Flood batters AP, Karnataka; 194 dead

South India is reeling under floods. Heavy rain and surging flood waters continued to batter Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, claiming at least 194 lives and inundating vast swathes of land. The......

'Train accidents on the decline'

Denying that there had been a spurt in train accidents, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the number of accidents had declined in the past three years.The number of......

Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Offering a bonanza for train travellers, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced that the Indian Railways will start new 67 new Express trains, 27 passenger trains, 5 MEMU and 8 DEMU......

Railways to flag off 117 new trains

The Indian Railways will flag off 117 new trains as planned, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the Budget on Wednesday. The Railways will also introduce 52 new trains in FY11.......

Mamata Budget offers 57 new trains

Fifty-sevennew trainswereproposedby the railways ministerMamata Banerjee as she presentedthe Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday.These are: 1. Vishakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Mumbai......

Trains take political track

If a prime minister could be chosen on the basis of announcing new trains, Lalu Prasad would be there already. An unprecedented number of new trains-- 43 in all-- with a majority of them touching......