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Catering Firm Found Violating Safety Norms By Cooking Food Using Cylinders On Poorva Express
Railway officials say the said firm was found flouting the contractual terms during an inspection by IRCTC officials earlier as well and a warning letter was issued to it but the firm failed to mend its ways.
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UK Parliament Approves Bill To Renationalise Rail Services
Legislation put forward by the UK's new Labour government to renationalise the country's rail services, most of which are privately owned, was on Wednesday given the go-ahead by parliament.
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No Bail For ABVP Activists Who Snatched Judge's Car To Take Man To Hospital
A court in Madhya Pradesh has denied bail to two ABVP activists arrested for allegedly forcibly taking a high court judge's car parked outside a railway station to rush an ailing man, who was the vice-chancellor of a private university, to a hospital
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4 Vehicles Burnt, Private Firm's Staff Assaulted By Maoists In Jharkhand
At least four vehicles were set on fire and employees of a private firm assaulted at a railway construction site by members of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Chandwa in Latehar adjoining Ranchi border on Monday evening, police said.
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Family Of Delhi Boy Who Drowned In Pit In 2013 To Get Rs 23 Lakh Aid
The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs 23 lakh as compensation to the family of a 12-year-old boy who died after drowning in a water-filled ditch dug up by a private contractor for work being carried out for the Northern Railway in 2013.
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Man Smashes Coworker's Head With Stone Over Affair With Ex-Girlfriend: Cops
Jealous over his former girlfriend's affair with his male colleague, a 25-year-old employee of a private bank in Mumbai allegedly killed him by smashing his head with a heavy stone, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.
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Centre Amends Law To Prevent Attachment Of Delhi Metro Assets
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has proposed to amend a section of the Metro Railways (Operation & Maintenance) Act 2002 to ensure that no attachment of properties or bank accounts or any assets of any metro rail can ever be carried out.
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Private Security Personnel Can Be Used For Airports, Railways: V K Singh
Union minister V K Singh on Saturday pointed out the dearth of trained security professionals in the country and urged the private security sector to fill the gap.
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Odisha: Guest Lecturer Moonlights As Porter For Education Of Poor Kids
Thirty-one-year-old Ch Nageshu Patro from Odisha's Ganjam district works as a guest lecturer in a private college during daytime and at night moonlights as a porter at Berhampur railway station.
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2 Arrested For Raping Engineering Student In UP's Sultanpur
On October 7 evening, the two men offered a lift to the 23-year-old student who was waiting outside Sultanpur railway station to catch a private jeep to Jaisinghpur.
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Indian Railways To Bid Out 16 Stations For Redevelopment Purposes
The railways will bid out 16 stations, including the Anand Vihar Terminal, under the public private partnership (PPP) model for redevelopment purposes with a tender being floated over the next two months.
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CBI Arrests Railway Engineer For Allegedly Taking Rs 1 Lakh Bribe
The CBI has arrested a principal chief mechanical engineer of Central Railways in Mumbai for allegedly receiving a Rs 1 lakh bribe for clearing bills of a Kolkata-based private company, officials said Tuesday.
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No Proposal For Running Trains By Private Operators, Says Minister
There is no proposal under consideration for the operation of passenger trains by private players, the railways informed Parliament Friday, years after the national transporter unveiled plans to hand over certain routes to private parties.
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Jupiter Wagons Enters Electric Mobility Market in Collaboration With EA GreenPower, to Launch Commercial EVs
Jupiter Wagons, manufacturer of wagons, high-speed brake systems, and railway and engineering equipment, is foraying into the electric mobility market with the launch of Jupiter Electric Mobility (JEM) focused on commercial EV vehicles, a statement said on Wednesday. The company has formed a joint venture with EA GreenPower Private Limited.
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Private Players Can Now Run Theme-Based Trains By Leasing Them From Railways
Private players can now run theme-based tourist circuit trains by leasing them from the railways with the freedom to fix fares and amenities under a new service, Bharat Gaurav, which was launched by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday.
