62 hurt as Sealdah-Ajmer Express derails; victims claim help came late

At least 62 passengers were on Wednesday injured when 15 coaches of the Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailed while it was crossing a bridge near Rura Railway Station in Kanpur Rural district, the second......

Chidambaram, Misa Bharti, Suresh Prabhu enter Rajya Sabha

The stage is for a contest in the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana even as union ministers Piyush Goyal and Suresh Prabhu,......

Winners and losers

Following are the results announced in the elections to the 224-member Karnataka assembly: Jewargi: Former Chief Minister Dharam Singh loses to BJP's Doddappa Gowda Patil Naribol by 612 votes.......

Onboard the amazing Tiger Express

Get ready for a great safari across some of the best national parks in the country, courtesy the Indian Railways. Image: Tiger Express set for a majestic ride. Photograph kind courtesy: IRCTC......

Railways on fast track to increase train speed: Prabhu

The railways is collaborating with various companies from Germany, South Korea, Japan and China to work out the fine prints.     The railways, after focusing on hastening the doubling of......

Modi pulls up Railway Ministry for poor performance

Experts say Railway Minister Prabhu displays a clear intent of reforms but has not been able to fully shake-up the mammoth railway system. Image: Prime Minister Modi has asked Railways to......

'Railways will petition regulator for fare changes'

'We have secured long-term funding of Rs 5 lakh crore (Rs 5 trillion) from Life Insurance Corporation from which we can draw at least Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) annually.' 'We are trying to......