Why are toilets low priority in India?

No amount of stink, or raising one to correct it, would work quick enough to change the order of things. Toilets, you see, are our least priority, says Mahesh Vijapurkar. Anyone who had travelled......

Scam accused on PAC chair; Railways gets HC notice

Patna High Court issued a notice toIndian Railways on Tuesday on a petition challenging appointment of former Rashtriya Janata Dal minister and accused in multi-crore bitumen scam Illiyas Hussain......

It's the best time for Railways to bring a historic turnaround

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu aligns priorities, funding and organisation to shape a transformation agenda, notes Vinayak Chatterjee. It is not easy being railway minister. Ask Union Railway......

Many initiatives on amenities in railways but progress still long way

The new regime in the rail bhawan has also managed to sign a $1.1 billion loan from the World Bank for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor project. During its first year in office, the Prime......

No big-ticket announcements likely in Railway Budget

Budget is likely to focus on infrastructure creation in the north-east and improving amenities such as introduction of vacuum toilets The Narendra Modi government’s first full-fledged......

Railways could soon have its own TV channel

Indian Railways could soon have its own dedicated television channel, broadcasting passenger related information and highlighting various other facets of the PSU behemoth, if the suggestion of a......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......