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Tuesday, August 26, 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

India’s poor little rich people have it so bad. Money just can’t buy them freedom

+TFP Karanjeet Kaur -
There is terrible news for India’s one-percenters, who control '60% of India’s total wealth' — or $11.6 trillion in assets.

High tea in Mumbai, Rahul Mishra’s couture conquest—and Bappa’s arrival

Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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