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Railway Ministry approves Board Member Rahul Jain's voluntary retirement

Railway Ministry approved the application of voluntary retirement of Railway Board Member (Traction and Rolling Stock) Rahul Jain on Wednesday.The ministry has also decided to waive off the three-month notice period of Jain.The statement read, "The application dated 10.01.2022 submitted by Shri Rahul Jain, Member (Traction & Rolling Stock), Railway Board, seeking Voluntary Retirement from Service w.e.f 15.03.2022, with a request to waive off three months notice period has been considered and it has been decided with the approval of the President to accept the request for Voluntary Retirement of Shri Rahul Jain, w.e.f. 15.03.2022, subject to the condition that the officer shall not apply for commutation of a part of his pension, before the expiry of the notice of three months."According to sources, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had reprimanded Jain and asked to apply for voluntary retirement and he was sent on leave.

Dense fog affects visibility in capital, 13 Delhi-bound trains delayed

With a blanket of dense fog engulfing the national capital on Thursday morning leading to poor visibility, several Delhi-bound trains were delayed, informed the Northern Railway.According to the Northern Railway, 13 Delhi-bound trains are running late following a drop in visibility due to fog."About 13 trains running late for today, including Howrah-New Delhi Express, Puri-New Delhi Express, Gorakhpur-New Delhi Express, Mumbai-New Delhi Express, Kanpur -New Delhi Express," said CPRO, Northern Railways.As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius at 7 am today while the maximum is expected to touch 18 degrees Celsius.Moreover, the visibility in the Palam area of the national capital dropped to 50 metres today."Dense fog is being reported at 0830 hrs IST over Delhi (Palam 50m), Punjab (Amritsar 50m), Haryana (Karnal and Hissar 50m each), UP (Lucknow 50m), northwest MP (Gwalior 50m) Bihar(Patna and Gaya 50m), Sub .

All aspects related to Bengal train accident will be probed: Rly official

At least nine people were killed and 36 injured after 12 coaches of the train went off the rails on Thursday, near Domohani in Alipurduar subdivision of Northeast Frontier Railway

7 killed, 45 injured as Bikaner-Guwahati Express derails in Bengal

At least seven people were killed and more than 45 injured when 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailed and some overturned near Domohani in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district

5 killed, 45 injured as Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derails in Bengal

The accident occurred around 5 p.m. in an area under Alipurduar division of Northeast Frontier Railway

Vaishnav flags off 3 new trains in Lucknow, launches coaching complex

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday flagged off three new trains in Lucknow and inaugurated a new coaching complex at Gomti Nagar station

In 2020-21, Railways earned Rs 500 cr from Tatkal, premium Tatkal tickets

The Railways earned Rs 403 crore from tatkal ticket charges, an additional Rs 119 crore from premium tatkal tickets, and Rs 511 crore from dynamic fares during 2020-21

New code to book tickets for Jhansi Railway Station post name change

Passengers going to Jhansi Railway Station will now have to use 'VGLB' as code to book tickets instead of 'JHS', as per the changed name, a railways official said on Thursday

Railway coaches to Ayush clinics, India keeps beds ready with Omicron rise

The mainstream infrastructure has already been pushed into action, with hospitals now working to ramp up their Covid wards.

IRFC looking to diversify revenue streams, says CMD Amitabh Banerjee

IRFC is set to expand its wings with its plans of diversification and in line with the govt mandate, it can finance non-railway projects that have got a backward and/or a forward linkage with Railways

Maharajas' Express back on track, signals return of foreign tourists

The last trip for Maharajas' Express was in February 2021, and two more trips scheduled for March 2021 were cancelled to check the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

RINL flags off its first 51 loco wheels shipment to Indian Railways

The first dispatch of 51 loco wheels was flagged off to Lucknow workshop of the Indian Railways

Will do due diligence before resuming providing bedrolls: Railway Minister

The railways had last month restored some of its services that it had suspended in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

Railways to get Rs 20,000 crore in supplementary demand for grants

After Parliament approves the supplementary demand, the railways' budget will go up by Rs 40,575.93 crore

Railway ministry resumes consultation on private train operations

The consultations gained relevance after the Railway Board had to scrap the first bid round due to lacklustre participation

Kerala CM writes to PM Modi requesting sanction for Silver Line project

In his letter dated December 6, 2021, the CM has said that the Kerala government has already agreed to meet the entire land acquisition cost of Rs 13,700 crore

SC pulls up Railways for not protecting its property against encroachers

The top court was hearing two separate petitions which have raised issues related to the removal of encroachment from Railways land in Gujarat and Haryana

Railways to get Rs 20,000 cr in supplementary grants as capital expenditure

The total reworking of railway's budget though will be Rs 40,575.93 crore after the Supplementary Demand gets approved by Parliament.

75 trains cancelled as Cyclone Jawad expected to make landfall today

With the cyclonic storm, Jawad, expected to make landfall today, Indian Railways has cancelled around 36 trains that were scheduled to depart on December 4.These mostly include trains that were scheduled to depart from Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Howrah (West Bengal) and Puri (Odisha).Further, 38 trains scheduled to depart on December 5 and one on December 6 have also been cancelled as a precautionary measure.New Tinsukia-Bangalore Express (22502) from New Tinsukia on December 3 will run on a diverted route via Kharagpur-Jharsuguda-Ballaharsa instead of the Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam route.AK Satpathy, Divisional Railway Manager of East Coast Railway, which handle major parts of Odisha and Northern Andhra Pradesh, said, "Waltair Division of East Coast Railway is prepared to face the challenges posed by cyclone Jawad. We are in touch with the state government, SDRF, NDRF and other agencies. Our personnel are on alert and in full preparedness."As per the last bulletin released ..

70% dip in AC travel among railway passengers in 2020-21 due to Covid: Govt

The number of passengers travelling in air-conditioned coaches reduced by more than 70 per cent in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said