New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday that the Indian Railways recorded a year of strong all-round performance in FY 2025–26, achieving record freight loading while advancing passenger services, infrastructure, safety systems and digital initiatives, with freight transportation reaching a historic high of 1,670 million tonnes during the year.This growth suggested Indian Railways’ capacity to handle key commodities such as coal, cement, fertilisers a…
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New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A plot to carry out blasts in railway stations across the country has been unearthed by the Indian security agencies, which have learnt that the ISI has been setting up several micro modules in various parts of the country to carry out these attacks.These modules are relatively smaller and comprise just four to five persons, an official said.These modules resemble the ones that the Indian Mujahideen had set up under Yasin Bhatkal. The first module of the Indian Mujahide…
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the Congress while addressing a massive public gathering at Khanapara Playground in Guwahati, accusing the party of neglecting the Northeast and attempting to destabilise Assam for political gains.The Prime Minister said that while the Congress treated the Northeast as a burden, the BJP government considers the region as ‘Ashtalakshmi’, the eight pillars of India’s prosperity.He asserted that this …
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Indian Railways has tripled expenditure on safety over the last decade, from Rs 39,200 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 1,17,693 crore in 2025-26, prioritising passenger safety amid modernisation, the Parliament was informed on Friday.”Safety is accorded the highest priority on Indian Railways. As a consequence of various safety measures taken over the years, there has been a steep decline in the number of accidents,” Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written re…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In a lively Question Hour and Zero Hour session in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw addressed key concerns on infrastructure development, including potential Metro services in Jammu, stalled projects due to land and environmental issues, demands for premium train connectivity, and ongoing railway initiatives in Kerala. During Question Hour, BJP-nominated MP Gulam Ali raised a question on plans for a Metro in Jammu.Responding, Railway Minister V…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend three programmes at Malda, two administrative and one political, at the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal later in the day on Saturday.At the political rally, which is the last of the three scheduled programs in Malda during the day, the Prime Minister is expected to launch a scathing attack against the West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress, which he had already hinted at in a social media …
Guwahati, Jan 15 (IANS) Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that Assam is set to receive a significant boost in terms of railway connectivity as the state will get two new Amrit Bharat trains along with the country’s first Vande Bharat sleeper coach trains. Taking to X, CM Sarma wrote, “This weekend, Assam will receive a major boost to its rail connectivity when Bharat’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train rolls on between Guwahati & Kolkata. 2 New Amrit Bharat trains connec…
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the Union Cabinet has approved the state government’s flagship project to construct an elevated corridor through Kaziranga National Park, a move aimed at protecting wildlife while improving connectivity in Upper Assam.Addressing the reporters here, Sarma said the elevated corridor between Bokakhat and Kaziranga will be built at an estimated cost of over Rs 6,000 crore.He described the project as a landmark…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Indian Railways has utilised 80.54 per cent of its allocated capex in the first three quarters of the current fiscal (FY26) at the end of December, which is Rs 2,03,138 crore of the total Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs 2,52,200 crore, the government said on Monday.This represents a 6.54 per cent increase in GBS utilisation compared to the same period last year (December 2024), the Ministry of Railways said.The expenditure has primarily focused on safety measures, cap…
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) For the first time in decades, the story of Jammu and Kashmir is no longer dominated by guns, bullets, dead bodies, or government buildings gutted in separatist fires. As the year 2025 draws to a close, the dominant narrative is one of roads and railways, classrooms and connectivity, opportunity and aspiration.Headlines this year were largely free from the routine cycle of insurgency and counter-insurgency.The lone exception was the brutal terror attack in Pahalgam on Apr…