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She had a confirmed 2AC berth, but one small mistake cost her railway penalty, nearly double the ticket fareAn Indian Rpassenger faced a hefty penalty for boarding a train at a station different from her ticket's origin. Indian Railways staff mark...
Nearly 30,000 Railway jobs to be surrendered, redistributed: Which zones will be most impacted?Railway Board writes that the zone-wise annual MoU targets for manpower rationalisation (redistribution+surrender) Key Performance Indicato...
Chaos breaks out at Surat's Udhna Railway Station as passengers complain of long queues, scorching heat & lack of facilitiesChaos erupted at Surat's Udhna Railway Station on Sunday. Passengers struggled in heat and long queues for a Bihar-bound train. Many migran...
IRCTC shares in focus after board approves appointment of new CFOIn a separate news, the ministry of railways has appointed Rabindra Nath Mishra with the additional charge of the post of Director (Finance...
Fact Check: IRCTC clears false claims about e-tickets bookings; All you need to knowThe spokesperson said up to 12 tickets per month can be booked from an individual's account and if the account-holder is Aadhar-authenticat...
Chhath Puja: Large crowd at Mumbai, Delhi railway stations as passengers rush home. Watch videoHuge crowd are flocking to railway stations, particularly Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Delhi's Anand Vihar, as people head to their...
Odisha rail accident: CBI team reaches site, investigation onUnion Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said on Sunday, "The way this accident happened, looking at the conditions, and according to th...
Caught in the crossfire, power corporation NTPC urges railways to rename rail testsThe Railway exams have been in the news for the last week over large-scale protests over certain irregularities in its screening process. T...
Railway Board asks zonal railways to fill up vacancies in electrification projectsIn a letter sent to all Zonal Railways earlier this week, the Railway Board has asked them to comply with a previous order that vested resp...
Indian Railways to run clone trains to clear long waiting lists"Wherever there is a demand, wherever the waiting list is long, we will run a clone train ahead of the actual train, so that passengers can...
Freeze on new posts to cutting down on stationary use, Indian Railways set to adopt austerity measuresIn a letter dated June 19, the financial commissioner of the railways told the general managers of all the zones that the traffic earnings ...
As railway denies layoff, Board's letter tells a different storyThe Board wants performance details every month, of staff who are either 55 yrs old or have worked for 30 yrs.
Railways' multipurpose stalls to sell generic low cost medicines at stationsA policy provision will be made that existing Multi Purpose Stalls (MPS) at railway stations may be authorized to stock generic low-cost me...
Piyush Goyal proposes higher pay, rank for railway GMsUnion Minister Piyush Goyal has proposed a higher rank and pay scale for Railway general managers.
Now, Railway employees to get credit card-like medical cardsEach dependent of the employee and the pensioner will also get a separate medical identity card, with unique all India number, according to...
- Railway bribery: RPF official who helped Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar under CBI lens
Mahesh Kumar was arrested by CBI for allegedly paying nephew of Railway Minister P K Bansal, Vijay Singla Rs 90 lakh.
- Tech check on track: Now, railway TTEs on board Rajdhani Express trains to get palmtops
The ticket-checkers on board all the Rajdhani Express trains would soon be seen carrying hand-held computers, instead of the archaic reserv...
Rail Budget 2012-13: Dinesh Trivedi announces measures to restructure Railway BoardThe idea is to correct the perception that the transporter suffers from an 'implementation bug' as suggested by the Kakodkar committee.
Rail budget 2012-13: Passenger fare hike had become necessary, says Railway BoardChairman of Rail board, Vinay Mittal said the hike was a 'bold' decision taken by the Rail Minister to "put the Railways back on tracks of ...
- Rail Budget 2012-13: Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien takes to twitter to vent out anger over fare hike
O'Brien said hike in fare for upper classes may be okay but there was no justification for effecting the increase across the board.