Chaos breaks out at Surat's Udhna Railway Station as passengers complain of long queues, scorching heat & lack of facilitiesChaos erupted at Surat's Udhna Railway Station on Sunday. Passengers struggled in heat and long queues for a Bihar-bound train. Many migran...
20 Apr, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
In a first, drone-based cleaning of train coaches and station carried out at Assam's KamakhyaNortheast Frontier Railway conducted a first-of-its-kind drone-based cleaning operation at Kamakhya railway station, targeting high-rise st...
23 Apr, 2025, 09.41 AM IST
Railways plans to install airport-like security, facial recognition system in PatnaIndian Railways is set to introduce a Facial Recognition System (FRS) at major stations, including Patna Junction, to enhance passenger saf...
28 Aug, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
50,000 can't be uprooted overnight: SC stays Haldwani eviction orderReferring to the HC directions, Justice Oka verbally remarked: "It may not be correct to say that paramilitary forces have to be deployed t...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Supreme Court stays HC's order to remove encroachments from railway land in HaldwaniIt issued a notice to Uttarakhand government and India Railways on the pleas challenging Uttarakhand High Court’s decision ordering the Sta...
05 Jan, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
Heritage steam loco removed from Rail Bhawan; Vande Bharat replica to replace itThe vintage locomotive was removed from the Rail Bhawan premises in the early hours. During day time, many passers-by were caught by surpri...
06 Dec, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
Railways push for pocket-sized biodegradable spittoonsTo discourage passengers from spitting on railway premises, vending machines or kiosks are being set up at 42 stations to provide the spitt...
10 Oct, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
Internet-based video surveillance systems installed at 269 stations, says RailwaysThis was done after a Railway Board order asked the public sector unit to provide these surveillance systems at all A1, A, B, C, D and E ca...
31 May, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
Not wearing masks on railway premises and in trains to attract a fine of up to Rs 500: RailwaysMandatory use of masks and the fine will now be listed under the Indian Railways (Penalties for ctivities affecting cleanliness at Railway ...
17 Apr, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu launches cleanliness drive at railway premisesPrabhu announced to join hands with Sulabh International to clean some important railway stations across the country.
17 Sep, 2016, 08.07 PM IST
Railways arrests 10,000 unauthorised peopleBesides, 4,000 persons were caught travelling in women's compartments and 5,000 were taken to task for causing nuisance at stations and in ...
07 Jul, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Child help desk opened at Secunderabad railway stationIt would be manned round the clock by the representatives of the NGO Divya Disha, which is engaged in child protection.
15 May, 2015, 01.42 PM IST
Railways likely to use idle space for advertisement: OfficialIn order to generate additional revenue, the cash-starved railways likely to use idle space in rail premises for advertising and publicity ...
22 Dec, 2014, 09.40 PM IST
Pollution on tracks: NGT asks Railways to penalise violators"It is obvious that every human act contributing to pollution on railway tracks or on railway properties is objectionable," the bench said.
19 Dec, 2014, 07.43 PM IST
Death on rail tracks on rise;18,735 lives lost in 2014 till OctoberThe number of deaths on railway tracks has been on the rise in the past few years despite several measures taken by the authorities to cont...
30 Nov, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
Home Minister Rajnath Singh goes on surprise checks across Delhi, takes action against two MCD officialsDeputy commissioner, health, Padma Jaiswal, IAS, has been brought in as deputy commissioner, North Corporation, in Hemendra Kumar's place.
19 Nov, 2014, 12.37 PM IST
Now, pay Rs 500 fine if caught littering on stations, trainsYou will now have to pay a fine of up to Rs 500 if caught littering on railways stations or in trains.
17 Dec, 2012, 10.20 AM IST