A group of Indian-origin South African nationals who attended the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi today were moved after seeing the Railway’s tableau themed on the transformation of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to Mahatma. Yashika Singh, who hails from KwaZulu-Natal Province, said the Pietermaritzburg train incident depicted in the tableau ”Mohan to Mahatma” touched “many Read More
After a gap of three years, the railways is all set to showcase its tableau in the Republic Day parade depicting the “transformation of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi” and highlight the yet-to-be-launched bullet train and Train 18, according to a statement from the ministry on Friday. The tableau on the theme “Mohan se Read More
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of finance ministry on Wednesday in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the US. Mr Goyal will hold the portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs on a temporary basis till the resumption of duties by Mr Jaitley, who has now been made Read More
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) offers the facility of online ticket cancellation via its official website- irctc.co.in and mobile app. On confirmation of cancellation, IRCTC refunds the entire amount to the account from which booking transaction took place, after deducting the applicable charges. The refund is processed as per extant railway refund rules. However, the online Read More
A Delhi court has extended interim bail granted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi in two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam cases till January 28. The cases relate to alleged irregularities in granting the operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm. According to Read More
The government will unveil Interim Budget 2019 on February 1. In September 2016, the government scrapped the 92-year-old practice of presenting rail budgets and general budgets separately. And in 2017, Arun Jaitley became the first finance minister to present a combined Union Budget with Rail Budget as part of it. This year’s Budget – the last before the general Read More
The railways has decided to more than double the running allowance of its guards, loco pilots and assistant loco pilots, thereby accepting a long-pending demand of employees’ unions. The move will increase its annual financial burden of allowances by Rs. 1,225 crore and enhance operating ratio by 2.5 per cent, a source said Thursday. In November 2018, Read More
A speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) ran over seven people, who were sleeping inside the railway station premises at Haryana’s Sonipat district, news agency ANI reported on Monday. The injured have been admitted to a hospital. The car was also badly damaged. The injured people were sleeping in the hall outside the ticket window at Read More
The second exam for RRB ALP, technician recruitment will be held from January 21 to January 23. “You will be able to download your e-call letter 4 days prior to your Exam Date which will cover all required information, such as Exam Centre details, Roll No. etc. You will be allowed to appear in the Examination on Read More
A potentially major accident involving a local train was prevented early morning today in Mumbai. A railway keyman noticed a crack on the train tracks and immediately alerted the train driver who stopped the train, according to news agency ANI. The local train was coming from Panvel area and was heading towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Read More
With an aim to ensure safety in railways, the central railway has come out with an innovative idea of installing visual indicators in local trains to Mumbaikars. Central Railway has installed a blue light visual indicator just above the entrance of one EMU coach for guiding the commuters not to board the running train, at Read More
The body of a 30-year-old woman was found hanging from a pillar of the foot bridge connecting two platforms at Jharkhand’s Dhanbad railway station, in early hours of Saturday, Government Railway Police said. The woman was hanging by a sari from the pillar of the footbridge which connects the fourth and the fifth platforms of Read More
