Railways to advance 2020 deadline to get rid of unmanned crossingsThe directive from railway minister Piyush Goyal came at a meeting of the transporter’s top brass which also had chairman railway board Ash...
29 Apr, 2018, 12.19 PM IST
Railways dismal safety record scarred again by four accidents in 12 hoursIn another accident, a local passenger train hit a Bolero vehicle at an unmanned crossing, killing four and injuring two people near Amethi...
25 Nov, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Railways offers GE option to make electric locomotivesThe government doesn’t want GE to lose any investment and so it has offered several options to the company, a senior railways ministry offi...
22 Sep, 2017, 01.43 AM IST
General Electric top brass to meet Piyush Goyal on Bihar diesel loco unitRailways feels the number of diesel locomotives that would be required as back up can be provided by the Railways-owned loco factory in Var...
21 Sep, 2017, 01.27 AM IST
Tejas Express’ first trip: Passengers steal headphones, scratch LCD monitorsTejas, hailed as an "aeroplane moving on the ground" by the Central railway top brass, boasts of amenities such as LED screens attached to ...
25 May, 2017, 06.51 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
- Mizoram chief minister, Lalthanhawla asked the railway to develop Sairang as a transport hub
The General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), H. K. Jaggi, called on the Governor of Mizoram, Lt General (Rtd) Nirbhay Sharma at A...
01 Jul, 2016, 08.21 PM IST
Railways shows record high capital expenditure of Rs 94,000 crore in ’15-'16Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have assured an enhanced Gross Budgetary Support of up to Rs 60,000 crore if it continues the t...
21 Apr, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
Suresh Prabhu seeks higher pay scale for railway top brassPrabhu has written to Chairman of the Seventh Pay Commission, recommending elevation of senior most officials of railways at par with IAS c...
29 Jul, 2015, 09.09 PM IST
Gorakhpur train accident: Driver fatigue to blameThe accident has once again highlighted the shortage of loco pilots in railways and the heavy workload being shared by the ones on duty.
02 Oct, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
High-level railway meeting to discuss faster decision-makingNarendra Modi's stress on accelerating decision-making to bring the economy back on track seems to have rubbed off on the railways.
16 Jun, 2014, 12.25 PM IST
- CBI likely to quiz Railway Board Chairman next week
CBI is likely to call Chairman of the Railway Board, for recording their statements in connection with bribery scandal.
10 May, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
Congress brass to meet tomorrow, P K Bansal, Ashwani Kumar's fate to be decidedPrime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be deliberating on the matter as pressure mounts for the removal of ...
10 May, 2013, 02.17 PM IST
Ahluwalia meets Bansal ahead of rail budget 2013He pitched for setting up of a Rail Tariff Authority which would be entrusted with the responsibility of restructuring the passenger and fr...
08 Feb, 2013, 01.44 PM IST
PMO pushes for hike in rail fares after nine yearsGet ready to pay more for rail travel by next March as the government is trying to set up of an independent tariff regulator.
06 Dec, 2012, 11.04 PM IST
Railways puts bullet train project on fast trackRailways' ambitious project of running bullet trains in six select corridors has been fast tracked as the state-run transporter is ready wi...
29 Dec, 2011, 01.56 PM IST
- France's top railway operator in India for comparative study
France’s top railway operator which also runs the TGV, are now in the country to undertake a comparative study of engineering and maintenan...
24 Apr, 2009, 06.53 PM IST