The Indian Railways is set to introduce new sleeper coaches on its Vande Bharat Express trains by December. These new coaches, which will offer comfortable sleeping accommodations for overnight journeys, are expected to be a game-changer for long-distance train travel in India.
The Vande Bharat Express, also known as the Train 18, is a high-speed,…
Indian Railways rename train guards as 'train managers'; salaries, duties remain unchanged
In a new circular issued to the general managers (GMs) of all zones, the Railway Board on Thursday, January 13, 2022, informed the zones to redesignate the "guard" as "train manager".
Railways Ministry has decided that Sanskrit will replace Urdu on the boards in all railway stations in Uttarakhand. Sanskrit is the 2nd language of the state&the change is as per rules, which state that 2nd language of the state should be displayed on the boards.
he State Bank of India (SBI) is going to withdraw its magnetic debit cards from 1st January 2020 and hence all its existing magnetic SBI debit cards will become inoperational. The SBI is doing this under the RBI guidelines that make it compulsory for all Indian banks to replace its debit cards through the chip-based EMV cards. The SBI has informed…
NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company, has completed the formalities for the takeover of the 500 MW (125 MW x 4) Teesta VI HEP on Teesta River by remitting the resolution plan consideration of Rs.897.50 Crore to the account of Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Limited for distribution to all the creditors as per the Approved Resolution Plan. Shr…
The public-sector headhunter on Monday selected Cmde Hari PR for the post of Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSEL). Presently, he is Chief General Manager, GRSEL. Altogether five candidates were interviewed at a selection meeting held at PESB.
The government on Monday appointed Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia as the new chief of its publicity wing, the Press Information Bureau (PIB).
Dhatwalia succeeds outgoing PIB chief Sitanshu Kar, who retired after a 35-year stint in the information services, of which his longest tenure was as spokesperson of the ministry of defence.
Dhatwalia, a 1984 batch I…
S S Mallikarjuna Rao has been appointed the new Managing Director of Punjab National Bank, the country's second largest public sector bank.
Rao, who was the Managing Director & CEO of Allahabad Bank, will be at the helm of PNB till September 18, 2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, according to an order issued by the Finance …
Oil marketing companies have stopped refuelling Air India planes at six airports – Kochi, Pune, Patna, Ranchi, Vizag and Mohali – over non-payment of dues. That has forced aircraft flying to these cities to upload double the fuel quantity at the origin airport. That, Times of India says, increases the plane’s weight, likely resulting in passenger…
Dr Nalin Shinghal is the new CMD, BHEL, he was selected last year in December by the selection board, he is an IRTS officer.Shinghal holds a BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Delhi and PGDM from IIM Calcutta. He has worked with the Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) in various capacities in Operations, Commercial & Marketing…