Tag: Central Railway

Mumbai : An agitation by railway job-seekers that paralysed the Central Railway (CR) suburban train services here for over three hours on Tuesday has been withdrawn. The agitation demanding railway apprentices' recruitment resulted in a major rail blockade, police caning and retaliatory stone-throwing. The morning peak hour suburban and long-distance train services were severely disrupted as hundreds of protestors squatted on the railway tracks between Matunga and Dadar on the CR. After the intervention of top CR officials and the Railway Ministry with a written assurance to the protestors, the agitation was...