Train blankets will be a lot cleaner and more hygienic now. Here's whyNorthern Railways will now wash blankets every 15 days instead of a month. Blankets will be sterilized with hot naphthalene vapour and UV r...
01 Dec, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
Are blankets in trains that you are using cleaned regularly? Railway Minister answersRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw clarified that train blankets are laundered at least monthly and bedroll kits include an extra sheet usab...
27 Nov, 2024, 09.27 PM IST
Snuggling in for a long train journey? RTI reveals Indian Railways blankets are washed only once a monthAn RTI response from Indian Railways has disclosed that while bed sheets and pillow covers in AC coaches are washed after every use, blanke...
22 Oct, 2024, 09.44 PM IST
Gurgaon kid drowns in residential swimming pool; death unmasks grave safety gapsA tragic incident unfolded in Gurugram as a five-year-old boy drowned in a residential society's swimming pool due to alleged negligence by...
26 Jul, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
Reduced occupancy, thermal screening, no linen: International Union of Railways' guidelines to manage coronavirusInternational Union of Railways has suggested railways adopt policies to reduce the likelihood of transmission, for example: removing magaz...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
Bring your own blanket: What Indian Railways banning dirty linen tells us about 'quilt' complexRailways must ensure that hygiene efforts are not derailed by faulty laundering.
19 Mar, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
Railways starts thermal screening of passengers in running trainAccording to Railway Ministry officials, the national transporter officials have started the screening of passengers inside the trains in T...
16 Mar, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
From a lumbering PSU to a smart service provider: How Indian Railways changed the way it serves youThough there's still a lot to be done, railways have managed to shed the image of a state entreprise impervious to change and aloof to its ...
29 Jun, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
Indian Railways to repaint 30,000 Mail, Express coaches in new colourThe new colour scheme will replace the dark blue colour, which was introduced in 1990s replacing the brick red colour introduced earlier.
18 Jun, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
Softer, lighter, cleaner blankets in AC coaches soon: Rail BoardUnlike the blankets provided now which are woollen, the revised specifications said that the fibre content of the blankets should be 60 per...
04 Apr, 2018, 06.42 PM IST
Bed linen washed after every use, blankets at least once in 2 months: RailwaysOver 65% linen are washed in mechanised laundries set up inside railway premises and the remaining are washed at laundries hired on contrac...
07 Feb, 2018, 08.22 PM IST
Railways starts process of phasing out of blankets in AC coachesRailways is using thermal control and regulating the temperature in the third AC compartment of the Delhi-Jammu train to around 24-26 degre...
01 Aug, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
Toilet - Ek Chain Katha: When Railways retrieved gold chain from poopA passenger's gold chain accidentally fell through the toilet vent. It weighed 50 grams, said its owner, an orthopaedic surgeon, and was wo...
30 Jul, 2017, 01.39 PM IST
Railways plans to discontinue providing blankets in some AC trainsThe move to do away with blankets is an 'economical option', considering that it takes Rs 55 to clean the bedroll while passengers are char...
30 Jul, 2017, 10.20 AM IST
4 points from CAG report that tell you why Railways isn't exactly on trackEven if you pay extra for faster travel by train, there is no guarantee you will reach your destination in time, finds out the new CAG repo...
24 Jul, 2017, 05.44 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi visits Deonar ground, slams Narendra Modi over Swachch BharatRahul today trained his guns on Modi over his pet "Swachch Bharat" campaign, alleging "lack of strategy and vision" in carrying out cleanli...
12 Apr, 2016, 03.52 PM IST
- Dalai Lama arrives in Tawang
Dalai Lama arrived in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday on a four-day visit.
08 Nov, 2009, 12.49 PM IST