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  No separate Rail Budget from next fiscal, Finance Ministry agrees for its merger with General Budget

  August 13, 2016 11:14 IST

  Starting next financial year, there will be no separate Rail Budget. It is believed that the Ministry of Finance has agreed to the suggestions of Bibek Debroy (Member, NITI Aayog) panel, which among other things, had suggested phasing out separate Ra

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  Display units, ad-wrapped trains and more: Suresh Prabhu’s mega plans to boost revenue of Indian Railways

  August 11, 2016 17:46 IST

  The Indian Railways is targeting to increase its non-fare revenues (NFR) to Rs 1,500 crore by the end of this fiscal from current Rs 300 crore per year. According to a report in The

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  Suresh Prabhu unveils India’s first green rail corridor in Tamil Nadu

  July 24, 2016 21:29 IST

  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today launched India’s first 114-km long Rameswaram-Manamadurai Green Rail Corridor in Tamil Nadu. Trains in this section have been equipped with bio-toilets ensuring zero discharge of human waste on the

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  Mumbai-Ahmedabad in two hours at a cost less than air travel, says Suresh Prabhu

  July 20, 2016 19:28 IST

  Mumbai: Travelling on the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor will cost less than air travel, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday, adding that the project would be completed in six years. Last year,

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  Suresh Prabhu in favour of doing away with separate Railway Budget

  June 23, 2016 12:31 IST

  Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has endorsed the recommendation made by Bibek Debroy led panel that called for doing away with the annual practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget.

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  Tiger Express: Ride on this new semi-luxury train will cost you at least Rs 38,500

  June 06, 2016 15:19 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the inaugural run of the Tiger Trail Circuit Train on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Sunday and promised more such initiatives. Prabhu, who was

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  Union Ministers Suresh Prabhu, Satyanarayana Chowdary elected to RS from Andhra Pradesh

  Politics | June 03, 2016 16:04 IST

  Vijayawada: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y Satyanarayana Chowdary have been elected unanimously to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. Two other candidates T G Venkatesh and

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  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu files nomination for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh

  Politics | May 31, 2016 12:48 IST

  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today filed his nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat from Andhra Pradesh as the TDP-BJP alliance candidate.

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  Suresh Prabhu finds spot in BJP Rajya Sabha list; Ram Madhav misses out

  Politics | May 30, 2016 22:11 IST

  New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party today released another list of six candidates, including Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from five states. Others shortlisted by the BJP central

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  Trying to take railways out of ICU: Suresh Prabhu

  May 27, 2016 23:48 IST

  New Delhi: Asserting that Railways has been in “deep trouble” for last more than two decades, Union minister Suresh Prabhu today said efforts are on to take the public transporter “out of the ICU” and

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  Markets, bank deposits or gold: Where do govternment’s top ministers invest their money?

  Politics | May 27, 2016 12:23 IST

  Modi, often pegged as the ‘market-mover’, and his top ministers do not take too fondly to the equity markets, data compiled in a research based on the details of their assets and liabilities has revealed.

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  India’s first bullet train between Mumbai-Ahmedabad to run by 2023: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | May 26, 2016 21:22 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said the first bullet train will run in India in 2023 heralding a new era in train operations in the subcontinent. “In 2023, the first bullet train

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  Railways introduces online cancellation of tickets purchased on counter

  India | May 25, 2016 21:42 IST

  New Delhi: Cancelling tickets purchased from the railway counter will no longer require standing in long queues. In an attempt to transform the face of Indian railways and improve the user experience for travellers, Railway

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  Railways to lay test track for trial of high-speed trains

  India | May 15, 2016 12:10 IST

  New Delhi: In a first for Indian Railway, the public sector transporter is laying a 20 km-long test track, equipped with a state-of-the-art laboratory, near Raipur for trial of high-speed and regular trains it plans

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  Only alternative for people of Kerala is BJP-led NDA: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | May 13, 2016 22:07 IST

  BJP-led NDA is the sole option for people of Kerala in the May 16 Assembly polls, Suresh Prabhu said today.

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  21,000 kms at Rs 80k cr in 3yrs: Railways mega plan for capacity addition

  May 13, 2016 14:35 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to speed up the expansion work of country’s rail network, the Ministry of Railways has decided to increase the pace of laying new track to 19 km per day from

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  No Latur-like relief for drought-hit Bundelkhand, UP govt refuses Centre’s water-train

  India | May 05, 2016 15:11 IST

  Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in the state refusing to accept the water wagons sent through the Indian railways as a relief measure from the Centre.

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  Govt working on faster trains with facilities: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | May 02, 2016 23:34 IST

  The government is working to bring faster trains with more facilities while trying to meet the diverse expectations of the society, Suresh Prabhu said today

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  Will finalise cooperation in railways with US officials: Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | April 29, 2016 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said he will meet US transport officials next month to finalise areas of cooperation between the two countries in the railway sector. "I had fruitful discussions with

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  Is there ‘deliberate misinformation’ being spread about bullet trains, wonders Suresh Prabhu

  Politics | April 27, 2016 16:53 IST

  New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today wondered in Lok Sabha whether there was a “deliberate misinformation” campaign against the introduction of bullet trains, saying these were not in conflict with the ‘normal’ trains. Respondi