If the current revenue figures are any indication, Railways could just about miss their target for the present fiscal ahead of the coming Rail Budget.
The Indian Railways will be the lead partner for Commonwealth Games. Special trains will run during the Commonwealth Games.
The focus is on tapping all resources, even foreign agencies.
Successive plans have allocated less resources to the Railways.
Inviting private investment, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said a transparent system is being put in place to facilitate it and moves are afoot to revamp the ministry's public-private-partnership (PPP) cell.
Cement may get costlier by Rs 7 per bag of 50 kg because of the hike in freight rate by 5.79 per cent in Railway Budget today, but manufacturers of the building material said a final call will be taken after the Union Budget.
After a five-day waiting game, Railways Minister Dinesh Tiwari has resigned, according to Trinamool Congress sources. Tiwari met with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, and expressed his willingness to quit.
'Duronto' trains, a non-stop service connecting metros and major state capitals, was announced on Friday by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Passengers can now buy reserved tickets from 5,000 post offices, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said presenting the Railway Budget on Friday.
The Re 1 cut in diesel prices could lead Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav to announce a reduction in passenger fares in the forthcoming Railway Budget.
The move can help mop up about Rs 1.2 lakh every day for the purpose.
Travelling by rail in India was once a pleasure, but has now become a forbidding challenge.
He said that efforts were being made either to close or man such crossings in the next two years.
The Congress on Thursday sought to downplay the Dinesh Trivedi episode, saying it is an internal affair of the government and it could not be discussed outside.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday said next year's railway budget would have surprise content and promised that there would not be any hike in passenger fares and additional surcharge.
Diesel prices for the Railways have come down from Rs 60.08 a litre in June to Rs 50.51 a litre now.
In Jammu & Kashmir, the minister proposed to set up a bridge factory.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
The Railways on Monday announced that Tatkal reservation on trains will open only two days before the journey, instead of the past practice of when Tatkal tickets were available five days in advance.
A smiling Rabri Devi, who watched the presentation of the Railway Budget on television, said that it was a best ever Railway Budget. "There is little doubt about it," she claimed.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced Yuva air-conditioned (AC) trains to be introduced for the youth whereby one would have to pay Rs 299 for distances upto 1,500 km and Rs 399 for distances upto 2,500 km. The Railways will also start non-stop trains, Turonta for the first time in history. The 12 trains include - Howrah-Mumbai, Chennai-Delhi, Delhi-Pune, Howrah-Delhi, Kolkata-Amritsar, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Jammu, Delhi-Allahabad.
The projects include commissioning of new lines, gauge conversion and doubling of existing tracks in certain busy stretches.
On an annual basis, we'll seek out solutions to Indian Railways' most critical problems through 'innovation challenge': Suresh Prabhu
Rlys plan 50 garib raths, 450 AC trains; SPVs planned for wagon manufacture for freight corridors.
This was on the expected lines after Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played a major role in getting the former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi resign.
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.
'There is tension between the zones all the time.'
RLDA is a statutory authority established by the ministry of railways for generating non-fare revenue from railway land.
Improvement in passenger amenities and better interiors would also figure in the budgetary proposals.
The Railway Minister sanctioned Ganguly's request for utilising the Railway cricket complex in Kolkata for an academy.
The railways have been able to project improvement in finances.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will present the Rail Budget on July 1.
The Union Minister of Railways, Lalu Prasad while presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, announced the introduction of 43 new trains which include four Garib Raths.
The Railway Board issued a notification a few months ago under which divisional regional managers of certain zones were given financial powers to levy a surcharge from passengers who insist on seeking reservation for lower berths.
On Monday, a new chapter will be written in Ayodhya's and the country's history with the consecration ceremony at the newly-built Ram temple which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and over 7,000 guests.
BJP member Ananth Kumar was debating Mamata Banerjee's promise to upgrade 309 stations as 'model' ones, of which 137 were in West Bengal. Intervening, Lalu Prasad Yadav said, "World-class station banana to ek soch hai. Yeh banna to hai nahi. Aap pareshan kyon ho rahe hain? In this connection, he said during his tenure also he had proposed to upgrade Patna station which never happened.
'The economy has to become the government's No. 1 priority, which it is not at the moment,' says T N Ninan.
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
Three new non-stop Duronto trains will be launched on Wednesday, the last day of the current financial year. They are the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar, New Delhi-Howrah, and Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Jammu Tawi Duronto expresses.
