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Take railway exam, Raj tells Marathi youthTimes of IndiaThackeray slammed Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan for showing preference to north Indian candidates. Paswan held the railways portfolio in the late ...
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Former Bengal, Railways cricketer DS Mukherjee passes awayNetIndianFormer Bengal and Indian Railways medium-pacer Durga Shankar Mukherjee died here today following a brief illness. The septuagenarian cricketer passed away ...and more »
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Delhi School of Architect to make plan for Kolkata riverfrontOneindia... Reach and Cossiporeto be done by Kolkata Port Trust, Indian Railways and KolkataMunicipal Corporation will get a plan from Delhi School ofArchitect. ...
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Much touted LRTS in troubleBusiness Standard“It is upon the state government and the Indian Railways to decide whether they want an LRT in the first stretch or will have a metro extension,” he added. ...
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Business StandardQ&A: Samar Jha, Railway Financial CommissionerBusiness StandardThe story of the Indian Railways has always been wrapped in mind-boggling numbers. At 64000 km, it runs the largest rail network in Asia and is the world's ...and more »
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...with the DFC corridor which may take about six years to come. It is anticipated that with the availability of DFC corridor, Indian Railways will be handling huge volumes of additional traffic which will require additional rolling stock. Hence the output of...
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Indian Railways offers package for Kashi Dham Yatra from ChennaiFrontier India - News, Analysis, OpinionIndian railways is offering a Kashi Dham Yatra package from Chennai. The IRCTC package is a rail charter package which leaves Chennai on 27 November. ...
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Capgemini to bag rlys contractSifyIndian Railways has been using its proprietary system for workshop management called Workshop Information SystEm (WISE-1). The system was developed by the ...
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...of audience estimated around 10 million callers in these 7 days, across the country. Speaking about the association with Indian Railways, Anupama Ahluwalia, senior vice president - marketing, IDEA Cellular, said, ``Indian Railways is one of the worlds widest...
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...naturally come in the mind of any normal common citizens. Rail Land Development Authority has clearly written, “Indian Railways (IR) has approximately 43,000 hectares of vacant land. Land which is not required for operational purposes in the foreseeable future...
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Merinews
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The HinduIndian Railways to use land bank for freight corridor projectSteelGuruIndian Railways will use 24000 acres from its land bank to support the dedicated freight corridor project, thereby ruling out the option of forcible ...Railway wagon factory to be set up in West BengalNetIndianRailways, NTPC sign MOU for power plant in West BengalEconomic TimesGovt steel companies pitch for big Railways projectsBusiness StandardPress Information Bureau (press release) -Expressindia.com -Financial Expressall 182 news articles »
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...of them have been only interested in his or her own personal or party’s interest and not bothered about the condition of Indian Railways, which is nationally accepted as life-line of our country. But withinthis group of ministers, there are again a few ministers,...
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Merinews
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Indian Railways intensifies drive against toutsSifyAs part of its bid to ensure a hassle-free train journey for people across the country, the Indian Railways has intensified its drive against touts and ...Railways Observe Vigilance awareness PeriodPress Information Bureau (press release)all 11 news articles »
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...rupees per passenger. Revenues from other coaching totaled to 123.5 billion rupees, showing an increase of about 10 percent. Indian railways is the lifeline of Indian transport, employs the largest workforce and is the cheapest mode of transport. It is one...
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International Business Times
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...Mujibullah's interest in the Railways prompted him to build a treasure house of stamps on the growth and development of the Indian Railways. He designed many special covers and also wrote two books – Stamps of Indian Railways Volume I and II. Having won global...
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The Hindu
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...in the east midlands town of Leicester from Saturday until August 15. The exhibition titled Meri Rail: Portraits of the Indian Railways at the New Walk Museum comprises snapshots of people who work for and depend on the Indian railways. The exhibition is by...
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Hindu Business Line
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...submissions on the MoU Kolkata: Indian Railways and Coal India (CIL) have locked horns on the issue of rakes supply in 2009-2010 with the railways denying CIL charges that it was getting less number of rakes than what it had asked for. While CIL chairman...
