Railway Staff Sacked For Throwing Garbage From Train

A railway sanitation worker has been sacked after a viral video showed him throwing trash and garbage from a train. IMAGE: A screen grab shows the railway employee throwing the garbage out of the......

Railways answers: What caused stampede at Delhi station

Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay on Sunday said that a passenger coming towards platforms 14-15 slipped and fell on the stairs, and many passengers......

Deaths feared as Kumbh rush triggers stampede at New Delhi railway station

People are feared dead after a stampede-like situation broke out at the New Delhi railway station late on Saturday evening, triggering a chaos on platform numbers 14 and 15, officials said. IMAGE:......

Manmohan Singh nearly solved Kashmir issue: Omar's fulsome praise

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that India and Pakistan came closer to resolving the Kashmir issue during the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and he is not expecting......

Capex slows in FY25 but key infrastructure, power players set to benefit

Post-election capital expenditure (capex) has been weak at 2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in M9FY25. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The FY25 revised estimates (RE) indicate 7 per cent......

Indirect tax to rise by 8.3%, corporate tax by 10.4% in FY26

The government's indirect tax collection is expected to increase by 8.3 pc in the financial year 2025-26 (FY26), according to a report by ICICI Bank. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

Slowdown Is Neither Surprising Nor Inexplicable

'If tax-and-spend was expected to trickle down, it has failed; India's rural wages are stagnant, which has wrecked consumption growth,' points out Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

In an eventful week ahead, stock market investors will take cues from major events like the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, the upcoming Union Budget and Q3 earnings, analysts said.......

Ranji Trophy: Service complete record chase; J&K in quarters

IMAGE: Services duo of Shubham Rohilla and Suraj Vashisht's unbroken 376-run partnership is the second highest stand in a successful fourth-innings run-chase in the history of first class cricket.......

Punjab lifter Mehak Sharma on a record-breaking spree

IMAGE: Punjab weightlifter Mehak Sharma set four new national records at the National Games in Dehradun on Monday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Department of Sports, Government of Uttarakhand/X......

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai pile misery on Meghalaya

A summary of Friday's action in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.  IMAGE: Siddhesh Lad's 145 propelled Mumbai to 671 for 7 declared in the first innings in their Ranji Trophy Group......

Ranji: Maharashtra crush Baroda; Vidarbha thrash Rajasthan

Seamers Mukesh Choudhary and Rajneesh Gurbani struck lethal blows as Maharashtra thumped Baroda by a whopping 439-run margin in a Group A league match, a result that kept defending champions Mumbai......

Vinesh quits Railways job amid rumours of new career

IMAGE: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia meet with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi on Wednesday, September 4. Photograph: ANI Photo Former India wrestler......