Another Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official has been arrested by the Mumbai Police less than a month after the collapse of a foot-over-bridge near Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station, taking the number of arrests so far to three. Six people were killed in the incident on March 15. Anil Patel worked Read More
Another Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official has been arrested by the Mumbai Police less than a month after the collapse of a foot-over-bridge near Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station, taking the number of arrests so far to three. Six people were killed in the incident on March 15. Anil Patel worked with Read More
The Election Commission of India has served notice to the Ministry of Railways after social media users reported that tea was being served on a Shatabdi train in paper cups with PM Modi’s campaign line, “Main Bhi Chowkidar (I’m also watchman)”, printed on them, news agency ANI reported. The poll body has asked the Railway Read More
Air India Friday was again found to be using boarding passes carrying photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, days after the national carrier decided to roll back such passes amid criticism over alleged poll code violation. On Friday evening, a passenger who took an Air India flight from Madurai Read More
IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, the ticketing arm of the Indian Railways, offers passengers the facility of filing a TDR (Ticket Deposit Receipt) for cancellation of e-tickets. A TDR can be filed after the preparation of reservation charts, according to IRCTC’s website – irctc.co.in. TDR is meant for individuals who do not take up a journey Read More
RRB Group D Result: Various RRCs or Railways Recruitment Cells have started releasing the RRB Group D result for the Physical Efficiency Test or PET held this month. The RRB Group D PET result which has the shortlist of the candidates who have been selected for the Document Verification (DV) is available on the official websites of Read More
The RRB ALP scorecards for 2nd computer based test (CBT) have been released online. Earlier the RRBs notified the ALP result time to be 6.30 pm. Candidates who took the exam in January- February can download the ALP result from the official websites of the railway recruitment boards (RRB). The provisional score and question paper with responses and Read More
The foot overbridge collapse on Thursday evening in Mumbai near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station, which killed six people and injured dozens, has yet again reminded Mumbaikars of the civic mess in an overcrowded city. The bridge collapsed at around 7:30 pm and more than 40 people may have fallen from the Read More
Six people were killed and at least 33 were injured when a foot overbridge near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station in Mumbai collapsed on Thursday evening. One team from Regional Response Center (RRC), Mumbai, was rushed to the spot immediately, news agency ANI reported, quoting the National Disaster Response Force. “Foot over bridge Read More
For as many as 1 lakh vacancies, the railway recruitment cells (RRC) will begin the online registration process next week. This is the first recruitment drive of railways to be conducted under the aegis of the RRCs. RRC will conduct the recruitment along with the physical efficiency test of group D posts advertised through CEN Read More
A minor fire broke out in the transformer of a coach of the Vande Bharat Express, sources said today, making it the latest in a series of incidents plaguing India’s fastest train. No one was injured in the incident. Even before its first commercial run on February 15, the train’s windows were damaged by stones Read More
Metro Railway services were disrupted for more than an hour today this morning after sparks were seen flying from the third rail near Dumdum station, an official said. According to Kolkata Metro spokesperson Indrani Banerjee, the sparks were noticed at 8.25 am when a down train from Noapara was approaching the Dumdum station. “Power supply Read More
During his visit to Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today introduced several road and railway projects worth crores of rupees that will help reduce carbon footprint and cut down on travel time. At an event near Chennai, PM Modi inaugurated projects in Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram and Tirupur districts through video conferencing. Chief Minister K Read More
Protesting farmers in Punjab who had blocked the Amritsar-Delhi rail track over the last two days called off their agitation today, police said, after the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The agitation led to the cancellation of 38 trains and diversion of 11 trains, officials said. A petition seeking the removal of Read More
Pakistani authorities on Monday restored the Samjhauta Express services between Lahore and Delhi, days after the train was suspended due to tense bilateral ties. The train departs on every Monday and Thursday from Lahore. The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported. In New Delhi, Railways officials Read More
Railway Recruitment Board or RRB will release the RRB Group D result soon on the official websites. According to an official statement from Indian Railways, the list of candidates shortlisted for Physical Efficiency Test or PET, the next stage of RRB Group D recruitment process, based on their performance in the exam held in RRB Ajmer, RRB Mumbai, Read More
Angry over being challaned, three persons, including an auto-taxi driver union leader, allegedly thrashed a traffic police constable New Delhi railway station, police said Thursday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the 33-year-old traffic constable Satish Kumar was returning to his home in a DTC bus after duty from Ajmeri Gate point. Around Read More
Ministry of Railways is going to launch a massive recruitment drive to fill up its vacancies in various categories of posts which are essential for smooth and safe running of trains. An Indicative Notice has already been published in Employment News on the forthcoming recruitment. Indian Railways has over 1.3 lakh vacancies in different departments Read More
The Northern Railway on Friday renamed Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sikar Express as Sainik Express. A tweet from Northern Railway said that train number 14021 /14022 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Sikar Express has been named as Sainik Express. Last month, a Shiv Sena parliamentarian had demanded that Dadar metro rail station, which is coming up near the party’s headquarters, Read More
The railway recruitment board (RRB) Allahabad has recommended 148 candidates for Goods Guard post in North Central Railway. In the said post, advertised under CEN 03/ 2015 category 4 for NTPC posts, 49 candidates have also been recommended for the Northern Railways. “…are provisionally empanelled for the post of Goods Guard (Cat-4) in the Replacement Panels Read More
