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Reports claiming massive train delays are untrue: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that reports claiming Shramik trains taking 7 to 9 days to reach their destinations were "baseless, false and completely motivated" and "damage the huge efforts" that railway employees are making to facilitate th
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PM asked to arrange trains for migrants stuck in Maharashtra, we worked al
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that concerned about the migrant labourers stuck in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked to immediately arrange for 145 trains that Maharashtra government demanded, to ensure that migrants are sent b
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Piyush Goyal asks Maha govt to bring migrants to board special trains back
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asked Maharashtra government to bring migrant workers to railway stations on time for boarding special trains back to their homes so as not to cause delays to the trains.
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Railways develop tank van with more capacity to carry milk
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that Railways has developed a 'rail milk tank van' with a 12 per cent more capacity to carry milk and it can move at speeds up to 110 km per hour.
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Happy to cooperate with Centre, request Railway Minister to look into inco
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 25 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday said that the state government is happy to cooperate with the Centre and urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to look into all the inconsistencies as far as train travel is concerned.
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Ready to give 125 Shramik special trains to Maharashtra, just waiting for
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the Indian Railways is ready to provide 125 Shramik Special trains to Maharashtra on May 25 and urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to immediately send the list of passengers and trains, which are lying with the
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C'garh CM urges Railway Minister to operate trains with protective measure
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 23 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday wrote a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, urging him to take effective measures and precautions before resuming more trains.
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Booking of train tickets at 1.7 lakh service centres to resume from Friday
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Booking of train tickets will resume at around 1.7 lakh common service centres from Friday across the country, bookings will also resume at counters of different stations in the next two to three days, said Piyush Goyal, Union Railways Minister.
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Railways to run 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1, says Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will start 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1 in addition to Shramik Special trains.
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Piyush Goyal hits out at Mamata, says West Bengal needs 105 trains per da
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday hit out the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying the West Bengal government was accepting only 105 trains in a month for migrant labourers stranded in other states while the state needs 105 trains daily a
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Finance Minister has given wings to PM Modi's vision for self-reliant Indi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday welcomed the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman regarding the economic package, saying that she has given wings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for a self-reliant India.
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Piyush Goyal urges States to permit for evacuation of stranded migrants
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday urged the States to give permission to evacuate and bring back the stranded migrants to their home states amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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