ECoR

Special trains to be restored as regular trains, fares will revert to pre-Covid times

Ministry of Railways has decided to change the mail/express/passenger and holiday special train services to regular train services in phased manner and revert to pre-pandemic ticket fares as Covid caseload in the country come down. After this decision, around 76 mail/express and holiday special trains and 14 passenger trains originating and terminating in East Coast…

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Bhubaneswar

Vendors protest against eviction drive near Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar: Vendors on Thursday staged protest near Bhubaneswar railway station after an eviction drive was carried out in the area. Twenty-three polythene and bamboo-shed shops, 28 fast-food counters on trolleys and 32 mobile-vending shops selling fruits and other items were demolished despite heavy opposition by their owners, reported PTI. Also read: Kalinga Rail Heritage Museum…

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Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railway minister discusses infrastructural development works in Odisha

Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a high-level review meeting with South Eastern Railway (SER) and the East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials at Jharsuguda in Odisha on Monday. Vaishnaw gave importance to safety issues and suggested several measures to improve passenger amenities over the SER’s jurisdiction. Issues pertaining to infrastructural development works of the railways…

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Indian Railways

Process of filming on railway premises made easy

Now filmmakers can apply through the FFO’s web portal (www.ffo.gov.in) for filming permissions from the Ministry of Railways. In order to ease filming in the Railways, Film Facilitation Office (FFO) has integrated National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Ministry of Railways to create a single window mechanism to make the permission for filming across Railways’…

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Sports roundup: Khel Ratna for Bhagat to Odisha gets Super 100 badminton tourney

Paralympics gold medallist and Odisha’s star shuttler Pramod Bhagat became the first Odia to be conferred with the highest sporting honour of the nation, Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award. While, Olympic bronze medallists, men’s hockey team players from Odisha – Amit Rohidas and Birendra Lakra will receive the prestigious Arjuna Award for their spectacular show…

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