered a minor injury on Saturday, after a stone thrown by a few school students who were playing near the railway track hit his e...
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That it took 69 years after Independence for India to merge the Railway Budget with the Union Budget is an indication of how difficult it can be to junk colonial-era traditions that may have outlived their utility....
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Alcohol addiction may impact neurocognitive skills in elderly
IANS | Updated: Sep 26, 2016,&nb...
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Indian Railways Employees likely to get 78-day bonus before the Dussehra festival
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Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment
24-September-2016
Understanding Minimum Wages and Bonu...
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SALIENT FEATURES
The total expenditure on Pay and Allowances (excluding Productivity Linked Bonus/ Ad-hoc Bonus, Honorarium, Encashment of Earned Leave and Travelling Allowance) for Regular Central Government Civilian employees including employees of the Union Territories was Rs 139951.93 crore in 2014-15 as compared to Rs 127074.60 crore in 2013-14. Thus, there is an increase in expenditure by Rs 12877.33 crore over previous year which...
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Dumping a 92-year-old colonial tradition
Shine Jacob | New Delhi September 22, 2...
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Press Trust of India | New Delhi September 23, 2016
A special train, called 'Mosquito Terminator', was today pressed into service by the Northern Railway to spray insecticide on water bodies along the track in Delhi area to curb mosquito breeding.&nb...
Thursday, September 22, 2016
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ANI | Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] September 22, 2016
A day after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyannounced the merger of General and railway budgets,Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok SabhaMallikarjun Kharge said the merger will create more bureaucratic hurdles for the rail ministry as it would strip it off its financial autonomy...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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Railway minister Suresh Prabhu will attend the cabinet meeting to be part of the historic decision that will end the 92-year old practice of presenting the separate railway bud...
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The Indian Railways has been losing money regularly on passenger traffic. According to a study on the impact of Social Service Obligations by the Indian Railways conducted by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy and OSD Kishore Desai, the railways incurred losses on all classes but AC3-tier fares
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SAD NEWS:- On 11 Sept 2016
At "TATI" Station (HTE DIV.) An Eng Spl roll down & dashed with train no.BCN/NMK whiçh was standing at Tati station M/Line..Result..
ALp-Mr.SURAJ KUMAR/HTE was spot death & LP-Mr.D. K.Das/HTE was Seriously Injured and died in hospita...
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Anomaly Committee of the National Council (JCM) to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commissions recommendatio...
Sunday, September 11, 2016
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PTI | Sep 10, 2016,
HIGHLIGHTS
China has completed over 20,000 kms of track network linking Zhengzhou with Xuzhou
China's high-speed railway lines have exceeded 20,000 kmS in total length
The travel time between Xi'an and Shanghai is cut to six hours from nearly 11 ho...
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TNN | Sep 10, 2016, Nagpur: The Nagpur division of Central Railway has shown the way in energy conservation. Loco pilots of the division helped save 1.06 crore units of power worth Rs5.13 crore in the five months from April to Augu...
Saturday, September 10, 2016
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The existing fare for Chandigarh-New Delhi for a CC ticket is around Rs 605 which according to the new fares could reach to approx Rs 8...
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PTI | Sep 9, 2016,
HIGHLIGHTS
Super-Fast Talgo Train from Delhi to Mumbai has final trial tomorrow
Talgo train is expected to start at 2.45 PM from New Delhi station tomorrow and scheduled to reach at Mumbai at 2.29 AM early morning next day
The Talgo train reached Mumbai yesterday 18 minutes late in its third tr...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
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Consolidated Instructions on compassionate appointment —
Review of FAQs dated 30.05.2013/25.02.2015 with regard to married ...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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NEW DELHI: The two panels set up by the government to review pensions and allowances are expected to announce interim relief and help blunt the criticism that the government employees and pensioners have not benefited from the 7th pay commission recommendatio...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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Brief of the second meeting of the Committee on Allowances held today under the chairmanship of Finance Secretary
Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secret...