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Expressindia.com
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...bogies or toilets or to ensure the food served is safe and hygienic. He will only try and make the Railways look good. The Indian Railways is among the world’s biggest, carrying 1.78 crore passengers a day. And also perhaps the most maligned. “The editorial...
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Hindustan Times
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heavy burden of meagre incomeExpress BuzzIndian Railways has fixed porter charges to bring some order into the system but these rates have not been revised for 10 years now. ...and more »
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HC asks Rlys to give details of extra facilities for Maha KumbhTimes of IndiaLUCKNOW: The High Court on Wednesday asked the Indian Railways to tell it as to what kind of extra facilities and infrastructure have been provided to ...and more »
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Shivaji Rakshit takes over as Secretary, Railway BoardNetIndianMr Shivaji Rakshit, an officer of the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), has taken over as Secretary, Railway Board, New Delhi, an official press ...Shri Shivaji Rakshit takes over as Secretary, Railway BaordPress Information Bureau (press release)all 9 news articles »
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SKF wins Indian railways contractConstruction Week Online IndiaIt is the single largest order, worth around 20 MSEK, released by the Indian Railways, New Delhi to any individual supplier for seals. ...
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Railways rolls out upgraded enginesDeccan HeraldThe Indian Railways has successfully rolled out the new 4500 HP diesel electric locomotive, which is equipped with an advance traction system as well as ...and more »
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Subir Roy: Enabling the railways' visionBusiness StandardThe Indian Railways have done just that, given themselves a vision for the next 10 years that cannot be faulted for timidity. But the bolder the vision, ...
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With the Indian Railways registering better-than-expected growth in traffic operations this financial year on the back of a revival in the economy, its gross domestic product is expected to cross the 9 per cent mark by the end of this financial year.
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DELHI: Indian Railways, the country’s largest bulk transporter of freight,
has increased its cargo loading target for the current fiscal to 900 million
tonnes, from 882 million tonne estimated in the July 2009 budget, providing yet
another
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Economic Times
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...Tilaiya (Jharkhand) for NTPC power station being built at Barh. The flyover tracks will be the first of its kind in the Indian Railways and it will be completed on priority basis. It is a joint venture of the railways and NTPC. The civil work on the proposed...
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Times of India
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...Indoor Stadium in Warangal last year, tallied 390 points for the second spot. The results (team championship): Men: 1. Indian Railways 400.1 pts; 2. Uttar Pradesh 390; 3. Services 388.8. Copyright Š 2010, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of...
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The Hindu
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...(ERP) software and the underlying hardware for automating the maintenance of the two major 'bread-winner' rolling assets of the Indian railways, namely, the wagon fleet which carries their freight traffic and diesel locomotives which haul their freight and...
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New Kerala
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NCR on path of growth: GMTimes of IndiaThe NCR recorded a growth of about 11 per cent revenue while the figure for Indian Railways is 8.5 per cent. Joshi was given a ceremonial welcome during his ...and more »
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Only way to grow Railways is to split itEconomic TimesIndian Railways' vision document for the next decade envisages a cumulative investment of Rs 13.87 lakh crore by 2020 to achieve an annual revenue growth of ...and more »
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Filth Nobel for IndiaCentral ChronicleThe mass display of the posterior along railway tracks at the crack of the dawn may be of recent origin, only because the great Indian Railways network came ...
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Railways cutting carbon footprintDaily News & AnalysisNew Delhi: The Indian Railways is doing its bit for the environment. Betting big on clean technology, the Railways has come out with a project design ...and more »
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...during 2008-09, the Railways achieved only 563 km. The Parliamentary Standing Committee for Railways has pulled up the Indian Railways for lagging behind in the first two years against the targets set for the Eleventh Plan period. In the first two years of...
