Iqra Hasan's ‘don’t touch me’ video goes viral after brief detention following clash with DIG over Shamli youth death caseSamajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan was briefly detained and filmed repeatedly saying "don't touch me" while being escorted by police in Saharanp...
20 May, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
Pakistan: Karachi brought to halt as power failures, mismanagement spark protestIn the bustling heart of Karachi, commuters found their daily routines thrown into chaos as prolonged power outages struck Railway Colony. ...
29 Apr, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
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
IRCTC luggage rules explained: Do Railway passengers need to pay for excess luggage like at airports? Minister says thisRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced new luggage rules for train passengers. Travelers exceeding free baggage allowances will now fa...
18 Dec, 2025, 05.00 PM IST
Pension battle: After 37 years, SC rules in favour of late government employee dismissed for allegedly taking bribesA railway TTE, dismissed for alleged bribery in 1988, has finally won his case in the Supreme Court. After a 37-year fight, his legal heirs...
07 Nov, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
HC upholds dismissal of Railway Clerk for not returning Rs 6 three decades agoRajesh Verma was employed for just two years when he was caught during a "decoy check" in August 1997. An investigation revealed Verma had ...
17 Aug, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Railway Board suggests penalties and infrastructure improvement to lower rake congestionInstances of coal loading terminals and power houses taking more than permitted free time to release wagons were flagged in April. This was...
14 Aug, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh: Kadiyam is SCR’s 1st solar-powered rly stnThe entire electrical load of the station works on the 10KWp solar power plant during the day and excess units generated from the plant are...
20 Jan, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
Rail travellers love carrying entire household, but can they be trained better?It is unclear how the Railways will track passengers on platforms like airports.
08 Jan, 2019, 09.22 AM IST
IRCTC hopes to help startups with new policy changes on eticketingIRCTC also said that this move would help reduce the excessive load that these B2C agents throw onto IRCTC’s ticket booking website.
25 Jul, 2018, 08.19 AM IST
Now, rail passengers to pay six-time penalty for carrying excess luggageRailways has decided to strictly enforce its over-three-decades-old baggage allowance rules, which allows railways to penalise travelers wi...
06 Jun, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
RPF personnel not to check passengers' ticketRPF personnel will not be involved in ticket checking drives and chasing passengers for this purpose on moving trains and on platforms as i...
26 Sep, 2017, 04.50 PM IST
Ministries incur Rs 8,563 crore excess expenditure: Parliament panelAsking Finance Ministry to devise stringent measures including penal action to check excess spending, a Parliamentary panel said various mi...
16 Dec, 2015, 09.31 PM IST
CBI registers four cases in an alleged loss of Rs 4,000 crore to the railwaysThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered four cases in an alleged loss of Rs 4,000 crore to the railways in freight.
10 Jun, 2015, 08.47 PM IST
Rail Budget 2014: Modernisation of railways is slated to cost at least Rs 5.6 lakh croreModernisation of railways is slated to cost at least Rs 5.6 lakh crore, while safety improvements will cost at least another Rs 1 lakh cror...
03 Jul, 2014, 03.37 PM IST
Kharge hits back, says Gowda can roll back railway fare hike if he wantsKharge, who represents Gulbarga in Lok Sabha, headed the Ministry of Railways from June 2013 to May 2014, and took up many new lines, and f...
02 Jun, 2014, 12.20 PM IST
- Take steps to check unauthorised spendings: PAC to Finance Ministry
"The report and the responses of the ministries clearly show a paralysis in implementation of financial rules and constitutional provisions...
26 Feb, 2013, 07.49 PM IST