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Railways drops plan to offer massage services to passengers on trains

The massage facility was to be made available in 39 trains originating from Indore

Massage on trains: BJP MP says it's against Indian culture, writes to Goyal

A railway official had said on June 8 that the railways was readying to begin the facility in the next couple of weeks in 39 trains departing from Indore

Massage service on train: Railways also plans to hire female professionals

Indian Railways on Saturday announced massage services for passengers that would be made available in 39 trains deporting from Indore

Coming soon: Railways to offer head and foot massages for passengers

The service will commence in the next 15-20 days. However, massage services will not be available during night hours between 10 pm to 6 am.

Indian Railways improves operating ratio by a tad to 97.3% in FY19

NTPC paid transporter Rs 10,000 crore as freight advance; Concor Rs 3,000 crore

Govt to divest 25% in RailTel, invites bids from merchant bankers for IPO

The government has budgeted to raise Rs 90,000 crore through PSU divestment in the current fiscal, compared to Rs 84,972 crore raised in 2018-19.

Data modification helps govt add miles to Railways' electrification drive

According to the data available with railways, from 2010-11 to 2013-14, only 2,617 rkm had been electrified, as compared to 8,411 rkm in the next four years

Railway theft sees five-fold increase in past decade with 171,000 cases

As many as 14,301 cases were registered in 2014, 12,261 in 2013, 9,292 in 2012, 9,653 in 2011, 7,549 in 2010 and 7,010 in 2009

Why Railways' target of electrifying 28,000 km of tracks is a tough ask

Official data shows, the national transporter electrified 8,411 RKM between 2014-15 and 2017-18, compared to just 2,617 km added in the previous four years

20 passengers ill after eating rail food in Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani

A railway spokesperson said doctors at Gomoh station attended to those taken ill and all of them are stable

Railways post best safety figures in four decades, shows data till March

During 2018-2019, the number of accidents took at 59, with 37 deaths and 108 injured

Microsoft to help Railways connect employees with healthcare services

Tech giant Microsoft Thursday said Indian Railways will use its 'Kaizala' solution to connect employees across the country with quality healthcare facilities. Microsoft had launched Kaizala - a productivity app - designed for the Indian market to enable large group communications and work management. "Microsoft Kaizala app will enable serving and retired railway employees to avail healthcare services of 125 railway and 133 private recognised hospitals. The Kaizala group, managed by doctors from South Central Railways will be complemented with focused groups of doctors, paramedical staff and nurses," Microsoft said in a statement. Rajiv Kumar, Corporate Vice President (Experiences & Devices Group) at Microsoft, said Kaizala is a perfect fit for Indian Railways. "We are optimistic that our experience of working with large scale customers across private and government sectors will help us serve millions of railway employees effectively," he added. On registering for the healthcare ..

Indian Railways receives boost from govt to finance strategic projects

The railways had already used 80 per cent of its budgetary support by mid-March

Indian Railways targets at least 50% of freight traffic by 2030

The transporter's current share is 33%

ADB to extend $750-millon loan to push railways' electrification drive

The ADB debt financing is likely to be structured as a standard secured project finance loan for a tenor of 20 years

Indian Railways likely to surpass revised freight target for FY19

The transporter has handled incremental freight traffic of 54.14 mt from April to February in 2018-19

Govt achieves feat of optimum coal supply at power units, thanks to Rlys

Record 425 rake per day for power sector during 2018-19

Indian Railways may miss 6,000-km electrification target for this year

Indian Railways has achieved 62% of its 6,000-km target this fiscal year

Govt turns to PSBs to fast track redevelopment of railway stations

This approach is vital for completion of the station redevelopment programme as the project saw a lukewarm response from real estate players in previous tenders

Railway stations will soon be housing 'mini secretariats' and offices

Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand show interest in the redevelopment project