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Catering Firm Found Violating Safety Norms By Cooking Food Using Cylinders On Poorva Express
Railway officials say the said firm was found flouting the contractual terms during an inspection by IRCTC officials earlier as well and a warning letter was issued to it but the firm failed to mend its ways.
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UK Parliament Approves Bill To Renationalise Rail Services
Legislation put forward by the UK's new Labour government to renationalise the country's rail services, most of which are privately owned, was on Wednesday given the go-ahead by parliament.
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No Bail For ABVP Activists Who Snatched Judge's Car To Take Man To Hospital
A court in Madhya Pradesh has denied bail to two ABVP activists arrested for allegedly forcibly taking a high court judge's car parked outside a railway station to rush an ailing man, who was the vice-chancellor of a private university, to a hospital
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4 Vehicles Burnt, Private Firm's Staff Assaulted By Maoists In Jharkhand
At least four vehicles were set on fire and employees of a private firm assaulted at a railway construction site by members of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Chandwa in Latehar adjoining Ranchi border on Monday evening, police said.
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Family Of Delhi Boy Who Drowned In Pit In 2013 To Get Rs 23 Lakh Aid
The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs 23 lakh as compensation to the family of a 12-year-old boy who died after drowning in a water-filled ditch dug up by a private contractor for work being carried out for the Northern Railway in 2013.
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Man Smashes Coworker's Head With Stone Over Affair With Ex-Girlfriend: Cops
Jealous over his former girlfriend's affair with his male colleague, a 25-year-old employee of a private bank in Mumbai allegedly killed him by smashing his head with a heavy stone, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.
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Centre Amends Law To Prevent Attachment Of Delhi Metro Assets
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has proposed to amend a section of the Metro Railways (Operation & Maintenance) Act 2002 to ensure that no attachment of properties or bank accounts or any assets of any metro rail can ever be carried out.
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Private Security Personnel Can Be Used For Airports, Railways: V K Singh
Union minister V K Singh on Saturday pointed out the dearth of trained security professionals in the country and urged the private security sector to fill the gap.
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Odisha: Guest Lecturer Moonlights As Porter For Education Of Poor Kids
Thirty-one-year-old Ch Nageshu Patro from Odisha's Ganjam district works as a guest lecturer in a private college during daytime and at night moonlights as a porter at Berhampur railway station.
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2 Arrested For Raping Engineering Student In UP's Sultanpur
On October 7 evening, the two men offered a lift to the 23-year-old student who was waiting outside Sultanpur railway station to catch a private jeep to Jaisinghpur.
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Indian Railways To Bid Out 16 Stations For Redevelopment Purposes
The railways will bid out 16 stations, including the Anand Vihar Terminal, under the public private partnership (PPP) model for redevelopment purposes with a tender being floated over the next two months.
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CBI Arrests Railway Engineer For Allegedly Taking Rs 1 Lakh Bribe
The CBI has arrested a principal chief mechanical engineer of Central Railways in Mumbai for allegedly receiving a Rs 1 lakh bribe for clearing bills of a Kolkata-based private company, officials said Tuesday.
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No Proposal For Running Trains By Private Operators, Says Minister
There is no proposal under consideration for the operation of passenger trains by private players, the railways informed Parliament Friday, years after the national transporter unveiled plans to hand over certain routes to private parties.
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Jupiter Wagons Enters Electric Mobility Market in Collaboration With EA GreenPower, to Launch Commercial EVs
Jupiter Wagons, manufacturer of wagons, high-speed brake systems, and railway and engineering equipment, is foraying into the electric mobility market with the launch of Jupiter Electric Mobility (JEM) focused on commercial EV vehicles, a statement said on Wednesday. The company has formed a joint venture with EA GreenPower Private Limited.
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Private Players Can Now Run Theme-Based Trains By Leasing Them From Railways
Private players can now run theme-based tourist circuit trains by leasing them from the railways with the freedom to fix fares and amenities under a new service, Bharat Gaurav, which was launched by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday.
