Railway
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New railway minister Pawan Bansal hints at possible fare hike
Oct 29, 2012, 05:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 29: New railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday gave ample hint of a possible passenger fare hike to improve services in the railways."Fare will not be increased for the sake of
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Railway staff to get 78 days pay as bonus
India | Oct 18, 2012, 11:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 18: The Centre on Thursday approved payment of productivity-linked bonus (PLB) to 12.37 lakh non-gazetted employees, equivalent to 78 days of pay, before the Dussera Puja holidays. Clearing the proposal, the Union
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Indian exporters warn of halting trade with Pak via rail
India | Oct 09, 2012, 06:55 PM ISTChandigarh, 9 Oct 2012 : Indian exporters today threatened to stop trade with Pakistan via rail route in the wake of the discovery of over 100 kg of heroin along with ammunition from a goods
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Mamata flays imposition of service tax by Railways
National | Sep 27, 2012, 10:11 PM ISTKolkata, Sep 27: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday termed as "Vinash Kale buddhinash" (Loss of wisdom in times of calamity) the UPA government's decision to levy service tax on all air-conditioned train fares, freight
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Railway to hike AC fares, freight rates from Oct 1
Sep 27, 2012, 04:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 27: All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them. This follows
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Railway to hike AC fares, freight rates from Oct 1
India | Sep 27, 2012, 04:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 27: All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them. This follows
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Jairam Ramesh likely to be given Railway, Cabinet reshuffle next week
National | Sep 21, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 21: Stage is all set for an imminent Union cabinet reshuffle next week in the wake of Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support from the UPA government, according to reliable sources. In
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SKorea building high-speed railway to Pyeongchang
Other Sports | Jun 02, 2012, 07:06 PM ISTSouth Korea, June 2: South Korea has begun building a promised high-speed railway to shorten travel time between its main airport and the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics.The promise last year helped the eastern
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Trivedi Has Not Resigned, Says Pranab
India | Mar 15, 2012, 12:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 15: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha today.He, however, said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has received a communication from Trinamool Congress chairperson
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Congress Agrees To Mamata's Demand
India | Mar 15, 2012, 07:23 AM ISTKolkata, Mar 15: TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to Congress leadership in Delhi to press for removal of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and is said to have been assured that
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TC Opposes Fare Hike By Its Rail Minister, Demands Roll Back
India | Mar 14, 2012, 10:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 14: The Trinamool Congress, to which Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi belongs, today raised the banner of opposition to the fare hike proposed by him and demanded a roll-back.“We met him after the
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Dinesh Trivedi Resorts To Urdu Couplets In Budget Speech
India | Mar 14, 2012, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 14: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today read out Urdu couplets to the applause of members in Lok Sabha while presenting the Rail Budget. "Haath ki laqiron se zindagi nahin banti, Hamara bhi
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Salient Points Of Railway Minister's Rail Budget Speech
Mar 14, 2012, 01:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 14: Following are the salient points of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's rail budget speech in Parliament today:- All unmanned railway level crossings to be abolished in next five years.- 60 to 70
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Railway Could Go Air India Way If Money Not Pumped In, Says Trivedi
Feb 17, 2012, 10:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 17: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today cautioned railway could go the Air India way if money was not pumped in the cash-strapped national transporter, as an official committee proposed cess to generate
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Railway Helpline For Fog Affected Train Passengers
India | Nov 29, 2011, 08:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 29: Northern Railway has launched a helpline dedicated to all inquiries related to trains affected by fog.Every day, more than 100 trains are affected due to the dense fog condition.“We have dedicated
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Railway Staff To Get 78 Days Bonus
India | Sep 30, 2011, 03:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 30: Over 12.60 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees will benefit from a decision by the Union Cabinet today to give the highest ever Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days' wages to
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Railway Officer Caught Burning Rs 2.5 Lakh Cash Bribe
India | May 09, 2011, 05:48 PM ISTAjmer, May 9: A North-Western Railway official, allegedly involved in a Rs 2.5 crore fraud, was arrested after being caught burning currency notes worth Rs 2.5 lakh at his residence here in order to destroy
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Is Arunima Lying? Railway Police Thinks So
India | Apr 26, 2011, 05:27 PM ISTLucknow, Apr 26: A probe by the Government Railway Police has found loopholes in the version given by athlete Arunima Sinha that she lost her leg after being thrown out of a train by robbers
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UP Minister Arrested For Leading Stir
National | Mar 28, 2011, 09:01 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 28: An Uttar Pradesh minister was today arrested for disrupting rail traffic during an agitation in Saharanpur and was later expelled from the BSP.Vinod Tejiyan, who holds the rank of a Minister of
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Chidambaram Suggests Choppers To Reach Railway Accident Sites
India | Jul 21, 2010, 02:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday regretted the enormous delay in rescue and relief teams reaching the train accident site at Sainthia in West Bengal and said use of helicopters or small planes