Chennai Central station to be renamed after MGR, announces Modi

Photograph: Courtesy WikiMedia Commons In his first public rally in Tamil Nadu after his party inked a poll pact with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Prime Minister Narendra......

No casualty reported so far in TN train collision: Railway board

The Railway Board has said that no casualty has been reported so far in the passenger-freight train collision in the Ponneri-Kavarapettai section in Chennai Rail Division. IMAGE: Rescue operation......

Six coaches derail as Bagmati Exp hits goods train in TN, no deaths

An express train rammed into a stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu and a few passengers were injured, railway officials said. IMAGE: Relief and rescue operation underway after an......

Villupuram reels under record floods, railway suspends ops

Villupuram district in north Tamil Nadu continued to reel under unprecedented flooding on Monday following extremely heavy rainfall, virtually blocking access to villages and residential colonies......

Centre gives nod for Chennai Monorail project

The Central and State government would set up a joint oversight mechanism, the details of which would be incorporated in the Memorandum of Understanding to be signed between the two parties. Union......

Why Petroleum Products Are Not Under GST

Adding petrol and diesel to GST was a challenging task due to their significant role as revenue generators for both the central and state governments. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters......

Railways face cleanliness audit!

For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways. What is more, this has been done with the......

CAG raises a stink over railways

For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor generalhas conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways. What is more, this has been done with the full......

South Central Railway in Aga Khan hockey semis

South Central Railway (SCR), Chennai, combined well to derail Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, with a 4-1 defeat in a quarter-final match of the DCB Presents Aga Khan hockey tournament - 2011,......

Central Railway stun Army XI

The youthful exuberance of Central Railway helped them shock fancied Army XI from Bangalore 4-2 and enter the third round in the 43rd Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament in Mumbai on......

Kohli, Zareen offer prayers, condolences for train tragedy victims

  IMAGE: An aerial view of the triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore district. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Virat Kohli and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, among several other......

Central hit Chandigarh XI for a six

Local outfit Central Railway drilled holes in a jittery Chandigarh XI defence at will to record a thumping 6-1 victory in a first round clash in the 43rd Bombay Gold Cup Hockey tournament, which......