Surat, April 19 (IANS) Additional special train services operated by Indian Railways helped ease congestion at the Udhna railway station in Gujarat on Sunday, hours after videos of overcrowding and disorder at the station circulated widely.According to Railway officials, more than 23,000 passengers were facilitated through regular and special train services during the day, with two additional special trains scheduled to depart at 21:40 hrs and 23:30 hrs to further decongest the station area.The …
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Bhubaneswar, April 19 (IANS) Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday underlined the rapid transformation of railway infrastructure in Odisha, emphasising the Union government’s strong focus on connectivity and capacity enhancement across the state. Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony of India’s first advanced 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit in Bhubaneswar, Union Minister Vaishnaw told that railway projects worth more than Rs 90,000 crore are currently under execution in …
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The government on Sunday said that Indian Railways has significantly strengthened its financial resilience by earning Rs 6813.86 crore from scrap sales in FY 2025–26, surpassing its Rs 6000 crore target.A key highlight of this approach is the robust performance in scrap monetisation, where the national transporter exceeded its financial targets by a substantial margin.This follows a similarly strong performance in FY 2024–25, when it earned Rs 6641.78 crore against…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved two multitracking Railways projects for Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh with a total cost of Rs 24,815 crore.The projects, covering 15 districts across two states, will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 601 kms. These are Ghaziabad–Sitapur 3rd and 4th Line (403 kms) and Rajahmundry (Nidadavolu)–Visakhapatnam (Duvvada) 3rd and 4th …
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Rail fractures have declined by 92 per cent and weld failures by 93 per cent across Indian Railways — marking a significant leap in track safety, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.Writing in a national publication, Vaishnaw noted that these improvements are part of a broader structural transformation initiated after 2014, when a clear directive under Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed safety at the core of railway operations.The minister emphasis…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Thursday busted a major property fraud case, with the arrest of an accused involved in executing a fraudulent lease deed, police officials said. The accused, Ravindra Garg, was also previously declared a proclaimed offender in another property fraud case. According to the police, the accused was arrested in connection with a cheating case involving the fraudulent lease of a residential property, in which a visually impaired victim was duped of Rs 14…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday highlighted that Indian Railways has undergone a fundamental shift and is setting new benchmarks through sustained reforms and technology.In this context, he shared an article written by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on how the safety ecosystem of Indian Railways has been transformed in the past decade through clear policy, the induction of modern technology and continuous injection of funds.The Prime Minister’s Office poste…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Indian Railways has electrified 99.6 per cent of its broad gauge network, operates about 25,000 trains daily and has carried 741 crore passengers in 2025–26, the government said on Wednesday.In 2025–26, the total revenue reached approximately Rs 80,000 crore, while freight movement touched a record 1,670 million tonnes (MT), according to an official statement.Only about 20 per cent of India’s railway network was electrified by 2014, limiting operational efficienc…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to quash the CBI FIR and charge sheets against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh, while disposing of Yadav’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash the corruption case, granted him liberty to raise legal objections during trial and exempted him from personal appearance before the trial court.“After hearing …
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The ISI-backed espionage module, which the Ghaziabad Police first busted, had surveyed sensitive locations such as naval facilities and airport zones in Mumbai. They were in the process of installing solar-powered CCTV cameras at these locations and were planning to send the live feed to their handlers in Pakistan. An investigating official said that the module was not just limited to conducting a reconnaissance in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. They h…