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  Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu on tight rope walk to balance finance with aspirations

  February 24, 2016 14:21 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu faces a stiff dilemma on whether to raise fares and freight rates in his second Rail Budget tomorrow as railway finances come under tremendous strain.While the falling revenue collection

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  Twitter superhero! How Rail Min helped locating a 15 year old girl

  India | January 31, 2016 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: After a series of incidents where passengers were rescued by simply tweeting their grievances to the ministry of railways, a man from Jharkhand tweeted to railway minister Suresh Prabhu asking for help to

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  Working on laying of 2nd track between Delhi-Saharanpur: Railway Min

  India | November 16, 2015 6:55 IST

  Meerut: Railway ministry is working fast on the scheme of laying of second track on Delhi-Saharanpur sector, Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha said here yesterday.Sinha, who was here to attend a function, asserted

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  Railways seek investment from Germany in modernisation plan

  India | October 05, 2015 21:02 IST

  New Delhi: Aiming at attracting investment in the modernisation and expansion of the railways, India today agreed to open up commercial opportunities for German companies in the high-speed rail segment and station redevelopment plans.Both sides

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  Here's how Indian Railway coaches will look in future (see pics)

  India | October 06, 2015 14:14 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railways is set to witness a major transformation in the coming years. Gone are the days of filthy coaches, unhealthy food and risky journeys.Within two years from now railway coaches will come

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  Over 4 per cent fall in passenger bookings worries railways

  India | September 27, 2015 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: An over 4 per cent fall in passenger bookings between April and August this year has left the Indian Railway worried, raising concerns about a possible rise in passenger subsidy.Altogether 3,427.84 million passengers

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  Railways start online survey on preference of bedrolls

  India | July 30, 2015 12:16 IST

  New Delhi:  With a view to improving passenger amenities and services, the Railways Ministry has started an online survey on consumers' preference of bedrolls which will cover aspects from cleanliness and hygienic conditions to their

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  railway ministry meets banks heads

  July 23, 2015 13:35 IST

  New Delhi: The railway ministry and its PSU Indian Railway Finance Corporation hosted a meeting of banks and financial institutions over an investment plan of Rs.8.5 lakh crore in the coming five years to strengthen and

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  UPSC seeks scrapping of SCRA examination for railways

  India | July 10, 2015 19:05 IST

  New Delhi:  The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has told the Railway Ministry that it is not inclined to hold the Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination (SCRA) and told it to justify holding the exam.

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  Ensure punctuality of trains by following Emergency pattern: PMO tells Railway Ministry

  India | March 31, 2015 13:49 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be a bitter critic of Indira Gandhi for imposing Emergency in the country but he seems to have appreciation for some of the practices followed during that period.In

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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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  Railways eyeing Rs 2000 cr from advertisements to soothe financial crunch

  India | January 11, 2015 10:29 IST

  New Delhi: In order to tide over its financial crunch, Railways is mulling over a plan to generate Rs 2,000 crore as additional revenue from non-tariff sources like advertisements on all rail assets including unused

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  Union opposes FDI in Railways, threatens indefinite strike

  January 10, 2015 11:35 IST

  Nagpur: The National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) has vehemently opposed the Centre's proposal for FDI in Railways and threatened to go on indefinite strike in June this year.According to NFIR General Secretary M Raghaviah,

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  Railways have no funds, need big investment: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | December 13, 2014 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: Describing the financial health of Indian Railways as being "too close for comfort", Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said there was need for massive investment in the sector."Railways require big investment. There

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  Death on rail tracks on rise; 18,735 lives lost in 2014 till October

  India | November 30, 2014 12:42 IST

  New Delhi: The number of deaths on railway tracks has been on the rise in the past few years despite several measures taken by the authorities to contain such incidents.While 14,973 deaths occurred on railway

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  Indian Railways not following own rules and regulations laid down in financial code: CAG

  India | November 29, 2014 9:02 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Railways has come in for scathing criticism over "lack of financial discipline" from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) which said it is not following its own rules and regulations

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  Nitish seeks apology, compensation from Railway ministry

  Politics | October 26, 2014 17:42 IST

  Patna: Terming the Centre and Railway ministry as “worthless”, former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today sought apology and compensation for the people of the state who are unable to celebrate Chhath festival due to

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  Railways to sell 50 pc Tatkal tickets at premium, bad news for commuters

  India | October 02, 2014 19:57 IST

  New Delhi: In a move that could be described as "festival dampener", the rates of the tatkal tickets will go up with the Railways deciding to sell 50 per cent of the quota tickets using

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  Indian Railways nod to train protection warning system for south Indian route

  India | September 14, 2014 9:30 IST

  New Delhi: In a move to prevent accidents, Indian Railways has given its nod to a Rs 28.61 crore contract for installation of a train protection warning system (TPWS) along the 67-km Basin Bridge-Arrakonam route

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  Trial on eight more routes for semi high-speed train by year-end

  India | September 09, 2014 13:27 IST

  New Delhi: Following the successful trial run of a semi high-speed train between Delhi and Agra, India Railways is all set to replicate the exercise on eight more routes by the end of this year