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Railway brings assets online, to hold e-auction for commercial earning, NFR

These assets will be mapped location-wise on the portal once and the system will remember forever if it is covered for earning or not.

Railways gets $245-mn World Bank loan to cut logistics project's emissions

Bid to help India reduce emissions through logistics project

Biggest rail strike in 30 years over pay and jobs brings UK to standstill

Picket lines appeared at dawn and will be lined by some of the more than 40,000 rail workers who are due to strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, bringing the network to a standstill

Agnipath protests: Passengers stranded as trains cancelled; airfares soar

The Railways on Monday said it has cancelled 587 trains due to the agitations.

Indian Railways restores linen, bed roll services in Northern zone trains

After receipt of instructions from the Ministry of Railways to restore the linen service, Northern Railway commenced the supply of linen in AC coaches in a phased manner

Maruti Suzuki dispatches record 233K units through Railways in FY22

Maruti Suzuki India has shipped 2.33 lakh units through Railways last fiscal, its highest ever dispatch in a financial year so far, since commencing the initiative eight years ago

IRCTC to connect India, Nepal through tourist train under Bharat Gaurav

IRCTC will be India's first agency to connect two countries through tourist train under the Bharat Gaurav Scheme of Indian Railways as the train will depart on the Shri Ramayana Yatra Circuit

Hope to achieve target of operating 1st bullet train in 2026: Vaishnaw

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said they are confident of achieving the target of running the country's first bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026

How delays in public projects could impact govt's fundraise plans via NMP

Time and cost overruns could impact private sector participation in the ambitious National Monetisation Pipeline programme

Bengal: Railways says not informed of bridge inauguration it majorly funded

A railway official said that the Eastern Railway has provided Rs 26.7 crore of the total Rs 44.86 crore cost of the project, while the West Bengal government's share was Rs 18.16 crore.

A power crisis on an old track and a plan that was never implemented

The Railways' decision to stick with steel wagons may have contributed to the shortage of rakes to haul coal to generating plants

Eastern Railway achieves 100% electrification of 2,848 km network

The total electrification will help reduce carbon emission significantly and support the Indian Railway in achieving its target of making the country's railway network carbon neutral by 2030

Movement of 40 trains affected due to agitation on railway tracks in Bihar

At least 10 trains were cancelled and 30 diverted or short terminated as rail traffic got disrupted on the Mokamah-Kiul section of the ECR zone due to an agitation, officials said.

Coal firms report delay in loading at railway sidings due to shortage

So far in May, 1,205 rakes allotted to the seven companies of CIL have incurred delays. This is close to a third of CIL's total loading.

Railways missed CIL train provision targets for over a year: Govt data

Inventories at Indian power plants fell 13% in April despite a 27.6% growth in Coal India's production, as a heatwave sent power demand soaring to a record high.

Northern Railways introduces 'Baby Berth' on a trial basis in few trains

The Indian Railways introduced a separate 'Baby Berth' (seats for newly-born children) in trains on Mothers's Day on February 8 where the infants will now be able to sleep alongside their mother.

NTPC invites bids to import 4.53 million tonnes of coal for blending

The NTPC tender for the import of coal assumes significance in view of the ongoing dry fuel shortage at power plants

Lok Adalat seeks quick decision on authorising officers to settle cases

Lok Adalat is an alternative dispute redressal mechanism forum where disputes/cases pending in courts can be settled amicably

Govt seeks to replicate NHAI success with InvITs at railways and ports

Plans more launches in FY23; gas pipelines, other sectors also on radar

Recovery tracker: More Indians Stepping out, vehicle registrations go up

With more people venturing out, traffic congestion increased in major cities in the country last week, shows data from global location technology firm TomTom International