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Topic: Trains

Retired Army man, grandmas, students — everyone on the special trains has a lockdown story

Revathi Krishnan - 27 May, 2020

ThePrint's journalists, who travelled in special trains to Chennai & Secunderabad, bring you an eyewitness account of the experience.

Train travel during a pandemic — masks, no pantry, frequent sanitisation and more

Manisha Mondal - 27 May, 2020

ThePrint teams travel to Chennai and Secunderabad in the special AC trains being run from New Delhi railway station and bring you glimpses from their journey.

Over 40 lakh migrants registered to return to native places, says Kishan Reddy

PTI - 18 May, 2020

Centre is mulling bringing out modalities for setting up Anganwadi centres, admissions into schools & scholarships to the children of migrants, Union Minister Reddy added.

Passengers have to agree to state quarantine protocols before booking tickets: IRCTC

PTI - 17 May, 2020

The rule comes days after around 50 passengers who arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi on 14 May refused to be quarantined at an institutional facility & created a ruckus.

After complaints from employees, Tejas Express crew get salary hike and weekly-off

Prashant Srivastava - 15 December, 2019

Brandavan Food Products, a private vendor IRCTC has hired to handle hospitality services aboard Tejas Express, has not reinstated 20 employees it had dismissed.

18-hr shifts, ‘harassment’, late pay, pink slips — Tejas Express staff’s long list of woes

Prashant Srivastava - 27 November, 2019

Tejas Express, hailed as India’s ‘first private train’, made its maiden run from Delhi to Lucknow after a big-ticket launch on 4 October.

Chennai Express a hit, Railways now wants restaurant inside cast-off coaches across India

Ifrah Mufti - 15 September, 2019

Indian Railways' first rail coach restaurant, Chennai Express, was set up earlier this year, but a similar project was completed by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department in 2015.

IRCTC to run 2 Tejas Expresses, offers Rs 25 lakh travel insurance & home luggage pick-up

PTI - 12 September, 2019

The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express will be test cases for the Indian Railways allowing private operators to run trains.

Railway officers must travel frequently by trains, chairman tells general managers

PTI - 17 June, 2019

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav advised managers to also interact with passengers when they travel by train.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

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Modern wars need tech edge. Army’s Integrated Battle Groups will be toothless without it

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - 19 May, 2022

In the IBGs, third-generation anti-tank and air defence weapons, and loiter ammunition must be available down to unit level.

I was ISI chief, but don’t worry, I will return as Pakistan Army chief: Gen Twitter

19 May, 2022

Congress can hold a million ‘Chintan Shivirs’ but can’t defeat BJP until Rahul is around

19 May, 2022

Economy

Asian refiners to ramp up gasoline exports to US as sky-high prices beckon

Elizabeth Low - 19 May, 2022

In Asia, gasoline margins have doubled to more than $33 a barrel since the end of March and have edged above those for diesel, which have eased from a peak in early May.

Topic: Trains

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Modern wars need tech edge. Army’s Integrated Battle Groups will be toothless without it

I was ISI chief, but don’t worry, I will return as Pakistan Army chief: Gen Twitter

Congress can hold a million ‘Chintan Shivirs’ but can’t defeat BJP until Rahul is around

Economy

Asian refiners to ramp up gasoline exports to US as sky-high prices beckon

Defence

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

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