Global turmoil is India’s 'wake-up call' to cut import dependence: Piyush GoyalIndia's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urges domestic industry to embrace self-reliance amid global challenges. He calls for increased prod...
12 May, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces daily time-tabled parcel services between Kashmir Valley and DelhiGood news for Kashmir's apple farmers. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a daily parcel service connecting Badgam in Kashmir to ...
11 Sep, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
2 empty coaches derails near Padmapukuar railway station, no report of any injuryTwo empty coaches derailed after being hit by a parcel van near Padmapukur railway station in Howrah, West Bengal. The incident is under in...
26 Jan, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
New parcel policy for Railways, India Post eyes bigger courier business pieAccording to officials aware of the move, the Joint Parcel Product-Rapid Cargo Services (JPP-RCS) will enable door-to-door services for ret...
26 Jan, 2024, 12.46 AM IST
Viral video shows hundreds of Amazon parcels being thrown out of train carelesslyIn this viral video, workers can be seen throwing the parcels carelessly across the railway platform out of the train. Some parcels even se...
31 Aug, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Railways reworking parcel policy, eyes e-commerce revenuesIt is now being planned to include these objects also in regulations by specifying stringent packing and other safety conditions. The curre...
05 Jul, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
Railways operates its first AC parcel train using passenger coachesThis is for the first time that AC passenger-carrying conventional ICF coaches have been utilized for transporting cargo, the Railways said.
01 Oct, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
Focus on growth of parcel business, production of LHB parcel vans, railway minister tells officialsGoyal reviewed the parcel business of the Indian Railways on Tuesday, the railway ministry said in a statement. Goyal also directed that ad...
22 Dec, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
In a first, India sends a parcel train to BangladeshIn a first ever cross-border movement, a special parcel train was sent to Benapole, Bangladesh.
12 Jul, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Southern Railway sends milk, medicines to Assam RiflesThe train from the Salem division left from that city, carrying 1.15 lakh litres of milk (in tetra packs) and eight tonnes of medicines to ...
30 Apr, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
Railways’ parcel train service is back, but can it survive after the lockdown ends?Railways’ parcel train service, abandoned decades ago, is now helping companies move essentials.
12 Apr, 2020, 06.05 AM 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
Railways resumes parcel van service to ensure uninterrupted flow of essentials to local marketsIndian Railways has decided to run parcel vans to keep up uninterrupted flow of essential commodities in the country during the ongoing loc...
29 Mar, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
Railways partners with India Post in parcel businessAccording to the partnership with DoP, the front portion of the guard's compartment will be allowed to be used to carry upto one tonne of p...
27 Feb, 2017, 08.15 PM IST
- Railways hike parcel rates by 25 per cent
Railways have increased the parcel and luggage rates by 25 per cent on all goods with immediate effect.
05 Jun, 2012, 06.49 PM IST
- PPP to be part & parcel of railways
The railways are trying to expand the list of public-private partnership (PPP) models.
05 May, 2007, 02.12 AM IST
- Parcel lease swells Pune division's kitty
SLR coaches, usually the last coaches in trains that have the guard, luggage van and unreserved passengers are being targetted by the India...
25 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST