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  3 Prabhu mantras for Railways”borrowing, PPP, asset monetisation

  February 26, 2015 23:22 IST

  New Delhi: To drive Indian Railways out of its “troubles”, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today prescribed market borrowings, public-private partnerships and monetising assets to garner Rs 8.5 lakh crore worth resources over the next five

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  Fadnavis calls rail budget practical; opposition slams Prabhu

  Politics | February 26, 2015 22:04 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today described the Railway Budget, as “extremely practical”, while the opposition Congress-NCP slammed Union Railway Minister for “failing the common man”, especially in Maharashtra and Mumbai.Fadnavis thanked Prime Minister

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  Rail budget inspired by Modi's priorities: Amit Shah

  Politics | February 26, 2015 21:32 IST

  New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah today termed the railway budget as “futuristic and development-oriented” which reflects NDA government's policy of “Sabka saath, Sabka vikas”.Shah said “the budget is inspired by the priorities of Prime

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  Naveen Patnaik's mixed reaction to rail budget

  Politics | February 26, 2015 20:40 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed mixed reaction to the rail budget as he hailed some decisions and expressed disappointment on others.“Due allocations have been made for our ongoing major projects like Khurda-Bolangir,

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  Get Set Go! Travel on Cola, Lays Express with Indian Railways!

  Who cares | February 26, 2015 21:30 IST

  Since morning, the entire mainstream media and social platforms are buzzing with the details of the  Rail budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.The announcement of record investment plan of over Rs. 1 lakh crore

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  Shah Rukh Khan isn't that 'Shaana', dodges question on budget!

  Bollywood | February 27, 2015 16:16 IST

  Bollywood baadshah Shah Rukh Khan might be all ears for his contestants on the sets of his upcoming show 'Sabse Shana Kaun', but he's isn't ready for questions from the outside!The actor, whose busy schedule

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  Rail Budget pragmatic, to improve ease of doing business India Inc

  February 26, 2015 17:43 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the Rail Budget as "pragmatic", India Inc today welcomed the larger role envisaged for the private sector and said various measures proposed would bring in higher efficiency and improve ease of doing

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  Rail budget realistic, not populist: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | February 27, 2015 10:26 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the Railway budget as “realistic and pragmatic”, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected opposition criticism that it lacked substance and said NDA government has taken on its shoulders all the responsibility

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  Rail Budget futuristic and passenger centric: Modi

  Politics | February 26, 2015 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the Rail Budget as “futuristic” and “passenger centric” and said it lays out a clear roadmap to make the national transporter the key driver of the country's

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  Shiv Sena says 'completely dissatisfied' with rail budget

  Politics | February 26, 2015 16:58 IST

  New Delhi: The Railway budget today came in for criticism from within the ruling alliance with NDA constituent Shiv Sena claiming it lacked clarity on how the money will come for the various projects.“We are

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  Highlights of Railway Budget 2015-16

  February 26, 2015 14:49 IST

  New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today presented NDA government's firs fully-fledged Rail Budget 2015-16. Keeping passenger fares unchanged, Prabhu promised to balance passenger needs and long-term interests of the organisation to benchmark it

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  Interesting facts to know about Indian Railways

  India | February 26, 2015 13:13 IST

  New Delhi: There are many things to cheer while making a train journey in India as it is a perfect treat for travel enthusiasts.It is considered as a cheap mode of transport in comparison of

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  Food Corporation of India asked to pay Rs Eight lakh by Railways

  India | February 27, 2015 10:27 IST

  Dindigul: The railway authorities here has directed Food Corporation of India (FCI) to pay a fine of Rs eight lakh for transporting 110 tonnes of rice more than the quantity for which freight charge had

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  Live: Rail Budget 2015

  Politics | February 27, 2015 12:02 IST

  Suresh Prabhu proposes no increase in passenger faresNew Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is presenting the first Rail Budget of Narendra Modi government right now in Lok Sabha.ALSO READ: 10 facts why India has

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  Why India has a separate Rail Budget?

  February 25, 2016 8:36 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railways has one of the largest railway networks of the world and is the largest employer in the country. Every year, a Railway Budget, separate from the Union Budget is presented in

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  Rail Budget 2015: Economy class train 'Bharat Gaurav' to be announced

  February 26, 2015 7:41 IST

  New Delhi:  Hundred new trains along with a new economic class AC train, ‘Bharat Gaurav' are likely to be announced in annual Rail Budget which will be presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the

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  Best efforts made to fulfil people's aspirations, says Prabhu

  Politics | February 25, 2015 19:54 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said best efforts are being made to fulfil people's aspiration in the NDA government's first full-fledged Rail Budget.Prabhu will present the Rail Budget 2015-16 tomorrow in the Lok

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  Fiscal, structural reform to determine India's rating: Moody's

  February 25, 2015 14:16 IST

  New Delhi: Global rating agency Moody's today said fiscal policies and structural reforms will determine India's sovereign credit profile, and not recent revisions to the economic growth data.The comments come a day after rival Standard

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  Rail Budget likely to have a slew of green initiatives

  India | February 24, 2015 10:26 IST

  New Delhi: Use of solar energy in a big way, launching of waste-to-energy project and proliferation of CNG in train operations are some of the green initiatives likely to be announced in the Rail Budget

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  Trading in Indian stocks may cost high on Budget day

  February 23, 2015 14:03 IST

  New Delhi: It is expected that the cost of trading in Indian stocks will go up on the Budget day and afterwards on account of brokerages likely to increase margin requirements that day.On February 28