Piyush Goyal faces protests by rail employees in Lucknow
India | November 16, 2018 20:46 ISTThe railway minister was here to attend the 70th annual general meeting of the Northern Railway Men's Union.
The railway minister was here to attend the 70th annual general meeting of the Northern Railway Men's Union.
A senior CR officer said they have received the communication and places to install the flags were being identified.
Under this, the base fare increases by 10 per cent with every 10 per cent of berths sold, subject to a prescribed limit. There was no change in the existing fare for first AC and economy class.
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani on Monday flagged off India’s first engine-less semi-high-speed train - "Train 18" in Chennai.
Train 18, India's first engine-less train, makes debut on tracks. Watch video to know all about the train
As India awaits Japanese Bullet Trains with baited breathe, India's very own Chittaranjan Locomotive Works has created fastest indigenious engine yet, which can take trains upto 200km/hr.
Driven by a self-propulsion module sans a separate locomotive, the train, capable of running at a speed of up to 160 kmph, comes with technical features for enhanced quick acceleration.
Unreserved tickets can be booked using UTS app, which was launched four years ago in Mumbai. This facility was extended to various other cities including Delhi, Palwal and Chennai.
The railways has said it was not informed by the organisers or the local administration that a Dussehra event was being organised near the tracks. It said Saturday the tragedy was a case of trespassing and ruled out any probe.
Plans to approach the Finance Ministry to resolve the GST issue are in the pipeline, said industry sources.
In the letter, the driver said that he had applied emergency brakes of the train, but they failed to stop the train before it hit the crowd.
The railways got the clearance from local authorities at 12:30 pm, the spokesperson said.
It is a clear case of trespassing and the local administration should take responsibility, the railway official said.
Emphasising on the importance of the project, a Railway official said the construction on a 51 kilometre stretch between Upshi in Himachal Pradesh and Phe in Leh should begin immediately.
The report of the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) released Tuesday suggested the reason behind the derailment was that it was given a green signal despite the point failure.
Eleven special trains will be run from Bihar, six trains from Uttar Pradesh, one from Jharkhand and three from Bengal. On top of this, railways will also run half a dozen special trains from Delhi to UP, Bihar and Bengal on a daily basis, the official said.
Zero-FIR means that an FIR can be filed in any police station and the same can be later transferred to the appropriate police station.
"The travelling public has full trust in the railway police force as it takes immediate steps against crimes owing to which crime rate has drastically come down," ADGP C Sylendra Babu said.
The present act holds a provision to punish those touts who illegally sell, purchase or attempts to sell or purchase tickets. The act however, does not envision e-ticket fraud.
All zones have been instructed to carry out a one-time third-party technical audit of the bridges.
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