Movement of several trains will be affected under Chakradharpur division in view of non-interlocking work at Jharsuguda passenger yard in connection with the third line work and signalling work in South Eastern Railway. The traffic will be disrupted for four days. SER has issued notification to cancel several trains. As per the orders, the 18106 […]
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SC junks plea seeking review of judgment upholding Arbitral Award to Anil Ambani Group
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking review of its judgement which upheld the 2017 arbitration award of around Rs 4,600 crore in favour of Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL), enforceable against it.A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra […]
Railway suspends several trains due to cyclone Jawad
In the wake of the Jawad cyclone, the Indian Railway has cancelled several trains on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which will impact the train service in Jharkhand also. The cyclone has hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh primarily According to the notification issued by the East Central railway, the following seven trains under its jurisdiction have […]
SC directs DMRC to get forest clearance for tree felling
Observing that implementation of phase IV of metro expansion may be a further threat to the ecology of Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to get forest clearance under the Forest Conservation Act for felling of trees. DMRC has identified over 10,000 trees for felling for the expansion work of […]
DMRC unveils first refurbished train after first-ever mid-life overhaul of old coaches
In a first-ever mid-life overhaul of its old rolling stock, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday unveiled its first refurbished train which was introduced into service 14 years ago as part of its Phase-I network. This exercise is part of a special drive undertaken by the Delhi Metro to retrofit and upgrade to […]
Passengers create ruckus at Daltonganj after missing Rajdhani Express
Around a dozen passengers who missed boarding the 12453 Up Ranchi Delhi Rajdhani express train on Sunday night at the Daltonganj railway station created a chaotic, threatening and volatile scene at the platform in sheer reaction to missing their train. Railway officials were abused and insulted. Tempers ran high. Their relatives who had come to […]
Jagdalpur-Kirandul train services resumed
Train services between Jagdalpur and Kirandul were restored on Sunday after repairing the railway track near village Bhansi Masapara in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. Nineteen wagons and three locomotives of a goods train derailed on the Kirandul-Visakhapatnam railway section in Dantewada after Naxalites uprooted tracks between village Bhansi Masapara and Jhirka. No casualty was reported in […]
Pradhan thanks PM, Rail Min on Talcher-B’garh line developmqent
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for fast-tracking much-talked-about Talcher-Bimalagarh rail line. Pradhan said that 840-meter tunnel work of the railway line at Brauan hills is almost complete. The 147.78-km line, on its completion, would strengthen the rail network in mining areas. The project with […]
Driverless train on Metro Pink Line to be inaugurated on November 25
Delhi Metro’s driverless train operations’ on the 57-km Pink Line of the Delhi Metro is all set to be inaugurated on November 25. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot will inaugurate it via video-conferencing, slated to be held at 11:30 am, the DMRC said on […]
Rlys to run 150 Bharat Gaurav trains to promote tourism, culture
In a step towards further corporatisation of the railways, the Centre on Tuesday announced a dedicated train service to ‘promote and enhance’ the tourism and culture of the country by putting in a set of about 150 theme-based trains called Bharat Gaurav trains. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said these trains could be run both by […]
Rlys withdraws saffron attire after seers’ threat
The dress code of the service staff onboard the Ramayan Express, run by the Indian Railways with much fanfare, has undergone a complete change after saints from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh took exception to their saffron attire and rudraksh mala, terming it an insult to Hindu religion and threatening to stop the train in Delhi. […]
Keep rail tracks free of defecation: NGT
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Railway to ensure that tracks are not used for defecation and waste water disposal from habitation nearby. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said private agencies hired for catering or for sanitary management should not dispose waste other than at designated places. “It needs […]