2K IDs blocked to stop scamsters from having ‘first right’ over railway tickets
1 month, 3 weeks ago

2K IDs blocked to stop scamsters from having ‘first right’ over railway tickets

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Even after eight years since the Tatkal ticket booking scandal using illegal software on the IRCTC portal came to light in New Delhi, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and other parts of the country, the railways is unable to fully address the portal’s vulnerabilities, allowing touts and agents to continue using illegal software to book tickets, particularly on high-demand routes. On November 11 last year, TNIE, in an article, threw light on the difficulties passengers face due to IRCTC portal crash during Tatkal bookings, resulting in ticket unavailability. In this backdrop, the Southern railway on Monday announced that 2,003 individual and IRCTC user IDs and 119 agent IDs were blocked, and 10 different illegal software tools used for bulk and Tatkal ticket bookings have been disabled. In December 2017, a programmer with the CBI, a former employee of the Centre for Railway Information Systems that maintains the IRCTC portal, was arrested in New Delhi for selling illegal software to travel agents.

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RPF to deploy AI and machine learning technology to combat ticket touting and black marketing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RPF to deploy AI and machine learning technology to combat ticket touting and black marketing

The Hindu  

The Railway Protection Force is planning to integrate artificial intelligence to scrutinize booking behaviours in an effort to identify anomalies indicative of touting activities and deploy Machine Learning algorithms to detect and halt suspicious transactions in real time. “The persistent issue of ticket touting and black marketing in Indian Railways ticketing system represents a substantial challenge, particularly during peak travel …

Man issuing fake railway e-tickets in Lucknow arrested
4 months ago

Man issuing fake railway e-tickets in Lucknow arrested

Hindustan Times  

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Train tickets worth over Rs 6 lakh recovered, 14 arrested including 8 IRCTC agents
4 years, 9 months ago

Train tickets worth over Rs 6 lakh recovered, 14 arrested including 8 IRCTC agents

India TV News  

The Railway Protection Force has arrested 14 people, including eight IRCTC agents, for allegedly illegally selling e-tickets for special trains running on the Rajdhani route which began operations on May 12. The railways, in a statement, said soon after it started the AC Special trains and announced 100 pairs of additional trains which are scheduled to run from June 1, …

More Tatkal tickets for passengers now as railways roots out illegal softwares
5 years, 1 month ago

More Tatkal tickets for passengers now as railways roots out illegal softwares

The Hindu  

More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out several illegal softwares and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on February 18. Railway Protection Force Director General Arun Kumar said the software cleansing exercise means Tatkal tickets, which would earlier vanish within minutes of opening …

Rail ticket scam: After nabbing touts, now role of insiders under scanner
5 years, 9 months ago

Rail ticket scam: After nabbing touts, now role of insiders under scanner

India TV News  

After launching its biggest crackdown on railway ticket agents and touts, the Special Intelligence Branch of the Railway Protection Force is now probing the role of insiders involved in the racket which runs into several crores. Sources said that once the data relating to the booking of e-tickets and payment channels of various ticket agents across the country are made …

Amendment in Railways Act to check, penalise e-ticketing frauds
6 years, 6 months ago

Amendment in Railways Act to check, penalise e-ticketing frauds

India TV News  

In an amendment to the Railways Act, 1989, the railway is now including a provision to impose penalty on those committing e-ticketing frauds, sources said. According to the proposed amendment to the Act, a fine of more than Rs two lakh would be imposed for the offence, said sources. A ministry source said the need to include a new provision …

Online Tatkal booking software under CBI scanner
7 years, 2 months ago

Online Tatkal booking software under CBI scanner

India TV News  

A number of online software, being used allegedly by travel agents to trick the Tatkal booking systems, have come under the scanner of the CBI during its probe against its techie who has developed a similar system, the agency sources said here on Sunday. The sources said the software work on "auto fill" system where details of large number of …

CBI techie arrested for subverting Indian Railways' Tatkal reservation system hosted 'cheat' software on US server
7 years, 2 months ago

CBI techie arrested for subverting Indian Railways' Tatkal reservation system hosted 'cheat' software on US server

Firstpost  

CBI has written to the United States and Russia, through the Interpol, seeking information about servers on which its arrested software programmer had hosted his illegal software for subverting Tatkal ticket booking New Delhi: The CBI has written to the United States and Russia, through the Interpol, seeking information about servers on which its arrested software programmer had hosted his …

Tatkal tickets scam: CBI software programmer arrested
7 years, 2 months ago

Tatkal tickets scam: CBI software programmer arrested

India TV News  

The CBI today arrested its software programmer for developing an illicit software to subvert the railways Tatkal reservation system, allowing hundreds of tickets to be booked in one go. Ajay Garg, an assistant programmer with CBI, worked with IRCTC for four years between 2007-11 where he learnt the vulnerabilities of the railway ticketing system, sources said. Garg has been arrested …

Railway Agents Denied Tatkal Booking During First Hour
13 years, 4 months ago

Railway Agents Denied Tatkal Booking During First Hour

India TV News  

New Delhi, Oct 21 : Faced with large number of complaints against misuse of Tatkal scheme, Railways have denied access to travel agents booking train tickets through Internet during opening hours of reservation. Railways have also decided to stop “quick book option”and cash card booking by agents during this period -- 8 AM to 9 AM.However, individual users will be …

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