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  Railways to use drone, satellite techno to monitor projects

  India | February 25, 2016 20:08 IST

  New Delhi: The Railways plan to use the latest drone and Geo Spatial-based satellite technology for remotely reviewing the physical progress across major projects, which would become operational in the next fiscal.Presenting the Railway Budget

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  Rail Budget: Sarathi Seva to help old, disabled passengers to be extended

  February 25, 2016 15:27 IST

  New Delhi: Presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu announced that all operational halts will be converted into commercial halts, for the convenience of passengers.He also said that, Sarathi Seva was

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  Rail Budget: Time tabled freight container, parcel train from this year

  February 25, 2016 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu today proposed, at the Railway Budget 2016-17, three solution sets for reversing the trend of declining modal share of freight trains – expanding the freight basket of Indian Railways,

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  Railways to partner with state governments for operation of tourist circuit trains

  February 25, 2016 14:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that Tourism holds great potential for economic development and job creation.Indian Railways will be partnering with the

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  Disappointment over rail budget dents railroad firms stocks

  February 25, 2016 14:49 IST

  Mumbai: Disappointment over lack of any big ticket projects in the railway budget proposals for 2016-17 dented stocks of companies associated with the Indian railroads during a volatile mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday.Despite the fact

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  PM Modi hails Rail Budget, terms it 'passenger centric without fare hike'

  Politics | February 25, 2016 14:43 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu saying the Rail Budget 2016-17 presented by him is a big step in developing India.Congratulating Prabhu and the entire team behind the Rail

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  Railways Vision 2020 to meet long felt desires of common man

  February 25, 2016 14:38 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that by 2020, Indian Railways look forward to meet the long-felt desires of the common man.The minister promised reserved accommodation on trains being available

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  Wi-Fi Services at 100 Stations to be Commissioned this Year; 400 more Stations in the next 2 years

  February 25, 2016 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that the process has begun to introduce Wi-Fi services at stations especially for youth and business travellers.

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  Ticket fare hike and more: What's in store in Prabhu's rail budget?

  India | February 24, 2016 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: The one question troubling most Indian minds a day ahead of the Railway Budget is whether Suresh Prabhu will opt for an increase in ticket fares or will he decide against it.While the

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  I have no expectations from Railway Budget: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | February 23, 2016 19:49 IST

  Patna: Stating he had 'no expectations' from Railway budget, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday opposed the Centre's decision asking state governments to invest in railway projects."I do not have any expectations from railway

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  Rail budget may introduce 'smart coaches' for more comfortable journey

  India | February 15, 2016 15:07 IST

  New Delhi:  In a bid make train travel a better experience for passengers, Indian railways is planning to  introduce `smart coaches' with  state-of-the-art facilities.The smart coaches will be equipped with GPS-based wake up alarm and

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  Laying of 1 km high speed train track to cost over Rs 100 cr

  March 16, 2015 19:35 IST

  New Delhi: Construction of one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost Rs 100-140 crore and the country will need a total of Rs 80,000 crore to lay the entire high speed train corridor,

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  LIC to fund cash-starved Indian Railways

  March 02, 2015 14:02 IST

  New Delhi: As unveiled by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Rail Budget, Indian Railways is all set to get fresh funds from the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.Quoting sources in the Railway Board,

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  Railway budget lacks vision, offers nothing to 'aam aadmi': AAP

  Politics | February 26, 2015 23:18 IST

  New Delhi: AAP today said that the NDA government's Railway Budget “lacks vision” and has nothing in it for the “aam aadmi” even as it claimed that the key problems affecting the public transporter had

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  Rail budget full of lofty ideas but no action plan: Nitish

  Politics | February 26, 2015 18:12 IST

  Patna: Unimpressed with the Railway budget presented in Parliament today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it was full of “lofty ideas but without any action plan.”“Its like there is a train coach but no

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  Budget 2015: Mulayam praises budget

  Politics | February 26, 2015 16:43 IST

  New Delhi: Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav today praised the railway budget for its lack of populist measures like announcement of new trains and lauded Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for focusing on fulfilling projects

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  Rail Budget: Railways to mobilise Rs 17,655 crore from borrowing in 2015-16

  February 26, 2015 16:52 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railways will borrow Rs 17,655 crore from markets through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2015-16, a nearly 47 per cent increase over the current

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  Rail Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu decides against increasing passenger fare

  February 25, 2015 9:33 IST

  New Delhi: This time there may not be any increase in the passenger fares as the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu gets ready to present the Rail budget on Thursday.According to a report published in Economic

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  Modi govt to present Union Budget on February 28

  Politics | January 21, 2015 15:00 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on February 23 and the Union Budget would be presented on February 28.The first part of the session will continue till March 20. The second part

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  Railways eye present infrastructure to run semi-high-speed trains in nine corridors

  India | July 28, 2014 14:10 IST

  New Delhi: After conducting successful trials between the New Delhi-Agra segment, the Indian Railways is now eying to utilize the existing infrastructure to run semi-high-speed trains between nine important destinations of the country. For this,