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A Hyderabad consumer commission Southern Railway liable after a businessman no prior intimation that his train had been diverted, causing a 16-hour delay that made him miss business meeting and return flight.

Man misses key meeting in Delhi as train ‘diverted’, gets Rs 35,000 from Railways

July 30, 2026 12:59 pm

The consumer body noted that the complainant did not receive any intimation about his train's diversion and reached New Delhi 16 hours late in September 2024. However, the railways claimed that a notice about the diversion was sent.

Kerala High Court backs Aadhar card for tatkal booking suggest the use of Pan card

Kerala High Court backs Aadhaar card for tatkal booking, suggests PAN as alternative

July 24, 2026 2:27 pm

A man filed a PIL challenging the Railways' July 2025 notification requiring Aadhaar-based OTP authentication for online Tatkal bookings on the ground that it infringed citizens' right to privacy.

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Now, OTP authentication for tatkal railway tickets

November 29, 2025 8:27 am

New system to be rolled out first for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express

IRCTC now requires users to link Aadhaar card with their account to book Tatkal tickets on priority.

Want priority access to Tatkal tickets? Here's how to link your Aadhaar with IRCTC account

August 01, 2025 4:46 pm

IRCTC users who link their account with Aadhaar card will now get priority access when booking Tatkal tickets.

New Tatkal Ticket Booking Rules: Along with the online ticket booking system, the new rule will be applied on counter tickets as well

From July, no Tatkal railway ticket booking without Aadhaar authentication

June 12, 2025 10:57 am

New Tatkal Ticket Booking Rules: Along with the online ticket booking system, the new rule will be applied on counter tickets as well.

IRCTC also clarified that a maximum of four passengers can be booked under one PNR on Tatkal e-ticket. (Representational Image/File)

Are Tatkal ticket booking timings changing from April 15? Here’s what IRCTC said

April 12, 2025 5:21 pm

This came after some social media posts claimed that the Tatkal timings have changed and the platform is revising the timings from April 15.

The case of criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption has been registered on a complaint from Major General N Srinivas Rao, HQ Telangana and Andhra Sub area. (Express photo by Purushottam Sharma/Archives)

Online Tatkal booking softwares under CBI scanner

December 31, 2017 1:46 pm

The sources said the softwares work on "auto fill" system where details of large number of ticket seekers are entered and kept ready even before Tatkal bookings open on the IRCTC website at 10 am for trains departing next day.

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Railways staggers tatkal booking to ease pressure, upto 50 pc refund on cancellation

June 10, 2015 8:03 pm

The new tatkal booking schedule will come into effect in the next couple of days, a senior railway official said.

Railways new Tatkal ticket rule leaves passengers in the lurch

April 18, 2013 1:34 am

A new rule,governing Tatkal bookings at Pune railway station being implemented from Monday has irked many railway passengers who found themselves caught on the wrong foot.