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BENGALURU: Days after Nanded express derailed near Penukonda after a granite truck rammed into, killing five including truck assistant, locomotive engine and a general compartment of Prashanti express, arriving to city from Guwahati derailed in platform 3 of City railway station on Friday noon.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
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Two loco pilots of Mayiladuthurai-bound Jan Shatabdi Express were injured when a peacock smashed into the windshield of their cabin on Wednesday .The bird hit took place when the train was passing through Pasur near Karur.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
- 2:13 PM
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The Railway Ministry has ordered an inquiry into the Bangalore-Nanded Express train accident at a manned level crossing in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh.Commissioner for Railway Safety, Southern Zone, will conduct the inquiry.
- 2:10 PM
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With all the technological and innovative prowess India has, yet another tragic railway accident and the death of rail passengers erodes the faith of people in the country’s largest transport system, the Indian Railways.
- 2:07 PM
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The South Western Railway Passengers’ Welfare Committee has appealed to Railway Board Chairman A.K. Mittal to run some special festival trains to different destinations from the division.
Monday, August 24, 2015
- 1:52 PM
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Indian Railways has been analysed by expert groups and committees extensively and frequently. Two recent expert panels—led by Rakesh Mohan and Bibek Debroy—currently engage attention. Strangely, IR’s own record of any volitional reform initiatives has been lacklustre.
- 1:47 PM
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Haridwar: There is resentment brewing among station masters in the Indian Railways. This is due to non-fulfillment of some of their demands which they consider long overdue. Now, the All-India Station Masters Association's (AISMA) secretary-general V N Chaudhari has called upon them to gear up for chakka jam on November 23 if these demands are not fulfilled by September 2.
- 1:25 PM
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Several express and passenger trains were cancelled or diverted on account of the derailment of Train Number 16594 Bangalore City – Nanded Express while passing level crossing gate between Rangepalli and Penukonda Stations on Dharmavaram section of Bangalore Division of South Western Railway on Monday morning.
- 1:23 PM
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Five people including a Karnataka legislator were killed early on Monday morning when a granite-laden truck rammed into an express train at a level crossing in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur, the second fatal accident this month involving the railways.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
- 10:40 PM
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Echoing one of his predecessors Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamul Congress, Union railway minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Friday compared the Indian Railways’ present condition with that of a patient admitted in the ICU. He also ruled out the possibility of the Indian Railway beating the Chinese Railway overnight and called for investments for infrastructure development to match its pace.
Friday, August 21, 2015
- 9:28 AM
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NEW DELHI: Even as railways tries to get control over maintenance of law and order in trains and station premises from state government, the latest government data could bolster its case as it shows security for travelers getting worse over the years.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
- 11:19 PM
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Basudeb Acharia, Vice President, CITU
Government of India under Prime Minister ship of Narendra Modi appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Bibek Debroy to recommend total privatization of Indian Railways. This committee has submitted its final report where various recommendations have been made for complete privatization of Indian railways.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
- 10:26 PM
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There will be a probe and eventually there will be some answers. At the moment, thanks to the double derailment between stations of Khirkiya and Harda, everyone knows about Machak river. But I wish reportage had been better. It’s a distance of only 32 km. Surely, we can make up our minds about the river’s name. Is it Machak or Kalimachak? These two rivers are different.
- 10:24 PM
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Private sector entry in Telecom & Civil Aviation has completely changed the Consumer Experience since last a decade, in India. However, the Bibek Debroy panel’s recommendation of allowing the private companies to run passenger trains can’t take off till Indian Railways puts its own house in order in terms of ensuring adequate infrastructure, facilities, management and safety
- 10:22 PM
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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL) principal advisor E Sreedharan has said that a high-speed rail line is possible between Bengaluru and Mysuru.
- 10:17 PM
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Bangalore: Railways plan to increase the speed of trains operating on the Mysuru-Bengaluru section due to the near completion of the track doubling work between the two cities.
- 10:15 PM
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The plan to have Automatic Sliding Doors (ASD) on Mumbai Local Trainsas come a cropper. After almost two years of being in the incubation stage, officials have now admitted on record that the project has not moved an inch.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Sunday, August 16, 2015
- 6:25 PM
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The Salem Railway Division will set up 100 kw solar plants on the railway premises in different centres and the preliminary works have commenced, said Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, here on Saturday.
- 6:05 PM
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R.ELANGOVAN, , WORKING PRESIDENT, DREU, elangovandreu@gmail.com
1. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework statement has not yet been uploaded in Finance Ministry’s website.However I have taken the figures provided by print media including The Hindu.As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7th CPC implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs.100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs.91,839cr which if increased by 9.56% becomesRs.100619 crores.
- 6:03 PM
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A Note by R.Elangovan, Working President, DREU
1.The medium term expenditure framework statement has not yet been up loaded in finance ministry’s website. However i have taken the figures provided by print media including the Hindu. As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7cpc implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs 100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs 91,839 cr which if increased by 9.56% becomes Rs 100619 crores.
- 5:54 PM
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R.ELANGOVAN, Working President,DREU
“The expressions privatization,liberalization and deregulation are freely used in the context of railway restructuring,often synonymously.This committee will use the word liberalization and not the terms privatization and deregulation,as both of these two terms are apt to be misunderstood.”
- 10:09 AM
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Indian Railways (IR) is one of the world's largest employer. At the end of the fiscal year 2013-14, the number of regular employees stood at 13,33,966. This figure in itself does not necessarily make Railways a bloated organisation. Report of the Committee for Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board, popularly known as Bibek Debroy Committee, argues
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