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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 14, 2020, 12:23:54 IST
Coronavirus live updates: Tickets for regular trains on or before June 30 cancelled, passengers to get full refund
India's Covid-19 death toll surged to 2,549 with the number of cases crossing the 78,000-mark. Meanwhile, the Indian railways has said that all tickets booked for regular passenger trains for travel on or before June 30 stand cancelled; passengers to get full refund. Stay here for all live updates
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Indian nationals boarded Air India's repatriation flight from Dhaka, earlier today. The flight to Chennai took off at 11:20am.
Bangladesh: Indian citizens boarded Air India's repatriation flight from Dhaka, earlier today. The flight to Tamil… https://t.co/nihJOSqUCS
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2,34,411 passengers have booked tickets till now for special trains. Total Passenger Reservation System (PRS) fare collected till now is Rs 45.30 crores.
Indian Railways (as reported by ANI)A special train, carrying passengers from Delhi arrived at Mumbai Central railway station today. All passengers were screened after they deboarded
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to hold meeting with ministers to discuss post-lockdown economic revival plan
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar will hold a meeting with few key ministers on Thursday to review the current economic situation of the state in the backdrop of COVID-19 lockdown. The ministers will also mull upon the measures to be taken for the revival of the state's economy. CM and his colleagues are likely to discuss the post lockdown economic revival plan for the state.
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We started train from Sabarmati to Delhi, a day back. The train will ply daily. The first train from Delhi came today with around 450 passengers to Ahmedabad. Railways and state govt have formed protocols to handle passengers
Deepak Kumar Jha, DRM, AhmedabadNo Covid-19 cases reported among Central Industrial Security Force personnel in the last 24 hours. Total cases among CISF personnel across the country stands at 106: CISF
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With effect from 13th May, IRCTC has started taking the destination address of all passengers, booking online tickets. This will help us in contact tracing if required later.
Indian Railways (as reported by ANI)CM had sought suggestions from the public, we got around 5 lakh suggestions. A policy is being formulated & you will get to know about it in 2-3 days: Delhi health minister to ANI
The railways has decided to cancel all old bookings for regular trains scheduled till June 30 and provide full refund for it. However, the Shramik Special trains which started from May 1 and the special trains which started operations from May 12 will continue to operate, an order from the railways said.
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I express my gratitude towards the Prime Minister & Finance Minister for announcing the package. I also thank the MSME dept for coordinating with state-level bankers committee & distributing loans worth Rs 2,002 crores in one go for 56,754 beneficiaries.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (as reported by ANI)UP CM Yogi Adityanath hands over cheques to people from the MSME sector as part of state's online loan fair.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hands over cheques to people involved in MSME (Micro, Small &… https://t.co/AAEoHchGfc
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) 1589432176000Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting on Covid-19 to be held tomorrow at Nirman Bhawan, reports ANI.
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