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Konkan Railway is hiring candidates for Assistant Loco Pilot vacancies under mechanical department.The last date to apply is September 29.
Konkan Railway hiring for Assistant Loco Pilot posts: Apply before September...
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Tejas train will be equipped with many modern facilities some of which are the first for the Indian Railway, said a senior Railway Ministry offici...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
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To
Shri. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu,
Hon’ble Minister for Railway,
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
Respected Sir...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
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Mahendra Kumar Singh| TNN | Aug 30, 2016,
NEW DELHI: Calling the Centre's decision to issue notification on bonus payment as a historical victory for Indian workers, RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) decided not to join the September 2 nation-wide strike call given by central trade unio...
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The government’s effort to dissuade 10 central trade unions (CTUs) from going ahead with the September 2 strike did not succeed on Monday as the minimum wage advisory board (MWAB) meeting remained inconclusi...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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Ahead of winter season, railways is gearing up to install a modern safety device for enhancing the vision of loco pilots in foggy weath...
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No.7/5/2012-P&PW(F)/B
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,
New Delhi — 110 003, Dated the 26 August, 20...
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Malabar Express derail: Permanent weigh inspector suspended after probe by Commission of Railway SafetyBy Express News Service 29th August 2016&nb...
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August 28, 2016, SA Aiyar in Swaminomics | Economy, India | TOI
For decades I have argued that the railway budget is a colonial aberration that should be abolished. Wonder of wonders, the government now agrees. Arun Jaitley’s next budget will incorporate all railway revenue and spending, so there will be no separate railway budg...
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7th Pay Commission – Government has issued orders on Anomaly Committee
No.11/2/2016-JCA
Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and pensions
Department of Personnel & Training JCA Section North Block, New De...
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Railway introduces ‘Tri-Netra’ system for loco pilots during foggy weather&nb...
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By Express News Service Published: 27th August 2016
BENGALURU: State governments which have created Special Economic Zones (SEZs) can partner with private entities and invest in the development of railway stations near such zones, suggested Adviser-Finance, Railway Board, P V Vaidyaling...
Thursday, August 25, 2016
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Titagarh Wagons was up 3.67%, Texmaco Rail and Engineering rose 1.44%, Kernex Microsystems India rose 2.28% and Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers 2....
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Gayatri Manu August 24, 2016 News, Quick Bytes
Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya, a 47-year-old Indian Railways engineer, recently won an award for his innovative idea of developing caterpillar trains — a network of lightweight, elevated train coaches that will run at speeds up to 100 km/hr and will take passengers even to the residential areas....
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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In order to step up its revenue, Suresh Prabhu-led Indian Railways has increased the freight rates by up to 1...
Monday, August 22, 2016
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The only private trains in India run at 13km/h and may be on their last legs.
22 Aug 2016
NEWSPAPER SECTION: ASIA FOCUS | WRITER: NARENDRA KAUS...
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTThe Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and the Bangalore division of the South Western Railways (SWR) launched an e-bedroll facility and water-vending machines at the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Station (earlier known as City Railway Station) on Monday morni...
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The plant was set up with an investment USD 63.4 million and the Chinese side holds 51 per cent of the share, state-run Xinhua news agency report...
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DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR (1956-2016)
25TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
2016 AUGUST 16TH, 17TH & 18TH - CHENNAI DHARMA PRAKASH KALYANA MANDAPA...
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No.11/2/2016-JCA
Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and pensions
Department of Personnel & Training JCA Section North Block, New Delhi
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By Mike Head 20 August 2016
Thousands of full-time jobs are being eliminated every month in Australia and real wages are falling, according to official statistics released this week. The results provide a picture, in a limited form, of the accelerating assault being conducted on the working conditions and living standards of the working class...
