An exercise meant to ensure proper “security” for passengers left a Delhi Metro commuter with a bitter experience. His bag containing jewellery worth Rs.50 lakh was stolen from the baggage screening machine installed at a station here.The CCTV cameras installed at the Chandni Chowk metro station have captured the footage...
MUMBAI: The Konkan Railway (KR) has installed bio-toilets on platforms at two stations, a first-of-its-kind initiative on Indian Railways. The toilets have come up at Chiplun and Kankavli stations on the KR route.
The railways adopted the bio-digester technology used in the toilets from the Defence Research & Development Organization...
As its continued efforts towards promoting green solutions and providing eco-friendly transport solutions, Konkan Railway has taken a major step towards bio-degradation of night soil (human mull) by installing Bio-Toilets on its route. Konkan Railway is the first railway in the country to have Bio-Toilets on railway station platforms. The...
A motorman's mistake resulted in a pile-up that took hours to get cleared.
Despite clear skies on Wednesday, services on the Western line were disrupted yet again, when one of the trains jumped the signal and ended up damaging the track equipment near Borivali. The incident resulted in a pile up...
Efforts have been made in Vadodara to safely bring back pilgrims from Uttarakhand, who are caught in nature's fury. Anxious relatives and concerned tour operators of Vadodara-based pilgrims in Uttarakhand met the district collector Wednesday seeking intervention in arranging special trains from Haridwar to Vadodara via Delhi for those stuck...
Railways on Wednesday decided to press into service special trains to rescue people stranded due to the flash floods at Haridwar, Rishikesh and other areas.Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has instructed the Railway Board to do whatever possible to rescue people from the flood affected areas, said a senior Railway Ministry...
Southern Railway will introduce two new trains, the Manamadurai-Chennai Egmore Silambu Express and the Velankanni Express between Chennai Egmore and Velankanni on Saturday.
The bi-weekly train was announced in the Railway budget 2013-14.
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will flag off the Silambu Express at Manamadurai railway station at 8.15 p.m. in...
New Delhi : Mallikarjun Kharge assumed charge as the Union Minister of Railways here on Wednesday.Immediately after assuming the office, Kharge was briefed by Railway Board chairman Vinay Mittal, board members and senior officials on various important issues concerning the Railway Ministry, including the priority areas.Prior to this, Kharge was...
Newly-appointed Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge took charge of his portfolio Wednesday, a statement said.Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal briefed him on various important issues concerning the ministry including the priority areas, said the statement.Kharge was given the charge during the latest cabinet reshuffle Monday. He earlier held charge of labour...
As already observed by our Admins Jay Shah & Nazeer in prior posts [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/735925] and [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/734351] , the Seat Availability Check, Search and Availability Calendar have now been implemented. The feature is an amalgamation of numerous suggestions put forward by our members/Admins over the past few months. Hearty thanks to...
A new class of members called "Forum Monitor" has been introduced. These members will have free rein to Delete Posts, Suspend Members and Archive Blogs. The defining characteristics of these members is:
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2. They are NOT active bloggers, and so not emotionally involved.
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The following modifications are being made in the Forum:
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1. The Opinion box will now show a detailed list of Members who provided the rating. When you click on Great, Thanks, Useful or Agree, a box will open up beneath displaying the names. When you hover over the respective member names,...
Further elucidation on UnAnswered and Popular tabs.
UnAnswered:
Only posts tagged with "Travel Question" within the last 7 days are candidates for the UnAnswered tab. Other general comments may not necessarily deserve a reply. If members miscategorize their genuine questions as something else - Rail/Travel, etc. - they will have to...
Members mark your calendars. The first online IRI Quiz Contest will be held on Sunday, Feb 3 @ 8pm IST. Some points:
1. You would need a modern mobile or desktop browser. No Opera Mini. You would need to ensure that you have good internet connectivity.
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2. NO easy questions. 20 medium...
As per the suggestion presented [here|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/615661] , a new experimental feature is being introduced today.
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At the top of the member profile, you will see a new link "Block Member" (see pic). If you block any member, they will NOT be able to reply within Blog Entries started by you, OR...
This is a new feature showing the full history of past edits to this Blog Post. All members will now be able to Edit and refine their past and future Blog Posts with NO time limit.
plz inform how many tatkal seat available for 2AC/3AC from howrah to vadodara on 15th June.
This is a new feature showing the full history of past edits to this Blog Post. All members will now be able to Edit and refine their past and future Blog Posts with NO time limit.
This is a new feature showing the full history of past edits to this Blog Post. All members will now be able to Edit and refine their past and future Blog Posts with NO time limit.
