Tourism and hotel sector stocks: Time for a correction in business? Are analysts getting it wrong? 15 stocks from the ecosystemThe Indian hotel and tourism ecosystem has benefitted from the post-Covid travel urge. Occupancies were high, room rates firm, supply is, i...
10 Jun, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
Indian railways plans to ease parcel policy, allow contract extensionsIndian Railways is set to revise its parcel policy. New rules will allow two-year contract extensions for parcel leasing. These extensions ...
01 Apr, 2026, 12.44 AM IST
Parliamentary Committee flags termination of contracts in RLDA leasesThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways has highlighted the cancellation of contracts in Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) pr...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
Rail-Coach restaurant to be set up at 2 Bengaluru railway stations by Oct this yearSouth Western Railway plans to set up theme-based, air-conditioned rail-coach restaurants with state-of-the-art facilities at KSR Bengaluru...
26 Jul, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
Adult film star posts two-word tweet after porn clip plays at Patna railway stationThe porn clip played for around 3 minutes on TV screens at a platform of Patna Railway Station. A railway official said the tender awarded ...
21 Mar, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
Freight corridor: DFCCIL files Rs 234-crore claim against Chinese firm after contract terminationOfficials said though the contract was terminated in 2020, trouble had been brewing since 2019. They said the termination letter was issued...
26 Aug, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
ZEEL initiates legal proceedings against termination of contract to provide media content on trainsMargo Networks, a subsidiary of ZEEL, had entered into a content-on-demand (COD) contract with RailTel Corporation of India for providing m...
12 Nov, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Railways terminates Chinese firm's contract for signaling, telecommunication work: OfficialThe work was to be executed on a 417-km section of the corridor between Kanpur and Mughalsarai. The move to terminate the contract comes in...
18 Jul, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
IRCTC keeps order to terminate over 500 catering supervisors in abeyance till further noticeAround 560 supervisors (hospitality) were hired by the IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) in 2018 on contract basis fo...
30 Jun, 2020, 02.26 PM IST
Railways to terminate Chinese company's contract due to 'poor progress'The contract pertains to signalling and telecommunication work in the Kanpur-Deen Dayal Upadhyay section of 471 km in the dedicated freight...
19 Jun, 2020, 12.00 AM IST
Railways terminates 16 caterers' contracts for poor-quality food, overchargingIn the fiscal year 2017-18, 16 catering contracts were terminated and a penalty of Rs 4.87 crore were imposed for various lapses in caterin...
20 Jul, 2018, 08.18 PM IST
Tea cans filled with water from train toilet; Railways slaps contractor with Rs 1 lakh penaltyThe video, which has been in circulation on social media, allegedly showed two vendors mixing water from the toilet into the cans.
03 May, 2018, 02.38 PM IST
Snapping GE deal may cost Railways Rs 1,300 crore in penaltyWhile the railways doesn’t regard the penalty as a large amount, the government nevertheless expects to reach an accord with GE without res...
28 Sep, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Lizard in railway food: ministry cancels caterer's contractThe passenger had ordered and eaten the dish without noticing the lizard but felt unwell later, a co-passenger, Meghna Sinha, said in a ser...
26 Jul, 2017, 06.22 PM IST
Railways get tough with food contractors violating normsInspections at various levels are conducted in trains and stations wherein feedback from passengers through surveys for enhanced satisfacti...
05 Apr, 2017, 01.29 PM IST
Liberal policy needed to attract private funds in railways: A K Mittal"Railways should address the concern of private players for attracting private investment. If there is a risk then the risk factor has to b...
18 Jan, 2016, 02.24 PM IST
1394 complaints against food quality served in trainsThere are more than one thousand complaints about sub-standard food and lack of hygienic conditions in trains received by railways last yea...
22 Aug, 2013, 05.55 PM IST