Friday, August 19, 2016
GATE MEETING in front of all CREW BOOKING On 23.08.2016
Dear Loco Running men,
AILRSA organizing gate meeting in front of all crew booking depots in Indian railways on 23rd August 2016 to protest against the fitment/fixation formula for running staff in RBE 93/2016 dated 02.08.2016 which is less than 14.29 declared by Govt of India Gazette dated 25.07.2016 under para ...
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Indian Railways: Following her bronze medal win at the Rio Olympics, wrestler Sakshi Malik, who is a railway employee, will be awarded Rs 50 lakh and also promoted as a gazetted officer.
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Manthank Mehta| TNN | Aug 17, 2016,
Mumbai: Talgo train, which has so far carried out four trials between Mumbai-Delhi route at maximum speed of 140 kmph, may also undergo trial on other routes in the country, including the Konkan Railway route between Mumbai and Goa...
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Shri Ram General, ICICI Lombard & Royal Sundaram selected; scheme begins next month for online booki...
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Srinand Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Updated: Aug 18, 2016
The Indian Railways (IR) have called off negotiations with a Japanese consortium for the acquisition and indigenous manufacture of Next-Gen locos.&nb...
Thursday, August 18, 2016
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Aug 08, 2016 - MANISH ANAND | New Delhi
After redesignating Railway Board members on functional lines, the railway ministry is now planning to seek Cabinet approval soon for its next big reform: of merging about 10 different cadres into just two — technical and civil — in a bid to optimise manpower capacity, besides cutting down on red-tapism...
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Aug 17, 2016 | Age Correspondent | Mumbai
Services on Western Railway (WR) were hit during peak evening hours between Virar and Vasai/Nallasopara station after the signalling panel in Virar caught fire on Tuesd...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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With an aim of reducing the energy bill, Railways have firmed up plans to import crude oil directly and started procuring power from the generators.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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BISWAJIT ROY
It was a happy day three years ago when my parents and I set off on a journey to Hardwar. We started from New Jalpaiguri and were to change trains in New Delhi to reach Hardwar. The first half of the journey was to be covered by the NJP-New Delhi Express scheduled to arrive at the New Delhi railway station at 12-10 p.m. The connecting New Delhi-Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express would depart at 3-20 p...
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA QUESTION NO 244
ANSWERED ON 09.08.2016
Seventh Pay Commission Committee for allowances244 Shri Ram Kumar Kashyap
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :...
Friday, August 12, 2016
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Railway authorities were not present when the boxes containing currency were loaded at Salem on Monday evening, and neither were Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel present when the door of the wagon was open...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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Rail ministry has floated a tender to explore possibility of Maglev trains in India, which can hit 500 k...
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To
Sri S K PANDHI, IRLRO.
Dear friend,
In my first reply message, I assured you that I will give reply to other issues you raised in your whatsApp message dated 28.07.20...
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Sri.S K PANDHI, IRLRO.
Dear friend,
I have the pleasure to read your whatsApp message, on the Government of India resolution on 7th pay commissio...
Monday, August 8, 2016
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Article came in " THE GUARDIAN"
I do little but the benefits are incredible: Anonymous
I imagined I’d be championing workers’ rights. But the reality is an ageing workforce, a scandalous waste of members’ fees and prickly colleag...
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Will source power directly from the latter to cut costs, improve operations
Shine Jacob & Shreya Jai | New Delhi August 8, 2016&nb...
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To,
The Honble Minister for Railways
Government of India
Rail Bhawan
New Delhi 110...
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S. VIJAY KUMAR
Board reiterates its directive to General Managers to set up a system for monitoring progress of work periodically
The Railway Board has cracked the whip on zonal railways that failed to meet monthly targets set for completing new/ongoing projec...
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Railways have initiated bold steps for restructuring its Board, including redistribution of work among members and creation of a new post of Advisor from outside for resource mobilisation, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reform agenda earmarked for the national transport...
Sunday, August 7, 2016
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L Mony wrote letter to Joint Secretary, Finance Ministry regarding the anoma...
