IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) Tourism is offering a 11 nights and 12 days tour package to Puri, Kolkata, Gangasagar, Gaya, Varanasi and Allahabad. The tour will start from Rajkot, said the tourism arm of the Indian Railways on microblogging website, Twitter. The boarding points include Rajkot, Surendra Nagar, Viramgam, Sabarmati, Anand, Vadodara, Surat, Bhusavala and Nagpur. The tour will be via Indian railways and will commence on January 30, 2019, according to IRCTC Tourism’s official website — irctctourism.com. The tariff of the package starts at Rs. 11,340 per person.

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Here are the key things to know about IRCTC’s package:

1. The tariff for the tour package is different according to the category chosen by the passenger. One needs to pay Rs. 11,340 for sleeper class and Rs. 13,860 for 3AC, which is inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST).

2. IRCTC’s package includes vegetarian meals and hall accommodation at places of night stay.

3. The package also provides tour escorts for announcements and information, and security arrangements for each coach.

4. However, entrance and monument fees, or expenses of personal nature are not a part of the package, noted IRCTC.

5. IRCTC Tourism is also offering a tour package to Chennai, Tirupati and Madurai from New Delhi and to Kerala from Hyderabad.

Answer sheets for the Sub-Inspector (SI) and Constable exams have been released by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Candidates can download the answer sheets using their roll number, date of birth details, date of exam and exam batch. As of now, the SI exam is over. Computer based test for the constable recruitment will be held till February 19. For the Constable exam, RPF will begin the fourth phase of CBT on January 17 for Group A, B and F posts for which admit cards have been released. The fifth phase of CBT for group C and D will begin on February 2.

On the other hand, for the group D exam conducted by the railway recruitment boards (RRB) answer key challenge process will begin today. RRBs will open the objection window 5 pm onwards. Candidates can challenge the answer key submitting relevant documents in support. Railways will levy Rs. 50 per question per challenge submitted by the candidate. The fee has to be remitted through online payment mode. In case the objection raised is found to be correct, the fee paid against such valid objections shall be refunded to the candidate.

After the completion of the objection period, representations from the candidates on the questions or options will not be entertained, said the notice on RRB Group D answer key.

Railway recruitment boards (RRB) will host the objection link for group D answer key today. Candidates can challenge the RRB group D answer key today, 5 pm onwards. For the group D answer keys released last week, the national transporter has allowed candidates to raise objections along with relevant support documents. Experts from the railway recruitment boards (RRB) will assess the challenges submitted by the candidates and will then prepare a final answer key based on which the RRB group D results of the computer based test will be announced. “The decision of RRBs on the objections raised shall be final and binding and no further correspondence shall be entertained from the candidates in the matter,” said the RRBs.

RRB Group D Answer Key: Objection Submission Process

This will be an online process, where candidates have to login to the portal using their exam particulars and fill the form properly. Candidates can raise objections to the question paper and the options given in the question paper, as well. Railways will charge Rs. 50 per question per challenge submitted by the candidate. The fee has to be remitted through online payment mode. In case the objection raised is found to be correct, the fee paid against such valid objections shall be refunded to the candidate.

After the completion of the objection period, representations from the candidates on the questions or options will not be entertained, said the notice on RRB Group D answer key

Railways has not announced the group D result date yet. However officials have confirmed it to NDTV that the results will be announced on February 18. Again, other media reports claim that the result will be released on February 13. Candidates are suggested to wait for official confirmation in this regard. RRBs will intimate candidates of the result date and time through the registered mobile number and email address.

The railway group D exam was held from September 17, 2018 to December 17, 2018 for the recruitment of more than 60,000 posts in Indian Railways. Around 1.9 crore (19 million) applicants had registered for the exam which was held in 400 centres across India. This giant recruitment drive began in February 2018.

Dense fog blanketed the national capital today and affected railway operations with 12 trains to Delhi being affected due to low visibility conditions.

The MeT office had forecast moderate fog for today morning and mainly clear sky and haze/smoke thereafter.

“Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 20 and 7 degrees Celsius respectively,” the weatherman said.

The city witnessed a cold day on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 8.5 degrees Celsius.

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have finally released the indicative advertisement for Junior Engineer (JE) recruitment. The application process will begin from January 2, 2019. With more than 14,000 vacancies at stake, it is expected that the number of applications will be humongous. Hence, it becomes all the more imperative for candidates to check the eligibility criteria carefully and apply only after confirming their eligibility for the posts advertised.

The total number of vacancies advertised is 14,033 out of which 13,034 are for Junior Engineer. 49 vacancies are for Junior Engineer (Information Technology), 456 vacancies are for Depot Material Superintendent, and 494 vacancies are for Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant.

Candidates applying for these posts should not be younger than 18 years and older than 33 years. Age relaxation on upper age will be permitted as per the detailed CEN published on the RRB website.

For the post of Junior Engineer, a candidate should have a diploma or a degree in Engineering. For Junior Engineer IT post, a candidate should have a PGDCA/ B.Sc. Computer Science/ BCA/ B.Tech. (Information Technology)/ B.Tech. (Computer Science)/ DOEACC ‘B’ Level course of 3 years duration or equivalent from a recognized University.

In case of Depot Material Superintendent, an applicant should have a diploma or a degree in engineering.

