CBI registers FIR against former CMD of IRFC in gift purchase scamThe CBI has filed an FIR against the former chairman and managing director of Indian Rail Finance Corporation (IRFC), Amitabha Banerjee, fo...
- IRCTC to restart Tejas Express trains from mid-October
SOPs have been issued to ensure the safety of passengers that will be followed by the IRCTC-operated trains.
No deaths due to rail accidents in 2019, safest year for train passengersWhile between 1990-1995, an average of more than 500 accidents took place every year, with around 2,400 deaths and 4,300 injured in those f...
Railway minister Piyush Goyal to track operations from office at Rail BhavanThe system could also become available for the general public soon as the railways is mulling putting up such screens on its premises to pr...
Railways set to start Rs 10,000-crore track renewal exercise to replace 8,000 km of linesThe railways hopes this will reduce the number of derailments by 50 per cent in the next two years. It will invite global tenders for the p...
Cultural overhauling: Railways changes 36-year old practice to end VIP cultureRailways ends a 36-year-old protocol of attending board members by general managers, asks senior officials to relieve railway staff engaged...
Display screens at railway stations in next 4 years: GovernmentThe screens will display information related to arrival, departure, running status of trains and other passenger related information round ...
Railways aims Rs 40,000 crore earnings by monetising soft assetsIn a two-pronged strategy, the railways aims to increase earnings through traditional as well as non-traditional sources, while at the same...
Railways formulating policy to promote tourism through trainsThe policy, a first-of-its-kind exercise by the Railways, aims at hassle-free and seamless movement of people across different tourist plac...
Railways step up efforts to electrify more routes to save energy costPace of electrification has gained traction as the railways has rolled an action plan to drastically decrease the use of diesel in order to...
Rail Budget 2014: Modernisation of railways is slated to cost at least Rs 5.6 lakh croreModernisation of railways is slated to cost at least Rs 5.6 lakh crore, while safety improvements will cost at least another Rs 1 lakh cror...
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: New govt will have huge task in turning around railwaysThe incoming BJP government faces a mammoth task in turning the cash-strapped railways into a growth engine by infusing fundamental reforms.
Rail Budget 2013: PM hails the budget as reformist, forward-lookingManmohan Singh complimented Bansal for his "innovations" in critical areas of Railway infrastructure and paving the way for capacity expans...
- Delhi HC notice to IRCTC on running of luxury train
The direction of the court came on a plea of tour and travel operator Cox & Kings challenging the notice of IRCTC terminating the joint ven...
- ABB wins Rs 145 cr power orders for Indian rail network
ABB Limited India, leader in power and automation technologies, has won orders worth around Rs 145 crore from the Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Comp...
- Lalu wants to use Indian rail network for water management
After scripting a turnaround in the fortunes of Indian Railways, Union Minister Lalu Prasad has now envisioned the prospect of channelising...
- French team to study Indian rail corridor
French Railway team coming to India for technical feasibility study on high-speed rail corridor.