I tried to book my tickets on IRCTC from Ludhiana to Delhi on Jan 31. As I did not have time to book tickets in advance I had to use the tatkal option. I woke up early morning to book the tickets under tatkal scheme. I tried to login as soon as tatkal time and to my horror found that I was not able to login to IRCTC.
I tried later at around 12pm I was able to log in very easily but the tickets were gone. This is not the first time that this has happened to me. I think there is nexus between IRCTC and ticketing agents. I think you people also have such instances to share with us. If so, please share your experiences here.