A job that involves walking 15,000-18,000 steps per day: Employee reveals many colleagues stand for 9 hours dailyA Central Railway supervisor's Instagram video revealed the strenuous reality of her job, detailing daily walks of 15,000-18,000 steps. Pri...
25 Feb, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
The haunting mystery of Begunkodar, the railway station no one would work at for 42 yearsBegunkodar, a railway station in West Bengal, was shut down for 42 years due to intense fear among employees, fueled by tales of a witch. T...
06 Feb, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
A White Paper on economy earlier would have affected confidence of investors: FM Sitharaman in RSSlamming the Congress for ignoring the northeast part of India, Sitharaman said that in independent India's history, a second railway stati...
12 Feb, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Odisha rail tragedy: Kharge slams PM, says accountability needs to be fixed from top to bottomIn the wake of the Odisha rail tragedy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy ...
05 Jun, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
Navratri 2022: Indian Railways announces special Vrat thaliThe special Vrat thali will be served from September 26 to October 5, and can be ordered from the 'Food on Track' app.
26 Sep, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
Achieving Railways’ Net Zero by 2030 GoalIn tandem, there is much scope for energy management, including by refusing to carry unbeneficiated, or moist, coal. A massive campaign nee...
08 Nov, 2021, 06.32 AM IST
Indian Railways introduces dwarf container serviceThe containers are shorter in size and can run on electrified tracks. They enable the railways in double-stack movement of cargo and have i...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.29 PM IST
Railways working to ensure confirmed berths on demand by 2021At present, many passengers are left with wait-listed tickets, which means if the ticket isn't confirmed, the passenger is not allowed to t...
29 Apr, 2017, 01.37 AM IST
Indian Railways readies Rs 5,000-crore PPP plan for 60 freight terminalsThe new freight terminals will mostly come up near power plants, cement factories, private ports and coal sidings, said railway officials.
26 Apr, 2017, 12.07 AM IST
Railfanning: The curious pass time of a die-hard railways loverWith the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and WhatsApp, rail fans have become more active than ever, rapidly sharing ever...
22 Aug, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Railways planning to engage Amazon and Flipkart to give impetus to parcel businessThe automobile freight train operator policy of the railways is also being tweaked to encourage more auto companies to use the railways.
06 Apr, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
Rail Budget 2015: Railways enter fast-growing end-to-end logistics space with proposal to set up TRANSLOCPrabhu said TRANSLOC will develop common user facilities with handling and value-added services to facilitate end-to-end logistics services...
27 Feb, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
Railways to bring multi-modal transportation systemOn privatisation, Suresh Prabhu said, "It is not the solution of all ills. We should not think like that because what matters is the outcom...
12 Dec, 2014, 10.22 PM IST
CAG asks railways to control overloading of cargoThe Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has asked the transporter to take steps to control overloading of cargo in order to cut revenue l...
01 Dec, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
- 30 vultures crushed to death by train
A flock of rare 30 white-backed vultures was crushed by the speeding Durg Express in Maharajganj district on Friday morning.
21 Feb, 2010, 02.05 AM IST
- Railway Budget 2009-10: Mamata picks holes in Lalu's 5-yr joyride
RJD chief says Railway Minister has a complex, my record’s there for all to see.
04 Jul, 2009, 01.07 AM IST
- BJP terms Lalu's budget "cosmetic and gimmick"
Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday hit out at the Railway budget terming it as "cosmetic and gimmick", lacking focus on upgrad...
27 Feb, 2008, 04.22 PM IST