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"Rescue operation completed": Ashwini Vaishnaw visits Kanchenjunga Express
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday inspected the Kanchenjunga Express train accident site in Darjeeling district and said that the rescue operation has been completed.
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"Deeply saddened...": HD Kumaraswamy condoles loss of lives in West Bengal
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the accident in Darjeeling involving the Kanchenjunga Express train and a goods train in which at least eight passengers were killed and over 20 people sustained injuries.
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Bengal: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to visit Kanchenjunga Express tr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has left for Darjeeling to visit the site of a train accident involving the Kanchenjunga Express train and a goods train that killed at least five passengers and left over 20 people injured.
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India's first Vande Bharat sleeper trains will be on track within 2 months
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that India's first Vande Bharat sleeper trains will be on track within two months.
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Land for job case: CBI files final charge sheet against Lalu Prasad, 77 ot
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a conclusive charge sheet against former Railways Minister Lalu Prasad and 77 other accused in the land for job case.
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Railway Minister Vaishnaw visits locomotive manufacturing unit in Gujarat'
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Talking to ANI about this manufacturing unit Vaishnaw said, "In Dahod, the production of world-class locomotives is Prime Minister Modi's commitment. Today marks the inauguration of the first phase of this factory."
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Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, accuses p
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has been making steady progress since work began in November 2021 and Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who keeps taking stock of the project by reaching construction sites every now and then, reached Maharashtra's Vikroli and reviewed an un
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BJP fields Ashwini Vaishnaw and Narayana Bandage for Rajya Sabha elections
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw files his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects progress of re-development of Puri Railway stati
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the design of the new building of Puri Railway station has got inspiration from lord Shree Jagannath and the works are going on at full speed.
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Consequential train accidents show remarkable decline, Ashwini Vaishnav gi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a significant development, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that there has been a substantial decrease in consequential train accidents over the years. The average number of such accidents has dropped from 171 per annum during 2004-14 to 71 per annum between 2014-23.
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"Railways sector was totally ignored before 2014": Ashwini Vaishnaw
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the railways sector was completely ignored prior to the year 2014, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly committed to the growth of this sector with a focus on capacity building and the adoption of new technologies
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Indian Railways allocated Rs 2.52 lakh crore for FY 2024-25 in Interim Bud
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said an unprecedented budget allocation has been made towards the railway sector in the Interim Budget for the financial year 2024-25, which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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