The first two coaches that rolled out from the Railway Coach Factory in Kapurthala also have fixtures coated with titanium dioxide and the provision for plasma air equipment in AC ducts to sterilise interiors using ionised air. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also indicated that the new coaches could be the new normal.
The SP said the protesters also pelted stones, injuring four jawans, adding that police had to lob tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
In the fire exchange, Naik Muddasar Ahmed was grievously injured when mortar shells landed on his bunker, the spokesman said, adding that he was evacuated to the medical room where he succumbed to injuries.
Railways has made windfall gains with the introduction of dynamic fares in the special Rajdhani type trains in the Delhi-Mumbai sector, which saw up to a 30 per cent jump in fares in AC-2 and 35 per cent in AC-3.
One person was killed in blasts on Saturday. ULFA denies hand in the blasts.
The move is line with the railway ministry's efforts to compete with low-cost airlines.
Railways is looking at similar light weight type trains for speedy run on the existing network
Disposable linen in Rajdhani trains, automatic closing doors in Shatabdi and fire suppression system in passenger coaches are some of the proposals set to be announced in the Rail Budget 2014-15.
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Last month, then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had ordered a CAG scrutiny of private power distribution companies.
Three trains jumped off the tracks and another derailment was averted on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Maharashtra within a span of nine hours.
No increase in passenger and freight fares. Ticket reservations over mobile phones to be introduced soon.
New service will also make waitlisted tickets a thing of the past.
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The Indian Railways has proposed to introduce a modern coach "Anubhuti" with good ambience in the premier Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains providing higher travel comfort to passengers.
Encouraged by the success of a premium AC special train between Delhi and Mumbai, Railways have decided to run 17 more such trains.
The sprawling warship building facility caters to the combat vessel requirements of not only the Navy, but also the Coast Guard.
Passengers, who do not have the app installed on their mobile phones, might be asked to do so after their arrival at the station.
Maoists blew up railway tracks in Latehar district of Jharkhand and Vaishali district of Bihar on Saturday, the first day of a two-day Jharkhand-Bihar bandh called by them.
Besides the ongoing 50 per cent Rail concessions for accredited journalists, the Rail Budget for 2003-04 has proposed extending this concession in Rajdhani and Shatabdi express trains where the concession would be 30 per cent.
Reader Tejas Kashyap spotted former India captain and leg spin ace Anil Kumble at 'Rajdhani', a restaurant in UB City, Bangalore.
Senior citizens (those aged 60 years and above) will get 30 per cent fare concession on all trains, including Rajdhani and Shatabdi from Tuesday.
Why is a Katra-Chennai train known as Andaman Express? Since no capitals are involved, why should a Katihar-New Jalpaiguri train be called Capital Express? What about Matysagandha Express, Padmavati Express or Sanghamitra Express?
The Railway Budget for 2003-04 proposes no increase in passenger fares and freight rates.
A convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, Jalees Ansari, who went "missing" while on parole, was arrested on Friday from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. Ansari (68), a Mumbai resident who was serving a life term in a Rajasthan jail, was nabbed in a joint operation by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Sqaud and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), he said.
State capital Lucknow shuddered at 0.7 degrees Celsius, while Bahraich recorded a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius.
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'There is tension between the zones all the time.'
While we complain about comfort in coaches, rarely do we think about the comfort of engine drivers.
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Established in 1986, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways has manufactured around 16,000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including self propelled passenger vehicles which constitute over 35% of the total coaches in the Indian Railways.
After pizzas, people travelling in trains can now order KFC's meals on board.
Indian troops also fired in retaliation and the firing stopped from both sides around 1 pm
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The railways on Wednesday rescheduled 15 trains from New Delhi as it remained busy normalising passenger services badly hit due to the back to back power failure in several states since the last two days
Ankur Pathak feels Table No 21 should be watched for the reactive social commentary that it is, and should not be misconceived as a vigilante film.
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It was another chilly morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature settling at 8.2 degree Celsius and dense fog delaying 30 flights and 87 trains.
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