To encouraging cashless transactions and to make Indian Railways truly digital, Indian Railway has started cashless delivery of meals on train. This would help check overcharging on food items to the passengers, claim the officials
All passengers were safe and the coaches were stopped by alert staff by putting stones and bringing the train to a halt.
"The Railway Recruitment Board advertised for the positions last month. Since then over 2.12 crore aspirants have filed online applications from across the country," the official told IANS.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had last year launched the ambitious project, which is expected to be completed by 2022.
Jyotsna and Sachin, a couple from Uttar Pradesh, have perhaps become the first couple to get married during the train journey in India.
Manoj Sinha said that the proposal for the reconstruction of Ayodhya railway station as the replica of the Ram temple would be submitted by the Railways Ministry to the Union Cabinet.
Stop giving contaminated water to passengers, the Delhi High Court told the Indian Railways today, and questioned its decision to hike fares when it was not providing better services.
One track from Ghaziabad goes to Moradabad and another to Aligarh.
Railway ministry officials say the Railway Board has taken a decision to extend the route of Gatimaan Express - which runs between Delhi and Agra at a speed of 160 kmph - to Gwalior and then to Jhansi.
The transport behemoth which has 13 lakh employees is now mulling a change in the criteria for promotion of employees to see if they can be further rewarded for good performance.
Derek O'Brien also alleged that the government was deliberately trying to muzzle the voice of the opposition as the ruling dispensation had no answers to the questions raised by it.
The Indian Railways has released 26502 vacancies for the post of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) with a minimum pay scale of Rs 19,990 for the Level 2 of seventh Pay Commission Pay Matrix.
Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha, he also said his ministry was planning a major overhaul of the obsolete signalling system currently being used and to introduce latest technology.
The Finance Minister said that to cater to the growth of Bengaluru metropolis, the government has planned a suburban rail network of 160 km at an estimated cost of Rs 17,000 crore.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a capital expenditure of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Indian Railways in his Budget 2018 speech, the largest ever.
100 non-gazetted workers of South Central Railway flew to Singapore and Malaysia for a six-day vacation on January 28, said a statement.
Safety and passenger amenities are likely to get top billing in the rail budget -- merged with the general budget since the last fiscal.
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani that Railways was paying special attention to the development of human resources.
The ministry has asked the departments concerned to make necessary changes in the proforma for concession certificates. The order will come into being from February 1.
Soon, passengers who stow their luggage in railway cloak rooms and lockers would have to shell out more for availing the service.
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