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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: Railways

Railways to implement plan to trim staff positions, says move won’t shrink number of jobs

In a letter dated 24 November, the Railway Board has asked general managers of zones across the country to put a freeze on all new posts and surrender 50% of vacancies.

Railways could soon scrap pantry car services to generate additional Rs 1,400 crore revenue

Services of pantry cars, attached to around 350 pairs of trains, were temporarily discontinued due to the pandemic. These could now be replaced with AC-3 tier coaches.

Punjab farmers begin ‘rail roko’ agitation in protest against farm bills, trains suspended

As many as 31 farmers' outfits have called for a complete shutdown of Punjab on 25 September to protest the bills.

Railways says private players running trains can decide their fares. But there’s a catch

Indian Railways has told private operators that they will have autonomy to fix fares. But it doesn't rule out creation of a price regulatory body in future.

First set of 12 private trains to be introduced in 2023, reveals Railways timeline

As part of the plan for private trains, the railways invited proposals from companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country.

Railways privatisation marketed as ‘renovation’ and Modi’s Leh trip to combat botched image

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

To cut costs, Indian Railways to axe thousands of retired staff it had re-hired

Railways’ finances have taken a further hit in light of the Covid lockdown, which brought passenger trains to a complete halt until the Shramik operations were launched in May. 

Railways to resume intrastate travel, approves commencement of 2 trains in Karnataka

According to an order issued by the SWR, the two special trains are the Bengaluru -- Hubli -- Belagavi and Mysore-Bengaluru Special Express train.

Centre asks states to cooperate with railways in running more Shramik trains for migrants

The Centre also noted that migrant workers continue to walk on roads and railway tracks to return to their native places.

Maharashtra & Bihar to bear migrants’ travel costs, no charge for students says Nitish Kumar

Amidst outrage over Modi government's move to charge migrant workers steep railways fares, Congress announced that it would bear the full travel cost.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

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

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.