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On This Day in History, June 10: Troy falls, Italy enters WWII, Jurassic Park premieres, Thatcher wins for 3rd time, FIFA World Cup opens and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 10 witnessed events that ranged from the legendary destruction of Troy and the birth of Gothic architecture to...
Jawaharlal Nehru obstructed Somnath temple reconstruction but Vallabhbhai Patel's firm resolve prevailed: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath alleged that Jawaharlal Nehru obstructed the Somnath temple's reconstruction and advised Presi...
‘Furnace’, ‘human oven’: Why people are worried about non-AC local trains with closed doors in hot and humid MumbaiMumbai is introducing India's first non-AC suburban train with automatic sliding doors, a safety upgrade following a fatal accident. The ne...
Parliamentary Committee flags termination of contracts in RLDA leasesThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways has highlighted the cancellation of contracts in Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) pr...
Restore fare concessions offered to senior citizens in railways: Arvind Kejriwal to PM ModiDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the fare concessions offered to senior citizens by t...
Standing committee flags under utilisation of funds by Indian RailwaysThe committee recommended that the Railways should honour the aspirations of the government and intensify their efforts for optimally utili...
Parliament panel recommends resumption of senior citizen concession in rail fareThese concessions were granted in fares of all classes of Mail/Express/Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/Duranto group of trains but were withdrawn on Mar...
Parliament panel raises concern over pace of Vande Bharat train production"The Committee while expressing their concern to find that out of 35 rakes of Vande Bharat planned for the year 2022-23, only 08 rakes have...
Railways gave Rs 59,837 crore subsidy on passenger tickets in 2019-20: Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe minister said concessions on top of this subsidy are still being provided to many categories such as divyangjans, students and patients...
Railways' e-ticketing upgrade in the worksThis information was shared in the action taken by the government on the observations or recommendations contained in the eighth report of ...
Railways should consider increasing revenues through remunerative projects: Parl panelAlso, while the responsibility of running Bharat Gaurav trains may be given to another service provider, the monitoring mechanism should re...
Parliamentary panel recommends separate rail safety fundStanding Committee on Railways in its latest report tabled in Parliament has recommended to review the current structure of Railway Board a...
Panel for separate railways safety fundIt said 107 rail accidents were reported during 2015-16 due to collision, derailment, fire in trains and mishaps at level crossings, thus "...
Setting up of several expert committees by Railways questioned by parliamentary committeePublic money which has gone into the setting up and working of the committees was being squandered when their recommendations are not imple...
Parliamentary panel favours enhancing gross budgetary support to Railways"The committee, therefore, desires the Railway Ministry pursue the matter purposively with the FMin and state govts for such projects," it ...
Railways panel recommends more double decker trainsSouthern Railway had recently introduced Chennai-Bangalore double decker service which has been well-received by passengers.
- Railways asked to achieve 12th Plan target
Taking note of Railways' poor performance during Eleventh Plan, a parliamentary panel has asked it to ensure that targets fixed for raising...
- Cleanliness at rly stations far from satisfactory: Par panel
Expressing concern over unhygienic condition at rail premises, a parliamentary panel today said cleanliness of stations and trains is "far ...
- Baalu joins issue with Jaya over continuing in Parliamentary committee
Joining issue with Jayalalithaa, T R Baalu said that appointments to par committee were made by presiding officers of both LS and RS.
- Parliament's Standing Committee on Railways for speedy installation of Anti-Collision Devices to prevent train mishaps
The Standing Committee on Railways has felt that the pace of installing the anti-collision device (ACD) is "not satisfactory".