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Odisha: Railways Chairman reviews projects, says more funds allocated to t
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 14 (ANI): Chairman of Railway Board (CRB) Vinod Kumar Yadav on Sunday visited Bhubaneswar to review undergoing projects funded by the Centre and said 'more funds have been allocated this year to sort out land acquisition problems.'
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Delhi: Man, wife arrested for kidnapping two-year-old girl from railway st
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A man and his wife were arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping a two-year-old girl from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi on July 12.
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Bihar: 7 trains affected due to flood
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Samastipur (Bihar) [India], July 13 (ANI): Seven trains were either cancelled, short terminated, or diverted after flood water pooled on the Bergenia-Kundwa-Chainpur railway track here on Saturday.
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Central Railways, Mumbai division record highest ever sale of mobile ticke
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): In a big landmark towards digitalization, Central Railways and Mumbai Division both recorded the highest number of sale of the 'mobile ticket' in a single day here on Friday.
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Goyal says no privatisation of Railways, targets Congress
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said there is "no question and no meaning" of privatising Railways, but public-private partnership will be encouraged and there will be corporatisation of some units.
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No question of privatising railways, PPP to be encouraged: Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said there was "no question, no meaning" of privatising railways but the government was keen to boost investment to create more facilities for passengers and improve technology and public-private investment will be enc
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Modi doing for Railways what Vajpayee did for roads: Suresh Angadi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Suresh Angadi on Thursday said Railways has witnessed a change after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, adding that the latter did what late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did for roads in the country.
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92 members participated in discussion on railways: Prahlad Joshi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said 92 members had taken part in the marathon discussion on demands for grants of railways in the Lok Sabha.
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Angadi says govt firm on improving rail safety and punctuality; targets UP
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Thursday alleged that the UPA government did not show political will or leadership to develop the Railways, and its capital expenditure doubled under the Narendra Modi government.
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Cong takes a dig at investment plans in railways
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday took a dig at the budget announcement of investing Rs 50 Lakh crore in railway infrastructure by 2030.
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Operation Thirst: 1,371 arrested for selling unauthorized drinking water i
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As many as 1,371 people were arrested and over 69,294 bottles were seized by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) under 'Operation Thirst', an all India drive to crackdown the selling of unauthorised Packaged Drinking Water (PDW) here.
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800 people arrested in crackdown against spurious water sold in trains, sa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): More than 800 people were arrested and 48,860 bottles recovered in a major crackdown against spurious mineral water being sold in trains, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
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