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Railways make functional 2 helplines during COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Indian Railways has made functional two 24 hour helplines -- 138 and 139 -- to answer inquiries, provide assistance and also take suggestions during the 21-day lockdown due to COVID-19.
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Combating COVID-19: Piyush Goyal holds video conference with EPCs represen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday held a video conference with the representatives of various Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) to assess the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown in the country.
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Mar 22 to Apr 14 will be treated under force majeure: Indian Railways
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Indian Railways has said that the period from March 22 to April 14 will be treated under "force majeure" and during this period no demmurage, wharfage, stacking, stabling, detention and ground usage charge will be leviable.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Social workers provide food to homeless at Kolkata'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Social workers in Kolkata were seen distributing food to the homeless and needy at an underpass in the city, which among the entire coutnry is under a lockdown aimed to break the chain of infection caused by the spread of coronavirus.
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Central Railway working 24/7 to supply essential goods
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Central Railway on Thursday said that it has deployed staff at various good sheds, stations and control offices and is working on 24/7 basis to ensure that the supply of essential items does not gets affected during the situation of lockdown in various st
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Railways not to run passenger, mail trains till April 14 due to lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): With 21-day lockdown in the country effective from Tuesday midnight to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Railways said on Wednesday that no passenger, mail, express or suburban trains will run till the midnight of April 14.
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Cabinet apprised of MoU between India, Germany in railway sector
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Ministry of Railways and the DB Engineering and Consulting GMBH of Germany for technological cooperation. The MoU was
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Cabinet approves construction of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval for taking up construction of Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover by Ministry of Railways.
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Wuhan buses hit road after two-month lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hubei [China], Mar 25 (Xinhua/ANI): As a bus departed from its terminus at Hankou Railway Station at 5:25 am Wednesday morning, Wuhan started to resume bus service after nine weeks of lockdown.
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RPF personnel extend helping hand to stranded passengers at Howrah Railway
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As 375 passengers were left stranded at Howrah Railway Station after West Bengal government announced that no public transport will be operational during the lockdown, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has taken up the task to help them.
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Ensuring uninterrupted supply of essential commodities: Railways
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As Indian Railways is operating only freight trains across the country amid coronavirus lockdown, it is ensuring an uninterrupted supply of essential commodities for the people.
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Production units of Railways to be utilised to manufacture essential medic
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, Indian Railways has decided to utilise its production units and zonal railway workshops to manufacture essential medical items which can be utilised for the treatment of those affected by COVID-19, Union Minister for Railw
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