Five persons were detained by Government Railway Police personnel for indulging in violent activity at the station complex. The passengers allegedly vandalised the station manager's office and VIP lounge at Howrah station.
The sit-in protest, which has led to massive traffic snarls in central Delhi since October 23, is over filling up of posts reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) in the recent level-1 recruitment exercise of the Indian Railways. The protest against "irregularities" in railway recruitment in the disabled category entered the third day on Friday, the railways assured the agitators that no vacancy for 'divyangjan' will be filled by any other category.
Conceived initially as inspection cars to be exclusively used by railway officials to visit far flung areas, these saloons comprise of two bedrooms, a lounge, a pantry, a toilet and a kitchen which are built to facilitate stay for up to five days. "While a designated number of saloons will be kept for use of railway officials for inspection, 200 of them will be turned over to IRCTC and will be operated as tourist trains. Upon conversion, around ten such trains can be put into service for public use," the source said.
For the convenience of rail travellers and to clear extra rush of passengers during this festive season, railways is running 200 pairs of special trains from Durga Puja till Christmas this year.
The railways' target is to operate high speed trains in two categories -- at 160 kmph on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes, and up to 320 kmph under the ongoing bullet train project between Mumbai-Ahmedabad.
The Buddhist Circuit Train that covers destinations like Lumbini (Nepal), where Buddha was born; Bodhgaya (Bihar) will begin this Saturday (October 19). The IRCTC-run train offers a wonderful opportunity to people who can complete the historical places in a week's time.
Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has flagged off 9 Sewa Service trains through a video conference from New Delhi Railway Station. These Sewa Service Trains will ply in various states across the country. Here is all you need to know about Sewa Service Trains.
The railways has completed the installation of bio-toilets in 95 per cent of its coaches and in the next three months, the entire network will be covered, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Wednesday.
Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that the passengers travelling in the national transporter no longer have to "suffer" as the quality of services has improved in the last five years, and India in the coming years will become the world's biggest coach manufacturing hub.
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019 Latest Update: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is yet to release the official notification of CBT-1 dates for RRB NTPC (Non-Technical Popular Categories) exam for over 3000 vacancies. Candidates who have applied for the exam will have to wait more days. The admit card for the RRB NTPC exam will be released on all the region based website simultaneously.
The railways has issued directions that from October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, no single-use plastic will be used in its premises.
With the construction of the Karnal-Yamunanagar (61 km) and Jind-Hansi (50 km) rail lines, the long-standing demand of the people would be fulfilled, a government spokesman said.
Led by MP Kanimozhi, party leaders, including R S Bharathy and MP Kalanidhi Veerasamy staged the protest and raised slogans in front of the Southern Railway office here, party sources said.
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is going to release NTPC CBT 1 admit card 2019 on its official website-- rrbcdg.gov.in soon. Candidates can check all latest updates here.
Police reached the spot and recovered the bodies of the women aged around 25 and 28 years on Friday, ASP Lal Bharat Kumar Pal said.
RRB JE 2019: As the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has announced RRB JE CBT 1 exam result just three days ago i.e., August 13, the candidates are left with a very short period of time around twenty days to prepare themselves for CBT 2 exam. Here are some tips and tricks to crack the RRB JE CBT 2 exam.
RRB JE CBT 1: The Merit list of the junior engineer recruitment computer-based test (CBT) first stage has been released by the Railway Recruitment Board Chandigarh at its official website -- www.rrbcdg.gov.in.
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2019: The Railways Recruitment Board (RRB) is yet to announce the examination date for the Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC) and release an admit card of the same.
"Zonal Railways are, therefore, requested to furnish the service records of staff in an enclosed proforma, who will be attaining age of 55 years or will be completing 30 years of service qualifying for pension, whichever occurs earlier, in the first quarter of 2020 that is from January to March 2020," the letter from the Railway Board to the zonal offices said.
In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages reducing the travel time on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over Rs 13,500 crore, officials said.
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