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By RAKESH RANJAN 6 August 2016
With Indian Railways venturing into the age of high-speed rail, the government has tied up with Japan to train the manpower required to drive the new age transport system.&nb...
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Swimming Gets Underway
By SAM MANCHESTER and VICTOR MATHERUPDATED&nb...
Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Indian Railways incurred a loss of Rs 35,700 crore on concessions, subsidies last year
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Friday, August 5, 2016
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According to railways, all safety category railway employees are given structured training as per prescribed periodicity at various stages of their career. They also undergo mandatory refresher training programm...
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ANI | New Delhi August 5, 2016
ixigo, India's leading travel search marketplace, has become the country's second most downloaded train information app after IRCTC by exceeding 9 million downloads with 2 million monthly active users and 4 lakh daily users across 200+ towns in Ind...
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ANI | Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur)/Dimapur (Nagaland) August 4, 2016
Indian Railways has announced mega expansion plans to improve connectivity and infrastructure in other northeastern states apart from Tripura. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched two different projects in Manipur and Nagala...
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On the lines of civil aviation sector, Indian railways is keen to bring in private companies to build and operate private rail in India just like the private airlines...
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Indian Railways-led by Suresh Prabhu may start getting Tejas coaches by the end of this month.
By: Swarnim Ajay | Updated: August 4, 2016&nb...
Thursday, August 4, 2016
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Press Trust of India | New Delhi August 4, 2016
In a major restructuring, the railways today changed the designation of Board Member (Mechanical) and Member (Electrical) while redesignating them as Member (Rolling Stock) and Member (Traction), respectively. ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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Central Railway Press Release
Shri Akhil Agrawal, New General Manager, Central Rail...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
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In the first phase, the new uniforms will be issued to five lakh of 13 lakh employees of the Indian Railways
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
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TNN | Jul 30, 2016, HIGHLIGHTS
For the first time a case has been registered against a loco pilot under the Wild Life Protection Act 1972 for killing a wild elepha...
Friday, July 29, 2016
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MAHESH LANGA
The central government has reappointed A.K. Mital as chairman of Railway Board for two years with effect from August 1, 2016. He is superannuating this month end. This is for the first time the incumbent has gotten a two-year extension to continue as the highest official of the railway. ...
Thursday, July 28, 2016
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The Central Government employees are always be cheated in respect of date of implementation of allowances especially on HRA , from past twenty years it is observed that these allowances are issued from a later date in 5th CPC case it was issued after 20 months , in case of 6th CPC it was issued after 32 months , in 7th CPC we hoped it will be issued in 7 months , but it was not the case , now it is likely to be issued only after 12 months...
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Jul 28 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) ManthanK Mehta Mumbai:
Creaking Infra, Derailments Hobble City's Rail Network
Lata Argade is the typical Mumbai train commuter. For 32 years, the government official has relied on the CST-Dombivli suburban train service to cover the 55km distance from home to office, day and night, back and for...
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Jul 28 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) ManthanK Mehta Mumbai:
Comptroller and Auditor General of Indian has laid bare the truth behind the poor suburban train services.It has found that the train services are running behind schedule and safety is being compromised due to poor maintenance of tracks as well as the Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) rak...
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A salient feature of the arrangement is that private players can get their recruits to take the course on their own expense...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
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According to All India Railwaymen’s Federation, there are around 13.26 lakh on-roll employees in Railways of which almost 75 per cent fall in the safety category...
Monday, July 25, 2016
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The translocation of the 18th century armoury at Srirangapatana will bring about changes to the town’s railway station. It will not have a station master to officiate as the signalling and communications will be automatically controlled from Pandavapura and Naganahalli, which will be the block section on the stret...
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The Rs. 5.5-crore new building of Divisional Railway Hospital commissioned earlier this year with state-of-art facilities will have three additions to doctor strength short...
