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RRB NTPC Exam Dates 2025: When and where to check once declared and more

The RRB is expected to issue the NTPC Exam Date 2025 soon. The RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam for 2025 is likely to take place in April 2025 and will be recruiting for 11,558 posts through these exams

IRCTC to operate 'North East Discovery' on Bharat Gaurav train from April

The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC's) "North East Discovery" tour on the Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train is set to kick off from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station on April 22, 2025.This 15-day journey will cover several North Eastern states, showcasing their natural beauty and cultural heritage. The program will commence from Delhi's Safdarjung Railway station. Interested tourists may choose this tour program from Delhi and other boarding points, including Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Tundla, Etawah, and Kanpur.The carefully curated itinerary will take you by Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train to five of the "seven sisters" of the lesser-travelled North Eastern region of India.The 15-day train tour starts on April 22, 2025, and covers Guwahati, Sivasagar, Jorhat, and Kaziranga in Assam; Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh; Unakoti and Udaipur in Tripura; Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland; and Shillong and Cherapunji in Meghalaya.The first stop of this train is ..

Railways' financial health sound, paying expenses from own income: Vaishnaw

Indian Railways' financials are in good condition with continuous improvement efforts underway, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. During a debate on the working of the Railways Ministry, Vaishnaw noted that the national transporter has successfully overcome pandemic-related challenges, with passengers returning to train travel and both passenger and cargo traffic showing growth. During 2023-24, Indian Railways reported a revenue of approximately Rs 2,78,000 crore against expenses of Rs 2,75,000 crore. Major expenditure components include staff costs (Rs 1,16,000 crore), pension payments (Rs 66,000 crore), energy expenses (Rs 32,000 crore), and financing costs (Rs 25,000 crore). "Railways is fulfilling its expenses from its own income because of good performance. ...Overall, the financial condition is good and we are trying to improve it on constant basis," Vaishnaw stated. The minister highlighted that Railways subsidises passenger fares while .

Indian Railways to implement new crowd control measures at 60 busy stations

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces permanent waiting areas, wider FOBs for passenger safety. New cameras will be installed in stations and nearby areas for better crowd control

Railway's 2-day block for CSMT platform extension to affect several trains

Central Railway on Thursday announced a two-day special mega block from Friday night to carry out extension of a platforms at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to accommodate 24-coach trains. Many suburban and long distance will be affected by this work, an official said. "The special block is planned for pre and post non-interlocking works and will be carried out in two phases of 5 hours and 10 hours from Friday night onwards. The first phase will start from Friday night at 11.30 pm and end on Saturday at 4.30 am. The 10-hour phase will be from 11:15pm on Saturday to 9:15am on Sunday," said CR chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila. The special block is necessary to extend platforms 12 and 13 to accommodate 24-coach trains, enhancing capacity and improving passenger convenience, he added. The work involves extending island platform 12 and 13 to 690 metres from 510 metres and will see the shifting of 31 overhead cables, connecting of 34 signal systems, and laying 500

Madras High Court rules in favour of 12% GST for railway contracts

The case involved STS-KEC, a joint venture between Stroytechservice LLC (Russia) and KEC International Limited, which was awarded a contract for railway infrastructure projects

News Highlights: Former CM Atishi chosen as Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly

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Crowd control measures put in place at Ayodhya Station ahead of Shivratri

Deputy Superintendent of Police Yashwant Singh said that devotees will only be allowed to go to the platform when the train arrives

Delhi HC asks railways to examine issues raised in New Delhi stampede PIL

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Railways to examine the fixing of maximum passengers and sale of platform tickets -- issues raised in a PIL over the recent stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhayaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the authorities concerned to state in its affidavit, the details of its measures on the issues. "Let the issues raised in the petition be examined, as suggested by the solicitor general, at the highest level at the Railway Board and thereafter an affidavit be filed by the respondent giving details of the decisions which might be taken by the Railway Board," the court ordered. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta said the matter was not taken in an adversarial manner and the Railways was bound to follow the law. He said there was an "unprecedented" situation and assured the court that the issues raised in the PIL would be considered at the highest level. The court said the PIL was not confined to the recen

After deadly New Delhi stampede, railways to overhaul crowd management

To mitigate the risk of another stampede, a six-month initiative has been launched to enhance passenger safety, particularly at key stations

On moral ground: Railway ministers who resigned after train tragedies

Here's a list of railway ministers who resigned, or offered to resign, following major train tragedies, taking moral responsibility for the incidents

