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Newly married British couple books entire train for honeymoon trip to Nilgiri hills
The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for one-way trip, becoming first people to do so.
02 Sep 2018 3:38 PM
Railways likely to miss August 2022 deadline for Bullet train project
The railways is contemplating opening a shorter 50-km section of bullet train route in August 2022.
31 Aug 2018 7:05 PM
Diesel guzzler Indian Railways turns to natural gas to cut cost
Using natural gas will be about 25 per cent cheaper than the alternative fuels used by the railways at workshops.
31 Aug 2018 8:40 AM
Railways set to come up with revised flexi-fare scheme next month
Government is also mulling options to bring in special discounts under the scheme in less busy routes.
25 Aug 2018 10:53 AM
Police arrest 2, bust job-for-cash scam
The police said the racket was exposed when one of the arrested accused spilled the beans on his accomplice.
25 Aug 2018 1:30 AM
Railways to run Ladies Special Trains on Raksha Bandhan in Delhi
The day, which is meant to be a celebration of the love between siblings, will now see a thoughtful gesture by the Indian Railways.
24 Aug 2018 12:12 PM
Train services partially restored in flood-affected Kerala
The train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed.
21 Aug 2018 4:42 PM
Railways to upgrade breath analysers for loco pilots
This will enable the national transporter to keep track of drivers who regularly fail the test.
21 Aug 2018 2:41 PM
Over 200 railway projects report cost overrun of Rs 1.82 lakh crore
According to the report, up to April this year the total original cost of these 204 projects was Rs 1,29,339.96 crore.
12 Aug 2018 11:38 AM
Piyush Goyal proposes higher pay, rank for railway GMs
Pushes to make GMs equivalent to secretaries.
06 Aug 2018 12:20 AM
Supplying rails to Railways like a dream come true, says Naveen Jindal
JSPL bagged 20 per cent of Rs 2,500 crore global tender by Indian Railways to supply long rails.
05 Aug 2018 12:46 PM
Over 30,000 new posts in railways for permanent recruitment
Due to the technical and hard nature of jobs in Railways lesser women apply.
03 Aug 2018 3:03 PM
JSPL bags 20 pc of Railways' Rs 2,500 cr global tender to supply long rails
Indian Railways is looking at 4,000 km of track renewal in each of the next two financial years, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
31 Jul 2018 12:45 PM
27 passenger trains cancelled due to closure of Yamuna bridge
Due to less availability of shelter homes, families residing near old Yamuna Bridge are allegedly forced to stay on roads.
30 Jul 2018 12:30 PM
Train completes 42-hour journey from Andhra to UP in 4 years
A consignment of fertilizer took almost four years to travel a distance 1,326 km and reach its destination.
28 Jul 2018 4:44 PM
Railways' global tender for supply of long rails to open today
This is the first time in three decades that rail procurement has been opened for the private sector.
24 Jul 2018 12:49 PM
Railways agents misused demonetisation waivers: CAG
The JTBS charges Rs 1 per ticket but can sell only unreserved tickets and cannot issue concession tickets.
22 Jul 2018 3:51 AM
26 minor girls rescued from train after passenger alerts railways with tweet
On July 5, a passenger on board train tweeted that he was travelling in S5 coach and noticed around 25 girls crying, looking uncomfortable.
06 Jul 2018 7:03 PM
Rail officers to get lessons on ethics and integrity
Among those invited as speakers are former cabinet secretary Prabhat Kumar and former education secretary Anil Swarup.
06 Jul 2018 12:43 AM
Cleaning image: After food scares, IRCTC live streams from kitchens
IRCTC is trying to convince commuters after govt's own corruption watchdog labelled Indian Railways food 'unfit for human consumption'.
05 Jul 2018 9:23 PM
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