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GUARDS TO GO OUT OF LOCALS , MOTORMEN TO MAN BOTH ENDS Mumbai Mirror | Feb 27, 2016,  By Kamal Mishra       The Western Railway has taken a discretionary clause out of its rulebook to reduce the turnaround time of local trains, thus ensuring their punctuality. In an experiment that will begin soon, motormen will be placed in both ends of the train.  As per General and Subsidiary Rules of the Indian Railway, trains cannot be run without guards. However, in special cases, senior divisional operation manager or other higher authority can waive this requirement.  Currently, a guard is stationed at the rear end of the rain while the motorman drives it; when the train reaches the terminating station, the guard and motorman exchange their positions, which takes around 3 minutes. During the trial runs, both cabins will have motormen so that the train has a shorter turnaround time at the terminating station - the moment the train arrives at the last station, the motorman at
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 February 6, 2016 F ourteen passengers were injured as the Bengaluru-Kanyakumari Island Express bound for Bengaluru derailed near the Vettapattu railway bridge in Natrampalli, nearly 90 kilometres from Vellore, during the early hours of Friday. The injured included three women and two children, The train was plying between Somanaickanpatti and Pachur stations when 15 of its 22 coaches derailed at about 4.08 a.m. According to officials, all the injured were travelling in four coaches – S5, S6, S7 and S8 – which had toppled. Personnel from the Fire and Rescue Services, Natrampalli, eight 108 ambulances and a medical team from the Government Hospital at Natrampalli rushed to the spot and rescued several passengers.
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Shocking fact of pay 'hike' in 7th Pay Commission recommendations! T he 7th Pay Commission recommended 14.29 percent hike for the Central government employees. After taking the allowance into account, some reports also pegged the salary hike by 23.5 percent. Group C employees, who form 85 percent of the Central government workforce, are calling the 7th CPC recommendations on their salary a farce. They claim that they would be taking home lesser salary than what they are currently drawing. What they are saying that assuming that a government servant has been appointed in the Grade Pay of Rs 1800 on 1st August of 2015 and he has also been been allocated government- quarter. His net pay calculated for the month of January 2016 as per the 6th Pay Commission would be as follows: Basic Pay Rs 5200 + Grade Pay Rs 1800= Rs 7000 After applying expected DA of 125% as on 31-1-2016 = Rs 8750 (Since he had been allocated accommodation) HRA = Nil Travel A = 600 + DA=
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Now you can get rail tickets on ICICI Bank's website Mumbai: ICICI BANK on Wednesday tied up with railway's e-ticketing platform IRCTC to sell  rail tickets  through its website. The largest private sector lender will soon introduce the facility to book rail tickets on its mobile banking application and prepaid digital wallet, it said in a statement. Users will have to first register on the website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), where it primarily sells rail tickets, and then do a one-time registration on the bank's website to avail of the facility. The statement also said the facility is not limited to ICICI customers as any other bank's customer can also use the facility. The payments for the purchases can be made using the online banking facility, debit or credit card of any bank. In the past, IRCTC has tied up with websites, primarily those catering to the travel segment, to sell tickets and this is the first time any bank i
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Indian Railways new child fare rules The revised child fare rule shall be applicable for travel from April 2016 on wards. From April next year, children of the age group of 5 to 12 years of age will be charged full fare instead of half as the Railways has revised the child fare rule. -Under the revised provision, full adult fare will be charged for children of age 5 years and under 12 years of age if for whom berth/seat (in reserved class) is sought at the time of reservation. -However, there shall be no change in the rule for child fare of unreserved tickets which means fare for children of 5-12 years for unreserved tickets shall continue to be half of the adult fare. -However, in case berth/seat is not sought for the children of age 5 years and under 12 years of age at the time of reservation, then half of the adult fare shall continue to be charged. -Railways will carry out necessary changes in the reservation form so that the passenger can indicate th
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7 th Pay Commission Seeks One-Month Extension of Deadline to Submit Recommendations The Seventh Pay Commission has urged the Union  finance ministry to extend the deadline by a month  to submit its recommendations. The commission-- headed by Justice A.K.Mathur,if granted an  extension, is expected to submit its report by the  end of September. Appointed by the previous government in February  2014, the commission was given 18 months to submit  its report. The time allotted for the commission  ends this month. "There are some data points that are missing, which  we hope to get by this month end. We are trying to s ubmit the report by 20 September," an official of  the commission told Live mint . com . The official cited above said that the pay  commission recommendations "need to be effective  from 1 January 2016, or by April 2016 at the  latest". "It will be the government's prerogative when to  implement it. But beyond 1 January 2016, there will  b
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Automated Ticket Refund   New Delhi:   The Railways has decided to grant automatic refund of tickets on cancellation of trains, similar to waitlisted e-tickets. There shall not be any requirement for cancellation/filing of ticket deposit receipt (TDR) for refund of e-tickets in case of cancellation of trains. The new refund system will come into effect shortly. In case of cancellation of trains, tickets booked at the passenger reservation system (PRS) counters shall continue to be refunded across the reservation counter as per the existing provisions. In a tweet Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said, "New way of refund on cancellation of train eliminates trouble faced by dear passengers. System upgradation already underway." he wheels of the first coach were seen hanging in the air.
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