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Railways to ink deal with Germany for high-speed trains
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Aiming to reduce travel time significantly, the Indian Railways will ink a pact with Germany for running high-speed trains in the country.
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No more concession for foreigners, NRI senior citizens on rail tickets
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.3 (ANI): Foreign nationals and Non-Resident Indian senior citizens will no longer be able to avail the railway ticket concessions as the Railways have modified the rules.
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Indian Railways fine 15,000 passengers for littering platforms
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moradabad (U.P.) [India], Sept. 24 (ANI): The Indian Railway has fined nearly 15,000 passengers for littering railways platforms during an ongoing cleanliness drive.
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Indian Railways can be called unifiers of nation: President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 22 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Indian Railways with its glorious history is one of the few institutions which can truly be called the unifiers of the nation.
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Railways no more a priority for Centre, says Nitish Kumar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday slammed the Centre's move of merging the Railway Budget with the Union budget and said the railways are no more a priority for the ruling dispensation, adding that this will put an end to the autonomy
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Indian Railways slams reports of mistreating Indian Women Hockey team
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Refuting reports that Indian Olympians were made to sit on the floor while they were travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via Bokaro-Allepey Express train, the Indian Railways on Monday asserted that the travelling hockey players hold no grudge against them.
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CBI arrests Northern Railway officer for demanding Rs. one lakh bribe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moradabad, Aug 23 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a senior divisional finance manager, Northern Railways (NR) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. one lakh from a complainant.
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NITI Aayog: PM Modi reviews progress of key infrastructure sectors
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors and in course of the presentation made by NITI Aayog, it was noted that there has been phenomenal progress in several key sectors, including renewable energy, and railways.
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Manoj Sinha to visit Odisha today to attend BJP's Tiranga Yatra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Aug. 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Railways and Communications Manoj Sinha will visit Odisha today to attend Bharatiya Janata Party's Tiranga Yatra and review the performance of the railways.
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Govt. releases commemorative postage stamp on tourism on 70th I-Day
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Monday released a commemorative postage stamp on Tourism in India on the occasion of 70th Independence Day.
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Indian Railways asked to provide special wagons for Indo-Pak trade to avoi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar, Aug 6 (ANI): Customs have asked Indian Railways to provide special modified goods wagons for Indo-Pak trade to avoid smugglers to use wagons for smuggling between the nations.
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Indian Railways gears up for expansion plans in northeast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur)/Dimapur (Nagaland) Aug.4 (ANI): Indian Railways has announced mega expansion plans to improve connectivity and infrastructure in other northeastern states apart from Tripura. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched two different project
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