8th Pay Commission fitment factor demand: Railway employee body demands multiple fitment factors; minimum pay of Rs 52,600The Indian Railways Technical Supervisors’ Association (IRTSA) has submitted a memorandum to the 8th Pay Commission demanding five distinct...
07 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
DMRC appoints Sanjay Jamuar as first CEO for global arm DMIL; aims to scale overseas metro projectsDMIL CEO: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has launched Delhi Metro International Limited. Sanjay Jamuar is its first Chief Executive Officer. ...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.17 PM IST
'Itna asaan nahi hota': Noida techie who left a 9-to-5 job to open a tea stall shares hard truth for those planning to quit for small bizA Noida techie's experiment trading his stable job for a roadside stall selling tea and juice revealed the harsh realities of small busines...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
8th Pay Commission news: Railway body wants more allowances, pension inclusion, new classification of postsIn a letter written to Ranjana Desai, chairperson, 8th Pay Commission, KV Ramesh, secretary general, IRTSA, wrote that stakeholders should ...
18 Mar, 2026, 01.14 PM IST
Railways during Emergency: Trains on time, but veterans also recall long working hoursFifty years after the Emergency, railway employees share their memories. Trains ran on time, but work conditions were tough. Shiv Gopal Mis...
22 Jun, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
Mahakumbh 2025: Train tickets just a QR scan awayThe Uttar Pradesh government and Indian Railways will make Mahakumbh 2025 digital by introducing QR code-based railway tickets. Railway emp...
04 Jan, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
Our customer services should epitomise aspirations of new India: Railway Board chief to employeesSinha, the first woman head of the Railway Board, said integrity is non-negotiable for public servants. "We shall maintain a zero-tolerance...
10 Sep, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Krishna Kumar Thakur joins BHEL board as directorKrishna Kumar Thakur, a 1998-batch officer of Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS), has been appointed as a director on the board of BHE...
04 Jul, 2023, 02.57 PM IST
Microsoft to help Indian Railways employees connect with healthcare servicesMicrosoft had launched Kaizala designed for the Indian market to enable large group communications and work management.
04 Apr, 2019, 01.50 PM IST
Indian railways opens up 9 consultant positions. Here's how to applyThe openings are for nine locations- Jaipur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Secunderabad, Bilaspur, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Bangalore.
21 Jun, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
PM to attend Vikas Shivir to improve Railways' financesSince the earnings from freight and passengers are not very encouraging, the Railways is focusing on non-fare revenue in a major way.
09 Nov, 2016, 08.26 PM IST
Consumer forum asks Indian Railways to facilitate passengers"We direct Railway authorities to display in coach, the procedure, the duty of TTE, Railway Police, the telephone number to facilitate publ...
30 Dec, 2014, 04.31 PM IST
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu assuages fears over privatisation of Railways"We want to get private participation but that does not mean we want to privatise railway's operations," he said, addressing an Asia Societ...
03 Dec, 2014, 05.04 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
- Railways explore quota for employees' wards in jobs
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked her ministry to explore the feasibility of according some priority or providing some reservation...
16 Jul, 2010, 01.33 PM IST
- Railway cloak rooms to get a private touch
Next time you visit a cloak room at a railway station, your experience could be quite different. The Railways is planning to lease out cloa...
08 Nov, 2006, 12.43 AM IST
- Railway Ministry opposes Rites, Ircon divestment
The Railway Ministry has opposed the disinvestment of Rail India Technical and Economic Services (Rites) and Indian Railway Construction Co...
02 Aug, 2002, 04.12 AM IST