The government on Wednesday said it will raise Rs 72,500 crore through disinvestment of PSUs, including listing of three railway PSUs IRCTC, IRFC and IRCON, and proposed merger and consolidation to create globally competitive public sector units.
Cleanliness of stations will be rated as per certain parameters finalised by the Railways.
The case dates back to the time when Lalu was the railway minister in the UPA government.
The number of active cases of coronavirus infection remained below 8 lakh for the second consecutive day.
Only asymptomatic passengers with confirmed e-tickets will be allowed in these trains and they will have to report at the station at least 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled departure.
The CM is expected to call a press conference on Monday, say JD-U sources.
Maharaja will soon come to help wait-listed passengers of Rajdhani trains as such travelers will be provided with the option to fly by Air India by paying little extra.
Get ready for a different rail travel experience. A special rail coach with a living room, two bathrooms, two toilets and a private kitchen. The catch: You will be allowed to take your own chefs on the trip.
Senior citizens, differently-abled, pregnant women and medically sick travellers will be given a preference
Of the total trains, 2,875 have terminated, while 401 are in transit. The top five states and union territories from where maximum trains originated are Gujarat (897), Maharashtra (590), Punjab (358), Uttar Pradesh (232) and Delhi (200).
As of now, the Indian Railways has cancelled 245 trains in order to restrict unnecessary travel due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Reliance Infocomm, in association with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), has launched the railway ticket booking service through Reliance India Mobile in 120 Indian cities.
A total of 1,177 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Bilaspur special train, which departed at 4 pm, while 1,122 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Dibrugarh special train that departed at 4:45 pm.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
He has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first chief in the history of the agency to face such action.
Analysts attribute the surge to a host of factors, particularly the interest shown by the retail investors in these two market segments.
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redBus.in is the second highest transacted travel website in the country, next only to IRCTC.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee could be staring at troubled times ahead as the Saradha scam trail seemingly leads up to her doorstep.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramaswamy Parthasarathy, who arrested Chidambaram in the INX Media case last year, has been conferred with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Cricket fans were left frustrated on Monday as they were unable to access the website selling online tickets for Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test match.
For 2017-18, the plan size has been pegged by the Railways at Rs 1,31,000 crore.
Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Rajan Vichare is in the centre of a raging controversy after the representative from Maharashtra's Thane constituency was seen force-feeding a Muslim employee of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation -- in-charge of handling catering at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
Only registered IRCTC users can use these services as of now. Currently, Indian railways don't allow Mobile ticket booking between 8 am to 12 pm.
The restriction has been imposed to prevent touts from cornering tickets.
The home minister also said that Article 370 was the "biggest roadblock" in the state's development and within 10 years, it will be one of the most developed regions of the country.
The RJD chief has been asked to appear for questioning at the agency headquarters on September 11.
About 11.61 crore (116.1 million) train tickets involving fare of Rs 9,498.45 crore (Rs 94.98 billion) were booked through IRCTC website in the last fiscal.
IRCTC will work on Kisan Yatra, a special travel scheme to help farmers to learn about new farming and marketing technique.
Railways has said that it plans to suspend two senior officials of Northern Railway, following searches carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation at 13 locations and recovery of Rs 20 crore in cash in connection with alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water in premium trains.
The long and irritating experiences of booking train ticket through IRCTC website seems to be a thing of past now as the Railways on Wednesday launched the next generation e-ticketing system enhancing the booking capacity to 7200 tickets per minute and making the whole process much faster and easier.
While booking tickets was a problem, cancelling those booked tickets and getting refunds were more problematic.
In his address to the nation from Red Fort on Independence Day, Prime Minister Modi had given a clarion call to free India from single-use plastic.
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
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Travel agents in the IRCTC service have been accused of blocking tickets to sell them at a premium.
Verma came to the CVC office in the late afternoon and stayed there for about two hours, they said.
The Central Vigilance Commission on Tuesday examined some Central Bureau of Investigation official.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the country's leading online-ticketing platform, has seen a jump of 60 per cent in mobile ticket booking between January and October.
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