Railways
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Railways' 100-day plan: Reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours
India | Jun 19, 2019, 11:46 PM ISTPresently, the fastest train on the Delhi-Howrah route takes 17 hours to complete the journey while on the Delhi-Mumbai route the quickest train takes 15.5 hours. The proposal is to reduce the travel time to 12 hours and 10 hours respectively.
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Railway officials asked to travel in general class, take passengers feedback
India | Jun 18, 2019, 08:55 PM ISTMinister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi Tuesday asked officials to travel in all classes, including the general class coaches, and take passenger feedback with an aim to improve cleanliness, hygiene and other services.
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Rail ticket scam: After nabbing touts, now role of insiders under scanner
India | Jun 15, 2019, 09:21 AM ISTThe RPF has sought details from the commercial department of the railways about the real-time data of e-tickets. However, the crucial data is yet to be shared with the investigating agency.
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French Railways to develop Indian railway stations
India | Jun 11, 2019, 03:29 PM ISTThe Indian Railway Station Development Corp (IRSDC) entered into a tripartite agreement with French Railways on Monday, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Railways runs 78 special trains to meet summer rush
India | May 27, 2019, 06:34 PM ISTDue to unavailability of tickets in most fast and super fast trains during the summer holiday season, the Indian Railways is running 78 special trains to cater to the rush, an official said on Monday.
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20 passengers onboard Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani fall ill after eating railway food
India | Apr 07, 2019, 12:11 PM ISTA railway spokesperson said doctors at Gomoh station attended to those taken ill and all of them are stable.
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EC issues notice to railways over 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' slogan on tea cup and Modi's picture on tickets
Apr 02, 2019, 06:20 PM ISTThe Election Commission on Tuesday called the railways approach towards enforcing the model code of conduct "lackadaisical" after allegations that poll norms were violated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's picture on tickets and the slogan "Main Bhi Chowkidar" on tea cups.
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Railway zones ordered to remove political advertisements from premises ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Apr 01, 2019, 07:50 AM ISTJust two days ago, a tea cup bearing the BJP's election campaign slogan "main bhi chowkidaar" created a furore.
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Delhi: Five held for posing as passengers, stealing items in AC coaches at various railway stations
India | Mar 09, 2019, 11:12 AM ISTTheir interrogation revealed that two of the accused pretended to be passengers and entered railway stations with valid platform tickets.
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Samjhauta Express service restored; train to run from Delhi to Pak today
India | Mar 03, 2019, 07:14 AM ISTThe train will start running from the Indian side on Sunday, while on the Pakistan side it will leave Lahore on Monday for its return journey.
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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ashish stars as Railways end Mumbai's unbeaten run
Cricket | Feb 27, 2019, 07:44 PM ISTPut into bat by Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Railways posted a competitive 175/5 in their 20 overs with opener Pratham Singh (89) top-scoring.
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Like airlines, Railways to issue linked PNRs for onward journeys; no cancellation fee for train delays
India | Feb 22, 2019, 07:47 PM IST"In case of linked PNRs, if a rail passenger misses connecting train owing to late running of the train by which he had been travelling, the fare for untravelled portion shall be refunded, without levying any cancellation or clerkage charge," a Railway Board order accessed by PTI said.
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Cheteshwar Pujara slams maiden T20 hundred off 61 balls, achieves a milestone for Saurashtra
Cricket | Feb 21, 2019, 01:19 PM ISTCheteshwar Pujara's ton came against Railways in the domestic T20 tournament - Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy. In doing so, Pujara also became the first batsman from Saurashtra to hit a hundred in the format.
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Railways to recruit over 4 lakh people till 2021, says Piyush Goyal; Chidambaram calls announcement another 'jumla'
India | Jan 24, 2019, 02:43 PM ISTMeanwhile, calling the Centre's announcement of employing over four lakh people in Railways "another jumla", former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the Railway Ministry has "suddenly" woken up to posts lying vacant for nearly five years.
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RPF sub-inspector exam postponed, Railways to announce new date soon
Education | Jan 12, 2019, 08:41 AM ISTThe exam was to be conducted in three sessions at eight centres in Prayagraj and six in Kanpur.
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Arrive at least 20 min ahead of departure: Just like airports, railways plans to seal stations
India | Jan 06, 2019, 04:15 PM ISTRailways is planning to seal stations just like airports and passengers would have to arrive 15-20 minutes before scheduled departure of trains to complete the process of security checks.
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Over 7,500 complaints from passengers till Oct this year over bad quality food: Railways
India | Dec 19, 2018, 10:17 PM ISTThe Railways has received more than 7,500 complaints from passengers over bad quality of food served on trains and imposed fines of about Rs 1.5 cr on vendors till October this year, the ministry informed Parliament on Wednesday.
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Planning New Year Trip to Goa? Check this Rs 400 offer from IRCTC, here is how to book tickets @ www.irctc.co.in
India | Dec 19, 2018, 12:46 PM ISTIndian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering bus services at an extremely cheap price and the offer has been put by IRCTC on its official website www.irctc.co.in.
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Train 18 likely to be launched on December 25; to run between New Delhi, Varanasi with increased fare
India | Dec 03, 2018, 09:41 AM ISTThe Train 18 had speeded up to 180 kmph between Kota Junction and Kurlasi station during a trial on Sunday.
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Revised railway flexi-fares to kick-off from March 15, 2019: All you need to know
India | Nov 18, 2018, 01:48 PM ISTAs per the system, the tariff goes up as the occupancy rate increases. The fare increases by 10 per cent as every 10 per cent of berths are occupied with a cap of 1.5 times of the base fare.