Avishek G Dastidar
Articles By Avishek G Dastidar
I believe that in a democracy, there can be matbhed but not manbhed: Gadkari
"I am a member of the Sangh, but I was not brought by the Sangh. When L K Advani gave four names (for party chief), there was me, Manohar Parrikar, Modiji and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Shivraj was sent to Madhya Pradesh, Modiji said he wanted to concentrate on Gujarat and I was made the party chief."
Dispute over wagon procurement: Jindal Rail wins Rs 18 crore arbitration award
Jindal Rail was also aggrieved at the Indian Railways giving part of the wagon order quantity to the second-lowest bidder at a higher rate.
Eye on polls, Railways say yes to MP requests, clears 500 extra stops
After exercising restraint for the better part of its tenure since 2014, the 500 additional stops, all approved by the NDA government in the last three months, is about a 200 per cent jump from 2017-18, when records show only 154 such stops were approved.
A new zone for Andhra Pradesh: What could change for the Railways, state
The TDP (and of late even the BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit) has been demanding this ever since Hyderabad and Secunderabad — headquarters of South Central Railway — went to Telangana.
Eye on Andhra votes, Piyush Goyal announces new railway zone, goes against report by internal panel
Railways Minster Piyush Goyal announced the decision to create a new South Coastal Railway (SCoR) late Wednesday; he did not take questions from the media.
‘Contract for bullet train may cross Rs 15,000 crore mark’
The contract for the bullet train, to be given out to a single entity, is slated to be floated by next month, decks for which are being cleared on war footing.
Railways to advertise for 1.3 lakh more jobs
This fresh recruitment drive, applications for which will be invited beginning next month, before the present government’s term comes to a close, takes care of the entire existing vacancy list in Indian Railways.
PM Narendra Modi to unveil electric locomotive in Varanasi today
The 2612 horsepower WDG3A diesel loco was converted into a 5000 horsepower electric loco to assume the new class called WAGC3 at a cost of Rs 3.79 crore.
Technical snags led to Vande Bharat halt
“We have located the problem and fixed it. It is nothing major. Ideally it should not happen. But since it is a new technology and the first rake, minor teething troubles are expected,” said an officer working on the project.
Vande Bharat Express suffers snag on way back from Varanasi
The train rolled for several kilometres with a rattling sound, as smoke and a burning smell filled the rear coaches, which officials said are usually the classic signs of “brake binding”.
All lines clear: Ground reality of unmanned railway crossings
On January 31, Union Minister Piyush Goyal announced that the Railways had achieved its target of eliminating all unmanned level crossings on broad gauge lines. The Sunday Express visits five level crossings across four states — the site of some of the worst train accidents in the past five years — to see what has changed on the ground.
Govt plans 100 more Train 18-like trainsets across India
"PM Modi has given permission to make 100 more Train 18-like trainsets to run across India in semi high-speed service. We have already started the tendering process for about 30," Piyush Goyal said
Day after launch by PM Modi, Train 18 breaks down 200 km outside Delhi
Train 18 breakdown: The Vande Bharat Express was being brought back to New Delhi from Varanasi for its first commercial run on Sunday when the breaks jammed in one of the last coaches. However, the train will run as per schedule on February 17.
Minus decorations, Vande Bharat makes maiden run
Celebrations were initially planned during the train’s halt for 40 minutes each at Kanpur and Allahabad. At both places, it was greeted by members of local BJP units, with “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and slogans against the Pulwama attack in particular, and against Pakistan in general.
Flagging off Vande Bharat Express, PM Modi condemns Pulwama terror attack
Train 18 Launch: In view of the terror attack and out of respect for the fallen soldiers, Indian Railways curtailed celebrations and did not decorate the shining new 16-coach train that runs without a locomotive.
After Train 18, railways come up with ‘push-pull’ technology to achieve higher speeds
The two engines, hard-wired to act as one, not just provide additional power to the train but also reduce the acceleration and deceleration times of the train significantly, making higher averages speed possible.
Colonial cleanup: Railway Jamadars, Dhobis now Assistants
The only departments where the revised designations still identify the specific nature of the jobs are in track maintenance and safety. So, Trolleyman is Assistant (Trolley Operating), Pointsman remains Pointsman.
Budget 2019, Railways: Government generous in outlay, working costs still a challenge
This is around a 148 per cent jump in capital expenditure for the national transporter over the past five years, even though the problem of meeting expenses to keep the house running continues to be a challenge.
CBI initiates preliminary enquiry into RCT ‘scam’
The irregularities, detected first by the Principal Bench of the RCT in Delhi in an internal probe, pointed to a “scam” of around Rs 50 crore.
Planned expenditure of Rs 1.6 lakh crore likely for Railways
The last Rail Budget vote on account under the UPA government had projected a capex of Rs 64,305 crore while Railways had managed to spend around Rs 59,359 crore in the fiscal year 2013-14.
