Indian Railways gives another chance to 70,000 candidates to apply again

Indian Railways is giving a second chance to 70,000 candidates whose job applications were rejected for uploading faulty photos. The Railway ministry has asked these aspirants to rectify their mistake by July 20.

Indian Railways Recruitment has received 4.8 million applications for 26,500 posts of assistant loco pilots and technicians.

"We realised that among the total applications that were found ineligible, around 127,000 candidates were found ineligible for invalid pictures. Out of the 127,000 people, now, 70,000 have been asked to make the changes in the pictures and upload them again," Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, Director Information and Publicity, Railway Board said to PTI.

An email and a message have been sent to the 70,000 applicants, who were given a second chance.

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Mumbai railway traffic resumes, students to apply in hiring drive: Updates

Mumbai railway traffic resumed between Dadar and Matunga after scores of agitating students blocked rail traffic, including suburban services between the two stations earlier in the day, causing difficulties to hundreds of thousands of Mumbai local commuters. The agitation by students, seeking permanent jobs in Indian Railways, was called off at 10.35 am but not before the rail blockade forced the Railways to stop the suburban and express trains in the affected section between Matunga and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) for hours.

Railways officials have told a national daily that they are running special trains for the Kurla station in the down direction. They added that they are diverting railway traffic from Dadar station in the up direction.

According to Railways officials, the entire four lines between Matunga and CSMT have been affected, while police and Railways officials are conducting talks with the agitating railway job aspirants.

Students shouting slogans against the Railways held up placards demanding a one-time settlement from GM quota and said that they were demanding jobs from the government.