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Right to walk, but where? Supreme Court ruling shines light on Delhi's footpathsDelhi's Supreme Court ruling declares walking on footpaths a fundamental right, yet citizens face daily struggles with damaged, missing, or...- 8th Pay Commission latest update: Railway technical staff seek multiple fitment factors, higher HRA, pay fixRailway technical supervisors have put forward significant demands to the 8th Pay Commission. Key proposals include a Rs 52,000 minimum sal...
- Indian Railways' safety measures yield results: 58% drop in signalling failures contribute to sharp decline in accidentsIndian Railway is continuously modernizing current infrastructure of its signalling system to improve reliability. Electronic Interlocking ...
- She lost her husband in a train accident; 23 years later, what the SC did to help her will surprise youAfter a 23-year legal battle, the Supreme Court ensured a Bihar widow receives compensation for her husband's 2002 train accident death. Ov...
- Father dies after falling from overcrowded train, Railways denies compensation; wife and son file case in Supreme Court and wins Rs 8 lakhA father tragically died after falling from an overcrowded train to Ujjain. The Railways initially denied compensation, citing a lack of ti...
- RPF personnel can be treated as 'workman' for compensation purposes: SCA bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Manoj Misra dismissed an appeal filed by a commanding officer of the Railway Protection Special Force...
- Foul smell in Odisha train coach coming from rotten eggs, not human bodies: RailwaysFollowing the complaint, the railways with the help of the state government conducted a search.
- Railways hikes relief from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 8 lakh in case of deathIn case the person is seriously injured like loss of hand and foot, then he would also get the same amount of Rs eight lakh as compensation.
- After 19 years, Railways doubles compensation to rail accident victimsThe compensation for 34 other kinds of injuries has also been doubled to Rs 7.2 lakh-Rs 64000 now from the earlier levels.
- Railways, insurance companies in talks to provide cover to passengersPreliminary discussions have been held with these seven public and private insurance companies on February 9, but no decision has been take...
- 271 train mishaps between April 2012 to November 2015: GovernmentOut of these, Sinha said, 190 accidents were due to the failure of railway staff while 29 happened on account of failure on part of people ...
- Inflation on rise, revise compensation for rail accidents: Delhi High CourtA public interest litigation filed by Sethu Niket through advocate Esha Mazumdar told the HC that the compensation amount was fixed more th...
- Railways told to hold more discussions before amending its compensation normsA parliamentary committee has asked the Railways Ministry to hold detailed discussion with various stakeholders before introducing the amen...
- Train-van collision: Railways announce compensationRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu today termed as "unfortunate" the death of five children in a train-school van collision at an unmanned rail...
- New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidentsMore rail passengers die due to falls from trains than collisions or derailments, and a new law is all set to make it much harder to claim ...
- Inquiry ordered into Gorakhdham train mishapRailways ordered an inquiry into the Gorakhdham train mishap in UP and announced compensation for the next of the kin of those killed and t...
- Railways face backlog of about 500 compensation claim casesRailways face a backlog of about 500 cases of compensation claims related to accidents pending with various claims tribunals across the cou...
- Indian Railways incur high losses due to accidents and no insurance coverIndian Railways has exposed itself to high losses during accidents since it has stopped buying insurance cover that is mandated by law in m...
- Railways won't renew accident cover policyIndian Railways have not renewed the insurance cover bought from general insurers that shielded passengers against injuries or death in cas...
- Reliance bid's lowest for Railway insuranceReliance General Insurance has emerged as the lowest bidder for providing accident insurance cover to millions of passengers travelling on ...
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