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Changes in tatkal system effective from today 10 July 2012
The changes made in tatkal ticketing system by Indian Railway came into effect from today (July 10). A few passengers, who were not aware of the recently announced changes in the system, reportedly had no clue as to why they...
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Read MorePlace in passenger trains get costlier 28 September 2013
It may be a place for yourself or your heavy luggage, but space in passenger trains has become dearer with the hike in ticket prices. The Railways have also introduced Tatkal for passenger trains, much like the process for superfast...
Keywords: Railways hike parcel charges, Railways hike ticket charges, Indian Railways, Railways increase freight charges
Read MorePassport Made Easy 17 June 2013
An announcement was made by the Passport Authorities long back to make the issuance of the Passport easy and devoid of long queues and yes, it was implemented. Now to make it easier, fill your form on line and...
Keywords: Passport Booking, Online Booking, External Affairs, Visakhapatnam Zone
Read MoreCBI unearths Multi Crore Scam in Railways Tatkal tickets reservations 03 March 2012
The magnitude of the railway reservation racket run by ticket agents came to light following raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). CBI has busted a multi-crore railway ticket booking scam with the arrest of four persons, who ran...
Keywords: Multi crore scam, CBI, IRCTC Portal, IRCTC
Read MoreID proof mandatory for reserved tickets from Dec 1 02 November 2012
Railways are probably trying to better their ticketing system which is currently prone to several ways of misuse which may also pose a security threat. On Thursday, the railways has decided to ensure that the travel is limited to bonafide...
Keywords: bonafide, bonafide, original ID, proof of identity
Read MoreRailways to control misuse of Tatkal facility 21 October 2011
In order to control Tatkal tickets being troubled by trumpets at the booking counters,As the Indian railways on Thursday restricted the number of tickets per individual to two between 8.00am and 9.00am Among the other steps taken by the ministry to...
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Read MoreTatkal ticket rates hiked 24 December 2015
With the intention of improving the passenger revenue collections, Indian railways decided to hike the Tatkal ticket rates. Several cases in the past, proved that, Railways department is running the losses and the government tried to adjust the fares sometimes, at...
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Read MoreNo more ticketing blues with IRCTC 29 August 2012
With a view to put a check to the server problems while booking online tickets, the IRCTC, has come out with an interesting scheme. Named Rolling Deposit Scheme (RDS), this scheme would enable a person to transfer some amount (around...
Keywords: booking online tickets, Rolling Deposit Scheme, IRCTC, Rolling Deposit Scheme
Read MoreCobrapost reveals the festive season rail ticket scam 11 August 2012
If you ever travel in trains there would definitely be several instances where you would have hurried to get tickets in the festive seasons when the demand for the trains is the highest. Often, there are chances where you cannot...
Keywords: , festive season, Tatkal Ticket Bookings, Tatkal Ticket Bookings
Read MoreId cards mandatory from Dec 1 29 November 2012
The south central railways said that identity card would be made mandatory for all reservation ticket travellers from December 1. So, those who are travelling on reservations tickets without any of the 10 mentioned photo identity card would be termed...
Keywords: south central railway, railway tickets identity cards, tatkal tickets id card, south central railway
Read MoreTatkal ticket charges hike from today, December 25 25 December 2015
Effective 25 December 2015, Tatkal ticket charges will be hiked by Indian Railways by up to 33%. Railways made to move aiming to improve passenger review collections for Tatkal Scheme, which is an Indian Railways scheme for journey at very...
Keywords: Tatkal Scheme, Indian Railways, Tatkal Scheme, Indian Railways
Read MoreTatkal ticket from 10 AM from 10 July 30 June 2012
Indian Railways has declared that tatkal ticket booking would commence from 10 AM instead of 8 AM. The new rule would come into effect from July 10. This decision was taken in the wake of the complaints on irregularites in...
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Read MoreIndian Railways look into misuse of tatkal 30 June 2012
With railways receiving complaints from the passengers on the misuse of tatkal tickets, the sources saidt that Indian Railways is thinking of setting up separate counters for issuing tatkal tickets. The sources have also said that arrangements were on full...
Keywords: Indian Railways, e-ticketing more reliable, e-ticketing more reliable, Indian Railways
Read MoreKejriwal missed logic in Tatkal rates hike 24 December 2015
Tatkal rates hiked, during holidays. There is logic right? I don’t understand why Kejriwal is still silent. By Phani
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