New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Northern Railway has announced a temporary suspension of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) services in Delhi due to scheduled maintenance work on Thursday night and early Friday, impacting a wide range of passenger-related facilities.An important advisory has been issued for train passengers, cautioning that those planning to book or cancel tickets, or check their PNR status during the night of March 26–27, may face inconvenience as both online and counter-based…
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New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Indian Railways’ application RailOne App has been downloaded 2.57 crore times and averages 7.64 lakh ticket bookings daily, the government said on Wednesday.Currently, around 88 per cent of reserved tickets are now booked online, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in Lok Sabha.In addition to the conventional modes of booking through counters, Indian Railways has introduced vari…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Navratna public sector company, on Thursday reported a 15.51 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in consolidated net profit for the October–December quarter of the financial year 2025–26 (Q3 FY26).The company’s net profit increased to Rs 395 crore in the third quarter, compared with Rs 342 crore in the same period last financial year, as per its stock exchange filing.IRCTC’s revenue from core operations also show…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a separate earmarked reservation quota and concessional Railway fare for acid attack victims (AAVs), who are currently excluded from existing benefits available to Persons with Disabilities.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant issued notice to the Ministry of Railways, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the National Commission for Women (…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) A bench of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Railway Board to investigate a complaint alleging that in 2010, when the incumbent West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was the Railways Minister, a tender policy was amended to provide reservation under the guise of minority preference, reducing the statutory reservation for SC/ST/OBC categories to benefit the Muslim community, which is not provided for under the Constitution of India.As per th…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is likely to take up on January 5 former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s plea against a trial court’s decision to frame cheating, conspiracy and corruption charges against him in the IRCTC scam, a lawyer said on Saturday. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief’s plea is likely to come up before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.In an order passed on October 13, the trial court ordered framing of charges under Sections 420 and 120B of the IPC and…