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The Hindu
3 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Indian Railways considers marginal hike in train tickets from July 1
Train travel is likely to get slightly costlier from next month, with Indian Railways considering a hike in ticket prices from July 1 onwards. According to official sources, the passenger fare for non-AC Mail and Express trains will be hiked by one paisa per kilometre. Similarly, the fare hike for air-conditioned coaches will be two paise per kilometre. However, there will be no increase in fare for suburban tickets and monthly season tickets, nor will there be any fare hike for ordinary second class tickets up to 500 kilometres. 'However, a hike is being considered for train tickets in Ordinary Second Class for a journey distance exceeding 500 km, at the rate of half a paise per km,' official sources added. 'Long overdue' According to data available with the Ministry of Railways, 715 crore passengers travelled by the Indian Railways between April 2024 to March 2025, including 81 crore passengers who travelled in AC and sleeper class, and 634 crore who were unreserved class passengers. The Indian Railways earned ₹75, 750 crore from passenger revenue in the financial year 2024-25. This planned hike in train tickets comes after five years of unchanged fares. M. Jamshed, Former Member (Traffic), Railway Board said that a fare hike of one to two paise per km per passenger was a rationalisation that was long overdue. 'This hike shall contribute to an additional ₹1,500 crore to ₹1,600 crore in passenger revenues. Similar fare hikes took place in 2013, 2014, and in 2020,' Mr. Jamshed told The Hindu. Financial sustainability concerns He added that, even with a fare hike, the financial sustainability of the Indian Railways remains a challenge. 'FY2024-25 has closed with total earnings below the budgetary estimates. Passenger revenue did increase to ₹75,457 crore but still remained below the Budgetary Estimates of ₹80,000 crore. With freight incremental loading of 26 million tons — that is, from 1,591 to 1,617 million tons — the revenue generation was marginal,' Mr. Jamshed said. 'Stiffer targets for FY2025-26 of ₹92,000 crore for passenger revenue are unlikely to be achieved.' 'Aggressive marketing of freight services and a fare hike to reach a level of break even in next five years could be the survival strategy for Indian Railways,' Mr. Jamshed added. A former railway official said that, from an individual passenger's perspective, the hike appears nominal. 'For instance, 2AC fare from Delhi to Mumbai on Mumbai-Central Tejas Rajdhani, which is currently ₹4,245, will increase by around ₹27. With increase in hike, there should also be a focus on improvement of services, like focus on clean toilets and quality meals,' the official added.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Time of India
Man gets life term for killing nephew over property dispute
Bijnor: A court in Bijnor on Tuesday sentenced a 55-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his nephew during a property dispute. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict. Bijnor SP Abhishek Jha said the case dates back to August 12, 2020, in the Muglushah locality under Najibabad police station limits. Iqbal Hussain had lodged an FIR against his brother, Jamshed Hussain alias Guddu, accusing him of murdering his 22-year-old son, Mohammad Almaas. According to the complaint, Iqbal had executed a property deed in his own name for land that originally belonged to Jamshed. Although Iqbal claimed he had paid the full amount, Jamshed allegedly continued to demand more money, leading to ongoing tension between the brothers. On the day of the incident, a heated argument broke out between them, which turned physical. When Mohammad Almaas tried to intervene to protect his father, Jamshed, in a fit of rage, stabbed him to death. Jamshed was arrested soon after, and a chargesheet was filed in court. "Based on the evidence, the court of additional district and sessions judge Prashant Mittal found Jamshed guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder)," SP Jha said.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Jyoti Malhotra case not the first: In 2010, diplomat Madhuri Gupta was caught sharing secrets with Pakistan after a honeytrap
The recent arrest of Jyoti Malhotra, known for her popular YouTube travel channel 'Travel with Jo', has shocked many. She is accused of sharing sensitive military information with Pakistan. This case reminds people of a similar incident from 2010 involving Madhuri Gupta, a former Indian diplomat. Unlike Malhotra, Gupta was not a social media personality but a senior official at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. She was reportedly trapped in a love affair with a Pakistani intelligence officer named Jamshed. He pretended to love her and gained her trust to get secret information. In 2010, Delhi Police arrested Gupta under the Official Secrets Act. Investigations showed she had shared important defence-related information with Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI. Two Pakistani agents, Jamshed and Mudassar Raza Rana, were in touch with her. They first contacted her through a woman journalist and even helped her get a book written by terrorist leader Maulana Masood Azhar. This is how their relationship began. