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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicIndian Railways

Topic: Indian Railways

Railway Board proposes major tweak in eligibility criteria for zonal GMs—a minimum-tenure rule

Board sent a proposal to DoPT, under which only officers with 2 yrs of service left would be considered for GM post, it is learnt. Move could have big implications for railway bureaucracy.

Under China BRI shadow, India announces 2 Rly lines to Bhutan in push for regional connectivity

The two countries will lay 89 km of tracks, costing roughly Rs. 4,033 crores, connecting Banarhat in West Bengal with Samtse in Bhutan, and Kokrajhar in Assam with Gelephu in Bhutan.

PNR Status & Train Ticket Booking – Check, Book Trains Online

Traveling by train is a must while visiting India, and the transition to digital reservations and updates has fundamentally altered the experience.

After 6 requests for transfer & letter to PMO, railway employee’s 9-yr-old paraplegic son moves court

Suffering from multiple congenital disorders, Sandarbh Gupta has submitted a plea in Uttarakhand High Court that his father, in Lucknow since 2020, be posted near Dehradun.

Through forests & mountains, how Rlys overcame hurdles to build Mizoram’s Bairabi-Sairang line

Bairabi-Sairang rail line, inaugurated by Modi, has finally put Aizawl on the national railway grid. It’s expected to boost local economy, benefit students, patients & businesspersons.

Rlys eyes real estate windfall, opens up 3 prime Mumbai plots with 1st-ever revenue share model

The Rail Land Development Authority plans to open up three plots at Mahalaxmi, Bandra East and Parel for development on a 99-year lease.

Railways launches festive round-trip scheme with 20% rebate on return tickets

The initiative aims to redistribute crowding, facilitate hassle-free bookings, and enhance the utilisation of train services, including special trains, in both directions.

Suspected sabotage attempt near Odisha’s Sundargarh district damages railway track sleepers

Police said a suspected blast damaged several railway sleepers between Rangra & Karmpada. Officials say only goods trains run here & movement has been halted until the section is restored.

Indian railway stations are failing women. Dark corners, broken CCTVs, loitering men, rape

In Haryana’s Kurukshetra, a woman was gang-raped on a train and later lost her leg after an injury on the tracks. ‘I screamed and pleaded with them,’ she said—but no one came.

High-level policy change causes ripples in Railways, pushback from business houses & within

Business houses and different railway zones have sent strongly-worded communications to the Railway Board asking for a reversal of the policy, it is learnt.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.