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Train No. 12479, Jodhpur – Bandra Terminus Express, which will leave from Jodhpur on May 7, will be operated only till Surat instead of Bandra Terminus.The rail traffic will be affected due to unavoidable technical issues, North Western Railway said in a press release.Indian Railways has announced that the services of trains operating between Jodhpur and Bandra Terminus will remain affected on May 7-8 due to unavoidable technical issues. According to a North Western Railway official, more than 40 long-distance and…

Indian Railways has decided to add more coaches in the four pairs of trains for the convenience of passengers. North Western Railway is going to temporarily increase the number of third AC coaches in these trains. This will increase the availability of berths in third AC coaches for the passengers.According to Captain Shashi Kiran, Spokesperson of North Western Railway, it has been decided to add four temporary coaches in the existing four pairs of trains due to the extra rush of passengers during the summer vacation…

INDIAN RAILWAYS UPDATE: The Central Railway has announced special traffic and power blocks for launching of girder in three stages for construction of 6 meter FOB at Kasara station on Saturday and Sunday which will lead to the cancellation, short termination and regulation of trains, including local trains and passenger trains.Central Railway’s (CR) chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said the block will start from May 7 at 2:25 pm and will carry on till May 8. The block will be held in three parts. The first…

RRB-NTPC EXAMS: With many candidates raising the issue of their RRB-NTPC exam centres being far away from their home towns, the Indian Railways has decided to run more than 65 special trains across the country for the convenience of the aspirants appearing for their examinations on May 9 and 10.Most of these trains will run on May 8 to help the students reach their exam centres in the morning and then ferry them home after their exams are over. The students would have to pay fares of special trains and no concessions will…

The Indian Railways has announced Shri Ramayana Yatra, the country’s first train connecting two nations. It will be the country’s first train to run under the Bharat Gaurav Tourist train and will be operated by the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation. The route of this train has been finalised and the train will depart next month.The Ministry of Railways has initiated a new scheme by the name Bharat Gaurav to lease trains. The first train to be run under this project will link Nepal and India and will reach…

An Indian court has put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million (roughly Rs. 5,570 crore) from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi for suspected violations of foreign exchange laws, two sources told Reuters on Friday.The Enforcement Directorate last week seized the bank assets of Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited, saying it had found the company illegally remitted funds to three foreign-based entities, including one Xiaomi group entity, "in the guise of royalty" payments.Xiaomi had…

India’s new rules for virtual private network (VPN) providers may lead such companies to abandon Indian users on their platforms. In a statement to Mint today, one of the top VPN providers in the world, called NordVPN, said that it may cease operations in India in light of the cybersecurity rules furnished by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), on April 28, through the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). “At the moment, our team is…

According to Railway Board Chairman VK Tripathi, there has been a 20% increase in the demand and consumption of coal since last year. (Representative image: Shutterstock) The cancellation of trains includes 500 trips of express trains and 580 trips of passenger trainsINDIAN RAILWAYS UPDATE: The scorching heat has led to a significant surge in the demand for electricity across the country. Coal is necessary for power generation in power plants and a hindrance free mobilization of coal all over the country is needed to deal…

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Indian automakers to control input costs as they are dependent on China and Japan which are facing supply chain woes, resulting in price hikes across vehicle ranges, according to a new report.Indian automakers are responding to raw material price hikes by at least 2 per cent price hike on average, according to Counterpoint Research.KIA Motors has increased prices of all its vehicles. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger vehicle (PV) maker, has also increased the average price…

An increase in raw material costs and semiconductor prices, coupled with supply chain disruptions due to the war in Ukraine, could become headwinds for the Indian automobile industry going forward this year thereby affecting growth, according to MG Motor India President and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba. The domestic auto industry was looking forward to over 10 percent growth in 2022 at the beginning of the year but if the current situation persists, it could have an impact on demand as the year progresses, he noted.“The…