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dermatologista se você tem fungo nas unhas, faça isso imediatamente Acabe com os Fungo Undo At the time, Gupta was 52 and Jamshed was much younger. She often communicated with him through email and a Blackberry phone from her home in Islamabad. She even wanted to convert to Islam, marry him, and travel to Istanbul with him. Their chats included talk about her work and also spiritual topics like Sufism and poetry. Live Events Around 70 emails were found from accounts created for her by the Pakistani agents. These emails included important information that could help Pakistan. Investigators believe Gupta had personal complaints against the Indian government and this made her more vulnerable to being manipulated. Gupta had also visited Jammu and Kashmir in 2010 to collect information about a major hydroelectric project, which she shared with Rana. Indian officials became suspicious when she started showing unusual interest in topics beyond her job. She was recalled to Delhi under the pretext of helping with the SAARC summit. But once her suspicious activities were confirmed, she was arrested. In 2018, a court found Gupta guilty under the Official Secrets Act. The court said the information she shared was very sensitive and important for India's foreign policy and national security. After her conviction, Gupta lived alone in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. She died in October 2021 at the age of 64. At the time of her death, her appeal against the conviction was still pending in the Delhi High Court. [With TOI inputs]
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Long before Jyoti, Pak had honey-trapped Madhuri: Held in 2010, found guilty in 2018
New Delhi: The arrest of Jyoti Malhotra , the face behind popular YouTube channel 'Travel with Jo', for allegedly sharing sensitive military information with Pakistan came as a chilling reminder of a similar case involving another woman, Madhuri Gupta , who stood accused of secretly serving Pakistan's interests. The difference between the two women is that Gupta wasn't an influencer but a diplomat who held the position of second secretary (press & information) at the Indian high commission in Islamabad. Gupta was done in by a complex honeytrap when a Pakistani intelligence official, Jamshed, wooed her with promises of eternal love, cleverly manipulating her emotions to further his agenda. It was in the spring of 2010 that Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested Gupta under the Official Secrets Act for passing on sensitive information pertaining to defence to Pakistan's ISI spy agency. The probe revealed that two Pakistani intelligence officials — Mudassar Raza Rana and Jamshed — liaised with her. The two men got in touch with her through a woman journalist and helped her get a book she was searching for, the one written by Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. This marked the beginning of a dangerous friendship. The probe revealed that Gupta, then 52, stayed in touch with Jamshed — who had the code name Jim — half her age, and Rana using the computer installed at her residence in Islamabad and a Blackberry phone. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like These Are The Most Beautiful Women In The World Undo She was so infatuated with Jim that she allegedly wanted to convert to Islam, marry him, and go on a trip to Istanbul, the probe revealed. Her conversations with Jim involved her work and were often about Sufism, Rumi and the Urdu language, which she was fluent in. Around six dozen mails were retrieved from the IDs **lastrao@ and **arao@ both of which the Pakistani agents had created for her. The transcripts revealed a chilling strategy: Jamshed and his superior Rana, a batchmate of Pakistan's then-interior minister Rahman Malik, skilfully exploited Gupta's professional grievances, manipulating her emotions to compromise her loyalty. She claimed before her interrogators that she bore a grudge with the Indian govt because her sabbatical of two years hadn't been given approval and her pay was withheld. The police report also said that Gupta visited Jammu and Kashmir in March 2010 on Rana's instructions apparently to procure the Annual Plan Report of that state. Rana, it was alleged, also wanted information on the proposed 310MW hydro-electric power project to be set up in the state by 2020. The diplomat attracted the attention of her seniors in Islamabad when she started showing interest in matters outside her domain. This, coupled with inputs of an Indian intelligence mole in the high commission probing a domestic plot there, sounded an alert. Gupta was abruptly recalled to Delhi on the pretext of needing her assistance in the preparations for the SAARC summit and arrested after the suspicions were corroborated. In 2018, a city court convicted Gupta under Section 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, noting that the emails "passed on by the accused were categorically sensitive information which could have been useful to the enemy country, which were strategically very important for the foreign policy of the country and its secrecy was of utmost importance". After her conviction, Gupta lived a life of seclusion, residing alone in Bhiwadi in Rajasthan when out on bail. She died in Oct 2021 at the age of 64 years. She had appealed against her conviction and it was pending in Delhi High Court at the time of her death.
