Indian Railways
- Andhra Pradesh
RLDA to lease out railway land for development near Tirupati
Amaravati: Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), a statutory entity of Indian Railways, has invited bids for leasing out a 5,532 square metre land parcel at Renigunta near temple town Tirupati for commercial…
- India
Parliamentary panel recommends senior citizen rebate restoration in sleeper, AC 3-tier
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has recommended that senior citizen concessions be reviewed and restored “urgently” at least for sleeper class and AC 3-tier train travel. In its report submitted on August…
- India
Railways removes service charges for food, drinks; tags it on to prices of meals
New Delhi: The Railways has removed on-board service charges on all meals and beverages that are not pre-ordered on premium trains. But there is a catch — the Rs 50 charge has…
- India
Bullet train project head Satish Agnihotri sacked over alleged corruption
The India Railways on Thursday sacked Bullet train project head Satish Agnihotri over alleged misuse of power, diversion of funds. Satish is also the managing director of National High Speed Rail Corporation…
- India
Former, sitting MPs’ train travel bill Rs 62 cr in past 5 years: RTI
New Delhi: Free train travels of sitting and former Lok Sabha members over the past five years have cost the exchequer Rs 62 crore, which included nearly Rs 2.5 crore in the…
- India
Panic over essential items as key NE rail link remains snapped
Guwahati: Apprehension on availability of essentials, transport fuel and vegetables grips the people of certain parts of the northeastern region as the solitary railway line through Assam’s Dima Hasao district connecting Tripura, Mizoram,…
- India
Railway launches ‘baby berths’ for passengers travelling with kids
New Delhi: To make train journey more comfortable for women passengers travelling with infants, the railways has fitted foldable “baby berths” on the side of lower main berths of the Lucknow Mail…
- India
Iftar provided onboard Shatabdi Express; catering staff wins hearts
New Delhi: Shahnawaz Akhtar, a passenger on board the Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Express, was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday when iftar was offered to him on the train as he was about to break…
- India
North Railways get Rs 13,147 crore more than south in Union budget
The Indian government in its budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 has allocated Rs 13,200 crore for the northern railway which is far more than the meager amount of Rs 59 crore…
- India
Clear govt stand on rail privatisation: Opposition in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Opposition members on Tuesday accused the government of indulging in jugglery of railway finances and sought to know whether it intends to privatise the Indian Railways after Air India. Initiating…
- Hyderabad
Indigenous train protection system ‘Kavach’ successfully passes anti-collision test
Hyderabad: “Kavach”, an indigenously developed automatic train protection system, successfully passed the anti-collision test on Friday. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw witnessed the functioning of ‘Kavach’ in Hyderabad. The project was live tested…
- India
Indian Railways ran more trains for migrants from Gujarat than Maha: Supriya Sule
Mumbai: NCP MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the opposition of inciting migrants to flee from Mumbai during the COVID-19 lockdown, and claimed more trains were…
- India
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen condemns Budget 2022-23
The National Federation of Indian Railwaymen’s (NFIR) general secretary Dr M Raghavaiah today said that the Union Budget 2022-23 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has disappointed vast section of people…
- India
Students unions call Bihar Bandh on Jan 28 over discrepancies in NTPC exam
Patna: Terming the committee formed by the Union Railway Ministry to look into the concerns raised by the aspirants of alleged irregularities in Railway Recruitment Board’s NTPC stage 1 exam results as…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi condemns ‘repression’ of railway job aspirants
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday condemned the “repression” of candidates for Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) and the Level 1 exams and urged the government to find a…