Sunday, July 24, 2016
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Passengers can soon tune in to popular FM radio stations while travelling on trains, with the Indian Railway firming up plans to roll out a Rail Radio service for 'onboard infotainment' which would also come in handy in emergency situations and disasters....
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Seven express trains suffered detention of one hour to three hours after some locomotive pilots staged a “work-to-rule” protest on Thursd...
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru could be reduced to 90 minutes in the near future if trials with a high speed, tilting train manufactured by Spanish manufacturer Talgo conducted between Delhi and Mumbai in the next few days are successf...
Friday, July 22, 2016
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The Railway Ministry has granted 'special project' status to the much-awaited new rail line between Wardha and Nanded districts via Yavatmal stretching over 284 kms, a senior official here said.
By: PTI | Yavatmal(maha) | Updated: July 22, 2016&nb...
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High speed rail plans accelerate
By Suchanda Banerjee Posted On : July 22, 2016 in News - India & You , Tourism , Kolk...
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Train of hope provided free health to a million people in rural India
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7th CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION
REPLY OF THE FINANCE MINISTER IN RAJYA SABHA
Dear Comrades...
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TIRUCHI, July 22, 2016 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE HINDU
: The railway authorities have ordered an inquiry into an incident wherein a loco pilot of the Kanyakumari – Chennai Express overshot the red signal at the starter point at Mathur railway station and entered the non-electrified track leading to detention of train and few others in the early hours of Wednesday. Power supply to the electric locomotive too got ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
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China is slated to develop New Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Baiyappanahalli (Bengaluru) railway stations, while Mumbai Central, Jammu, Jaipur and Varanasi stations will be modernised matching airport-like amenities with Belgium's he...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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The Minister made this announcement on Sunday when he laid the foundation stone of one Megawatt solar power plant at the Amritsar Railway Stati...
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It will expand its rail network to 150,000 km, including 30,000 km of high speed rail
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The Hindu Business line OUR BUREAU
Protest against ‘anti-labour policies’ of Centre
VISAKHAPATNAM, JULY 19:&nb...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
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Sri. SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU,
Hon. MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.&nb...
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Press Trust of India | New Delhi July 18, 2016
Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya today met central trade unions to apprise them about steps taken with regard to their 12-point charter of demands. ...
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By The New Indian Express Published: 19th July 2016
Given its critique of the institutional and governance framework created by decades of Congress rule, the NDA government has been keen on recasting it to suit the changing times. After scrapping the Planning Commission and instituting the NITI Aayog in its place, the government is now toying with the idea of merging railway and general budgets....
Monday, July 18, 2016
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The private sector persons are crying that the Central Government employees are highly paid , the case is not true . A detailed study comparing the salary and emoluments of employees belonging to government and private sector is made by the IIM -Ahmedabad . The 7th CPC study, commissioned and later factored in by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC), took a wide range of samples — doctors, engineers and accounts officers at higher levels, down...
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By our reporter 13 July 2016
At least 25 people were killed and 50 wounded in a horrific head-on collision between two passenger trains Tuesday morning. The two trains were on the same track located between the towns of Andria and Corato in the Puglia region of southern Ita...
Saturday, July 16, 2016
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By CarandBike Team (With Inputs from PTI) | Jul 14, 2016
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Indian Railways (IR) is aiming at 25% share in automobile freight traffic
Auto Express will ferry cargo from Gurgaon to Nidvanda
In April, IR had announced India's first rail auto hub in Walaja...
Monday, July 11, 2016
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Railways have decided to procure a radar-based device that will alert the drivers of any physical obstruction on railway tracks ahead and thus avert accidents. This will prove to be more useful during nights and in foggy conditions when drivers have to constantly look outside the locomotive to assess the condition...
Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Structural composition of coconut may help in understanding energy absorption that could inspire construct earthquake-proof structu...
