Indian Railways

Due to maintenance and operational issues, Indian Railways canceled around 120 trains on July 27. In addition, 44 trains have been partially suspended owing to similar causes. A total of 46 trains have been diverted or postponed due to unanticipated factors such as derailment and natural causes. 40 trains have been diverted, while 6 have been postponed. Passengers can check the updated schedule of trains on… read-more

The ongoing anti-Agnipath protest resulted in interruption of train services for people, across India. Due to the nationwide protest against the new Army recruitment scheme, approximately 491 trains, including 229 mail express and 254 passenger trains were disturbed in functioning, informed Indian Railways, on June 20. Furthermore, trains in routes of Ghaziabad, Delhi, Punjab, Mumbai and other regions, were cancelled, on June 20, due to the… read-more

Approximately 9,000 train services have been canceled by Indian Railways in the first six months of 2022. 6,995 train services were suspended for maintenance or construction purposes, whereas 1,934 trains were terminated due to coal movement from March to May. According to officials, Indian Railways is on track to complete 58 supercritical and 68 crucial projects over the next few years, therefore maintenance and construction work are being… read-more

Kota-bases Sujeet Swami won a battle against IRCTC and got a refund of Rs 35 after five years of struggle.  On May 31, Swami tweeted, "My repeated tweets to demand the refund, tagging the PM, Railway minister, Union minister Anurag Thakur, GST Council and the Finance minister played key roles in the approval of refund of Rs 35 to 2.98 lakh users". Notably, the Indian Railways approved Rs 2.43 crore.

RailTel Corporation of India Limited has been awarded the work of implementing a converged communication system. The company has implemented the system in over 230 stations in the South Western Railway zone valued at Rs 107.44 crore. Furthermore, RailTel is Public Service Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways. The company was selected for this project through an open tender bidding process.