East Coast Railway achieves Rs 23,000 crore freight earning in 294 days
Bhubaneswar (PTI): The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has achieved Rs 23,000 crore freight earnings in 294 days during the current financial year, an official statement said.
According to a statement issued by ECoR, it reached this landmark in 294 days during the current financial year 2025–26, on January 19, which is 27 days earlier than the previous financial year 2024–25, when the same was achieved in 321 days.
"This remarkable performance reflects the sustained growth trajectory and operational efficiency of the zone," a senior officer said.
Till December 2025, the ECoR's total originating earnings increased from Rs 21,543 crore in 2024–25 to Rs 23,959 crore in 2025–26, registering an overall growth of 11.21 per cent.
During the period, the passenger earnings rose from Rs 1,764.32 crore in 2024–25 to Rs 1,835.91 crore in 2025–26, while earnings from goods (freight) witnessed a significant jump from Rs 19,482.63 crore to Rs 21,749.38 crore, underlining the zone’s strong freight base.
This apart, sundry earnings increased substantially from Rs 155.95 crore to Rs 239.15 crore, indicating diversification and improved ancillary revenue streams.
In terms of freight loading performance up to December, 2025, the ECoR has also delivered an outstanding performance in goods loading and has emerged as the number one zone in Indian Railways.
"The freight loading achieved up to December 2025 was 209.97 million tonne (MT), compared to the previous year's loading of 188.64 MT, the zone registered an absolute increase of 21.33 MT," the official said.
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Cyber-fraud gang duping bank customers on pretext of KYC updates busted, 4 held: Delhi Police
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has busted a major multi-state cyber-fraud syndicate allegedly involved in duping bank customers on the pretext of updating their KYC details and arrested four men from Jharkhand and West Bengal, an official said on Saturday.
The accused have been identified as Shiv Kumar Ravidas (22), Sanjay Ravidas (33), Dinesh Ravidas (29) and Shubham Kumar Barnwal (25), he said.
"The syndicate members posed as bank officials and created a sense of urgency among the victims regarding KYC updates. They allegedly induced people to install malicious APK files on their mobile phones, which enabled them to gain unauthorised remote access to banking applications and personal financial data," the senior police officer said.
Police said the accused used the compromised credentials to fraudulently avail loans, transfer funds into mule accounts and withdraw the cheated money through ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) machines and other banking channels.
The case came to light following a complaint from a Sagarpur resident who reported receiving calls and messages from unknown persons impersonating bank officials in December 2025.
She was persuaded to click on a malicious link sent via an online messaging application. Subsequently, she received SMS alerts about a loan of Rs 8.33 lakh being processed on her credit card and unauthorised transactions amounting to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3.3 lakh. She denied authorising any such transactions, following which a case was registered.
Police found that the accused were operating from areas near Jamtara in Jharkhand and frequently shifting locations between Jharkhand and West Bengal to evade arrest.
Coordinated raids led to the apprehension of three accused from the Nirsa area of Jharkhand's Dhanbad district while they were allegedly calling and targeting victims. The fourth accused was arrested from Hooghly in West Bengal.
During the operation, police seized 10 mobile phones, 13 SIM cards, clothing allegedly used during ATM withdrawals and digital evidence, including malicious APK files, phone data, Excel sheets containing bank details and transaction messages.
Preliminary interrogation revealed that different members had specific roles, including procuring APK files and mule accounts, making calls to victims, handling bank accounts and withdrawing cash, police said.
Further investigation is underway.