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The International Labor Organization has warned of the severe consequences presented by automation and disruptive technologies in the ASEAN bloc. Are the UN agency's concerns founded? DW takes a closer lo...
Saturday, July 9, 2016
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DEFERRING OF THE INDEFINITE STRIKE – CLARIFICATIONS
M. Krishnan, Secretary General,
Confederation of C. G. Employees & Work...
Friday, July 8, 2016
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Their indefinite nationwide strike that was to come into effect beginning July 11 for a period of four mon...
Thursday, July 7, 2016
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FORMATION OF NJCM:
National Council( JCM) representing the employees in Central Govt sector- Income Tax, Audit etc, Postal Employees, Defence Employees and Railway Employees jointly conducted a convention at New Delhi on 11.12.2014 and adopted a joint declaration demanding the Central Government to settle the ten point charter of demands also against the anti workers policies. Subsequently National Joint Council of Action (NJCM) was formed....
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By Tania Kent 5 July 2016
Teachers are striking Tuesday across England in defence of pay and working conditions, after some 91.7 percent of teachers voted in favour of strike acti...
Monday, July 4, 2016
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A strike by workers of Indian Railways will virtually cripple life in a country where 23 million passengers and over 1,100 million tonnes of freight are carried daily by the rail...
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The Railway Board has sent a letter to all railway organisations with advice on steps to be taken immediately in view of the proposed strike from 11 J...
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Srinand Jha | Updated: Jul 03, 2016
NEW DELHI: At a time when the cash-strapped Indian Railways is struggling to stay afloat, half of the numbers of cutting-edge posts of general managers (GMs) are lying vacant. The remaining half of GMs are scheduled to fly off to the US for a ‘study tour’ this mon...
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Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: Jul 03, 2016
NEW DELHI: As many as 33 lakh central government employees have threatened to go on strike from July 11 to protest against the “meagre” pay hike announced in the 7th Pay Commissi...
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Several government workers’ unions will announce their next course of action later on Friday which may include a massive railway str...
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Date: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following stateme...
Thursday, June 30, 2016
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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits. It will come into effect from 01.01.20...
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7th CPC – GOVERNMENT REJECTED ALL THE MODIFICATIONS SOUGHT BY THE NJCA
NO INCREASE IN MINIMUM PAY AND FITMENT FORMULA
HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS & RALLY IN FRONT OF ALL OFFICES AND AT ALL IMPORTANT CENT...
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ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION
Regd. No. 17903 H/Q Aravindapalli, Lower Beniasole, Post. – Adra .Distt.Purulia (W.B.) Pin 723121
Central Office : AILRSA BHAWAN, H.No. 333, Bhoor Bharat Nagar, Ghaziabad – 201001. Tel. No. : 0120-274002...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
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TNN | Jun 29, 2016,
Margao: Anxious moments were witnessed by passengers of the Margao-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express on Monday after the train ran down a slope, apparently uncontrolled by the loco driver, for quite a few kilometres near Chiplunfollowing engine failur...
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The KPIs for the officers have been set against five broad categories of performance linked directly to the health of Indian Railways...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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INDEFINITE STRIKE of 33 lakhs Central Government, Defence and Railway Employees from 11 July 2016.
AILRSA support & Join the STR...
Saturday, June 25, 2016
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FRAUD IN GOVERNMENT FIGURES REGARDING NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN CENTRAL GOVERNME...
Friday, June 24, 2016
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The 5 days strike by the Central Government Employees started from 11th July 1960 will always inspire not only the CG Employees, but the entire working class in India. It was the biggest strike that Indian government had to face since Independence in 19...
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Chennai train bomb was assembled in Bengaluru railway station
By: Vicky Nanjappa Bengaluru, June 24: How effective is the security set up in the railway stations?...
Thursday, June 23, 2016
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AILRSA Central Working Committee meeting held at Nagpur on 22 & 23 June 2016 unanimously decided to join the indefinite strike of Central Government employees commencing from 11 July 2016...
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