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Guwahati, March 28 – The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has achieved significant milestones in railway electrification during the 2025–26 financial year, covering key sections across Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.NFR Chief Public...

New Delhi, March 27 Around 1,068 hectares of land owned by Indian Railways is under encroachment across the country, which is only 0.21 per cent of the total 4.99 lakh hectares of land, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.Responding to supplementary queries...

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that only 0.21% of Indian Railways' land across the country is under illegal encroachment, and emphasized that this issue remains a serious concern in several urban areas and is being addressed with a humanitarian approach.Responding to the question...

New Delhi, March 26 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the progress of Kavach, the indigenous Automatic Train Protection system, on Thursday.A press statement from the Railway Ministry said that he directed officials to expedite deployment to leverage this advanced technology and...

New Delhi, March 26 – A total of 52,494 individuals were arrested under the provisions of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966, related to the unlawful possession of property belonging to Indian Railways during the last five years (2021–2025).Of these, complaints were filed...

New Delhi, March 26 Various passenger associations have urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw not to implement the new refund rules, under which travellers will not receive any refund for cancelling a confirmed ticket up to 8 hours before a train's departure.While announcing reforms in the...

The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala, Punjab, has produced its first Vande Bharat Express train, which will be inducted into the railway fleet by the end of this month. RCF Deputy General Manager Aman Kumar stated that the upgraded 16-coach train is in the final stages and ready for...

New Delhi, March 25 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that three incidents of assault on passengers by pantry car staff were reported in 2025.The minister said this in a written reply to questions by BJP MP Rajeev Pratap Rudy regarding passengers' complaints of...

March 25, New Delhi – Indian Railways is transforming railway stations into hubs for local craftsmanship through the One Station One Product (OSOP) initiative. Launched in the Union Budget 2022–23, OSOP aims to promote indigenous products, provide market access to local artisans and Self-Help...

New Delhi, March 25 Technology solutions provider Avantel announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract worth ₹459.9 crore to supply and maintain Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) devices for the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).The contract was awarded by Zetwerk...

New Delhi, March 25 More than three crore fake accounts have been removed from the IRCTC portal as part of efforts to deal with touts selling train tickets, and around 78 per cent of the seats in trains are in non-AC categories, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.Asserting...

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that approximately 1,024 new trains have been introduced across the country since the COVID period.Responding to supplementary questions during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha today, Mr. Vaishnaw added that, in addition, 4,651 new coaches have also...

Mumbai, March 25 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Nitin Sardesai has said that the Railways must restart the Dadar-Ratnagiri train and has warned of agitation if the demand is not met.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday after an MNS delegation met railway officials, Sardesai said that the...

Kolkata, March 24 – Even before submitting her nomination papers, Swapna Barman's candidature is in doubt – she is the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Rajganj Assembly seat in Jalpaiguri district, and a gold medallist at the Asian Games.Despite being a railway employee, Swapna is facing...

March 24, New Delhi – The Indian Railways has stated that “it is factually incorrect to claim that modified refund rules will burden passengers,” in a clarification issued by its official fact-checking unit.Explaining the reforms, the Railways said, “as a step towards transparency,” the time...

New Delhi, March 24 In a setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case involving him and his family, rejecting the RJD supremo's contention that the agency's action was legally unsustainable in the absence of prior sanction...

New Delhi, March 24 In a setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case involving him and his family, rejecting the RJD supremo's contention that it was unsustainable under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to quash the corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam.A single-judge bench...

Ammu, March 24 The Indian Railways will soon operate the Vande Bharat Express train from Katra in J-K to Amritsar in Punjab via Gurdaspur and Batala instead of Jalandhar, officials said.The premium train will depart from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 6:40 am and reach Amritsar at 11:40 am on...

New Delhi, March 24 In a setback to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the land-for-jobs case involving him and his family.Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed Yadav's petition, a former...