With mounting complaints regarding quality of food served and cartels holding sway over the catering business, the ministry of railways on Friday shifted the blame on its wholly-owned subsidiary Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for the mess in catering management in trains and stations to justify the move of introducing a new catering [...]

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East Coast Railway would run 227 including 34 special trains to Puri during the fete. To cater to the needs of the huge pilgrim crowd 25 special ticket booking counters, besides the regulars would be made operational. Twenty close circuit security cameras would be installed at a number of stations to monitor the pilgrim crowd.

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Saturday’s rain partially disrupted road traffic and train services on Western and Central line. The Met department recorded a rainfall of 26.13 mm. While eastern suburbs received 21.85mm of rainfall, the western part recorded 10.98 mms of rain fall. The Met department reported that from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Colaba recorded 86.6 mm of [...]

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With the opposition parties calling ‘Bharat bandh’ tomorrow to protest against the price rise, Mumbai police has geared up and will put entire strength of the police force on the city’s streets to avert any untoward incident in Mumbai. ” I appeal people to come out. We have taken all security measures to ensure no [...]

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The services of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), also known as Toy Train, has been suspended due to a landslide in the hills, disappointing hundreds of tourists coming here from different parts of the country. The landslide took place on the National Highway 55 severely damaging the narrow gauge track on which the train runs. But [...]

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