IRCTC share price slips 4%, hits 52-week low despite healthy Q3 results

The fall in IRCTC share price came despite the company posting a healthy set of Q3FY25 results

Railways' capex meets targets, likely to remain at the same level

Despite not getting any additional outlay in the Budget 2025, Railways officials are not worried since their spending numbers sit well with Budget Estimates (BE) for FY25

Rlys seeks nuclear energy allocation for trains from NPCIL, Power Ministry

The Railways has approached the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and the Ministry of Power for the allocation of nuclear energy to meet its increasing power requirement, the Rajya Sabha was recently informed. "The power requirement of the Indian Railways (IR) is increasing consistently year on year. IR is exploring all the possible options of energy including nuclear energy. "IR has been exploring the option of sourcing power from existing as well as upcoming nuclear power plants to meet part of its traction power requirement, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Upper House on February 7. Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose raised the issue of use of nuclear energy to supply power to Railways and asked "whether development and advancement has been made in the railway sector to use nuclear energy to reduce usage of fossil fuels to power trains". Ghose also wanted to know the implications of using nuclear energy as well as its impact on the

Investment worth Rs 95,566 cr being made for railways in Bihar: Vaishnaw

Highlighting the efforts made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi electrification in Bihar, Vaishnaw said that reconstruction work for 98 stations was ongoing

Hind Rectifiers to set up AI, Web3 arm with expansion of Nashik facility

Power and railway equipment producer Hind Rectifiers is expanding its manufacturing facilities in Nashik and has also decided to set up a subsidiary for developing high-tech products and solutions in AI, Web3 and others, according to a top official. Hind Rectifiers MD & CEO Suramya Nevatia said that the company actively progressing with our capacity expansion plans at the Sinnar and Satpur plants in Nashik along with focus on backward integration which will improve cost efficiency. The company board has also approved the incorporation of a wholly owned subsidiary focused on developing cutting-edge products and solutions in Information Technology (IT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Web3, and various software, he said. Hind Rectifier has reported around six-fold jump in net profit to Rs 10 crore for the October-December quarter of 2024-25 driven by order flows and higher income. Total income jumped by 24 per cent to Rs 169.4 crore in the third quarter of FY25 compared to Rs 136.7 ..

Punjab gets Rs 5,421 cr, Haryana Rs 3,416 cr for rail infra boost: Vaishnaw

The government has allocated Rs 5,421 crore to Punjab and Rs 3,416 crore to Haryana in the Union Budget to strengthen its rail infrastructure, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Monday. This year's allocation was 24 times more than what Punjab received from 2009-2014 (Rs 225 crore), the Railway Minister said in a video conference. Haryana received Rs 315 crore for its railway projects between 2009 and 2014 and this year's allocations is 11 times that number, the minister said. Vaishnav said 30 Amrit stations are being developed in Punjab at a cost of Rs 1,122 crores, and that 34 Amrit stations are being developed in Haryana at a cost of Rs 1,149 crore. In Punjab, Amrit stations are being developed in Abohar, Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Beas, Bathinda, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar Cantt, Mansa and Malerkotla, among others. In Haryana, Ambala Cantt, Ambala City, Bahadurgarh, Ballabhgarh, Bhiwani Junction, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Faridabad New Town, Gohana, Hansi, .

Budget: Railway capex stays flat; revenue receipts set to cross Rs 3 trn

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has kept the outlay provided for capital expenditure (capex) in the Railways at Rs 2.65 trillion, almost the same as the 2024-25 budget estimate

India has world's third largest metro network of over 1,000 km: Prez Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said India has the world's third-largest metro network spanning over 1,000 km and emphasised that efforts to streamline urban transportation are underway. Addressing a joint sitting of Parliament, which marked the start of the Budget session, Murmu said that metro projects in Delhi, Pune, Thane and Bengaluru, along with the recently launched Namo Bharat Rapid Rail on the Ahmedabad-Bhuj route, are shaping the cities of a 'Viksit Bharat'. To accelerate the journey towards 'Viksit Bharat', it is essential to make Indian cities future-ready, she said. In this direction, the government is focused on modernising urban amenities and making them energy-efficient. Simultaneously, the foundation is being laid for the development of new cities, she added. "Today, I am extremely pleased to share that India's metro network has crossed the milestone of 1,000 kilometres. India has now become the third-largest country in the world in terms of the metro network,"

Budget 2025: Indian Railways subsidies and how they compare with Europe

Budget 2025: Indian Railways heavily subsidises train fares, particularly for senior citizens, students, and people with disabilities-but by how much?