Indian Railway
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Special tourist trains from Madurai from November 28
India | Nov 17, 2014, 01:45 PM ISTMadurai: After the successful launch of two tourist trains from Bangalore and Puducherry, the Indian Railway and Tourism Corporation would operate three 'Pilgrim Special Tourist Trains' originating from this city with 700 passengers, IRTC Additional
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Over 70 trains cancelled in view of cyclone
India | Oct 12, 2014, 06:33 AM ISTHyderabad: East Coast Railway and South Central Railway have cancelled over 70 trains while short terminating or diverting many others in view of cyclonic storm Hudhud, which is set to cross Andhra Pradesh coast Sunday.East
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Delhi Division of Railways armed with 10k brooms for October 2 clean-up
India | Sep 29, 2014, 01:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Division of Railways has put together an arsenal of 10,000 brooms for use by a battery of volunteers, including schoolchildren and top officials and lawmakers, when they attack garbage at its
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Rail Budget 2014: Modi govt expected to invite larger participation of private sector in Indian Railways
National | Jul 08, 2014, 12:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led government is expected to invite private sector to play a larger role in the Indian Railway as it gears up to present its first rail budget in parliament today.Leading economists
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Railway launches online booking of retiring rooms at railway stations
India | Jan 18, 2014, 09:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Railway passengers can now find accommodation in retiring rooms at stations with the click of a button as Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched the online booking system for retiring
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Hike in Railway fares by 2% from Monday
India | Oct 05, 2013, 12:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: As per sources, Railway has decided to increase passenger fares in all mail and express trains by 2% and freight tariff by 1.7% across the board. The earlier hike in passenger fares was
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Bodoland demand: Railway cancels, regulates trains following blockade by Bodo groups
India | Aug 02, 2013, 03:48 PM ISTGuwahati, Aug 2: Nine trains have been cancelled, twelve others have been regulated in the Up direction and five in the Down direction by the North East Frontier Railway in the wake of the 12-hour
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Google celebrates 160 years of Indian Railway
India | Apr 16, 2013, 10:10 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 16 : India's first passenger train that chugged out of Bori Bunder in Bombay to Thane 160 years ago was relived by Internet search engine giant Google on its homepage today.In the
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Bansal to focus on Indian Railway's financial health
India | Oct 28, 2012, 09:47 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28 : New Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday said his priority will be to improve the financial health of the national transporter and make it a preferred mode of journey
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New Tatkal booking system from Tuesday
India | Jul 09, 2012, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 9: Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway's Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme with additional measures to check the lacunae will come into effect from tomorrow under which
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AC, first class rail fares may rise from July
India | Jun 26, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 26: Railway passenger fares in all AC classes and first class may rise by 3.6% from July 1 as there are little indications that finance ministry would extend service tax exemption to