Aadhaar not mandatory for bank accounts, phones... for now

The deadline of March 31 has been postponed till the apex court delivers its final judgment. The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended indefinitely its March 31 deadline for linking bank accounts and......

Nitish Kumar: The 'Bihari DNA' triumphs

Joining hands with his arch rival, Lalu Prasad Yadav, paid off for the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, often referred to as the Chanakya of Bihar politics, lived up to the moniker when he......

Corruption makes us subjects, not citizens

When citizens realise that things won't change, the lose faith in the system. That is the most dangerous thing to happen to a country, says Mahesh Vijapurkar. The country is agog with talk of Ashok......

Twitter trouble: BJP joins Tharoor-bashing

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday described Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's tweet on new visa rules as 'callous' and said the government should clarify its position on......

Tatkal booking linked to dynamic pricing system, fares to go up

In a move that could be described as “festival dampener”, the rates of the tatkal tickets will go up with the Railways deciding to sell 50 per cent of the quota tickets using dynamic......

120 lakh rail tickets bought online remain unbooked

Over 120 lakh railway tickets purchased through IRCTC website from April last year to June remained unbooked despite making of payments due to network failure and entry of wrong password by......

Tatkal scheme rakes in moolah for railways

The revenue generated under the Tatkal scheme for reservation of railway tickets has shown a steady increase, with the government earning Rs 847 crore (Rs 8.47 billion) in 2011-12, an increase of......

Now, Tatkal booking in one day!

The new Tatkal booking scheme in which the train reservation period has been reduced to one day from two days will come into effect from Monday.Besides, other changes to facilitate availability of......