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Railways waives off service tax for booking online tickets
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): In an endeavour to relieve customers, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in the wake of demonetisation drive has done away with service tax charges on online bookings done through its website till 31st of December.
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Normal traffic to be restored by midnight, rescue operation on war footing
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21(ANI): A day after India witnessed one of its worst train accidents in recent years, the Indian Railways on Monday clarified that initial forecast for restoration of train traffic is late midnight today and added that rescue operations are going on at war footing.
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Rescue operations almost concluded, no passengers at site now: Indian Rail
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways on Sunday informed that the rescue operations in the Kanpur tragedy have almost concluded and said that all necessary help is being provided to the injured and their families.
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Indore-Patna express derailment failure of Modi Govt.: Cong
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday held Suresh Prabhu-led Ministry of Railways responsible for the derailment of Indore-Patna express and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who talks of bullet trains, has totally ignored the safety of Indian railways.
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Railways headed for heavy losses due to demonetisation, says TMC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has said that demonetisation would result in heavy losses for the Indian Railways, as the poorer sections of society would travel more by bus than trains.
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IRCTC, Mobikwik tie-up to launch 'E-Cash Payments' for tatkal bo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): India's largest independent payments company MobiKwik has announced its partnership with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for tatkal bookings with a much higher success rate than other modes of online payment.
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IRCTC signs MoU with RITES for railway station development works
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Government-owned infrastructure consultancy RITES Ltd will provide its services to the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for projects to upgrade railway stations and allied facilities.
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Railways to ink deal with Germany for high-speed trains
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Aiming to reduce travel time significantly, the Indian Railways will ink a pact with Germany for running high-speed trains in the country.
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Indian Railways fine 15,000 passengers for littering platforms
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moradabad (U.P.) [India], Sept. 24 (ANI): The Indian Railway has fined nearly 15,000 passengers for littering railways platforms during an ongoing cleanliness drive.
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Indian Railways can be called unifiers of nation: President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 22 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the Indian Railways with its glorious history is one of the few institutions which can truly be called the unifiers of the nation.
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Indian Railways slams reports of mistreating Indian Women Hockey team
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Refuting reports that Indian Olympians were made to sit on the floor while they were travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via Bokaro-Allepey Express train, the Indian Railways on Monday asserted that the travelling hockey players hold no grudge against them.
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IRCTC makes it to Fortune India Next 500 list of companies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): For the second year in a row, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has made it to the prestigious Fortune India Next 500 list of Indian companies, with the Railway Ministry PSU improving its ranking to 199 from 328 in 2015.
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