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RPF starts nation-wide efforts to identify, act against touts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): With the Indian Railways starting 15 pairs of AC special trains from May 12 and announcing 100 pairs of additional trains from June 1, there has been an increase in the number of complaints against touts. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has taken up the ta
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Indian Railways to re-open reservation counters from May 22
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Thursday said that the Indian Railways will be opening its reservation counters for booking of reserved tickets in a phased manner from May 22.
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South Central Railway releases list of 9 special trains to be run from Jun
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 22 (ANI): After the Ministry of Railways announced to run passenger trains from June 1, the South Central Railway has released a list of nine special trains that will be terminating/originating over South Central Railway.
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21 babies born in Shramik special trains since May 1
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): On May 8 Mamta, who was had boarded a Shramik Special train at Gujarat's Jamnagar went into labour and by the time she got off at her destination in Chhapra, Bihar had a baby in her arms.
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Permission given for 206 more trains which will come in next 48 hours: UP
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Uttar Pradesh, Awanish Awasthi on Wednesday informed that permission for 206 more trains has been given which will come in the next 48 hours.
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Shramik Special trains to now run without needing permission from receivin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]], May 20 (ANI): The Shramik Special trains, being run to enable the return of migrant workers to their native places, will not need permission from the receiving states, according to Indian Railways official on Wednesday.
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Migrants desperate to return home, forced to stand in long queues under sc
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): South Delhi's Lajpat Nagar wore a different look on Wednesday with hundreds of homebound migrant labourers queuing up since morning to get their screening done before being taken to the New Delhi railways station from where they are scheduled to board a Sh
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2,000 DTC buses plying, number to increase further: Delhi Transport Minist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday said that close to two thousand buses are plying on the streets of Delhi for the daily passengers from May 19 and the number will increase in the next five days.
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204 Shramik Special trains ran on May 19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Indian Railways has excelled on its own promise of running Shramik Special trains by running 204 of them in a single day, said Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday.
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Coimbatore: Workers gather in hope of securing permission to board Shramik
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 20 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 lockdown, hundreds of migrant labourers gathered at Sundarapuram area of Coimbatore on Wednesday in the hope of securing permission for boarding the Shramik special trains to return home.
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NGOs join hands with SCR, IRCTC to provide food to migrants travelling by
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], May 20 (ANI): Several NGOs have come forward to help South Central Railway and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in preparing and distributing food to the migrant workers travelling by Shramik Special trains.
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Railways to run 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1, says Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will start 200 non-AC trains daily from June 1 in addition to Shramik Special trains.
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