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Long queues, happy faces at New Delhi station as trains leave for Assam, Chhattisgarh on Day 1

Sravasti Dasgupta - 12 May, 2020

Police ensured passengers were screened before they entered platforms. Besides, separate queues were maintained to avoid crowding at the station.

IRCTC website down on Day 1 of passenger train bookings, to restart by 6 pm

Sanya Dhingra - 11 May, 2020

The Indian Railways is planning to run 15 pairs of trains from Tuesday, and bookings for these were initially supposed to begin at 4 pm Monday.

Returning migrants spike Bihar’s Covid numbers, state scrambles for faster testing

Dipak Mishra - 11 May, 2020

Bihar plans to bring back over 2 lakh migrants on 169 shramik special trains, but its current testing capacity is 1,811 tests per day.

Modi govt claims it’s paying 85% of migrants trains’ cost but has no ‘ticket’ to prove it

Sanya Dhingra - 5 May, 2020

Railway officials say if fares are being borne by states, Centre’s claim of paying 85% is inexplicable, and there’s no official communication explaining it.

Home ministry allows special trains to take stranded workers, tourists, students home

Moushumi Das Gupta - 1 May, 2020

A few hours after the first special train left Telangana’s Lingampalli for Jharkhand’s Hatia, MHA announces more such services to help stranded people.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

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Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra - 20 May, 2022

India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

20 May, 2022

Pakistan’s being governed by London Sharif and Islamabad Sharif. But they’re not on same page

20 May, 2022

Economy

Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team - 20 May, 2022

A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Topic: special train

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

American SiG Sauer rifle fine for Army—for now. Indian firms should be Modi govt’s priority

Pakistan’s being governed by London Sharif and Islamabad Sharif. But they’re not on same page

Economy

Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

Defence

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

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