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  IRCTC initiative: Over 100 waitlisted train passengers get flight tickets

  India | June 11, 2015 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: Over 100 passengers have availed the benefit of IRCTC's offer of flight tickets against waitlisted train ticket since the launch of this scheme.The flight tickets were offered by IRCTC was of budget carrier

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  Convert your waitlisted train ticket into an airline ticket

  India | June 10, 2015 6:41 IST

  New Delhi: In some good news, IRCTC is offering passengers who fail to get their waitlisted ticket confirmed an option to convert it into an airline ticket at a competitive fare.The Railway PSU has already

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  IRCTC to offer baggage insurance for train passengers

  India | April 19, 2015 14:07 IST

  New Delhi: Aiming at providing passengers more facilities for booking tickets online, IRCTC is planning to offer a new service of 'baggage insurance' for them.Under this, a customer will be offered additional services like insurance

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  Jaldi ticket window opened at Vadodara, four other stations

  India | April 10, 2015 19:12 IST

  Vadodara: Vadodara division of Western Railways has opened ‘Jaldi ticket window' at Vadodara, Nadiad, Bharuch, Anand and Ankleshwar railway stations to facilitate prompt ticketing service for passengers.  The directive in this regard was issued by

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  IRCTC resolves its one-minute scam, allows one ticket per login during rush hour

  India | March 24, 2015 9:44 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has found a way out to the one-minute scam caused by the touts in online booking of railway tickets.Now only one train ticket can be

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  The one-minute scam of IRCTC: Here's why you never get confirmed tickets

  India | March 20, 2015 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: The one minute gap between 8:00 AM and 8:01 AM is the time when a shocking menace occurs in the Indian railway system.At this time, touts, who sell tickets at higher price to

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  IRCTC launches Concierge service at New Delhi railway station

  India | March 03, 2015 23:31 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to provide last mile connectivity to passengers and tourists, the IRCTC has launched concierge services at New Delhi railway station."Concierge service is operational on a pilot basis at New Delhi

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  Auto, taxi drivers to be trained to promote tourism

  India | February 27, 2015 23:10 IST

  New Delhi: The railway ministry will train taxi and autorickshaw drivers under the “Incredible Rail for Incredible India” programme, as announced by Railway minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in his maiden Rail budget on Thursday. It

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  IRCTC starts e-catering service

  India | February 10, 2015 23:47 IST

  New Delhi: For the people traveling in long distance trains with no pantry car, an e-catering service has been started by IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering &Tourism Corporation).Passengers can now order food through a phone call

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  IRCTC introducing online train ticket booking, payment on delivery

  India | February 03, 2015 12:00 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is soon to offer a Cash-on-delivery option for railway tickets bought online.The initiative has been taken to target those customers of IRCTC who are reluctant to

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  Now, cash on delivery of train tickets

  India | February 02, 2015 22:25 IST

  New Delhi: You can now book a rail ticket online and get it delivered at home where the payment can be made.Initiating this “cash on delivery” (CoD) system rail ticketing, IRCTC is targeting those customers

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  Interesting logics that exist only in India!

  Blah | January 24, 2015 16:17 IST

  You can take an Indian out of India, but you can't take India out of an Indian.Ours is one such country where nothing is 'useless' not even a person; they can be used as a

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  Obama's Agra visit: IRCTC invites US President to travel in Maharajas' Express

  India | January 20, 2015 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has invited US President Barack Obama along with his family to travel in Maharajas' Express.Maharajas' Express is one of the most expensive and luxurious train

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  IRCTC clarifies, it did not serve 'rat biryani' to commuters

  India | December 24, 2014 13:17 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) today clarified that the vegetable biryani, with a dead rat found in it, was not served by the company to four passengers on board Thirukkural

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  IRCTC to provide free food to passengers delayed due to fog

  India | December 24, 2014 8:26 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will provide food to passengers free of cost onboard if the train is delayed beyond two hours due the fog.Scores of north-bound trains are getting delayed

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  Special tourist trains from Madurai from November 28

  India | November 17, 2014 13:45 IST

  Madurai: After the successful launch of two tourist trains from Bangalore and Puducherry, the Indian Railway and Tourism Corporation would operate three 'Pilgrim Special Tourist Trains' originating from this city with 700 passengers, IRTC Additional

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  A.K. Ganguly makes veiled attack on Mamata on railway-Saradha tie-up

  Politics | September 04, 2014 11:29 IST

  Kolkata: Amid a raging controversy over a reported tie-up between the IRCTC - a public sector enterprise under the railway ministry - and the Saradha Group in 2010, retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly

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  Railways fourth packaged water facility to be launched

  India | August 13, 2014 13:14 IST

  Mumbai: Indian Railways' fourth state-of-the-art packaged drinking water facility, set up at Ambernath in Thane district, will get operational from today.  Railways manufactures and supplies packaged drinking water to its passengers under the brand name

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  Force-feeding: Plea against Shiv Sena MP to be heard on Aug 18

  Politics | August 10, 2014 12:27 IST

  New Delhi: A Delhi court will hear on August 18 a petition seeking registration of a criminal case against Shiv Sena MP Rajan Vichare, accused of force-feeding an IRCTC employee who was on fast during

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  Railways slap Rs one lakh fine on IRCTC for cockroach in food

  India | August 03, 2014 19:37 IST

  New Delhi: The IRCTC has been fined Rs one lakh after a cockroach was found in food served in Kolkata Rajdhani, as Railways crack the whip slapping heavy fines totalling Rs 11.50 lakh on nine