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Railways to pay 85% of train fare for workers, says govt after controversy

Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, gave a clarification after the Congress party offered to pay for the train tickets of migrant workers.

Railway board in a huddle as Congress offers to pay for travel of migrants

Sonia Gandhi said in a letter to the state units that every Pradesh Congress committee shall bear the cost of rail travel for every needy worker and migrant labourer

Railways has money for PM-CARES, but not for workers' rail travel: Rahul

Congress will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns, says Sonia Gandhi

Congress offers to pay for migrants rail travel, Swamy slams govt

The Congress said Rail Ministry has charged a 'special fare' from migrants for the 'Shramik Special' trains

Cong to bear rail travel cost of every needy migrant workers: Sonia Gandhi

She also accused the central government and the Railways of completely ignoring the demands made by the Congress for ensuring the safe and free travel of migrant workers

Unclear road back home; Odisha migrants arrive from Kerala on Shramik train

The train was one of the first five Shramik Specials to start on Friday, while 10 such trains departed on Saturday

Non-stop, 1200 passengers: 10 things you should know about 'Shramik Train'

Trains should have at least 90 per cent occupancy to operate

Railways issues guidelines for Shramik special train passengers

As per the guidelines issued by the Union Railways Ministry, Railways will print train tickets to the specified destination as per the number of passengers indicated by the originating state

Six-fold increase in food grain transport by South Central Railway in April

It ran a total of 457 food grain rakes carrying 1.23 million tonnes of food grains mainly to various locations in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal

Covid-19 hinterland digest: Haryana govt jacks up prices of key commodities

The prices of fruits and vegetables can go up as the government has decided to charge a 2 per cent market fee

First special train with 1,200 migrants runs from Telangana to Jharkhand

The decision on running more trains will be taken after a final MHA notification, likely to come on Friday or Saturday

Online interviews held for temporary nurse vacancies under Northern Railway

Several candidates who had come here for the offline (personal) interview claimed that they were told to go back as the interviews were only being conducted online

May Day in times of pandemic: A long march for Indian migrant workers

Here's a look at the status of thousands of migrant workers amid the global pandemic and also the measures announced for their welfare

Covid-19: First special train for migrants runs from Telangana to Jharkhand

Many states have urged the Union govt to run special trains to bring bag millions of stranded migrants back to their home states

Home ministry to take call on passenger trains to transport migrants soon

According to media reports, Indian Railways has lined up a plan to run at least 400 trains for the movement of stranded labourers across the country

India coronavirus dispatch: The reinvention of the Indian Railways

From the aviation sector workers resting stranded Indians, to on-and-off lockdowns till we discover a vaccine, and how coronavirus affects our kidneys - read these and more in today's India dispatch

How the Railways readjusted its freight operations to cope with lockdown

The Railways had to run its freight operations, probably becoming the only lifeline for the nation in moving essentials when roads and inter-state routes were sealed

Award set up for young officers of Indian Railway Traffic Service

The honour will be for developing and managing SETU, a platform for providing transport solution in this hour of crises.

Kerala Rail Board nod for semi-high speed rail corridor's project report

The DPR will now be submitted to the Kerala government for approval, following which it will go to the Ministry of Railways, Niti Aayog and to the Central Cabinet

Railways to forgo Rs 1,490 cr for cancellation of 9.4 mn ticket bookings

Another amount of Rs 660 crore will be returned for around 3.9 million bookings made for travel between April 15 and May 3, they said