Tatkal

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  Tatkal Ticket Booking To Require Aadhar Card Authentication From July 1

  From July 1 tatkal tickets in IRCTC will only be booked by Aadhar Card authenticated users said, the Railway Ministry. Subsequently, Aadhaar-based OTP authentication shall also be made compulsory for Tatkal bookings from July 15, 2025, onwards.

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  Indian Railways To Make Aadhaar Linking Mandatory For Tatkal Booking To Ensure Fairness

  Ashwini Vaishnaw recently said that the Indian Railways will soon start using e-Aadhaar authentication to book Tatkal tickets to help genuine users.

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  Are Tatkal Ticket Booking Timings Changing? Indian Railways Clarifies

  Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has issued a clarification amid recent reports of change in Tatkal ticket booking timings.

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  IRCTC Website Down Ahead Of New Year, Third Outage This Month

  The IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website and mobile app for booking train tickets was down today ahead of the New Year - the third such outage this month.

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  Explained: Why Maoists In Chhattisgarh Are Targeting New 'Tatkal Camps'

  Anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh have entered a new phase after the BJP came to power in the state in December last year.

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  Indian Railways Roots Out Illegal Software, Says More Tatkal Tickets Now Available for Passengers

  More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out several illegal software and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on Tuesday.

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  Last-Minute Travellers Helped Railways Earn Rs 25,000 Crore In 4 Years

  Last-minute travellers have helped railways earn a whopping Rs 25,392 crore in the last four years, an RTI has found.

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  Passports Issued Within 11 Days Now: BJP Leader V Muraleedharan

  Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said people are now issued passport document within 11 days under normal circumstances.

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  Cyclone Titli: Railways To Run Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru Special Train

  A Super Fast Tatkal Special Train will run from Bhubaneswar, Odisha to Bangalore Cantonment, Karnataka after Cyclone Titli left passengers stranded.

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  IRCTC Rail Connect Android App Gets PhonePe as a Payment Option

  PhonePe entered into a partnership with IRCTC to facilitate payments through PhonePe on the IRCTC Rail Connect Android app.

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  CBI Techie Charged For Amassing Illegal Assets Of Over 96 Lakhs

  An assistant programmer of the CBI, who was arrested for allegedly selling an illicit software to penetrate 'tatkal' railway ticket reservation, has been booked in a fresh case for amassing assets to the tune of Rs 96.09 lakh which were disproportionate to his legitimate sources of income, officials said today.

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  IRCTC Android App Gets E-Wallet for Tatkal Ticket Booking

  IRCTC e-wallet, like Paytm and Mobikwik, allows its users to deposit money in advance and can be used to pay for tickets.

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  Aadhaar Not Necessary For Bank Accounts, Phones For Now: Supreme Court

  Aadhaar will not be mandatory for services like banking, cellphone connections and tatkal passport till a decision has been taken on the matter, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, extending the March 31 deadline to link the Unique Identification number indefinitely.

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  What Is MDR? Railways Won't Charge Passengers This Fee For Booking Tickets

  Merchant discount rate or MDR is the amount that a merchant has to pay to its service providers when a consumer uses a debit card to pay for the transaction. IRCTC is the online ticketing arm of Indian Railways.

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  Tatkal Train Ticket Cancellation Rules For Confirmed, RAC, Wait-Listed Tickets

  Bookings for IRCTC's Tatkal tickets for AC classes open at 10:00 am and for non-AC classes at 11:00 am, a day in advance of actual date of journey.