New Delhi: As Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee readies to present the Rail Budget 2011-12 on Friday, expectations are high that the budget could be high on populism and low on reforms, as the minister has set her eyes on the Writers' Building in Kolkata. The cash-trapped Railways is unlikely to carry out any major changes in passenger fares in the Budget for the eighth year in succession, even as more...
08:41 AM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: This year's Railway Budget could be high on populism and low on reforms as Mamata Banerjee's interests is in Writers' Building in Kolkata. The Railway Minister, who flagged off over 30 new trains in West Bengal in the last six months alone, would wait till the state assembly elections get over to increase fares in June or July 2011. The cash-trapped Railways is unlikely to carry out any...01:38 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New Delhi: During the 2010-11 Railway Budget speech Mamata Banerjee was in a tearing hurry. "Please listen or I will forget. I have too much to say and there is very little time. I am speaking like Rajdhani because there is very little time left," she told the Lok Sabha. Mamata Express is on a one-way journey to West Bengal. She was absent from Rail Bhawan, and sometimes from Parliament...10:32 AM, Feb 24, 2011
Banerjee's remark comes in the wake of Opposition's criticism of her of neglecting duty as Railway Minister. ...12:56 PM, May 18, 2010
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