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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicIndian Railways

Topic: Indian Railways

Indian Railways passengers can soon book excess luggage on IRCTC website & avoid fines

By the end of the year, Indian Railways will introduce a new option on the IRCTC website to book luggage above free allowance limit.

IRCTC’s public offering marks best debut for a local company in 2 years

Investor demand exceeded IRCTS's shares on offer by 112 times, the best IPO of the four companies from the Indian Railways stable that have gone public.

NITI Aayog wants 50 world-class stations on priority, group of secretaries to push project

In letter to Railway Board, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has sought a “paradigm shift” by bringing in private players to operate passenger trains.

Railways cancels ‘Karwa Chauth special’ as only 4 couples sign up for 78 seats

The Majestic Rajasthan Deluxe was to run from 14 to 18 October, starting from Delhi, and going on to Agra, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer.

Tejas Express has style of airline but first passengers compare it to Shatabdi speed, price

ThePrint took a ride on the Tejas Express, India's first private train, to see if the experience was worth the hype. 

Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express to run from 5 Oct, only veg food likely on the menu

Railways informed that booking of tickets for the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express was open on the IRCTC website.

Chennai Express a hit, Railways now wants restaurant inside cast-off coaches across India

Indian Railways' first rail coach restaurant, Chennai Express, was set up earlier this year, but a similar project was completed by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department in 2015.

Kulhads aren’t exactly the eco-friendly alternative to plastic cups you think they are

Scientists say it’s better to use earthen cups than single-use plastics but ‘kulhads’ don’t have small carbon footprint & can take decades to degrade.

IRCTC to run 2 Tejas Expresses, offers Rs 25 lakh travel insurance & home luggage pick-up

The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express will be test cases for the Indian Railways allowing private operators to run trains.

Vande Bharat Express taking Vaishno Devi pilgrims to Katra won’t serve non-veg food

The proposed Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express is likely to be rolled out as soon as normalcy is restored in J&K.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.