June 06, 2025 3:53 am
Ashwani Lohani's appointment as director of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library is for a tenure of three years.
November 08, 2019 12:30 pm
While the government is planning to invite bids for the national carrier next month, its employee unions on Wednesday decided to oppose it, saying there is no clarity regarding salary arrears and pensions.
December 31, 2018 8:51 pm
Lohani was appointed chairman of the Railway Board after A K Mital resigned in August last year following the derailment of the Kaifiyat Express near Auriya in Uttar Pradesh.
October 07, 2018 12:27 pm
The Railways is hiring for 1.2 lakh jobs, and applications are flooding in from across the country. This is nearly 20 years after a call had been taken to cut staff numbers. The Indian Express on a hiring exercise that began with a government on backfoot over safety, and will end in time for the next elections
July 03, 2018 4:24 am
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will be hosting Ashwani Lohani to hear his ideas on transforming Indian Railways and leadership skills.
May 18, 2018 2:08 pm
The projects were the Narendra Modi-led government's programme with a 2020 deadline.
April 26, 2018 7:37 pm
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the railways will provide an ex gratia amount of Rs 1 lakh for those with serious injuries and Rs 50,000 for those with simple injuries.
December 23, 2017 9:43 pm
Lohani said, 4,000 km of rail track will be electrified in the current financial year and another 7,500 km track will be electrified in the next fiscal
December 05, 2017 4:21 am
While taking family along in local inspections is part of the traditional railway culture, Gupta, sources said, has claimed that it is permitted in the rules as well. The matter is being looked into, sources said.
November 30, 2017 9:37 pm
"The safety wing is being strengthened. The maintenance work of the tracks is going on on a war footing and new tracks are being laid," Ashwani Lohani said


