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Railways Minister directs DFCCIL team to speed up project
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, on Monday reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL) and directed its management team to take necessary steps to speed up the project to compensate the
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Opening up entire services won't do any good, may add some trains on route
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The government is not aiming to resume passenger train services at full capacity keeping the low occupancy due to COVID-19 in mind, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, adding that he may add some more trains on routes which are running full.
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PM Modi's idea to convert railway coaches into isolation wards, says Piyus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the "innovative idea" days before the lockdown to convert railway coaches into isolation wards for supplementing efforts to tackle COVID-19, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.
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Test run for battery-operated dual-mode shunting locomotive successful: Pi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that test runs for the battery-operated dual-mode shunting locomotive at the Jabalpur division were successful.
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Pakistan Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid tests negative for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday after he had undergone self-isolation for two weeks since contracting the infection.
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Railways sets world benchmark by running 1st Double Stack Container Train
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Railways has created a new world benchmark by successfully running first Double Stack Container Train in high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) electrified sections, said Piyush Goyal, Railways Minister.
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Piyush Goyal interacts with pharma industry captains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday held an interaction with the captains of the pharmaceutical industry companies and office-bearers of the Pharma associations through the video conference.
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Piyush Goyal interacts with pharmaceutical industry stakeholders, addresse
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Industry and Commerce, and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday interacted with stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry and addressed the issues faced by them in the wake of COVID-19.
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Piyush Goyal urges seriously ill, pregnant women and those above 65-years
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged people suffering from serious ailments, pregnant women, children and those above 65 years to travel in Shramik trains "only when necessary".
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Notifying only 41 Shramik trains for Maharashtra despite being prepared to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the Indian Railways will notify as 41 Shramik special trains for Maharashtra despite being prepared to run 125 trains.
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Still not received passenger details for 125 planned trains from Maharasht
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the Maharashtra government has not provided the details of 125 Shramik special trains, which were scheduled to run in the state on Monday and its list of passengers.
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Booking of train tickets at 1.7 lakh service centres to resume from Friday
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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