The farmers respond to impassioned appeal by the chief minister at a meeting with unions.

Protests are growing against the three infrastructure projects: laying of electricity line, expansion of a national highway, and double-tracking of a railway line

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province and travels through Ya'an and enters Tibet via Qamdo.

Punjab projects a grim festival season as coal supplies run low.

Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee have been squatting on the rail tracks in Amritsar and Ferozepur since September 24.

Work of laying single-line tracks is almost done on the Indian side from Haldibari in the Jalpaiguri district, the North East Frontier Railway official said.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the project, which has suffered delays owing to several issues, has been fast-tracked since 2015.

Loco pilot applied the emergency break just 10 meters ahead of the track repair work site.

The spokesperson also said the Railways is monitoring occupancy position of special trains on a regular basis and whenever a decision is taken to introduce new special trains, its schedule will be notified.

The building, which houses the Railway Board, will be shut on May 14 and 15 and intensive sanitisation of all the rooms and common areas will be done.

Trains, however, will begin operations only after a green signal from the government

"IR (Indian Railways) may be required to convert up to 20,000 such coaches, with 5,000 coaches to be converted initially into quarantine/isolation coaches. Only Non-AC ICF sleeper coaches are planned to be utilized after conversion into quarantine/isolation coach," the letter said.

The CAG report tabled in Parliament on Monday said the railways recorded an operating ratio of 98.44 per cent in 2017-18 which is the worst in the previous 10 years.

Other daily commuters who are used to the dog's presence too said that it never caused a problem to the passengers.

According to the new order, in first class AC, tea will cost Rs 35, up by Rs 6, breakfast Rs 140, up by Rs 7, lunch and dinner Rs 245, up by Rs 15.

Commercial run of the train will begin from October 5 and it will run on all days of the week except Tuesday.

The alleged theft came to light on September 19 when Goyal's wife, who was travelling outside Mumbai, returned and found valuables missing

This is the second Vande Bharat Express, the first runs between Delhi and Varanasi.

Railway infrastructure would need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crores between 2018 and 2030, said Sitharaman as she presented her maiden Budget in Parliament on Friday.

The Model Code of Conduct kicked in following the press conference by the Election Commission on March 10 announcing seven-phase polls across the country between April 11 and May 23.