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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicIndian Railways

Topic: Indian Railways

‘In national interest?’ YouTube blocks videos of job aspirants’ Patna protest citing govt diktat

Channels where protest videos were blocked included 'Kya Kahti Hai Public', 'Sach Bihar' and 'On Duty'. One called ‘SK Jha’ appears to have been shut down.

When the plane is grounded but the pilot flies high & ‘Model Code’ of consecration

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Indian railways an unexpected hero in climate change battle. Solar units, electrified rails

The ‘Green Indian Railways’ project is just one of several efforts that have set India on the path to long-term, sustainable growth

Food plaza, escalators, AC retiring room — revamped Ayodhya railway station all set for inauguration

Ahead of Ram Temple's consecration, Ayodhya Dham Junction to be inaugurated on 30 December by PM Modi. Station has been developed to handle 1 lakh passengers on a daily basis.

In last 5 yrs, 361 railway workers died in train accidents while doing maintenance work on tracks

Rlys minister Vaishnaw provided this data in response to a question in Rajya Sabha. He also said 'approaching train' warning system RAKSHAK not effective in hilly terrain, tunnels etc.

Nepal court convicts 2 for planting bomb on Indian train seven years ago

The two have been identified as Samsul Hoda and Brij Kishor Giri, said Nepal's Special Court’s spokesperson Dhan Bahadur Karki.

Indian Railways switching tracks to AC 3-tier seats, grew capacity by 163% in decade since 2012

AC 3-tier seats account for third of Railways' earnings. In contrast, overall number of seats have risen by just 42.6%. This is gradually changing profile of people travelling by trains.

Indian Railways only chugging along, a new business plan could put it on superfast track

Railways' profitable business is losing ground to road competition, while it's losing money on passenger travel. By not raising fares, it's not really sparing the public.

Train services resume as Railways restores all lines after accident in Andhra Pradesh

Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Coast Railway said that the rescue operation is over and the focus has now shifted to track restoration work.

‘Human error likely’ — initial investigation into Andhra train accident points to ‘signal overshoot’

East Coast Railway CPRO says automatic application of emergency brakes would have been possible if a 'Kavach' system had been in place. Collision left 13 dead, over 50 injured.

On Camera

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

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.