Indian Railways

Indian Railways organise yoga session

In order to encourage the railwaymen to practice yoga for a healthy and disease-free life, Indian Railways organised a yoga practice session at Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. The session was attended by Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, chairman and CEO Railway Board VK Tripathi, other Members of the Railway Board,…

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Vaishnaw reviews progress of Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project

Union Minister of Railways and Communication & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Malkanagiri on Friday discussed about Malkanagiri- Bhadrachalam rail line project with railway officials and public representatives. 173.416 km long Malkanagiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project has been sanctioned by Railway Board on 9 September, 2021 with an estimated cost of Rs 2800…

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Vaishnaw to flag off Visakhapatnam-Koraput special train

Union Minister of Railways and Communication & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Odisha on Friday will flag off the Visakhapatnam-Koraput-Visakhapatnam passenger special train. The train will leave from Visakhapatnam at 06.30 am and from Koraput will leave at 08.10 am. He will also inspect the proposed alignment between Jeypore and Malkanagiri. Moreover,…

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Indian Railways to use aluminium for train coaches

Indian Railways will be inducting aluminium body coaches, and for that purpose the Modern Coach Factory (MCF)/Rae Bareli has signed a Transfer of Technology contract with M/s Dawonsys, South Korea for design, development, manufacturing and testing of aluminium body passenger coaches. The railways plan to procure 400 new generation Vande Bharat Train sets with better…

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NTPC CBT-1 results: ECoR opens outreach camps; railway minister urges aspirants not to indulge in unlawful activities

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has opened outreach camps to look into the concerns raised by the candidates in regard to the results of 1st Stage CBT of Centralised Employment Notification CEN 01/2019 of Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) issued by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). Indian Railways has formed a high-level committee to go…

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Railway minister inspects electronic interlocking system at Jharsuguda

Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the Jharsuguda Electronic Interlocking System along with Archana Joshi, general manager, SER & ECoR and other senior officials on his second day of his visit to Odisha’s Jharsuguda on Tuesday. The minister also inspected Jharsuguda station and suggested several passenger amenity measures. Vaishnaw had held a high-level review meeting…

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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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