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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicIndian Railways

Topic: Indian Railways

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.

‘Vande Bharat like Chandrayaan & BrahMos, vigilance probe will kill spirit of innovation’

In letter to Railway Board, senior officer Shubhranshu, one of the brains behind the Train-18 project, has said allegations of undue favour 'far from truth'.

Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains look at 90-minute shorter travel time by 2022

Rail ministry has also proposed to increase average speed of all other passenger trains — from 60 to 80 km/h — & freight trains — from 24 to 45 km/h.

Railways set to launch its commando unit, to be deployed in troubled areas like J&K

The Indian Railways' Commandos for Railway Safety (CORAS) has been set up to guard passengers and goods on trains in critical rail sectors in the country.

For kanwariyas, this is a time for free train rides — the ‘ticket’ is their saffron clothes

Kanwariyas say no one dares question them, and even TTEs don’t ask for tickets. But passengers complain of harassment, want separate coaches for kanwariyas.

Railways will offer incentives to contractors for early completion of projects: Piyush Goyal

Railways minister Piyush Goyal also said that monitoring is being done at various levels and meetings held with authorities concerned to resolve pending issues of progress of projects.

In 100-day plan of railways — reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours

The plan is one of the 11 proposals prepared by the railways with instructions to implement them by August 31.

Railway officers must travel frequently by trains, chairman tells general managers

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav advised managers to also interact with passengers when they travel by train.

Railway TTEs will now have to check cleanliness in toilets of general, sleeper coaches

Railway TTEs will also have to keep a tab on cleaning schedule in the coaches, and water availability. Order to be issued this month.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.