Railway Minister Piyush Goyal channeled his inner “Gully Boy”, as he shared a warning to those travelling without ticket on trains. Titled “Tera Time Aayega” (your time will come), the song gives a funny twist to the catchy rap track “Apna Time Aayega” from the Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer. The video is a montage of photos printed on Read More
Thunderstorm and wind could disrupt railway and airline operations in the coming days as western disturbances are expected to bring rain across New Delhi and its adjoining areas, according to the weather department. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast mist and shallow fog for today, with the possibility of very light rainfall and thundershowers. Read More
Tickets for the Vande Bharat Express, India’s fastest train, are sold out for the next 10 days, the railways said on Monday. The train will run five days a week, except on Mondays and Thursdays. According to officials, the train is 121 per cent booked for Tuesday, 112 per cent for Wednesday, 109 per cent for Friday and 114 per Read More
NEW DELHI: Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi cited a technical glitch in the Vande Bharat Express during its first Varanasi-Delhi run to question the BJP’s Make In India initiative, Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter on Saturday to dub his remark as an attack on the “hard work and ingenuity” of Indian workers. According to a clarification Read More
Gujjar protesters in Rajasthan ended their eight-day-old agitation today, after the state government gave a written assurance that it would take every legal step at its disposal to ensure that the community gets 5% reservation in jobs and educational institutes even if it gets stuck in court. Although the Ashok Gehlot cabinet had passed a bill in Read More
The Kolkata Metro Railway services were partially disrupted on Wednesday after a train got stuck between Kolkata’s Dum Dum and Belgachia stations following a power supply breakdown, an official said. The Kavi Subhas-bound metro got stuck after power supply from the third rail stopped. Passengers were evacuated, and a truncated service was being run from Read More
Railway group D result is expected soon. Over 1.17 crore candidates who took the group D exam last year can check their results on the official websites of the railway recruitment boards or the RRB, once they are released. “The RRB group D result date has not been fixed yet. However the group D result can be expected Read More
PATNA: At least six people have died and 24 others were injured after nine coaches of Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed today in Bihar’s Vaishali at 3.52 AM. Several people are reported to be injured. The office of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted that rescue and relief operations are on after derailment the nine coaches of Jogbani-Anand Read More
Stones were thrown at a new Train 18 by unidentified people during its trial run on Friday, barely a month after a similar incident took place, officials said. No one was hurt and no arrests were made after the incident occurred when the train left Sakurbasti at around 11:03 pm on Friday to reach New Read More
A 7-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from near Rohtak Railway station in Haryana and then raped by three men, police said on Friday. The profusely-bleeding girl was then left at the site by the accused, they said. She was gang-raped near the railway washing line in Rohtak, police said, quoting an FIR lodged in the Read More
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Friday morning said that he was expecting more investment in railways from the Interim Budget for 2019-20, which Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present in the Lok Sabha at 11 am. The way the Central government has increased the investment in railways, from installing CCTV cameras to Read More
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
