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  Central Railway launches safety ‘panic button’ feature for women passengers

  India | May 29, 2016 17:17 IST

  Mumbai: With a view to strengthen security of women passengers in trains, Central Railway (CR) has introduced ‘panic button’ system to alert officials in case of an emergency. The security feature - Red push button

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  Railways offer alternate train accommodation to passengers

  May 23, 2016 23:15 IST

  To help passengers using reserved accommodation, railways today extended alternative train accommodation system for five major routes connecting Howrah, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Secunderabad from New Delhi.

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  Govt working on faster trains with facilities: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | May 02, 2016 23:34 IST

  The government is working to bring faster trains with more facilities while trying to meet the diverse expectations of the society, Suresh Prabhu said today

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  Busy stations like Varanasi, Lucknow to be remodelled

  India | April 23, 2015 10:57 IST

  Lucknow: In a bid to tackle complaints of trains running behind schedule and delay due to stoppages at outer signal, Northern Railway has decided to remodel yards of busy stations like Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow.“The

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  Railway connection to most NE state capitals by 2020

  India | March 16, 2015 14:47 IST

  Silchar (Assam): Indian Railways today said most of the capitals of North Eastern states will have railway connection by 2020."All capital cities of North ast states, including Sikkim, will be under Indian Railways map by

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  Efforts on to connect more Arunachal towns by rail route

  India | February 28, 2015 21:19 IST

  Itanagar: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off two trains brining Arunachal Pradesh in railway map of the country last week, efforts are on to connect all major towns of the state by rail link.

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  Budget 2015: Railway to launch SMS alert service for arrival, departure timings

  February 26, 2015 20:12 IST

  New Delhi: For the convenience of passengers, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today announced introduction of SMS alert service informing travellers in advance about arrival and departure timings of the trains.“We propose to introduce an SMS

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  PM Modi: New train, power projects to boost connectivity to North East

  India | February 20, 2015 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: Blaming poor connectivtiy for under-development of the North East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Centre was working in tandem with the states of the region to remove bottlenecks in development.Modi,

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  Three youth run over by train in Mathura

  India | January 27, 2015 9:23 IST

  Lucknow: Three youngsters were run over by a speeding train in Mathura late Monday when they were trying to click pictures and got too close to the railway track, police said Tuesday.The incident took place

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  Chilly morning in Delhi; fog disrupts rail traffic

  India | January 07, 2015 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: The national capital saw yet another chilly morning as the temperature dipped a notch below the normal while dense fog disrupted rail operations, affecting over 55 trains.According to a MeT official, the temperature

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  Slight fall in mercury; fog delays over 40 trains

  India | January 04, 2015 13:40 IST

  New Delhi: Mercury dipped slightly in the national capital today with fog continuing to disrupt rail traffic, delaying over 40 north-bound trains.  “Light fog condition prevailed in the morning and the minimum temperature was recorded

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  Delhi records season's lowest, dense fog hits flights

  India | December 28, 2014 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi on Sunday recorded the lowest temperature of the season with the mercury dipping to 2.6 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, with dense fog affecting 55 flights and about 70 trains.“The minimum

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  PM Modi to address senior police and intelligence officials today

  Politics | November 30, 2014 9:06 IST

  Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today address the senior police and intelligence officials of the country in Guwahati.Before his address, he will be presented with a briefing in which the officials will introduce a

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  First high speed train on Delhi-Agra section on Nov 10

  India | October 30, 2014 11:57 IST

  Kapurthala: The first high-speed train between Delhi and Agra with a speed of 160 km per hour is expected to run on November 10 as Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory is all set to roll out

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  Indian Railways to have more facilities than airports, says Narendra Modi

  Politics | July 04, 2014 15:56 IST

  Katra (Jammu and Kashmir): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that Indian Railways will have more facilities than airports. He added that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's dream of restoring peace in Jammu and

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  FIFA World Cup: Cristiano Ronaldo trains with Portugal

  Football | June 08, 2014 6:51 IST

  LISBON, Portugal :  Cristiano Ronaldo resumed training with the Portugal squad on Saturday after recovering from leg injuries that threatened to sideline him from their World Cup opener against Germany.   The Portuguese Football Federation said

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  Watch how Russian army trains teenage kids to fire AK-47

  World | May 08, 2014 7:29 IST

  New Delhi: Russian army  is actively encouraging schoolchildren to take up real arms.  Military sports club ‘Berkut' trains young Russian kids, who dream of joining the elite units of the Russian army .Children as young

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  Thick fog disrupts flights, trains, road traffic in Delhi NCR

  India | December 16, 2013 12:36 IST

  New Delhi: A dense fog cover nearly blinded Delhi NCR on Monday morning  with visibility in some areas reduced to less than 50 metres.All flight operations were suspended for nearly three hours in the morning

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  Northern railways cancels 10 trains due to fog

  India | October 27, 2013 19:10 IST

  New Delhi: A total of 10 train services operating in northern India will remain cancelled for over a month starting Dec 28 in view of the dense fog cover that envelopes the region during the

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  More than 20 trains to be cancelled during foggy days

  India | October 26, 2013 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: Keeping the winter season in mind, Northern Railway plans to cancel as many as 20 trains from December 28 and also divert and partially suspend a few other trains in the fog-affected routes.Services