Odisha: Massive fire breaks out at Cuttack daily marketA fire erupted at Cuttack's Link Road daily market on Monday morning. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours. The fire was intense, with ...
01 Jun, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
From shortage story to cash-flow story: A sector ready for sustained re-rating? 5 power stocks with upside potential of up to 33%In the power sector, the next cycle will not reward whoever has the most installed megawatts. It will reward whoever can sign the right con...
03 May, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
Freeport delays Grasberg recovery due to wetter ore; shares fallFreeport-McMoRan announced a slower-than-expected recovery at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia following a fatal flood. The company now antic...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
Railways' initial probe suggests poor maintenance caused freight train derailment near VrindavanAn initial probe into the derailment of a coal-loaded train near Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh points to poor maintenance as the cause. The No...
25 Sep, 2024, 07.31 PM IST
Railways conducts test run of its longest freight train carrying 27,000 tonnes of coalThe amount of coal carried by Super Vasuki is enough to fire 3000 MW of power plant for one full day, officials said. This is three times t...
17 Aug, 2022, 09.29 AM IST
Railways cancelled almost 9,000 train services this year, over 1,900 due to coal movement: RTIIn a reply to a query under the Right To Information (RTI) filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways has said that it cancelled 6,995 tra...
05 Jun, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
India coal stocks under pressure owing to rail bottlenecksPower generators' inventories are equivalent to just eight days worth of consumption compared with 16 days at the same point last year and ...
12 May, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Power crisis: Railways deploys 86% of its open wagons for coal transportationThe Railways has also used an innovative method of using long-haul trains -- running three to five trains together -- at 122 locations in s...
04 May, 2022, 08.57 PM IST
Rlys cancels around 42 trains across two zones to facilitate coal freight movementSome passengers services under the SECR like the Bilaspur-Bhopal train, which was suspended in March 28, will now remain in this status til...
30 Apr, 2022, 03.32 PM IST
Suffered loss of Rs 2,220 crore due to farmers' protest in Punjab: RailwaysThe deadlock between the protesting farmers and the Railways continued with the national transporter rejecting a proposal by the protestors...
20 Nov, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Indian Railways' freight loading in October up 15% compared to last yearTo attract new business and incentivise other existing clients, the Railway ministry has held meetings with top leadership of iron and stee...
01 Nov, 2020, 02.56 PM IST
Indian Railways freight loading in July surpasses last year’s levelThe freight loading, though picked up in May and June, actually surpassed last year’s level on July 27 when it stood at 3.13 MT. A total of...
28 Jul, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
ECoR carried 45.80 million tonne of freight during 101-day lockdownOf 27.06 million tonne, 16.14 mt are of indigenous coal from Odisha's Talcher area and 10.92 mt of imported coal from different ports under...
04 Jul, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
Indian Railways reaches out to e-commerce firms, local cos for supplying essentials via special freight trainsLocal industries, e-commerce companies, any interested groups, organizations, individuals and prospective loaders can also contact Railway ...
02 Apr, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
Coal India aims 60k-tonnes-a-day output from Rajmahal mineReserves at Rajmahal within the land acquired by Coal India were almost exhausted and required expansion to keep production levels intact.
10 Nov, 2018, 01.42 PM IST
Railways to offer 30 per cent discount to bulk customers on incremental loading"This policy will help us make railways a preferable and economical solution to bulk customers. We want to be much more efficient than road...
30 Sep, 2016, 10.02 AM IST
Railways enter one billion plus club in freight loadingWith the loading target exceeding 1007 MT by the end of March, Railways today entered the select group of billion plus club in freight move...
01 Apr, 2013, 09.28 PM IST