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Indian Railways has increased the monthly cap on tickets booked on the ICRTC portal from six to 12 for Aadhaar-verified passengers. (Photo: PTI)

Now, get ready to pay huge fine for carrying excess luggage in trains...

Passengers will have to pay up to 6 times the stipulated amount as penalty, if caught travelling with overweight...

5 Jun 2018 7:43 PM IST

Crossing a red signal is considered a serious offence in the railway. A red signal means another train is on the same track ahead of the local train. (Representational picture)

Train delays to affect promotions, Piyush Goyal tells officials: PTI...

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal warned heads of zonal railways that delays in train services will defer their appraisal...

3 Jun 2018 4:22 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: PTI)

Piyush Goyal proposes higher pay, rank for railway GMs

Pushes to make GMs equivalent to secretaries.

6 Aug 2018 12:20 AM IST

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.

5 Aug 2018 12:46 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: PTI)

Over 30,000 new posts in railways for permanent recruitment

Due to the technical and hard nature of jobs in Railways lesser women apply.

3 Aug 2018 3:03 PM IST

This initiative comes as a part of the Railways drive to go green as it also aims at boosting the nations sugarcane industry.. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

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 IST

The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: File/Representational)

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 IST

The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

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 IST

The bullet train is Prime Minister Narendra Modis dream project. (Photo: File pic)

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 IST

Indian Railways (Photo: PTI)

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 IST

This initiative comes as a part of the Railways drive to go green as it also aims at boosting the nations sugarcane industry.. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

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 IST

A team of central tax officers has arrested the director of a private firm who failed to pay taxes within the stipulated time in the new indirect tax regime.

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 IST