63 news articles20 Dec 2025 to 07 Nov 2026
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Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Indian Railways is quadrupling seven major corridors connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai, plus…
Special Campaign 6, aimed at institutionalising Swachhata and minimising pendency in government offices, was conducted from 2nd October to 31st October 2026 wit…
₹970.33 crIndian Railways carried a record 145.07 million tonnes of freight in October. Freight loading grew by 8.32 per cent over October 2025. Foodgrains loading increa…
8.32%India's total coal imports fell by 5.83% to 104.57 million tonnes (MT) in August 2026, compared to 111.05 MT in August 2025. Coal imports by the power sector de…
5.83%The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) monitors 1,853 ongoing Central Sector infrastructure projects with a total latest cost of ₹37.56…
₹37.56 LThe Railway Board has approved the introduction of a 16-car Vande Bharat Chair Car trainset with an Alstom propulsion system, manufactured at the Rail Coach Fac…
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will inaugurate two railway sections totalling 118 km in Madhya Pradesh on Octob…
Indian Railways' train punctuality improved from 69.2% in 2018-19 to 77.43% in 2025-26, with 77.11% recorded so far in 2026-27, according to Ministry of Railway…
69.2%Indian Railways achieved an all-time high coal loading record with 22.5% growth in October 2026 (up to 18th) compared with the corresponding period last year. C…
22.5%Food regulator FSSAI issued an advisory directing food business operators (FBOs) to handle, store and transport perishable foods such as khoa, paneer, meat and …
The Indian Railways has started a direct daily train between Sabarmati in Gujarat and Katra town in Jammu region, keeping in mind the interest of lakhs of pilgr…
The Supreme Court has directed Indian Railways to ensure all tickets sold at railway station counters receive insurance coverage in the same manner as tickets b…
Indian Railways loaded 135.35 million tonnes of freight in September 2026, up 6.14% from 127.52 million tonnes in September 2025. In September 2026, Food Grain …
₹1,266 crThe Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) released the 53rd monthly CPGRAMS report on Central Ministries/Departments performance fo…
17%The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) project has completed all 14 portal beams over the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani railway line in Vadodara, Gujarat, marking…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (October 11, 2026) inaugurated five redeveloped railway stations in Tamil Nadu — Ambasamudram, Palani, Namakkal, Paramakk…
Indian Railways has approved ₹223 crore for deploying Kavach Version 4.0 across 614.75 route kilometres of the Varanasi division of North Eastern Railway. Kavac…
₹223 crUnion Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off India's first LNG-powered train from Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and inaugurated railway developm…
₹1,472 crIndian Railways has approved a new tri-weekly Amrit Bharat Express between Bhuj in Gujarat and Barauni in Bihar, covering 2,532 km across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Ut…
The Ministry of Railways will take up the Second Saraighat Rail-Cum-Road Bridge project in Assam, along with doubling of the 7.20-km railway line between Agthor…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to newly selected youth at the 20th Rozgar Mela, held at 45 locations across …
Indian Railways has approved a ₹493 crore new railway line between Mukutban in Yavatmal district and Gadchandur in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, under Sou…
₹493 crBharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) signed a joint venture agreement on September 15, 2026, to maintain 80 Vande Bh…
Indian Railways has approved the doubling of the Chouk-Karjat railway section in Maharashtra at an estimated cost of Rs 497 crore. The project is part of the Pa…
The Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project achieved its 41st tunnel breakthrough with the final breakthrough of Escape Tunnel-1 on September 11, 2026. Escape Tunnel…
78%The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved eight railway multitracking projects worth Rs 20,804 crore a…
The Ministry of Railways approved the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 on 712 route kilometres of Moradabad Division in Northern Railway at a total cost of ₹170…
₹170 crIndian Railways plans to four-lane 11,000 km of its high-density network to increase train capacity. The seven high-density routes account for 41% of total rail…
41%The Union Cabinet approved four railway multi-tracking projects and one highway project with a total outlay of around Rs 13,041 crore. The railway projects are …
The Ministry of Railways approved a plan to increase the maximum permissible train speed to 100 kmph on the 111-km Katra-Banihal broad gauge section. The approv…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved four rail multitracking projects worth about ₹9,450 crore. The projects will add about 410 km to the I…
₹9,450 crIndian Railways has approved the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 across 660 route km in the Izzatnagar Division of North Eastern Railway. The project is sancti…
Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala rolled out the first rake of 19 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) broad gauge passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway. The rake …
Indian Railways introduced a single pan-India licence for container train operators, replacing the earlier route-wise permission system. The uniform registratio…
Indian Railways approved a Rs 976-crore multitracking project on the 29km Danapur–Fatuha section under East Central Railway (ECR). The project includes construc…
Indian Railways launched online booking of personal luggage for passengers holding confirmed train tickets from July 31, 2026. The facility allows passengers to…
Oil marketing companies will revise domestic (14.2 kg) and commercial (19 kg) LPG cylinder prices on August 1, 2026, based on international energy prices. India…
₹5,000Indian Railways has approved a ₹163 crore project to upgrade the electric traction system on the Parbhani-Mudkhed double line section in the Nanded Division of …
₹163 crIndian Railways has launched a pilot project using automated AI-camera stain detection technology in laundries to assess the quality of washed linen. The pilot …
Ravneet Singh Bittu resigned as Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries on July 25, 2026. President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resi…
Indian Railways has electrified 99.6% of its broad gauge network, making it the world's second-most electrified rail network after Switzerland. According to the…
99.6%Rahul Himalian, Director (Tourism & Marketing) at the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), has been given additional charge of Chairman and …
India's first hydrogen fuel cell train generates electricity onboard using a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell, producing only water vapour and heat as b…
Indian Railways unveiled eight new structural reforms under the Reform Express initiative to modernise freight operations. Containerised transportation of fly a…
₹25 crIndian Railways approved a ₹206-crore project to install Kavach Version 4.0 on 680 route kilometres (RKm) in the Delhi Division of Northern Railway. The install…
₹206Taxpayers filing ITR-1 and ITR-2 for assessment year 2026-27 must submit returns by July 31, 2026, to avoid penalties of up to ₹5,000 for income exceeding ₹5 la…
₹5,000Sanjay Kumar Jain resigned as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The Ministry of Railways …
The Ministry of Railways approved a ₹341 crore project to expand Kavach, an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system designed to prevent t…
₹341 crThe Odisha state Cabinet approved revised English spellings for 64 places across 26 districts to restore them to their Odia phonetic forms. The initiative was u…
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