Railway

Punjab farmers to lift rail blockade from Monday, but threaten to return if concerns not addressed in 15 days

Protests at toll plazas, outside railway stations, shopping malls and residences of BJP leaders will continue, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) said

Tana Bhagat tribals block trains at Jharkhand's Tori station, demand land rights, amendment to CNT Act

The General Manager of Hajipur division of the East Central Railway has written to the Jharkhand chief secretary to remove the Tana Bhagat protests from the tracks immediately

As railways resume train services, passengers eager to get home, arrive ahead of schedule; some don PPE suits to avoid infection

The Indian Railways is partially resuming its passenger train operations from Tuesday after over one and a half months of stoppage owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in the country.

Over 80,000 passengers have booked tickets worth Rs 16 crore for special trains so far, says Indian Railways

Over 80,000 passengers have booked tickets worth over Rs 16 crore on the special trains so far, the Indian Railways said on Tuesday, hours before the first such train is scheduled to depart from the New Delhi station for Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh.

Indian Railways to resume passenger services; will run 15 special trains starting 12 May: Full list of trains and their timings

As per the Ministry of Railways, these services shall be in addition to the Shramik specials for transporting stranded migrants which started from 1 May.

Bank of Maharashtra gets govt mandate to collect donations for PM CARES Fund; contributions to get I-T Act exemption

One can also remit contributions directly by electronic clearing system (ECS) to the designated savings bank account of Bank of Maharashtra.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Railways to release full salary to lakhs of contractual workers during suspension of service

In a huge relief to lakhs of contractual employees, the railways has decided to release their full salaries even as it suspended all its passenger services till 31 March

Dedicated freight corridor to bring down charges by 50%, likely to be operational by next year; DFCCIL to run 120 trains daily

The corporation is in talks with the Ministry of Railways that some part of lower freight charges should be passed on to the customers, he said.

Budget 2020: Railway to get Rs 70,000-cr support, Rs 1.61 lakh cr capex; paltry 3% increase in allocation, 150 trains to be operated under PPP mode

The total receipts of the railway are targeted to increase by 9.5% in the Budget Estimates of 2020-21 over the Revised Estimates of 2019-20.

Railway increases meal prices onboard Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto; passengers in first-class AC to pay Rs 35 for a cup of tea

Railway ministry circular also said that rail catering services prices have been hiked keeping in consideration the requests received from IRCTC