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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicMinistry of Railways

Topic: Ministry of Railways

Kirtan, langar on trains — PM wants Railways to focus on religious tourism to boost income

Moushumi Das Gupta -
PM Narendra Modi wants Railways to use unused land to generate solar power, run special trains to holy sites & charge for WiFi and vacant space on platforms.

Should Indian Railways be privatised to prevent it from going the Air India way?

ThePrint Team -
The Narendra Modi government’s audacious move to merge the eight railway services into the Indian Railways Management Service has invited criticism from many in the sector.

Modi govt brings Northeast rail infra on track, but land issues could hurt progress

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Average annual expenditure on new lines, gauge conversion and doubling infrastructure in Northeast saw a 126% jump in the last 5 years.

127 railway hospitals will get chemist stores with affordable drugs under Modi govt scheme

Himani Chandna -
The move is part of Modi govt's Jan Aushadhi scheme to provide generic affordable medicines. Stores are expected to open after Lok Sabha polls.

Will resign if pressured too much, says railway officer accused of criticising Piyush Goyal

Sanya Dhingra -
Railway officer Sanjiv Kumar said he had sent minister Piyush Goyal a written apology, but was yet to receive a reply.

Ministry of Finance continues to reject the most RTI applications

Nikhil Rampal -
Ministry of Finance rejected the most applications. However, the percentage of applications being rejected by ministries has come down.

Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train construction will begin in 2019: Project chief

Kumar Anshuman -
Achal Khare, MD of new company set up to build and run bullet train, says rest of this year will go in land acquisitions and awarding contracts.

Off The Cuff with Suresh Prabhu

Shubhleen Singh -
This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Hon. Minister of Commerce & Industry, India Suresh Prabhu in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and...
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Opinion

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Syed Irfan Raza -
Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

In India, pushing through a policy is easier than changing a culture. Period

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Economy

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Aneesa PA -
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

Defence

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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