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  Rains intensify coldwave; 21 Delhi-bound trains delayed due to fog

  India | January 09, 2020 10:52 IST

  A day after heavy downpour in several parts of North India, cold wave conditions with an overcast sky prevailed over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Thursday. The severe fog led to the delay of at least 21 Delhi-bound trains by one to six hours.

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  RRC Railway Recruitment: Over 3500 vacancies for class 10, 12 pass. Apply to get salary up to Rs 56,

  Education | January 07, 2020 14:15 IST

  RRC Railway Recruitment 2020: The Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) of the Indian Railways has invited applications for 3553 posts of apprentices. The cell has released an official notification on its official website -- rrc-wr.com. 

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  Railways renames RPF as Indian Railway Protection Force Service

  India | December 31, 2019 15:55 IST

  The Railways has renamed its security force RPF (Railway Protection Force) as Indian Railway Protection Force Service. The ministry has accorded organised Group A status to RPF and renamed it, according to an order issued on Monday.

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  CCTV cameras at all railway stations and train coaches by March 2022: Indian Railway Board Chairman

  India | December 30, 2019 19:36 IST

  The Indian Railways has floated tenders for installing CCTV cameras at all the stations and in all the coaches by March 2022, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav said on Monday. Speaking to the media here, the Chairman said, "By December this year, the railways has installed CCTVs at 503 railway stations across the country."

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  Indian Railways property worth Rs 80 crore damaged during anti-CAA protests

  India | December 30, 2019 17:51 IST

  Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav om Monday said that Indian Railways' suffered damages of Rs 80 crore to its property during recent protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He said that the Railways will make recovery of the losses.

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  Railways to change exam pattern, candidates to be inducted through UPSC

  December 27, 2019 13:23 IST

  All new recruits in railways will be inducted through the UPSC civil services exams under five specialties, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said on Thursday, days after the Cabinet approved the merger of its eight services into one -- the Indian Ra

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  Biggest restructure in Indian Railways confirmed. Here's what all will change

  India | December 24, 2019 20:16 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet in Tuesday approved major restructuring in the Railway Board. The new board will be downsized from 8 members to 5. As per sources, the 5 members will include the chairperson and 4 other members comprised of heads of merged cadres into a single Railway Management System.

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  45 new Vande Bharat trains by 2021-22: Railways

  Business | December 19, 2019 8:02 IST

  The Railway Board has given approval to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) to manufacture 45 new sets of Train 18, which has been christened as Vande Bharat Express, by 2021-22, railway ministry officials said on Wednesday.

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  Indian Railway spends ₹ 98 to earn ₹ 100: CAG to Parliament

  Business | December 02, 2019 17:05 IST

  The Indian Railways' operating ratio in 2017-18 was at 98.44 per cent, the worst in the last 10 years, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in a report tabled in Parliament on Monday.

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  IRCTC issues notices to 47 onboard private catering service providers

  India | November 23, 2019 17:51 IST

  Those served notices amount to 13 per cent of the total onboard catering contracts numbering 358.

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  Indian Railways UTS app misses senior citizen concession feature

  Technology | November 19, 2019 19:14 IST

  Indian Railways UTS app for Android and iOS skips on the senior citizen discount option. Here's why you should be worried

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  Train services in Kashmir likely to resume from November 17

  India | November 16, 2019 14:18 IST

  Two trial runs on Srinagar-Banihal railway line were conducted successfully on Saturday, paving the way for resumption of full services in Kashmir Valley from Sunday, more than three months after they were suspended due to security reasons, officials said.

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  IRCTC ALERT! Indian Railways hike fare prices of Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto trains

  Business | November 15, 2019 14:56 IST

  IRCTC Alert! The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hiked meal fares on the Shatabadi, Rajdhani and Duronto class of trains, resulting in slight increase in their fares, according to a government order. According to a circular issued by the Director (tourism and catering) of the Railway Board, the cost of prepaid food items on the said Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto trains will go up significantly.

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  Good News for Indian Railway Passengers! IRCTC offers heritage train trip at just Rs 10

  November 13, 2019 14:27 IST

  Are you planning for heritage trip? then IRCTC has a perfect deal for you. The Indian Railway's subsidiary is offering a historic experience aboard Railways' heritage train at a surprising price. You can enjoy historic experience aboard Railways' heritage train at just Rs 10.

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  India's first private train Tejas Express posts ₹ 70 lakh profit in first month

  India | November 10, 2019 19:03 IST

  The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express is part of the Railways' bid to develop 50 railway stations of world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its network.

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  Railway service in Kashmir to resume from Nov 11

  India | November 06, 2019 20:37 IST

  Railway service in Kashmir Valley will resume from November 11, an official spokesperson said on Wednesday, over three months after it was suspended in view of the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

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  IRCTC to pay Rs 1.62 lakh compensation for Tejas Express delay

  October 21, 2019 13:35 IST

  A delay of more than three hours in the running of Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express on October 19 has cost IRCTC around Rs 1.62 lakh which the railway subsidiary will pay through its insurance companies as compensation to around 950 passengers, a first in the history of Indian Railways, officials said on Monday.

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  Railway to provide ₹ 250 compensation for Tejas express delay

  India | October 19, 2019 23:45 IST

  About 451 passengers boarded the train from Lucknow and around 500 people took the train from New Delhi. It is the first time that the passengers of Indian Railways will receive compensation for the delayed journey. All the passengers will compensation of Rs 250 each to passengers by IRCTC.

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  After raising Rs 645 cr in IPO, IRCTC to make stock market debut today

  Business | October 14, 2019 8:10 IST

  The initial public offering (IPO) of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which recently concluded Rs 645-crore as it got subscribed 111.91 times on the final day of bidding, will make its stock market debut today.

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  GRP website, mobile app launched to facilitate railways passengers

  India | October 11, 2019 8:08 IST

  A GRP website and a mobile application have been launched by the Union minister Nityanand Rai to facilitate the railway police in addressing complaints of passengers from across India and crime detection by integrating the criminal database online.