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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicMinistry of Railways

Topic: Ministry of Railways

A U-turn in board appointment rules, enhanced scrutiny with selection panel—inside new Railway reforms

A gazette notification has announced a turnaround from Centre's bid to end 'departmentalism', saying department heads will once again be headed by officers belonging to those services.

When Partition pressure caused a rift between Sardar Patel & Railway minister John Mathhai

In 'Honest John', Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy introduces John Matthai, independent India’s first railways and transport minister, to a new generation.

18 killed in stampede at New Delhi railway station. High-level probe ordered

Those injured in stampede at NDLS have been rushed to LNJP and other hospitals. The situation was brought under control by easing the rush through operation of four special trains.

Railways approves ₹6,456 Crore for 3 new projects

Projects to connect unconnected areas, increase line capacity, a PIB press release stated.

Centre budgets Rs 11.11 lakh crore of capex for 2024-25, roads & railways get nearly 50% of outlay

The allocation, at 3.4% of GDP, remains unchanged from the figure announced in interim budget in February, and is 11% higher than last year’s outlay of Rs 10 lakh crore.

Allahabad HC issues notice to Railway Ministry over gang rape of woman in moving train in 2016

During the hearing of the suo motu petition filed in the case, the court asked accountability on delay in compensating the victim and steps to prevent such incidents in the future.

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 has over 53,000 safety staff positions lying vacant, govt tells Parliament

CRS probe into Balasore triple train tragedy found it was caused by lapses on part of signal & telecommunication dept, which govt says currently has 3,638 vacant positions.

House panel urges govt to implement Kavach in all trains using money from rail safety fund

Standing Committee on Railways pulls up railways ministry for 'noticeable gap in funding to and expenditure from Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh'.

Modi govt failed to monetise single rail asset in FY22 but has more ambitious plan this year

Lack of interest from private investors last fiscal meant that railways shortfall was covered up by road, power, coal, and mining assets.  

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.