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Hindu Business Line
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Anand Vihar railway terminal opens for passengers on MondayMyNews.in“The Indian Railways used to have the second largest network. Now it has slipped to the third or the fourth position,” Ms. Banerjee said. ...Anand Vihar stations E Delhi on rly mapIndian Expressall 5 news articles »
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Deccan HeraldMamata dismisses Lalu Prasad's claims on Indian Railways' turnaroundBusiness StandardShe not only brought out various loopholes in the claims of growth of the railways, but a White Paper on the performance of Indian Railways released by her ...Anand Vihar railway terminal opensHinduMamata unveils vision for railwaysLivemintRailways eyes revenue of Rs 2.7 lakh crDaily News & AnalysisThaindian.com -Little About (blog) -Deccan Heraldall 186 news articles »
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...and the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, among other institutions, where he was also invited to talk. "Indian Railways, like other railways in the world, and particularly the bigger railways, have been facing the problem of declining market share...
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...railway stamps has compiled a book “The Great Indian Railways Through Philately”, which has exclusive, pictorial story of Indian railways depicted through stamps. The man behind this unique book is Mujibullah, who has a vast personal collection of rare stamps...
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Sindh Today
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...quarters there is mischievous talk that we are trying to privatise the railways. I'll be the last person to privatise the Indian Railways. There will be no privatisation or commercialisation of the railways," Banerjee said at the 54th Annual Railways National...
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Hindustan Times
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...quarters there is mischievous talk that we are trying to privatise the railways. I’ll be the last person to privatise the Indian Railways. There will be no privatisation or commercialisation of the railways,” Banerjee said at the 54th Annual Railways National...
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Rail factory on Tata landThe Statesman... the scheduled time frame, saying: “I held a meeting with all the general mangers of Indian Railways and discussed the viability of those projects. ...and more »
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Railways' Tatkal scheme a hit among travellers;earns Rs 600 crPress Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) Indian Railways have earned over Rs 600 crore during the last fiscal from tatkal tickets, with Northern Railways topping other zones ...and more »
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HPMC juices to be served in Shatabadi, Rajdhani Trains – Himachal ...myHimachalAfter the meeting Bragta said that Indian Railways will serve HPMC juices to its passengers on prestigious Shatabadi and Rajdhani trains. ...
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Commercial Development of Railway LandPress Information Bureau (press release)As per the announcement in Railway Budget 2009-10, an exercise has been undertaken by Indian Railways to create land bank for its utilization by setting up ...Land Acquisition for Railway ProjectsPress Information Bureau (press release)Goods booking through computerPress Information Bureau (press release)all 3 news articles »
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Railways to issue Rs 2K cr tech deals; TCS, HCL in raceMoneycontrol.comThe Indian Railways has Rs 2000 crore worth contracts in store including a deal earlier bagged by Mahindra Satyam. CNBC-TV18's Kritika Saxena learns that ...and more »
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Rlys to build hotels at RampurhatThe StatesmanKOLKATA, 29 JULY: Indian Railways will set up hotels and cottages at Rampurhat in Birbhum to attract tourists. Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee has ...
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SINDH TODAYIndia Railways yet to fill up top vacanciesSteelGuruBL reported that the Indian Railways is yet to fill up vacancies at the top. As many as 4 zonal railways are functioning without regular general managers ...Railway Minister addresses General Managers' ConferencePress Information Bureau (press release)all 11 news articles »
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India News Digest: Mahindra Satyam Loses Railways' Tech ContractWall Street JournalIndian Railways has cancelled a locomotive management system (LMS) contract awarded to Satyam Computer Services (now Mahindra Satyam) in January this year, ...and more »
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A non-stop train from Mumbai to Nagpur soonIndian ExpressIn the 2009-10 Budget, the railway ministry had announced the introduction of 12 Duronto trains — a venture for the first time in the history of the Indian ...and more »
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BANGALORE | MUMBAI: Indian Railways
has cancelled a locomotive management system (LMS) contract awarded to Satyam
Computer Services (now Mahindra Satyam) in January this year, after the company
failed to meet the deadline for submitting required
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