Indian Railways News

RRBs Announce Fresh ALP Aptitude Test Dates For Odisha

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have released new dates for the aptitude test for Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician in Odisha. The examination was scheduled on May 10 but was postponed on account of the Cyclone Fani. The Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician will now be held on May 21 for all Read More

Railway ALP Aptitude Test Postponed In Odisha

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) have postponed the aptitude test for Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician in Odisha particularly in the towns of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur and Sambalpur under the jurisdiction of Railway Recruitment/ Bhubaneswar and in the town of Balasore only under the jurisdiction of Railway Recruitment Board/ Kolkata. However in Rourkela, the exam will be held Read More

Northern Railway Cancels Around 287 Trains Due After Cyclone Fani

The Northern Railway has cancelled about 287 trains passing through the East Coast Railway zone after damage to infrastructure due to Cyclone Fani, including Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express and Bhuvneswer-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, railways said Sunday. “These mail/express trains include those originating, ending their destinations at or passing through ECoR jurisdiction. Nine trains have been diverted, Read More

Railways To Resume All Train Services From Bhubaneswar On Sunday

The Railways will resume all train services from Bhubaneshwar on Sunday, except two, and it has already cleared the Howrah-Chennai mainline, barely 24 hours after Cyclone Fani hit Odisha, officials said. Two trains originating from Bhubaneshwar will remain cancelled and all services to Puri are unlikely to begin before May 10. Bhubaneshwar-Tirupati and Vidakhapatnam Intercity Read More

IRCTC Premium Tatkal Tickets: Booking Rules, Timings, Charges

IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation offers a quota of ‘Premium Tatkal’ for online ticket bookings on its official website- irctc.co.in and mobile app. ‘Premium Tatkal’ quota has a dynamic fare pricing structure, which means that the fare component may be increased with the subsequent bookings, according to IRCTC’s website. Booking Premium Tatkal (PT) ticket is costlier than Read More

Microsoft’s Kaizala App to Connect Indian Railways Employees to Healthcare Facilities

Microsoft said on Thursday it will deploy its Kaizala productivity app to connect three crore employees of Indian Railways across the country with quality healthcare facilities. The serving and retired employees will be able to avail healthcare services at 125 railway and 133 private recognised hospitals. The Kaizala group managed by doctors from South Central Railways will Read More

Rail Vikas Nigam’s Rs. 482-Crore IPO Subscribed 1.8 Times

State-owned Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd’s initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs. 482 crore ($70.45 million) was fully subscribed at the end of the book-running process, stock exchange data showed on Wednesday. Investors bid for about 458 million shares in the company, which undertakes railway projects, or 1.8 times the 253.5 million shares on offer, as of 6 pm. The share Read More

RRB Notice On Junior Engineer (JE) Exam Date Fake

RRBs are yet to announce the examination date for the RRB Junior Engineer (JE) recruitment process. Any notification or update regarding the RRB JE exam date is fake. The fake notice doing the rounds mention May 27 as the starting date for RRB JE 1st stage CBT. The notice also says that RRBs would activate link Read More