Railway Board approves first cargo train service from Delhi to Budgam in Kashmir valleyThe Railway Board has approved a cargo train service between Budgam in Kashmir and Delhi, aiming to boost local businesses. This Joint Parc...
20 Aug, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
Uber targets 4,500 intercity cab service routes in 2026; to introduce motorhomes with toilets in Delhi-NCRUber also announced the launch of Uber Intercity Motorhomes -- a limited-period offering from August 7 to September 6, that can be booked f...
31 Jul, 2025, 04.21 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
India's first semi-high speed freight train likely to chug by year endIn order to implement the PM Gati Shakti initiative in a focused manner, the Railways has created a separate directorate at the Railway Boa...
27 May, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Coronavirus conundrum: Railways registers 70 per cent loss in passenger earnings; sees profit in freightWhile regular train services are yet to resume, the focus of the Railways has been to ensure that its freight revenues hold steady.
24 Mar, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Freight revenue of Indian railways between April-Aug 2020 down nearly 22%Freight revenue in the month of August ‘20 at Rs 9043.48 crore also remained around 2% lower, compared to August ‘19.
07 Sep, 2020, 09.10 PM IST
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal meets leading courier services to boost Railway freight and parcel servicesDTDC, TCI Express, ECom Express, All Cargo, UPS, Shree Maruti Courier Services, and Aramex were among other companies present at the meetin...
03 Sep, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Piyush Goyal meets logistics cos; joint working group to be formed for ease of doing businessDuring the meeting, logistics and courier companies were assured that the Railways would provide reliable, fast, affordable and easy to han...
03 Sep, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Government eases norms for e-way bill generationGovt has notified changes in rules of e-way bill which includes permitting even job workers to generate the electronic receipt for movement...
08 Mar, 2018, 11.37 PM IST
Post demonetisation: Unconventional cash couriers see 60% fall in businessAngadias are cheap, trustworthy and, most of all, keep a low profile, typically travelling by second class on commuter trains.
08 Nov, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
Logistics cos, etailers like Paytm, Firstcry tighten security to curb pilferageThe number of recruits increases around the festive season and so does the pilferage of mostly electronic goods
20 Aug, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
FDI inflows in services sector increased by 46 per cent in 2014-15: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion dataIn step with the growth in FDI in sectors like services, overall foreign inflows too rose by 27 per cent to USD 30.93 billion during the pr...
15 Jun, 2015, 12.45 AM IST
Rail Budget 2014: Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to give a boost to SuratThe proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train could provide a fresh sparkle to Surat, the industrial city that processes nine of the 11 diamon...
09 Jul, 2014, 09.00 AM IST
Railway bribery case: CBI likely to question Railway Board members, ChairmanCBI is likely to question Railway Board members, including its Chairman, in connection with the Rs 10 crore bribery scandal involving suspe...
07 May, 2013, 10.07 PM IST
- Now, brace for postal rate hike
The rate hike on mailing, courier and freight services across the board, which comes after nine years, would be in the range of 15-20%.
04 Jul, 2008, 07.19 PM IST
- Speed Post & Express Parcel to cost 20% more
The rate hike, which comes after nine years, would be applicable to services like speed post, express parcel post and logistics post, and w...
04 Jul, 2008, 12.46 AM IST
- Postal department needs to redefine business
Postal department would be better off to redefine its business and integrate its operations with the Railways.
12 Dec, 2007, 03.42 PM IST