The Railways launched the Google's free Wi-Fi service at Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur stations.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
Likely to be merged with Union Budget from FY18
The ministry said that states can also develop their own protocol with regards to quarantine and isolation as per their assessment.
The Railway Board and employees at Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, makers of the train, are at loggerheads over the proposed transfer of design and reassigning the manufacturing of Train 18 to Modern Coach Factory in Raebareli.
The government also proposed promoting 'one product one district' for better marketing and export of horticulture crops. It also called on states for early implementation of three key central model laws on land leasing, agriculture produce and livestock marketing and contract farming.
The Indian Railways has decided to introduce a mobile radio communication facility in its trains to ensure security.
The strike was supposed to affect about 23 million passengers.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Overwhelmed by the honour of having been invited to lecture at IIM-A on Tuesday, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced the setting up of a 'Railway Chair' at the country's premier management institute.
The number -- 676747 -- will also provide the status of train list. It will be valid all over the country.
It was announced that no discussion took place regarding Tejashwi's resignation. In fact, his work was appreciated.
IRCTC will work on Kisan Yatra, a special travel scheme to help farmers to learn about new farming and marketing technique.
The new timings will be updated in the November timetable of the railways.
Over 18 crore workers are expected to participate making this a much bigger strike than last year.
Google announced a new Wi-Fi platform called Google Station, a video app called 'YouTube Go' and an offline feature for Chrome web browser and faster loading in Google Play on 2G network
Railway officials said important projects at crucial stages would now be stuck for a long time.
Former colleagues recall the veteran political leader as a visionary with strong ground connect.
Various facets of Mahatma Gandhi's life journey were displayed by the 22 tableaux that rolled down the Rajpath during the 70th Republic Day Parade.
Offering a bonanza for train travellers, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced that the Indian Railways will start new trains.
The Bhartiya Railway Mal Godam Shramik Sangh said they will resort to disrupting railway services across the country if the government does not heed to their demands.
With work to pick up, finance ministry likely to give around Rs 10,000 crore more for the project.
Four Indians assured themselves of a bronze medal each after reaching semi-finals in their respective categories in the 3rd China Open boxing tournament at Guiyang.
160 years since the first passenger train chugged out of Bori Bunder for Thane.
The Jaldoot train supplying water from Miraj town to Latur in Marathwada on Monday made its 111th and last trip.
It is developing ash parks at Varanasi, Raipur, Pune and Cuttack, to make it available to ash-based product manufacturing units at these centres. It recently signed an agreement with NHAI for supply of ash for use in road construction.
Gowda has also failed to offer clarity on reforming the Railway Board.
The court granted bail to Rabri and Tejashwi Yadav in the CBI case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of a like amount.
The proposal, in preliminary stages, is likely to be finalised within a couple of months.
Women's representation in government jobs is less than 15%.
'Memories of a simple, yet amazing childhood, long lost, but never forgotten.' Vijay Menon takes us back to a time when overnight train journeys were the most exciting events of our lives.
Lucrative contracts negotiated through influential middlemen, gratification for officials and their political patrons has become a norm in Indian Railways.
There is no reason why railway fares and freight rates should not be fixed on the basis of commercial principles, as is done with other transport services.
Companies are queuing up to grab a share of space on rail coaches, which would soon sport advertisements as part of Indian Railways novel idea to earn more revenue.
Expectations of muted expenditure on railway infrastructure and the assumption that there would be no further fare hikes may have contributed to the fall, according to analysts.
Indian Railways on Monday tied up with SBI Card to launch a co-branded credit card and traveller loyalty card to tap the huge railway passengers market through bonanzas to customers each time they log on to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corpora
"I feel that this is the new power of democracy," Modi said.
The Bogibeel Bridge, which was a part of the Assam Accord and sanctioned in 1997-98, is likely to play a crucial role in defence movement along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.
Could the Centre and the prime minister have achieved more than what they did on curbing the endemic spread through more of the Modi outreach, given his credibility and unchallenged ability to communicate with the masses, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
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