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IRFC to remain post rail budget merger
Indian Railway Finance Corporation is a dedicated financing arm that helps raise money from the market to partly finance the plan outlay of Indian Railways
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Top events today: New train timings, GST anniversary, RTGS charges, & more
From new Indian Railways train timings to GST anniversary, here are some of the most important news events scheduled for today
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Railway Protection Force to recruit 4,500 women constables: Piyush Goyal
Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi said the recruitment process is going on
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Railways may need 1.7 mn tonne rails in FY20, SAIL to supply 1.35 mn tonne
SAIL has been supplying less rails against the order placed by the Railways for the last four financial years
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Mumbai and Howrah Rajdhani trains to travel at 160 kmph, reduce travel time
The official said that this is one of the 11 proposals prepared by the railways in its 100-day plan
Railways set to hive off production units in corporatisation drive
As part of the 100-day strategy, the board is also planning re-development of at least 50 stations out of a total of 500
Pvt operators may run Rajdhani, Shatabdi, passenger trains on select routes
In its strategy for New India released in 2018, Niti Aayog had advocated for more private participation ownership of locomotives and rolling stock and modernising railway stations
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Private PR professionals to soon drive railways' publicity campaign
The teams will be formulating strategies for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms
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Railways drops plan to offer massage services to passengers on trains
The massage facility was to be made available in 39 trains originating from Indore
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Massage on trains: BJP MP says it's against Indian culture, writes to Goyal
A railway official had said on June 8 that the railways was readying to begin the facility in the next couple of weeks in 39 trains departing from Indore
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Massage service on train: Railways also plans to hire female professionals
Indian Railways on Saturday announced massage services for passengers that would be made available in 39 trains deporting from Indore
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Coming soon: Railways to offer head and foot massages for passengers
The service will commence in the next 15-20 days. However, massage services will not be available during night hours between 10 pm to 6 am.
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Indian Railways improves operating ratio by a tad to 97.3% in FY19
NTPC paid transporter Rs 10,000 crore as freight advance; Concor Rs 3,000 crore
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Govt to divest 25% in RailTel, invites bids from merchant bankers for IPO
The government has budgeted to raise Rs 90,000 crore through PSU divestment in the current fiscal, compared to Rs 84,972 crore raised in 2018-19.
Data modification helps govt add miles to Railways' electrification drive
According to the data available with railways, from 2010-11 to 2013-14, only 2,617 rkm had been electrified, as compared to 8,411 rkm in the next four years
Railway theft sees five-fold increase in past decade with 171,000 cases
As many as 14,301 cases were registered in 2014, 12,261 in 2013, 9,292 in 2012, 9,653 in 2011, 7,549 in 2010 and 7,010 in 2009
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Why Railways' target of electrifying 28,000 km of tracks is a tough ask
Official data shows, the national transporter electrified 8,411 RKM between 2014-15 and 2017-18, compared to just 2,617 km added in the previous four years
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20 passengers ill after eating rail food in Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani
A railway spokesperson said doctors at Gomoh station attended to those taken ill and all of them are stable
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Railways post best safety figures in four decades, shows data till March
During 2018-2019, the number of accidents took at 59, with 37 deaths and 108 injured
Microsoft to help Railways connect employees with healthcare services
Tech giant Microsoft Thursday said Indian Railways will use its 'Kaizala' solution to connect employees across the country with quality healthcare facilities. Microsoft had launched Kaizala - a productivity app - designed for the Indian market to enable large group communications and work management. "Microsoft Kaizala app will enable serving and retired railway employees to avail healthcare services of 125 railway and 133 private recognised hospitals. The Kaizala group, managed by doctors from South Central Railways will be complemented with focused groups of doctors, paramedical staff and nurses," Microsoft said in a statement. Rajiv Kumar, Corporate Vice President (Experiences & Devices Group) at Microsoft, said Kaizala is a perfect fit for Indian Railways. "We are optimistic that our experience of working with large scale customers across private and government sectors will help us serve millions of railway employees effectively," he added. On registering for the healthcare ..
