Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wrote another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, protesting 20 per cent hike in rail freight rates. In the last two weeks, Modi has written four letters to the PM, opposing various central policies/decisions. In today's letter, Modi said that the decision to increase railway fright rate, which the Centre took by "bypassing the Parliament", should be withdrawn. "When the Parliament is...
08:11 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will have to dig deep into his pocket for eliminating the thousands of unmanned level crossings across the country that are a huge safety challenge for the cash-strapped network. Unmanned level crossings account for around 40 percent of railway accidents. Trivedi, who would present the 2012-13 railway budget on March 14, is scrounging for funds, a whopping Rs 100,000 crore Indian Railways needs over...
05:53 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Ahead of the Railway Budget, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi speaks exclusively to Network 18. ...
09:47 AM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi/Mumbai: Key sectors of the Indian economy such as banking, insurance, telecom, transport, mining, postal and manufacturing could be badly hit on Tuesday owing to the nation-wide 24-hour strike called by trade unions after the Government's attempts to avert it remained unsuccessful on Monday. This is perhaps for the first time in recent memory that trade unions affiliated to most of the mainstream political parties have come together to...
06:08 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Palakkad (Kerala): Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday said he was awaiting a report from Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public infrastructure, information and innovations, on steps for modernisation of the railways. He said this while laying the foundation stone of a coach factory in Kerala's Palakkad city. The factory, announced a couple of years ago, would come up near here over an area of 426 acres....
05:30 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Friday cautioned railway could go the Air India way if money was not pumped in the cash-strapped national transporter, as an official committee proposed cess to generate money to upgrade safety mechanism. Trivedi said government should "prioritise" its focus while considering railways' financial condition as it adds to the GDP and directly affects the common man. "I am afraid it (Indian Railways) can...
10:03 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Expanding its online reach, Indian Railways' Delhi Division has come up with a dedicated Facebook page where passengers can check out availability of berths, train timings and other related information. "We have opened a page on Facebook to inform passengers about the status of vacant berths as well as the arrival and departure of trains. The page is linked with the National Train Inquiry Service and constantly updated,"...
04:39 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has earned Rs 84,155.40 crore during April 2011-January 2012 period as against Rs 76,223.07 cr during the same period last year, registering an increase of 10.41 per cent. The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs 50,916.21 cr during April 2010-January 2011 to Rs 56,247.30 cr in April 2011-January 2012, an increase of 10.47 per cent. The total passenger earnings during first ten months...
07:55 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: To cope with the demand for tickets, the Railways has decided to increase the advance reservation period from 90 days to 120 days from March 10. Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) will make the necessary changes in the software for this purpose. "Now one can book his train ticket 120 days before the journey as we have decided to provide an opportunity to the passenger to plan...
05:44 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Friday hinted at a possible revision of passenger fares that have not been touched for eight years despite increasing input costs. "There is a definite case to have a relook at the fares which have not been touched since last eight years despite increase in input costs," Trivedi said. "Raising fares is not the solution (to raise funds). We have to think of...
09:25 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Mumbai: Vampire fiction may be all the rage, but the true bloodsuckers that emerge after twilight are far less charismatic, and far more relentless. No one will testify to this truth more fiercely than the 46 passengers who were pitted against a relentless army of bedbugs when they boarded the AC 2-tier compartment of the Netravati Express - from Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai - on Sunday. And then the nightmare began....
12:03 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: In these high-tech times, Indian Railways continues to rely on the age-old practice of bursting fire crackers on tracks to alert train drivers during dense fog. "Fire crackers continue to help us deal with fog. New technology supplements the decades old practice," said Y S Rajput, senior PRO, Northern Railway. According to Rajput, the Delhi division buys around 1.5 lakh fire crackers every year for use during periods...
04:08 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Chandauli(UP)/Delhi: Upset over not getting seats in AC first class coach, over 20 MPs from Bihar, who travelled to capital on Patna Rajdhani, lodged a protest with the Railway Minister, who on Wednesday ordered "strong action" against concerned official. The MPs had to travel in AC second class from Patna to New Delhi on Tuesday as their bogey could not be attached in the train due to some technical fault,...
06:14 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: Now you can see a cricket match or your favourite entertainment channel live while traveling in a Shatabdi train. "We have decided to install LCD screen behind each seat in nine Shatabdi trains and DTH service will be provided to these trains," said Aswani Lohani, Divisional Railway Manager of Delhi Division. The onboard TV service, a first of its kind in Indian Railways, will be provided in Kalka...
06:34 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Dhanbad: It will take Shaukat Ali a long time to overcome the grief of losing his daughter in the early morning inferno in Doon Express near Parasnath in Jharkhand on Tuesday. His eight-year-old daughter Mahjuvi Ali Akhtar was identified as one of the seven charred to death in the fire that gutted two coaches of the train. "I woke up when I heard loud noises by fellow passengers in the...
07:36 PM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the fire mishap in the Howrah-Dehradun Express and announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of those killed. All other passengers in the affected B-1 and B-2 AC coaches will get Rs 25000 as immediate financial assistance for the inconvenience caused due to the fire, he said. There were a total...
10:15 AM, Nov 22, 2011
Giridih (Jharkhand): Seven passengers, including an Australian woman, were charred to death when a fire broke out in two AC coaches of the Howrah-Dehradun Express in the district early on Tuesday, with the Railway Minister stating that involvement of 'miscreants' cannot be ruled out. Three other Australian women passengers suffered minor injuries and were admitted to the Railway Divisional Hospital. The fire, which broke out at around 3:00 am in...
09:03 AM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: After 15 hours of blockade, students from Aligarh Muslim University finally ended their agitation. The students, who were demanding land for the Aligarh Muslim University proposed study centre, called off their protest late on Wednesday night. Islampur MLA Abdul Karim Chaudhry told PTI that the standoff ended after former Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervened. The stir dealt a severe blow to the Railways' eastern network. Almost 30 thousand...
08:20 AM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: Railways have decided to acquire 400 more devices for trains to tackle fog during winter. Northern Railway has already acquired 182 Fog Safe devices. These devices help loco drivers running trains in foggy condition. "It was decided at a meeting chaired by General Manager of Northern Railway to acquire 400 more Fog Safe devices and maintain punctuality in train operation in the coming winter season," said a senior...
12:05 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Etawah (UP): Rail traffic on the Howrah-Delhi route was on Thursday disrupted after a crack was detected on the railway track near Bhupat Sarai railway station. The crack was detected between the upline Bhupat Sarai and Etawah railway stations on Thursday morning after which three trains including Gomti and Mahabodi were stopped, station manager P K Kamal said. He said the repair work was being carried out and was likely...
11:34 AM, Oct 06, 2011
