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The finance ministry on Friday said a 5 per cent GST will be levied on food and drinks supplied by the Indian Railways or IRCTC in trains, platforms or stations.

IRCTC to predict wait-listed tickets will get confirmed or not

Nearly 13 lakh tickets are booked on the IRCTC website every day against a reserved accommodation of 10.5 lakh berths.

29 May 2018 10:57 AM IST

Science Express is stationed at CSTs platform No 10.

Railways to launch digital museums at 22 stations on August 15

A dry run of the scheme would be undertaken on August 11-12.

10 Aug 2018 4:22 PM IST

A mangled coach of the Puri-Hardwar Utkal Express train being hauled off the tracks by a crane at the accident site in Khatauli near Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: PTI)

Railway Board member, GM sent on leave after Utkal Express derailment

Was maintenance work being done on the tracks without following guidelines?

21 Aug 2017 2:02 AM IST

The Rajdhani Express.

25 drugged, robbed onboard Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express

A senior official of the ministry said that a three-member railway police force escort team of the train would be...

17 Aug 2017 7:06 AM IST

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Suresh Prabhu to inaugurate Science Express Exhibition Train tomorrow

The exhibition train will be at Roha railway station for a day on Tuesday, said a senior railway official.

17 July 2017 4:06 PM IST

Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs Rs 40,000 crore was announced in the 2015-16 Rail Budget.

Railways sought Rs 50,000 crore GBS for 2017-18

the Finance Ministry for the current year had slashed it to Rs 28,000 crore, citing slow spending pace.

20 Jan 2017 4:29 PM IST

Bandra station. Commuters say efforts by the railways to ensure cleanliness still have a long way to go. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Mumbai nowhere in list of top ten cleanest stations

Bandra station, which was ranked 60th last year, has leapfrogged to the 15th spot.

18 May 2017 2:01 AM IST

According to an MMRC official, there are a total of 27 countries that operate driverless Metro corridors all around the globe. (Photo: PTI)

Colaba-Seepz corridor to be driverless

In a bid to save trees in Aarey Milk Colony, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation has redesigned its car depot plan.

3 March 2017 4:07 AM IST

The railways plans to win back the customers it has lost to economic air travel. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Railway ministry working with companies like Apple on train speeds

NITI Aayog approved the ministry's Rs 18,000 crore proposal to increase speeds of the Gatiman Express.

21 July 2017 2:27 PM IST

Narendra Modi addressing at inauguration ceremony of India International Exchange in GIFT City. (Photo: Twitter/PIB)

Railway ministry used as bargaining tool by previous govts, says Modi

The allies of main political party used to demand the railway ministry to join the government, says Modi.

9 Jan 2017 8:51 PM IST

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu (Photo: PTI)

Rail Ministry taps 6 global cos for high speed trains

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said these trains could travel at a speed of 600 km per hour.

4 March 2017 4:41 PM IST

The incident took place at CST station at around 9.45 pm.

In tweet, man complains about RPF

As per the man's tweet, he was falsely accused of entering the station premises in a drunken state.

30 July 2017 2:01 AM IST