The Indian Railways will develop few stations which will be at par with global standard.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and tied a rakhi on his wrist.
The Railway Minister has announced that there is an urgency to attract FDI in Railway projects.
India will soon get a Bullet train between Mumbai-Ahmedabad!
The Railway Ministry is considering a hike in passenger fares in the Railway Budget 2014-15 slated to be presented by Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda in the second week of next month.
Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa that FDI in railways would be permitted only in infrastructure and not operations.
Mumbai locals will get a swanky look with state-of-the art coaches.
The railways recently successfully completed an experiment on the Delhi-Agra route for semi-high speed (up to 160 km/hr).
Maharashtra is going to polls later this year and the leaders of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance do not want the hike to spoil their chances of winning the polls.
In a first of its kind massive cleanliness campaign, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda will lead from the front by himself picking up the broom during the drive at rail premises on October 2 involving all its employees and top level officials.
There will be provision for a few new trains including premium and services connecting various pilgrim centres in the Rail Budget 2014-15.
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Most of the railway-related stocks, which had seen smart gains in the past few days ahead of the Rail Budget, saw profit-booking as Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Budget.
The government has assured Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion)budgetary support to the Indian Railways.
Gowda has also failed to offer clarity on reforming the Railway Board.
Waiting to board a train or to receive a relative at Chennai Central would no more be a dull experience, as the busiest railway terminus in South India is now offering free Wi-Fi internet access to laptops and mobile phones.
It is a Budget 'high on promises but low on design,' the agency said.
A Bangalore-based model on Wednesday filed a case against Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda under section 420, 376 and 406 (charges relating to cheating and dishonesty) of the Indian Penal Code.
Railways Minister Sadananda Gowda will present his maiden Rail Budget on July 8 in Parliament.
RailWire - the retail Broadband distribution model of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a PSU of Railway Ministry, is involved in distribution of Internet bandwidth through WiFi.
The heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railways will resume the toy train services from December from Siliguri.
The railway ministry has decided to install Closed-circuit television cameras in ladies' compartments in phases in order to provide enhanced security to women passengers, the Rajya Sabha was told on Friday.
Train services resumed on Thursday through Chhapra line under Sonepur division after debris was cleared from the track in the wake of derailment of the New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani at Goldenganj station which killed four persons and left 23 others injured on Wednesday.
The Railways could tie up with technical institutions for introducing railway-oriented subject for graduation and skill development.
The maiden Railway Budget of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government seems to have not gone down well with the suburban commuters as it does not offer anything new to them, commuters associations in Mumbai said.
A passenger on Guwahati-bound Rajdhani train found that the vegetarian dish he ordered contained pieces of bones.
No-frills carrier SpiceJet has put ten lakh seats on the block with base fares starting as low as Rs 999, which are lower than a 3-AC train ticket, for a one-way journey under a limited period offer.
With a view to reducing its dependence on conventional sources of energy, Railways is looking to harness solar power in a big way and is likely to include a plan for the same in its upcoming budget.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
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The Railway Budget is likely to be presented in the second week of July.
The Karnataka government on Tuesday said the court alone can decide on the shifting of All India Dravida Munetra Kazhagam supremo J Jayalalithaa to Tamil Nadu from a prison here where she is lodged after being convicted by a Special Court in the disproportionate assets case.
12 people have reportedly been killed and 45injured when two speeding passenger trains collided near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh late Tuasday night, a railway official said.
Railways will be transporting relief material free of charge to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir and has taken a slew of measures including special trains and help desks for the stranded passengers.
Biju Janata Dal termed the Budget, which was presented in Parliament by Rail Minister Sadananda Gowda, 'quite shocking' and 'illogical' as it complained that no emphasis had been made in it for the areas that generated more revenue from freight.
After political rivals, the Narendra Modi government has come under fire from Shiv Sena over the rail fare hike with its oldest ally terming the move as akin to the common man being run over by train.
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com and A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com boarded the Himsagar Express that runs between Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir. Check out the scenes they witnessed...
Railways has decided to introduce semi high-speed trains in nine sectors which would run at speeds of up to 160 kmph.
With the Union government clearing the way for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railways, the Railway Board is devising a plan for operations, maintenance and construction projects.
Presenting the Narendra Modi government's maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda announced setting up of logistic parks and private freight terminals on PPP model.
At least four passengers were killed and another eight were injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chhapra on early Wednesday morning in a suspected sabotage by Maoists.
It is, as a matter of fact, not the spokesman's 'responsibility' to answer questions pertaining to people who are not related to the party
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