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  • railway officers set to adopt stations for cleaning

    Railway officers set to adopt stations for cleaning

    India | November 23, 2014 10:37 IST

    New Delhi: Looking to give a new impetus to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat mission, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has suggested that officers working with the public transporter could adopt one railway station each

  • sri lanka restores railway to tamil heartland after 24 years

    Sri Lanka restores railway to Tamil heartland after 24 years

    World | October 13, 2014 18:25 IST

    Jaffna: A railway in Sri Lanka that runs through mine-fields and snake-infested jungle is to reopen on Monday, nearly a quarter of a century after a bloody ethnic conflict shut it down.Trains to the northern

  • putin poroshenko agree on aid delivery to ukraine by railway

    Putin, Poroshenko agree on aid delivery to Ukraine by railway

    World | August 30, 2014 8:23 IST

    Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he has agreed with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the proposal of delivering humanitarian assistance to southeastern Ukraine by train."We agreed that we will implement Poroshenko's plan in

  • railway freight rates to go up from oct 1

    Railway freight rates to go up from Oct 1

    September 29, 2013 23:57 IST

    New Delhi: Inflation is expected to soar further with freight tariff on all commodities, including foodgrains, cement, chemical manure, iron ore and coal, set to rise by 15 per cent from October 1.Railways have decided

  • passengers block railway tracks in kolkata

    Passengers block railway tracks in Kolkata

    India | September 06, 2013 12:32 IST

    Canning: Angry passengers today blocked the railway tracks at Sonarpur station of Eastern Railway demanding more local trains to Sealdah station in Kolkata.The police said hundreds of passengers sat on the rails after local trains

  • freight tariff to go up from oct 1 passenger fares untouched

    Freight tariff to go up from Oct 1, passenger fares untouched

    India | August 27, 2013 18:36 IST

    New Delhi: Railway freight traiff will go up from October 1 due to the increase in fuel cost but passenger fares will remain untouched, according to Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.However, he

  • cbi gives clean chit to bansal in railway bribery scandal

    CBI gives clean chit to Bansal in railway bribery scandal

    India | July 05, 2013 20:49 IST

    New Delhi, July 5: CBI does not have any tapped conversation which shows that former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was involved in or had any knowledge of the Rs 10 crore cash-for-post bribery scandal,

  • voila bansal missing from cbi chargesheet in railway

    Voila! Bansal missing from CBI chargesheet in Railway bribery scam

    India | July 02, 2013 22:49 IST

    New Delhi, July 3: CBI today filed charge sheet in the alleged Rs 10 crore cash-for-post Railway bribery scandal before special court here naming former Railway Minister P K Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and suspended

  • first passenger train on koderma nawadih giridih railway

    First passenger train on Koderma-Nawadih-Giridih railway line

    India | June 25, 2013 20:37 IST

    Jharkhand, June 25: The first passenger train on the the newly constructed Koderma-Nawadih -Giridih railway line was today flagged off by JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi.With the flagging off, Koderma Station also received the status of

  • railway bribery case pawan bansal summoned for questioning

    Railway bribery case: Pawan Bansal summoned for questioning

    India | June 04, 2013 11:40 IST

    New Delhi, June 4: The CBI has summoned former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal for questioning today in connection with the railway bribery case.  Agency sources said that Bansal has been called in the afternoon

  • railway announces rs 2 lakh ex gratia to next of kin of dead

    Railway announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to next of kin of dead

    India | April 10, 2013 21:24 IST

    Chennai, Apr 10 ; Railway Ministry today announced a solatium of Rs two lakh to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to those critically injured in the derailing of Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express

  • consumer forum orders irctc to pay rs 5 000 to railway

    Consumer forum orders IRCTC to pay Rs 5,000 to railway passenger

    India | November 20, 2012 15:44 IST

    New Delhi, Nov 20: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked by a consumer forum here to compensate a woman and her son for harassment they underwent because of relegation of

  • new railway minister pawan bansal hints at possible fare

    New railway minister Pawan Bansal hints at possible fare hike

    October 29, 2012 17:30 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 29: New railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday gave ample hint of a possible passenger fare hike to improve services in the railways."Fare will not be increased for the sake of

  • railway staff to get 78 days pay as bonus

    Railway staff to get 78 days pay as bonus

    India | October 18, 2012 23:50 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 18: The Centre on Thursday approved payment of productivity-linked bonus (PLB) to 12.37 lakh non-gazetted employees, equivalent to 78 days of pay, before the Dussera Puja holidays. Clearing the proposal, the Union

  • indian exporters warn of halting trade with pak via rail

    Indian exporters warn of halting trade with Pak via rail

    India | October 09, 2012 18:55 IST

    Chandigarh, 9 Oct 2012 : Indian exporters today threatened to stop trade with Pakistan via rail route in the wake of the discovery of over 100 kg of heroin along with ammunition from a goods

  • mamata flays imposition of service tax by railways

    Mamata flays imposition of service tax by Railways

    Politics | September 27, 2012 22:11 IST

    Kolkata, Sep 27: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday termed as "Vinash Kale buddhinash" (Loss of wisdom in times of calamity) the UPA government's decision to levy service tax on all air-conditioned train fares, freight

  • railway to hike ac fares freight rates from oct 1

    Railway to hike AC fares, freight rates from Oct 1

    September 27, 2012 16:15 IST

    New Delhi, Sept 27: All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them.  This follows

  • railway to hike ac fares freight rates from oct 1

    Railway to hike AC fares, freight rates from Oct 1

    India | September 27, 2012 16:48 IST

    New Delhi, Sept 27: All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them.  This follows

  • jairam ramesh likely to be given railway cabinet reshuffle

    Jairam Ramesh likely to be given Railway, Cabinet reshuffle next week

    Politics | September 21, 2012 22:50 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 21: Stage is all set for an imminent Union cabinet reshuffle next week in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support from the UPA government, according to reliable sources.  In

  • skorea building high speed railway to pyeongchang

    SKorea building high-speed railway to Pyeongchang

    Other Sports | June 02, 2012 19:06 IST

    South Korea, June 2: South Korea has begun building a promised high-speed railway to shorten travel time between its main airport and the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics.The promise last year helped the eastern

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