RRB ALP Apply Online 2025 last date today for applying to Assistant Loco Pilot positions; Check eligbility, key dates, salary & moreThe Railway Recruitment Board is inviting online applications for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) positions, with a deadline of May 19, 2025. Th...
19 May, 2025, 07.21 AM IST
International Women's Day: In a first, an all women's crew operates the Vande Bharat Express | Watch videoCentral Railways celebrates International Women’s Day by running the Vande Bharat Express with an all-women crew for the first time. The in...
08 Mar, 2025, 03.17 PM IST
5 government jobs with incredible growth opportunities for womenThe Indian public sector offers promising job opportunities for women in positions like IAS, teaching, IPS, banking, and Indian Railways, f...
21 Jan, 2025, 06.21 PM IST
Over 99,000 women employees in railways, including 2,037 loco pilots: MinisterAs of March 31, 2024, Indian Railways employed 99,809 women, including 2,037 loco pilots, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lo...
04 Dec, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
High-powered committee to implement breaks for food, nature's call for train driversThe Ministry of Labour has constituted a high-powered committee to work out the modalities "to provide defined time intervals for food and ...
03 May, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
International Women's Day: From Ranchi to Tori, women manage booking counters at train stations, run passenger trainOn International Women's Day, a 16-member all-women crew successfully operated the Ranchi-Tori passenger train, managing booking counters a...
08 Mar, 2024, 11.51 AM IST
Railway Board examining demand for giving one-time option to women drivers, track maintainers to change job categoryThe Railway Board is considering a request from the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) to allow women track maintainers and ru...
07 Oct, 2023, 09.13 AM IST
Northeast Frontier Railway working on device that can detect if a driver is drowsy based on blinking of eyesThe device is still in development and is expected to be ready in a few weeks, after which it will be fitted in 20 train engines as a pilot...
10 Sep, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
170 years ago, Mumbai-Thane train set in motion India's railway sagaThe maiden passenger service was hauled by three engines, inexplicably named 'Sahib', 'Sindh' and 'Sultan', which blew off loud whistles, b...
16 Apr, 2023, 08.48 AM IST
All-women crews of Central Railway operate Deccan Queen, Mumbai localLeena Francis discharged the responsibility of train manager (guard) while a team of six women head travelling ticket examiners led by chie...
08 Mar, 2023, 09.31 PM IST
Three killed, seven injured as goods train derails in Odisha; Railway min, CM announce ex-gratiaEast Coast Railway (ECoR) officials said that the accident took place around 6.44 am when some people were waiting at the platform and the ...
21 Nov, 2022, 12.37 PM IST
Railways seeks feedback from staff on urinals in locomotivesThe Railways has sought feedback from its running staff on urinals to be installed in locomotives, after complaints were raised over the un...
25 Aug, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
COVID-19: PM Modi lauds oxygen tanker drivers, healthcare workersDuring the programme, PM Modi conversed with a liquid oxygen tanker driver Dinesh Upadhyay and Shirisha Gajni, a loco pilot of Oxygen Expre...
30 May, 2021, 12.59 PM IST
71 per cent candidates have centres within 200 km of their cities: RailwaysThe clarification came in response to a question raised in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Ranjit Ranjan over allocation of exam centres far f...
30 Jul, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Deccan Queen train to have all-female staff on International Women's DayThe ticket-checking staff, RPF personnel and electric technician will also be all-women.
07 Mar, 2018, 09.17 PM IST
Eastern Railway engages two women as Loco Driver and Assistant Loco DriverThis is perhaps the first time that women are being appointed in the field of Electric locomotive operations.
08 Feb, 2018, 04.10 PM IST
30 loco pilots, 35 engineers quit jobs at Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation over low salariesOut of 292 loco pilots, each of the 26 stations has 4-5 station controllers. As many as 104 loco pilots work in the stations while the rema...
29 Mar, 2016, 10.53 AM IST