Finally, for the post of Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant, candidate should have a Bachelor degree in Science with Physics and Chemistry with minimum 45 per cent marks.

To make trains more safe by eliminating human errors, Central Railway has developed an AI-powered robot which would click pictures and record videos of the under-gears of trains and send them to engineers for repairs and maintenance.

The mechanical branch of Central Railway’s Nagpur division has developed the robot named USTAAD (Undergear Surveillance Through Artificial Intelligence Assisted Droid), which examines parts of the coach in real time with a HD camera and transmits them over WiFi.

“It captures video and still photographs of the under-gear parts of the coaches in real time and transmit them over WiFi. The engineers can see these videos on big screen as well as record them. The camera of the robot can be rotated in any direction as per command given by the engineers,” Central Railway spokesperson Sunil Udasi said.

“He can also zoom on the spot in case of any doubt. It is equipped with LED flood light and able to capture the videos in low light as well as in dark mode. By use of this robot the chances of mistake and any deficiency overlooked by human eye can be eliminated thus reducing chances of human error,” he added.

With the help of USTAAD, engineers can easily see and examine areas which are hard to see and hard to approach such as cramped or narrow spaces between under-gear parts, he said.

Railways is now considering using USTAAD across zones, once tested more minutely, the official said.

As many as 14,000 vacancies will be announced by Indian Railways for Junior Engineer (JE) post. ‘The official notification will be released on Saturday,’ said Angaraj Mohan, Executive Director, Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to NDTV.

Searches on the said RRB JE recruitment started on Wednesday after a job notification, which looks like an official railway notice, was shared on social media. The notification, which shows it to be from the weekly edition of Employment News (dated December 29 to January 4), reads that the registration process will begin on January 2.

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Candidates are suggested to follow the official website for updates regarding this job.

Under this recruitment, railways will select candidates for Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant, Senior Section Engineer and Chief Depot Material Superintendent.

Indian Railways will recruit Junior Engineers after three years span. In 2015, the RRBs had released the notice in June for more than 2000 vacancies.

The RRBs are currently engaged in the selection process for close to 1.3 lakh Group C and Group D posts. The first stage selection for both the recruitment, advertised through CEN 01/ 2018 and CEN 02/ 2018, is over. While results for group C exam has been declared, the results for the Group D exam is expected soon.

Railway Recruitment Board or RRB of the Indian Railways will release the answer key of Group D exams in January first week. RRB official Angaraj Mohan confirmed to NDTV that the results are also expected in the month of January next year. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has achieved a milestone of holding examination for over one crore candidates for recruitment to Level-1 or Group D posts.

“We are planning to release the answer keys in January first week. The results of this examination is expected by the last week of same month,” the official told NDTV.

The RRB Group answer keys will be released on the official websites of various regional RRBs.

Last week, the Boards, which are the official hiring agencies of India’s largest employer, have released the revised RRB ALP results.

According to the Indian Railways, in all, 1.89 crore candidates registered for this examination to compete for recruitment against 62,907 vacancies of Group D posts.

The RRB Group D admit cards for the Computer-Based Tests were made available on the official websites of the concerned Boards four days prior to the examination.

The examination was held in over 400 centres, according to a statement from the Indian Railways earlier.

Each day 3 to 4 lakh candidates appeared at the examination and the attendance has been over 60%, added the statement. The RRB Group D exams started in September 17, 2018 and completed in December, 2018.

Elaborate arrangements have been made by Indian Railways for this unprecedented scale of examinations.

The examination was online and each center was equipped with modern electronic devices so as to be as candidate friendly as possible.

“To ensure free and fair examination CCTV cameras have been installed in the examination halls. Apart from trained invigilators flying squads have been deputed to visit centers so that there is no unfair means adopted by any candidate,” the Railways said in another statement.

To help candidates reach the test centers, Google link map has been provided on the admit card.

An alert railways signalman Tuesday averted a train accident as the Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express was halted soon after the detection of a crack on the railway track in Odisha’s Rayagada district, a Railways official said.

The crack was spotted by signalman Baishnav Gouda near Singapur Road station rear Rayagada and he immediately informed the station master, he said.

When the train was approaching, I sensed the track created more sound than usual. I inspected it and spotted a crack on the rail track. Immediately I informed the station master not to clear the line, Mr Gouda said.

798 vacancies will be filled by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force, online registration for which will begin on January 1. Applications have been invited from eligible male and female candidates for the post of Constable (Ancillary) in different trades for vacancies available under various zones of RPF. Applicants must have cleared class 10 exam from a recognized board and must be in the age group of 18-25 years. Those awaiting the final result are not eligible to apply for this recruitment.

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10% of the vacancies will be filled by female candidates except those in Railway Protection Special Force.

Candidates will be selected on the basis of computer based test, physical efficiency test, physical measurement test, trade test and document verification. The computer based test will be held in 15 regional languages as well and the standard of the exam will be class 10.

The computer based test is expected to be held in February/ March.

‘Free sleeper Class Railway Pass admissible to SC/ ST candidates will be part of e-call letter when they are called for various stages of selection viz. CBT/ PET/ PMT/ Trade Test/ DV (as applicable) as per the details of the valid Caste certificate furnished in ONLINE application,’ reads the job notification.