RailXpert | Corruption charges haunt GM/NFR Virdi, CVC serves Charge Sheet on : August 27, 2013 - 23:57:41 PM |
Guwahati: The General Manager of North East Frontier Railway (NFR) Ranjit Singh Virdi has come under the scanner of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for his alleged involvement in a three-year-old case related to irregularities in procurement of perfume dispensers for air conditioned coaches. |
RailXpert | CR should begin services from Karjat to CST via Panvel on : August 27, 2013 - 23:57:47 PM |
It is high time for the Central Railway to start thinking about every node. There is a single track already laid from Karjat to Panvel which is currently used for only one outstation train and goods’ trains. |
nikhilndls | Accused arrested in American woman attack case on : August 28, 2013 - 00:00:03 AM |
Eight days after an American woman was allegedly attacked and robbed inside a moving suburban train, Railway Police today claimed to have cracked the case, with the arrest of a drug addict from Masjid Bunder in south Mumbai."Accused Rajkumar Tiwari (31), a drug addict, was picked up from outside the Masjid Bunder railway station yesterday on suspicion during a combing operation. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime, following which he was placed under arrest last night," said B Shirsath, Deputy Police Commissioner of the Government Railway Police (GRP).Tiwari, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was produced before a court which remanded him in police custody till August 30, the officer said adding that the mobile phone that was robbed from the victim was yet to be recovered.Police said that the Tiwari had slashed the neck and cheek Michelle Marks, a US national, when she refused to part with her i-Phone while travelling in a first-class ladies' compartment of a Borivali-bound local train at about 5 pm on August 18. |
puneetmafia | Firozabad rail disaster on : August 28, 2013 - 00:00:17 AM |
Firozabad rail disaster |
nikhilndls | SCR Honours Nine Employess with “Men of the Month Award” for Commendable Service in Safety on : August 28, 2013 - 00:00:41 AM |
South Central Railway has introduced a system of recognizing and awarding its employees for their exemplary work in ensuring safety of train operations from the month July, 2013. Nine employees were selected as Men of the Month-July, 2013 and they were awarded at a function held at Zonal Railway Training Institute (ZRTI), Moula Ali today (27th July, 2013). Shri S.P. Sahu, Chief Safety Officer, SCR was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Shri John Prasad, Chief Traffic Manager (General & Strategic Planning), SCR and Shri Satyanarayana, Principal, Zonal Railway Training Institute, Moula Ali were present. Safety officers, Trainees / teaching faculties of ZRTI and Safety Counselors attended the function in large number. |
messanger | Onam & Velankanni Special Trains – September 2103 on : August 28, 2013 - 00:00:56 AM |
Southern Railway will run special trains on the occasion of the Onam festival in September 2013 from Chennai to all destinations in Kerala and also to Nagercoil and Tirunelveli. South Western Railway and Central Railway will run special trains from Vasco – Hubli – Bangalore and Mumbai respectively to Velankanni for the Velankanni festival on August 28 2013 while SR will run a special from Nagercoil to Velankanni. Click on the train number to view detailed timetable |
irmafia | Kozhikode Rly station to get 3 lifts and an escalator to help the disabled and the elderly on : August 28, 2013 - 00:01:01 AM |
In a step to make travel a pleasant experience for the disabled and the elderly, lifts and an escalator will start operating at the city railway station in the first week of September. |
greatindian | Indian Railway renumbers trains starting September 1 on : August 28, 2013 - 02:56:37 AM |
MANGALORE: Indian Railways has renumbered six trains including the Chennai Egmore - Mangalore Central - Chennai daily express. Train numbers 16107/16108 Chennai Egmore - Mangalore Central - Chennai (daily) express will be re-numbered as 16859/16860 with effect from September 1. Train numbers 16865/16866 Karaikal - Ernakulam - Karaikal (daily) express will be renumbered as 16187/16188 with effect from September 1.Train number 12653 Puducherry - Mangalore Central (weekly) express will be renumbered as train number 16857 with effect from September 7 and train number 12654 Manglore Central - Puducherry express will be renumbered as train 16858 with effect from September 8. Train numbers 16857/16858 will run via Coimbatore Junction and will not stop at Podanur. Extension of these trains to Puducherry from and to Tiruchchirappalli will be notified later.Train 12998/12997 Hapa - Tirunelveli - Hapa (bi-weekly) express will be renumbered as 19578/19577 with effect from November 1 and 4 respectively. |
