negotiations are on with FIs for funding these projects
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday asked young minds to come out with a fool-proof method to prevent ticketless travel in trains.
A 'water train' with 10 wagons carrying water for parched Latur in Marathwada region, which is battling the worst drought ever, on Monday left from Miraj in western Maharashtra.
Prosperity was not possible without peace, the minister said.
The system will give a boost to regional trade and business.
With Suresh Prabhu taking over, the Railways has initiated a number of steps to bring about efficiency with former Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan also being roped in as part of this process.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said legislators across the country should be driven by passion, performance and procedural integrity, and desist from disrupting law-making bodies.
In the history of Indian railway budgets, Suresh Prabhu will perhaps be the first railway minister not to have announced either a single new train or a new railway line
Prabhu asks Indian Railways to save Rs 5,000 cr on energy bill.
Suresh Prabhu said Central and the state government will collaborate to implement big projects.
The commuters started protesting after a level-crossing gate signal caused a delay in suburban services of Central Railway by over 20 minutes early this morning.
The Union Cabinet will soon take a call on setting up Railway Development Authority of India, an independent regulator, which will decide on passenger and freight rates
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, ministers from the Centre and various state cabinets came out and practised yoga to mark the third anniversary of the event.
China evinces interest in the 1,754-km long high-speed rail project.
The incident happened during Question Hour when Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the issue of 'Go-India Smart Card', an initiative of the railway ministry, for discussion.
Passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money
Sitharaman, who was holding the Commerce portfolio (Independent charge), was on Sunday promoted to the Cabinet rank as was Goyal.
The reshuffle may take place before Modi departs for China to attend the BRICS summit.
Agartala found a place in the broad gauge railway map in March this year.
A Japanese delegation will soon visit India to study the opportunities
Hundreds of BJP workers who had gathered outside the complex cheered when Parrikar arrived.
It was after a gap of two decades that saw such an occasion where MPs of the upper house enthralled their fellow colleagues at a dinner hosted by Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu for 72 retiring members.
The clip, taken from a mobile phone, showed the unidentified armed police personnel kicking the differently-abled man.
The New Year began on a violent note in Mumbai after Central Railway suburban services in Mumbai were disrupted on Friday morning between Diva and Mumbra.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out the first revamping of his ministry since he assumed power in May, the new ministers took charge of their portfolios on Monday.
Indian Railways has tied up funds for the next two years for its ambitious modernisation programme.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has ordered magisterial enquiries into the demolition and also the death of a six month-old child.
Indian Railways on Wednesday launched mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets.
Banks are direct stakeholders and are dealing with commercial matters of the airline where the ministry would not like to intervene: Prabhu
The high speed bullet train is expected to cover 508 km between in about two hours.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the inaugural Air India Express flight, carrying 186 passengers to Abu Dhabi.
In his last Budget, Suresh Prabhu, set an ambitious target for capital expenditure.
While responding to Raj's tweet, Swaraj also tagged Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu who in turn expressed his inability to help the man.
As the winter session of Parliament ends on Friday, images of our MPs you haven't seen before!
Railways on Friday withdrew the Rs 4 crore water bill sent to the Latur district administration and promised to continue to run water trains to cater to the need of the people in the parched areas of Marthahwada region till the crisis is over.
The project will eventually be rolled out to cover 400 railway stations across India
Passengers can now look forward to enjoying home cooked local food supplied by self-help groups during their train journey.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced new initiatives.
Uttam Ghosh on how rail passengers will benefit from the Railway Budget.
Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget on Thursday.
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