New Delhi: With an aim of generating additional revenue through non-tariff measures, the Railways have sought Cabinets approval to go ahead with its ambitious plan of commercial utilisation of land. Though Railways had decided to construct multi-functional complexes (MFC) at stations as well as develop passenger terminals as world class stations in the PPP mode, the plan had come unstuck as it involved long-term leasing of land. "The long-term leasing...
12:56 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Some bogies of an Indore-Ratlam passenger train caught fire on Tuesday night. Thankfully all the passengers were evacuated safely. The rail traffic at the route had to be halted for some time. A probe has now been ordered. This comes just a week after the Hampi Express collided with a goods train killing over 20 people in Andhra Pradesh. ...
08:57 AM, May 30, 2012
Penukonda: The death toll in the train accident in Andhra Pradesh has risen to 24, with over 35 people injured, sources say. The Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 3:15 am on Tuesday. Earlier, Railway Minister Mukul Roy had said, "It is a sad incident. I have ordered for a...
12:13 PM, May 22, 2012
Penukonda: Eighteen people have been charred to death and over 35 have been injured after the Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 3:15 am on Tuesday. The Hampi Express was on its way to Bangalore and reportedly overshot the signal. All those trapped inside the first three mangled bogies including...
10:20 AM, May 22, 2012
BANGALORE: The city traffic police have confirmed that the ongoing work at one of the busiest junctions, the Nayandahalli Junction on Bangalore-Mysore Road, will take at least another three months for completion.With five civic agencies - KPTCL, BWSSB, BDA, BMRCL and BBMP - undertaking construction works on this stretch, the police have advised commuters to travel on alternative roads - Magadi and NICE Roads - to avoid traffic congestion.Passengers of...
06:52 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General has observed safety related works are being accorded low priority by Railways. Though sufficient funds were available, large number of road over-bridge (ROB) and road under-bridge (RUB) works were pending as on March 2011 and the actual budget allocations reflected low priority due to inadequate commitment by the Railways, the CAG report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday said. Construction of these are essential...
07:53 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said over one lakh vacancies in Railways will be filled up during this fiscal, including the safety related posts, and the e-booking site will be upgraded to enable one million ticket sale per day. Railway Minister Mukul Roy said while 75,000 candidates have been recruited following the streamlining of the examination process, "1.44 lakh candidates are proposed to be recruited during 2012-13. This will...
02:40 AM, May 11, 2012
CHENNAI: Though milling crowds and anxious passengers are not a rarity at the Chennai Central Railway station, Monday was a particularly bad day. Following the derailment of a three bogies of a goods train near Katpadi, around 12 trains along the arterial line, faced up to five hour delays. The fact that most of them were vacationers setting out to Bengaluru, Kerala and other places, added to their frustration. All...
08:36 AM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Disruption in train services is fast becoming a norm in the Mumbai suburban rail network. Of late, glitch after glitch has tossed the daily travel schedule of many of the nearly 70 lakh suburban commuters askew. Yesterday gave a double testimony to this growing disturbance. There were technical problems on both Central and Western Railways, especially during morning and evening peak hours. The first incident took place near Vashi...
01:06 PM, May 03, 2012
Suri: Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday said that 1.4 lakh people would be recruited in the railways next year. "In the coming year, 1, 44,000 people will be employed in the railways," Roy said after laying the foundation stone of a road over bridge and foot over bridge at Nalhati in Birbhum district. More than 75,000 jobs were created in the railways in the past six months and more...
08:16 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: Air travellers can also make use of IRCTC to book their air tickets online, as the railway PSU is slated to launch a dedicated website next week offering a "lenient" cancellation policy with no service charge. "The website - air.irctc.co.in - is slated to be launched next week, said an IRCTC official, adding the site will provide "live best rates" of all major airlines for booking. IRCTC which...
07:34 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A month after replacing Dinesh Trivedi as Railway Minister, Mukul Roy on Thursday told Parliament that he would take forward 'Vision 2020' outlined by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to take the railways to high growth and broaden the agenda of inclusive growth. "I salute the core objective underlined in her vision to take Indian Railways on a new path of high growth. I am committed to take...
04:40 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has ignored safety concerns in another project. The 125 km-long Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail link, inaugurated in November, 2011, has been red flagged by a railways chief engineer, Alok Verma, who has said that it was a disaster in waiting. He said that an all important geological study has not been done in an area that is in seismic zone 4 and is landslide prone. In a...
06:42 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Sixteen years after becoming the Managing Director of DMRC, E Sreedharan stepped down on December 31 leaving behind a 190 km network of Delhi Metro across the NCR. In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, the metro man said that it was not so much as the politicians as the bureaucrats of the country who were stalling its progress. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Shereen Bhan: Hello...
11:59 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: The parents-in-law of a widow, expelled out of her matrimonial house after her husband's death in 2010, has been asked by a Delhi court to pay Rs 10,000 as monthly maintenance to her and her minor son. Metropolitan Magistrate Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal gave the order holding that a man's widow is entitled to claim maintenance from her father and mother-in-laws. Accordingly, the court asked the woman's father-in-law, an...
09:09 AM, Apr 15, 2012
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