Indian railways revises minimum qualification for track maintenance staff

Officials said the applicants appearing for the exam were often found to be Commerce and Science graduates and post-graduates.

By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 29, 2017

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Over 16% vacancies in safety category of Indian Railways: Data

The category include posts related to inspection of tracks, signalling, engineering, telecommunication etc., for ensuring safety of the rail network

.INDIA Updated: Dec 30, 2017  Press Trust of India, New Delhi

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Over 1 lakh safety-related posts in Railways lying vacant, says government

Over one lakh posts related to the railways' safety mechanism were vacant as of April 2017, the government informed Parliament today.

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: December 20, 2017 

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India’s first railway univ gets Union Cabinet nod

TNN | Dec 21, 2017, 

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Railway Nod For Rs. 12,000-Cr Upgrade Of Mishap-Prevention System

The Board also decided to install the ETCS Level-II system on the entire 9,054 km-long Golden Quadrilateral route connecting the four metros to make it a fully accident-free corridor.

All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: December 17, 2017 

by Taboola 

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Scottish Trade unions rally at parliament over public sector pay

Scottish Trade union Congress-STUC-organised demonstration ahead of Scottish Budget calls for an increase in public sector pay and an end to cuts

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Railway board chairman removes top officer, two others over alleged misconduct

The officer was transferred with immediate effect to head the less significant position of managing Freight Operations Information System software.

Written by Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2017

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Loco pilot crunch hits operations

S. Anil Radhakrishnan THE HINDU THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:, DECEMBER 09, 2017 

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Suggestions to the Committee to review SPAD penalties- AILRSA

To

The Convenor,

Executive Director (E and R),

Safety (A and R) Branch, Railway Board,New Delhi.

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Tired of Smelly Bio-Toilets? Railways to Roll out New Vacuum Toilets That Won’t Stink!

The present bio-toilets have been eliciting quite a lot of complaints regarding their upkeep and poor services and would often end up with a revolting stench and be overflowing with human waste because of the lack of timely maintenance.

by Lekshmi Priya SDecember 9, 2017,

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Rajdhani, Shatabdi Trains Getting Swarna Coaches With New Facilities. Details Here

Indian Railways had previously launched an upgraded Shatabdi Express Train between New Delhi and Kathgodam under Project Swarna.

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Updated: December 03, 2017 

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To help track sleepy drivers, Railways to test IIT-Kharagpur’s solutions

Currently, Railways gives 14-16 hours of sleep to its drivers, called “headquarters rest”. Maintaining “running rooms” where loco pilots can sleep is a major priority area in railway administration.

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