A train passenger won Rs 1 lakh damages for bag theft at Delhi State Commission only to lose the case before NCDRC; Lessons to be learntIndian railways: A passenger travelling in AP Express (train no. 12724) from New Delhi to Nagpur in reserved 3rd AC coach experienced shock...
23 Oct, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
G20 Summit security: Railways suspends parcel service in Delhi from September 8-10The restrictions will be imposed at several railway stations, including New Delhi, Old Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Terminal, and ...
04 Sep, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
Can you travel on waiting ticket; Is there time limit for middle berth? 8 Railways rules you should knowThe Railways has a strict rule regarding middle berths. Passengers cannot fold down the berth during the day as the lower and upper berths ...
30 Mar, 2023, 06.46 PM IST
Central Railway to open pod hotel services at Mumbai's CSMT this monthEarlier, on November 17, 2021, a pod hotel was opened for passengers at the Mumbai Central railway station of the Western Railway (WR).
02 Jun, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
Indian Railways' Buddhist circuit trains to start from January 23IRCTC announces a Bharat darshan Special tourist train that will cover four Buddhist destinations which will commence from January 23, 2022...
28 Oct, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
Piyush Goyal dedicates series of projects for rail infrastructure in poll-bound West BengalRailway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday dedicated a series of projects for the development of rail infrastructure in poll-bound West Bengal...
19 Feb, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
MoS Railways dubs Railway Protection Force as 'toothless', demands more power for itCurrently, even if a crime is detected by the RPF, the case has to be handed over to the GRP for further enquiry.
16 Jan, 2019, 08.25 PM IST
Indian Railways studying Japanese clinical efficiency for its bullet train projectIndian officials said the technology apart, the calm efficiency of workforce in Japan was the reason behind the reliability of its high spe...
09 Nov, 2018, 08.39 PM IST
Coolie taking advantage of free railway WiFi to realise civil services dreamSreenath has been earning his livelihood carrying heavy luggage at Ernakulam Junction in Kerala for the past five years.
10 May, 2018, 08.21 AM IST
Western Railway to revise porterage, waiting room charges"The rates of porterage charges to licensed porters at railway stations will be revised with effect from July 1, 2016 on Western Railway," ...
15 Jun, 2016, 06.20 PM IST
Western Railway recovers Rs 12 crore as penalty for irregular travel in April299 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets were detected last month, 1219 beggars and unauthorised hawkers were apprehended, evicted...
20 May, 2016, 08.00 PM IST
Western Railway collects Rs 6.45 crore from ticketless travellersThis amount is 12.68 per cent more than the corresponding month of last year," it said, adding WR has regularly taken innovative steps.
19 Aug, 2015, 06.28 PM IST
China conducts first military mobility test on bullet train for rushing troops to XinjiangChina has successfully conducted the first-ever military mobility test by rushing troops and weapons on its bullet train to the Xinjiang pr...
09 Jun, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Security heightened at AP railway stations after Chennai bomb blastsThe public was also asked to be more vigilant on suspected items and goods at railway stations and announcements were being made in this re...
01 May, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
Rail Budget 2013: Trains may now have braille stickers for visually challengedBraille is a writing system which enables visually challenged and partially sighted people to read and write.
08 Feb, 2013, 01.51 PM IST
- Rail parcel included under 3.708 per cent service tax ambit from Oct 1
Rail parcel except personal baggage, agriculture produce & few other items has been included under ambit of service tax of 3.708%.
03 Oct, 2012, 11.33 PM IST
- CBEC exempts service tax on essential commodity
The government has exempted a number of goods like food grains, fertilisers and farm inputs from paying service tax for transportation thro...
02 Sep, 2009, 11.56 AM IST