IRCTC’s new tatkal rules you must know before your next confirmed train ticket booking: Know all FAQ'sIndian Railways will soon introduce e-Aadhaar authentication for Tatkal train ticket bookings. This aims to reduce fraud and increase trans...
10 Jun, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
Indian Railways rolls out big changes to address Tatkal ticket woes, fraud IDsIndian Railways is implementing mandatory e-Aadhaar authentication for Tatkal ticket bookings to combat scalping and bot misuse. Priority a...
05 Jun, 2025, 12.17 PM IST
Tatkal ticket mystery solved: IRCTC may have found the dirty tricks behind train ticket fraud, blocks 2.5 crore user IDsIRCTC has intensified its crackdown on ticketing fraud, identifying 2.9 lakh suspicious PNRs and deactivating 2.5 crore user IDs between Ja...
05 Jun, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
31,814 tickets in 60 seconds: Indian Railways hits booking record, cracks down on botsIndian Railways achieved a new milestone. On May 22, 2025, 31,814 tickets were booked in a single minute. This was possible due to upgraded...
04 Jun, 2025, 04.57 PM IST
IRCTC app and website face outage, frustrated users take to social media over tatkal ticketsIRCTC Website Down: The IRCTC app and website experienced an outage on Thursday morning, preventing users from booking tickets. Many users ...
26 Dec, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
New section proposed in Railways Act to check e-ticketing fraudsAgainst the backdrop of online ticketing scams, railways is mulling an amendment to the Railways Act, 1989 to include a provision of penali...
16 Sep, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
High Court dismisses PIL questioning separate counters for railway agentThe Bombay High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation challenging separate counters for railway agents at the railway booking ...
25 Feb, 2015, 09.11 PM IST
Railways invites private players to sell tickets of both reserved and unreserved categoryThe unions argue that in the past also, outsourcing of such activities to private parties has resulted in lots of discrepancies, frauds and...
09 Oct, 2014, 08.55 AM IST
Railway Budget 2013: Full text of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's speechBansal, on Tuesday, presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha announcing a slew of measures to improve passenger experience and ...
26 Feb, 2013, 03.04 PM IST
Northern Railway to introduce a pink reservation form for Tatkal bookingsMonths after announcing a slew of measures to curb touts, Northern Railway will introduce a pink reservation form, which they believe will ...
20 Oct, 2012, 09.39 AM IST
- Now, separate form for tatkal bookings to check misuse
Stepping up efforts to check misuse of tatkal bookings, Railways today said a separate reservation form for passengers booking tickets unde...
18 Oct, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
- Railways gear up to tackle tout menace during Holi rush
Gearing up to tackle passenger rush as well as tout menace during the Holi festival, Northern Railway has drawn out an action plan to ensur...
10 Feb, 2012, 03.36 PM IST
- Indian Railways starts taking measures on ticketing irregularities
Indian Railways is taking strong measures for the misuse reported in e-ticketing facility including fraudulent claims of e-ticket refunds.
24 Aug, 2011, 04.09 PM IST
- E-ticket racket: IRCTC cracks whip on agents
An illegal network of agents who not only plough in profits to the tune of lakhs by conning passengers to cough up five times the e-ticketi...
19 Jul, 2011, 12.58 PM IST
- Railways blocks 4.6 lakh user IDs for e-ticket fraud
In a bid to prevent touts from cornering reserved tickets, the IRCTC has enhanced its cyber surveillance and has been disabling IDs, which ...
27 Jun, 2011, 09.47 AM IST