puneetmafia | UNESCO extends help to restore Darjeeling Himalayan Railway on : August 28, 2013 - 02:56:40 AM |
Mamata Banerjee had promised that Darjeeling would become the Switzerland of India, but the authorities have even failed to restore some of its well-known attractions like service of iconic Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) or popularly known Toy Train -- which is in the UNESCO’s world heritage list. With the concerned authorities passing the buck and failing to restore the 80-km toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, which is only partially operational following a landslide back in 2010, UNESCO has now decided to come to its rescue. Besides a reminder to the Railway ministry in the form of an official letter suggesting that it has not done enough to maintain its status within the World Heritage List, UNESCO has also offered to provide $600,000 to restore the toy train service. An agreement is this regard is likely to be signed in the coming month. “There was a communication from UNESCO recently. There can be no denying of the fact that the Toy train service needs to be completely restored as soon as possible,” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, minister of state for railways, said. The train, which covers an 88-kilometre stretch originally passed through places like Siliguri, Sukna, Tindharia, Gayabari, Mahanadi, Kurseong, Tung, Sonada and Ghum. The DHR, which started in 1881, was included in the World Heritage Site list by UNESCO in 1999. But since the landslide in June 2010, the train operates only in parts – Siligudi to Tindharia and Kurseong to Darjeeling. North Eastern Frontier Railways, which operates the service, however, blames the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. “The National Highway-55 that runs alongside the track was also damaged during the landslides. Unless that is completed, we can not restore the train-route,” a spokesperson of the North Eastern Frontier Railways said. According to the district administration of Darjeeling, the restoration of road service is on the verge of completion. When asked about the blame game, Chowdhury promised to look into the matter. “We will do everything possible, what would be best for the early restoration of Toy Train service. I am personally looking into the matter so that there is more co-ordination between the authorities,” he said. Incidentally, since the disruption of services in 2010, Mamata Banerjee, Dinesh Trivedi and Mukul Roy have been at the helm of Rail Bahawan -- all from Bengal and TMC – the party which promised to turn Darjeeling into Switzerland. Perhaps, a helping hand from UNESCO may encourage Railways to take up the long-ignored task |
Mafia | CVC favours penalty against NFR GM for alleged irregularities on : August 28, 2013 - 02:56:46 AM |
The Central Vigilance Commission has recommended minor penalty against General Manager of North East Frontier Railway Ranjit Singh Virdi for alleged role in a three-year-old case related to irregularities in procurement of perfume dispensers for air conditioned coaches. The Commission has favoured imposition of minor penalty, which may include censure, withholding of increment of pay and promotion, recovery from pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to government, against Virdi, official sources said. The Vigilance Directorate under the Ministry of Railways had initiated an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in purchase of perfume dispensers on the basis of a media report in 2010, the sources said. After completion of inquiry, the report was sent to the CVC recommending minor penalty against Virdi for his alleged involvement in the case. Acting on the Railways Ministry's vigilance department report, the CVC issued the charge sheet against the official and sought his response as to why minor penalty should not be imposed against him, they said. Virdi has, however, denied his involvement in the case. "So I have also heard (about imposition of penalty). I was not involved in the case," Virdi told PTI. He also called as "incorrect" the advice by Railways Vigilance department of imposing minor penalty against him, which was later confirmed by the CVC. "It is an incorrect advice," said Virdi, a 1972 batch officer of Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME). Virdi was appointed General Manager of NFR, one of the 16 zonal railways whose headquarters is in Guwahati, in June last year. |
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