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  Indian Railways News  / Vigilance awareness week gets underway

MANGALORE: Observance of vigilance awareness week commenced at divisional office and field units of Palakkad railway division on Monday. This awareness week will be observed from October 29 to November 3. Piyush Agarwal, divisional railway manager, Palakkad administered the vigilance awareness pledge to officers and staff of divisional office on Monday. Posters and banners of anti-corruption slogans have been displayed in all important railway stations and offices to create awareness among public. Vigilance awareness week of this year is observed with the theme "Transparency in Public Procurement". Seminar, lectures, debates and essay competitions on anticorruption topics will be conducted for employees in the week.

  Indian Railways News  / CBI arrests two more in railway recruitment scam

A CBI team has arrested two persons in Bihar in connection with the multi-crore railway recruitment scam, said agency sources on Sunday. The CBI had registered a case following complaints of cheating from railway job aspirants who claimed they had paid Rs. 6 lakh each to secure aplacement. The gang cheated job aspirants across the country by issuing fake appointment letters after collecting a huge amount of money from them. The prime suspect was identified as Ramnath Singh, now in custody. He had invested crores of rupees, collected from the ‘recruits’, in a Bollywood film.Earlier, the Delhi police had arrested a software engineer, a graphic designer and an MBA graduate. Together they created a fake website of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Muzaffarpur, and duped over 400 candidates by offering them jobs.According to the police, the modus operandi of the gang was to lift roll numbers from the original website and then list them as the candidates who had qualified for jobs. They used to contact candidates who got convinced after seeing their names on the ‘forged’ website.

“Once the candidates fell into their trap, they collected money from them for appointment letters,” said an officer. The forged website had the name of Muzaffarpur to give an impression that it was the official website of the RRB, Muzaffarpur. Later, the board had to declare through advertisements - in a bid to make people aware of the ongoing fraud - that the forged website was not its official website.

  Indian Railways News  / Jakhar meets newly inducted ministers, expects increase in rail projects

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Congress Legislature Party leader in Punjab Sunil Jakhar today met newly inducted ministers in the union cabinet and congratulated them for having been entrusted with challenging assignments. He called upon Union cabinet minister of Railways Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Cabinet Minister of Law Ashwani Kumar Minister, State with Independent charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises K.H.Munniyappa and Ninag Ering, Minister of State for Minorities.   While congratulating Bansal on assuming august office of  Railway Minister , Jakhar said that now north and especially Punjab will see huge upside in railway projects and especially extension of Eastern freight corridor from Ludhiana to Amritsar and its early completion. He hoped that the railway network will also extend to border areas contiguous to Pakistan boundary especially to Abohar-Fazilka belt. He requested the minister to pay special attention to modernisation of railways in Punjab and major overhaul of the railway stations of Punjab which are in state of dilapidation. He drew attention of the minister to the huge demand of the people of Punjab for railway service to Mata Vaishno Devi. He hoped that very soon a direct railway link is established between Sri Ganganagar to Jammu & Katra via Abohar , Ferozpur and Jalandhar. Jakhar also met Union Cabinet Minister from Punjab Ashwani Kumar and congratulated him as representing Punjab in the union cabinet.Jakhar requested him to wield his influence in national social and economic policies to address to issues of unemployment and economic slump inflicting Punjab. He hoped that the issue of quality legal services to weaker sections of society will be addressed effectively. Minister of State of Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises (independent charge) K.H. Munniyappa warmly received Jakhar’s good wishes. He assured Jakhar that his concern about industrialisation  of Punjab will be fully addressed and that he will ensure that existing industry in Punjab is helped in best possible way to tide over the crisis inflicting them. Jakhar requested the Minister to work out package for under industrialized districts of Punjab and especially border districts of  Fazilka, Ferozpur, Tarantaran, Amritsar, Pathankot and Gurdaspur.

  Indian Railways News  / Passengers stranded for hours as loco pilots go on flash strike

Passengers of three trains, including the Guruvayur-Madurai Express and the Nellai-Mumbai Express, were stranded for hours at the railway junction here on Monday, after loco pilots and their assistants went on a flash strike.The railway staff were apparently protesting to press for a charter of demands, including increasing the rest hours for train drivers.Their flash stir hit passengers the worst as several persons were forced to wait for over two hours, without knowing the exact reason for the delay. Many of those who arrived at the station eventually cancelled their tickets.As the sudden strike was called by the loco running staff association affiliated to the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU), the Guruvayur-Chennai and Nellai-Mumbai trains were stranded at the Madurai Junction.  Usually, the Nellai -Guruvayur Express train arrives at the Madurai Junction at 11 am and departs at 11.10 am. But on Monday, the train was stationed here from 11 am to 1.20 pm.“We did not know why the train was stopping for two hours. Railway officials had not announced the reason. When we asked the travelling ticket examiners (TTE), they said that some of the staff had gone on a strike,” said Rajendran, who was on his way to Villupuram on the Guruvayur Express.Several agitated passengers then gathered before the railway officials’ rooms at the station. However, the offices of the station manager and his deputy were found to be locked. Though the railway officials reportedly sought the deployment of the Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force in view of the stir, no police personnel were seen at the spot. Ironically, RPF personnel were found deployed before the office of the Divisional Railway Manager.A police source said that only two women police personnel were on duty at the junction as all the personnel were deployed at Pasumpon in view of  Thevar Jayanthi.

Eventually, a  police team led by Deputy Commissioner R Thirunavukkarasu rushed to the station and pacified the passengers. Finally, the Guruvayur Express departed at 1.20 pm, while the Mumbai Express set out at 1.40 pm instead of 11.45 am. The Coimbatore passenger train left only after 2.10 pm.

Issue Will be Solved Through Talks: DRM

Meanwhile, Divisional Railway Manager Ajay Kant Rastogi told Express that the issues raised by the loco drivers would be solved amicably through talks. “A meeting will be conducted on November 2 to consider their demands,” the DRM said.

  Indian Railways News  / KONKAN RAILWAY INTRODUCES NON-MONSOON TIME TABLE W.E.F. 1st NOVEMBER 2012 | Konkan Railway

Konkan Railway has been following Monsoon Time - Table w.e.f. 15th June upto 31st October 2012 with a view to ensuring safety and punctuality as well as customer satisfaction, taking into account the heavy rain fall in Konkan and the Geo-graphical as well as Geo-logical condition of the Region.

With the off set of Rainy Season, it has now been decided to introduce Non - Monsoon Time Table for  Mail / Express and Passenger trains on Konkan Railway w.e.f. 1st November, 2012. The Passengers who have purchased their tickets in advance for their journey on and after 01/11/2012 on Konkan Railway stations are requested to kindly re-confirm the Arrival-Departure timings of trains.