Maharashtra: Matheran toy train to have four extra runs on weekends

Four additional shuttle services will operate on Aman Lodge-Matheran section of Neral-Matheran narrow gauge line on weekends, a release issued by the CR stated.

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India's decision to ply cargo on passenger seats helped fight pandemic-induced losses

India's decision to ply cargo on passenger seats helped fight pandemic-induced losses

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Delhi Metro to provide real-time waiting duration at busy stations on social media

Delhi Metro to provide real-time waiting duration at busy stations on social media

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Railway Board puts on hold implementation of ceiling on night duty allowance for employees

The largest railway union in the country, All India Railwaymen’s Federation in October wrote to the railway ministry for immediate withdrawal of the order, citing resentment and possible unrest thereof, among railway employees. The Federation had demanded that the allowance be paid to officers regardless of cadres, departments, and most importantly, their pay grades.

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Bihar: Flight operations commence at Darbhanga Airport under 'UDAN' initiative

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Ethiopian Airlines flight with ‘hydraulic leakage’ makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport

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Ro-Pax ferry service inaugurated in Gujarat: Key things to know

The ferry service will reduce the 370-km road distance between the two places to 60-km by sea route.

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Jet Airways submitted a revival plan to NCLT

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Shipping Ministry renamed Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways

Various autonomous bodies like the Port Trusts in Mumbai, Kolkata and others, the Inland Waterways Authority of India and the Shipping Corporation of India will also come under the ministry.

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Local train services resume in West Bengal after over 7 months

The local train services under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and the South Eastern Railways resumed early in the morning. They were suspended in March following the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Indian Railways' Freight loading till October inches closer to FY20 level in the same period

Loading between April to October stands at 641.94 million tonne, which is over 94% of last year’s loading, according to the latest data released by the ministry of railways. Loading between April-October 2019 was 680.78 million tonne.

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Bihar: Flight operations begin from Darbhanga ahead of Chhath Puja

The minister who had visited Darbhanga on September 13 to review the work at the airport had announced that flight services from here to Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru will begin from November 8, before the auspicious festival of Chhath Puja.

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RTS Logistics eyes Rs 500 cr revenue in 2-3 yrs, automotive segment to drive growth

Chennai-based third-party logistics firm RTS Logistics is eyeing to become a Rs 500-crore company in the next 2-3 years, with automotive business majorly driving the growth, its director Narasimhan Raghavan said.

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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ro-Pax ferry service in Gujarat

The three-deck Ro-Pax Ferry Vessel 'Voyage Symphony' connecting Hazira in Surat district of south Gujarat and Ghogha in Saurashtra's Bhavnagar has a load capacity of 30 trucks, 100 passenger cars, and 500 passengers plus 34 crew and hospitality staff, it said.

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Major ports' cargo traffic falls for 7th straight month in Oct; logs 12% drop in Apr-Oct

​​ India has 12 major ports under the control of the central government. These ports handle about 61 per cent of the country's total cargo traffic. They handled 705 MT of cargo last fiscal.

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Air traffic may rise to pre-Covid levels by March: Vistara

Vistara said on Wednesday that its capacity utilisation is likely to go back to pre-Covid-19 levels in another five-six months from 60% now, an indicator that the aviation sector is moving towards normalcy.

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Punjab farm protests: Indian Railways incur losses to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore

The farmers agitation in Punjab began around September 24 when they started blocking railway tracks and stations demanding the repeal of new three agriculture related bills. Farmers in Punjab have expressed apprehension that the Centre's farm reforms would pave a way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates.

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Delhi airport starts COVID-19 testing for passengers before departure

The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), in association with Genestrings Diagnostic Centre Pvt Ltd, on October 28 had set up a COVID-19 sample collection booth in front of gate no. 8 of Terminal 3 for passengers who were taking international or domestic flights.

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ICAO to audit DGCA in February next year

ICAO audits typically look at eight aspects of an aviation market, but this time the UN agency will take up only five of them all under the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

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Mumbai: 753 new suburban services; 88% locals now back on track

During normal times before the lockdown, the Central Railway (CR) used to operate 1,772 services, while the Western Railway (WR) ran 1,367 services on the suburban network.

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