Vedanta Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 23The death toll from a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23. Two more workers died from their i...
18 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Rs 51.37 cr disbursed as ex-gratia payment to next of kin, victims of Balasore tragedy: Railway Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe Railway Ministry has disbursed a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore...
15 Dec, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
Railways constitute 4-member high-level committee to probe bridge collapse in MizoramThe Ministry of Railways has constituted a four-member high-level committee to inquire into the cause of the collapse of a under constructi...
25 Aug, 2023, 10.26 AM IST
Rail union demands parity in compensation with frontline workers in case of death on duty during COVIDIn a letter to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, general secretary of the All India Railwaymen's Federation Shiva Gopal Mishra said around 1,5...
08 May, 2021, 07.40 PM IST
Piyush Goyal indicates customers to get compensation for delayed freight deliverySpeaking at the foundation day of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited, Goyal said that it should make a commitment ...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.02 PM IST
Government to replace all long distance trains with modern coachesHe also assured the House that the government will implement "whatever announcements have been made with regard to introduction of more tra...
04 Jan, 2019, 04.17 PM IST
Railways paid 8 lakh compensation for lost baggage in 3 yearsAccording to the data presented by Gohain, a total of 17,925 cases of travellers' belongings being stolen were registered in 2016, a 47 per...
04 Aug, 2017, 10.45 PM IST
Railways, insurance companies in talks to provide cover to passengersPreliminary discussions have been held with these seven public and private insurance companies on February 9, but no decision has been take...
04 Mar, 2016, 03.34 PM IST
Hike compensation of affected farmers in MP rail project: CongressCongress MLA Jaivardhan Singh here today demanded enhanced compensation for farmers of Sailana tehsil's Shivgarh area in Ratlam district wh...
11 Dec, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
271 train mishaps between April 2012 to November 2015: GovernmentOut of these, Sinha said, 190 accidents were due to the failure of railway staff while 29 happened on account of failure on part of people ...
02 Dec, 2015, 11.26 PM IST
Pappu Yadav raises protocol issue at government eventPappu Yadav raised protocol issue when FM along with other Ministers got on to the stage for MoU signing for setting up multi-crore locomot...
30 Nov, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
Train-van collision: Railways announce compensationRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu today termed as "unfortunate" the death of five children in a train-school van collision at an unmanned rail...
04 Dec, 2014, 01.48 PM IST
Nitish Kumar seeks apology, compensation from Railway MinistryKumar, who had twice been the Railway Minister between 1999 and 2004, hit out at the Railway Ministry saying it "should be ashamed that peo...
26 Oct, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
Bill to amend Railways Act 1989 introduced in Lok SabhaThe Railways (Amendment) Bill 2014 also aims to categorise the cases of "accidental falling" from trains to enable the national transporter...
07 Aug, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
Allahabad stampede: Railway Minister P K Bansal announces compensationBansal also announced free passes for the families of victims who want to reach the site.
11 Feb, 2013, 02.50 PM IST
- Train fire mishap: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announces compensation
Trivedi today condoled the loss of lives in the fire mishap and announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of those killed.
22 Nov, 2011, 10.53 AM IST
- Reliance bid's lowest for Railway insurance
Reliance General Insurance has emerged as the lowest bidder for providing accident insurance cover to millions of passengers travelling on ...
14 Jul, 2006, 12.08 AM IST