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Indian Railways
Ranjona Banerji | Is flying in India safe for elderly?
The destination is a small lollipop at the end of this massive voyage of discovery that is getting onto a plane or a train or a bus
22 Jan 2023 12:10 AM
AA Edit | Tapping railway land potential
Despite an ever-increasing welfare agenda, railways have a poor record as a business enterprise.
12 Sep 2022 1:43 AM
Dilip Cherian | Railway officers now likely to face appraisal by juniors and peers
The Railways Board has introduced a process that allows peers and juniors to evaluate their reporting officers
25 Aug 2022 12:07 AM
No plans of restoring rail concessions for senior citizens: Vaishnaw
In view of Covid protocol, Railways has continued concession to only four categories of Divyangjan, 11 categories of patients, and students
30 Mar 2022 10:37 PM
Issue of irregularities in railway recruitment exam raised in Rajya Sabha
There were protests in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by railway job aspirants against the alleged erroneous results of the exam
02 Feb 2022 1:25 PM
Bikaner-Guwahati train accident: Death toll rises to 9; ex-gratia payment announced
The death toll in the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident has risen to nine and as many as 36 people have been injured in the accident
14 Jan 2022 1:52 PM
Railways earned over Rs 500 crore from Tatkal, premium Tatkal tickets during pandemic
Data also showed around 32,50,039 PNRs were auto-cancelled as they were in wait status after preparation of the charts
02 Jan 2022 3:06 PM
IRCTC restores catering services in premium trains
This facility will be available for e-tickets as well as counter-ticket passengers
24 Nov 2021 12:37 PM
Railway Min withdraws decision on sharing IRCTC convenience fee; shares recover loss
Shares of IRCTC on Friday tanked nearly 10 per cent in opening trade to Rs 822.40 apiece
29 Oct 2021 12:04 PM
Railways introduces economy class in 3-tier AC compartments
The facility is being provided for the first time in the Prayagraj-Jaipur train
01 Sep 2021 9:40 AM
Railways targets to deliver 102 trains by 2024 in newly floated tender
Railways has also floated a tender for 58 rakes of Vande Bharat Express trains
30 Aug 2021 1:34 PM
Indian Railways introduces new features for Vande Bharat trains
These new trains will also be provided with higher flood protection underframe equipment to ensure reliability during heavy rains
21 Aug 2021 5:27 PM
Railways' 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet high demand amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the country, the demand for medical oxygen in the country has gone through the roof
19 Apr 2021 1:28 AM
Bharat Bandh: Railways fears blockades in 16 states
Railways' two biggest unions, AIRF and NFIR too have extended their support to the bandh and are planning to hold rallies and demonstrations
08 Dec 2020 11:19 AM
Aakar Patel | ‘Unlock’ rules are illogical: If flights allowed, why not trains?
The Indian Railways is still by and large largely shut, and has been shut since the lockdown began
01 Sep 2020 5:34 PM
Vande Bharat train tenders cancelled
The Railways has said that a fresh tender for manufacturing of 44 semi high speed train sets of Vande Bharat will be floated within a week
24 Aug 2020 12:29 PM
Railway Ministry has no funds to pay salaries, pension
It has indicated that owing to a financial crunch, all its infrastructure projects will be affected
24 Jul 2020 10:30 PM
Indian Railways says no trains cancelled
'There is no blanket order ruling out running of trains until August 12'
26 Jun 2020 8:03 AM
Mumbai braces for Cyclone Nisarga as several incoming and outgoing special trains are rescheduled
The timings of trains for Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Varanasi and for some other places have been changed.
03 Jun 2020 9:32 AM
Railways defends itself, says Shramik Specials can be terminated or rerouted
Yadav also defended the Railways against the flak over lack of food and water on board the delayed trains.
29 May 2020 8:34 PM
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