Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing his first Ranji Trophy match since 2009, hit a brilliant 137 against Railways on Friday to get back among runs ahead of the England series. ...
10:28 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: In an attempt to facilitate travel of bonafide passengers and reduce misuse of ticketing system, the railways on Thursday decided to extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during travel on reserved tickets for all classes in a train. The change will come into effect from December 1, said a statement from the ministry. At present, only passengers travelling on e-tickets, Tatkal tickets and in air-conditioned...
12:42 AM, Nov 02, 2012
The 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season gets underway on Friday with 12 matches on view. ...
08:50 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services team won their pre-quarterfinal matches to be on course to clash in the championship round. Round three saw both the pugilists defeat their respective opponents with straightforward victories to march into the quarter-finals of the event. Nanao, who was the first to take to the ring, locked horns with...
08:48 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Tendulkar will represent his home association for the first time since the final against UP at Hyderabad in 2009. ...
07:58 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Rohit is yet to play a Test after narrowly missing out on the distinction when he twisted his ankle during training ...
07:21 PM, Nov 01, 2012
The former Railways and Karnataka batsman has called time on a first-class career spanning 17 years. ...
08:20 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: In the first major hint of a change, new Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that a hike in fares was a possibility. "Passenger fares can be hiked if needed. Primary concern is safety," Bansal said at a press conference. Bansal, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, was made the Railways Minister on Sunday during the mega Cabinet reshuffle effected by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the 2014...
01:35 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, an influential Congress leader from West Bengal's Murshidabad district and known to be close to Pranab Mukherjee, is a three-time Lok Sabha MP. Having dropped out of school at age 15, he started as a District leader of Youth Congress in the 1970s when political atmosphere was very tense and violent in West Bengal. Chowdhury, who on Sunday took oath as Minister of State, entered...
07:03 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Greater Noida: Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who waved the chequered flag at the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, will miss the second edition of the Formula One race to play a Ranji match for his Mumbai team. It has been learnt that Tendulkar, who is a motorsports enthusiast, decided to prefer practising with the team in Mumbai than coming here. Tendulkar, who is going through a lean patch, is scheduled to...
12:09 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: Railways are yet to fill 2.1 lakh vacant posts, including 90,000 safety-related vacancies, crucial for train operation. The safety-related posts include loco running staff, driver, station master, guard, technology supervisor, control and yard staff, signal inspector and maintenance employees. Besides safety, there are also large number of vacancies in workshops, commercial section, para-medical and office staff in Railways which needs to be filled up. Railways, however, maintain that...
04:42 AM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Railways are yet to fill 2.1 lakh vacant posts, including 90,000 safety-related vacancies, crucial for train operation. The safety-related posts include loco running staff, driver, station master, guard, technology supervisor, control and yard staff, signal inspector and maintenance employees. Besides safety, there are also large number of vacancies in workshops, commercial section, para-medical and office staff in Railways which needs to be filled up. Railways, however, maintain that...
03:15 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Bangalore: In a strange twist in the October 16 Gulbarga station train fire incident, railway police has claimed that the blaze was caused by a couple who set themselves on fire in the train toilet. "The fire in the sixth bogie of the Falaknuma passenger train on October 16 was caused by two lovers immolating themselves in the toilet during its halt at Gulbarga station," Deputy Inspector General of Police...
04:21 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Geneva: Apple Inc. has struck a deal with Switzerland's national rail company to license the use of its iconic station clocks for the iOS 6 operating system, which is used by iPhone and iPad mobile devices. Swiss Federal Railways, or SBB, says the two parties have signed a licensing agreement, ending their dispute over Apple's use of round clock faces with black indicators except for the second hand, which is...
11:26 AM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Now, you can spot a train's exact location on a Google map. Railways have just launched online application RailRadar, where one can find the exact geographical location of about 6,500 trains on a Google map on real time basis. The system enables a colour code method as trains highlighted in blue indicate those that are running on time while the red markers indicate the trains that are delayed...
08:43 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Strengthening the safety infrastructure, Railways has developed a new system to prevent train accidents. The new system, Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), is a fusion of Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) and Anti-Collision Device (ACD). "Automatic braking system will be applied if two trains come closer on a same track with the TCAS in force," said Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal. TPWS and ACD are already operational on...
01:53 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Silchar/Agartala: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has cancelled all night trains connecting Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur through southern Assam for an indefinite period due to security reasons, an official said on Saturday. "The decision on cancellation of night trains for an indefinite period was taken following firing at the Agartala-bound Agartala Express at a small station near Lower Haflong (in southern Assam) early on Friday by unidentified militants," a NFR...
03:56 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Train fares of all AC classes will become costlier by more than 3 per cent from Monday. The new service tax of 3.708 per cent, as per the government notification, will be levied on AC First Class, Executive Class, AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier, AC Chair Car and freight. Passengers travelling in AC-2 and AC-1 will be additionally burdened by the service tax as the fares of these classes...
04:26 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Service tax on AC class train fare will not be realised on tickets purchased before October 1 as railways modified its earlier decision on it. Fares of AC First Class, Executive Class, AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier, AC Chair Car will go up by 3.708 per cent from October 1 with the service tax coming into force on these services. "However, service tax is not leviable on tickets issued...
02:38 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Bangalore: Indian Railways and Manipur entered the quarter-finals of second Hockey India Senior Men National Championship by registering hard-fought victories in their respective pools here. While the Railways overcame a talented Uttar Pradesh 3-1 to top pool F with an unbeaten record, a young Manipur side overcame Association of Indian Universities 4-3 to regoster their third win in pool H. Railways and Manipur have now joined defending champions Haryana (pool...
08:30 PM, Sep 28, 2012
