In a shocking incident, former Madhya Pradesh MLA from Samajwadi Party Sunilam was forced to hide inside a train toilet after an unidentified youth allegedly threatened him with dire consequences.
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.
In what comes as a development for the Indian Railways, all trains will soon be equipped with GPS trackers. According to the sources with the railways, the system would help avoid any delays with the train timings as real-time position and speed of the trains would be tracked. Position and speed of the train will be relayed through ISRO satellites to the Control Office Application (COA) system.
The model not only resembles the actual jet but also emits sound somewhat similar to it.
Railway is planning to increase the facilities provided to the passengers. Following which it may stop giving subsidy to the passengers on tickets. In fact, it is said passengers might have to pay 43 percent more on their current ticket fare.
Cracking down on the sale of unauthorized brands of drinking water at all major railway stations, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested 1,371 persons and seized over 69,000 bottles.
Among those present in the meeting were rolling stock manufacturers, officials of airlines, cruise lines and even travel agents, besides officials of Niti Ayog, Department of Economic Affairs and the Department of Logistics under the Ministry of Commerce, they said.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the timely completion of any railway project depends on various factors like quick land acquisition by state government, forest clearance, shifting of infringing utilities (both underground and over ground) and statutory clearances from various authorities, among others.
Indian Railways now plans to introduce a new technology, known as "Head on Generation" (HOG), which is already in use worldwide. In it power supply is tapped from overhead power lines and distributed to train coaches. Currently, the power tapped from overhead tension wires through an equipment known as pantograph is used only to run the engines.
He was asked whether he is aware that a report submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2018 had highlighted challenges presented by largescale privatisation to the protection of human rights.
Railways Recruitment 2019: More than 2.98 lakh positions were vacant at Railways as on June 1 this year and recruitment process is going on for over 2.94 lakh employees, according to the government.
Railways bear 47 per cent cost, collecting the remaining 57 per cent from the passengers. It earns around Rs 56,000 crore by selling tickets and now is aiming to make it's earning about Rs 56,000 crore in 2019-20 with the 'give it up' scheme.
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is likely to conduct NTPC exam by July last week. However, no official announcement regarding the exam date has been made yet. Also, soon after the exam date for RRB NTPC exam will be announced, admit card for the same will be released on the official site.
Railway recruitment 2019: Railway brings good news for people looking for jobs opportunities in Indian Railways! Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released a notification of over 500 vacancies for various posts, such as Junior Engineer, Clerk, Station Master, Nursing Superintendent, Loco Inspector, Senior Resident and many more.
"The Commission is of the opinion that there exists no prima facie case" warranting an investigation into the matter, CCI said while dismissing the case against Indian Railways (IR) and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC).
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has tweeted that if food vendor on railway station does not provide food bill, he will be forced to waive all charges. The tweet was made from official handle of Piyush Goyal's office.
The government is planning an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore in the Indian Railways by the year 2030. The aim to make railways the best in the world will include safety, infrastructure, expansion of network and increase in freight share, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said. Electrification work has been undertaken by the Ministry of Railways at the cost of Rs 11,000 crore, which has been sanctioned.
To improve the quality of train travel and services, the Modi government will build world-class modern train sets, including more 'Train 18s' and 'Train 20'. The trains will replace Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express by 2020. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today allocated more than Rs 3,000 crore for rail passenger amenities in the 2019-2020 Budget, an around 200 per cent rise from the last fiscal.
Making significant announcements on Indian Railways, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Budget 2019-20 said the railway infrastructure will need Rs 50 lakh crore till 2030. Of late, the Railway Ministry has tried to supplement its revenues by the way of asset monetisation.
Though the incidents of train collision have come down to zero in 2018-19, the Economic Survey Thursday said the occurrence of fire in trains has registered an increase. The incidents of derailment have come down from 78 in 2016-17 to 46 in the last financial year, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said.
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