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Indian Railways to provide bio-degradable pads in 8,000 stations
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said he wants to run a campaign, ensuring that all women are provided with the benefit of bio-degradable sanitary pads in rural areas.
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Asian Wrestling Ch'ship: Big-B lauds Navjot Kaur on clinching gold for Ind
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 03 (ANI): Bollywood's Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday lauded and congratulated Navjot Kaur for becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships.
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Special trains during Holi
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): The Indian Railways on Friday decided to run special trains to clear extra rush of passengers during long weekend in co-ordination with Central Railway for the Holi festival.
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Passengers not to be charged for MDR booking of railway tickets
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): The Indian Railways announced that Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges will not be levied on passengers for booking railway tickets (at the railway ticketing counters as well as through IRCTC ticketing website) on payment made through debit cards for a trans
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Goyal inaugurates Elphinstone FOB in Mumbai
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Feb. 27 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday inaugurated the new Elphinstone foot-overbridge.
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Eastern Railway testing Bihar's 12000 hp electric locomotive
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): East Central Railways has started testing the first 12000 horse power freight locomotive at the Ministry of Railway-Alstom joint venture factory 'Madhepura Electric Locomotive Pvt. Ltd.' in Madhepura, Bihar.
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Piyush Goyal releases Hindi version of Bibek Debroy's books
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday released two books, in Hindi version, of noted economist Bibek Debroy.
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India Morocco technical agreement gets approval
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 20 (ANI): Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Co-operation Agreement signed between the Indian and Morocco regarding the co-operation between the railways of the two countries.
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Cabinet approves railway projects worth Rs 11,661 cr
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] February 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved multi-crore developmental projects worth Rs 11,661 crore, which include doubling and electrification of many lines.
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Piyush Goyal pitches for tech-oriented approach in Railways
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): To achieve rapid modernisation of the Indian Railways, Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asserted that the government aims to complete projects that it is currently involved in within the next six to seven years.
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Railways to sack 13,521 absentees
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): More than 13,000 employees of the Indian Railways are likely to face termination of services over 'unauthorised' leaves.
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Indian Railways adopts GCC services for contractors
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 5 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the Indian Railways have introduced new General Conditions or Contracts (GCC) for Services to define the terms and conditions for contractors engaged in service contracts for non-operational areas.
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