New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi ended his one year long career as the Railway Minister on Sunday on a turbulent note. Once he was his leader's eyes and ears in Delhi, her bridge with the world she wanted to occupy. Now, the leader controls the aces and the follower has fallen out. "What is a chair? If Bhagat Singh could sacrifice his life for the country, what's a...
09:15 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has been isolated by his party as internal pressure grows on him to quit. Sources say Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee has spoken to Dinesh Trivedi and asked him to put in his papers. But the Railway Minister has hit back and told Kalyan Banerjee that party supremo Mamata Banerjee should give it in writing and that he'll resign only after a written order....
10:50 AM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to raise an investment of close to Rs 6 lakh crore for railway modernisation, a high- level committee on Monday suggested levying a surcharge in this regard from passengers and disinvestment of railway PSUs among other options to generate funds. The Sam Pitroda-led committee has recommended that the modernisation surcharge from passengers be based on per passenger km basis which would help Railways generating the required fund....
08:02 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Amid delays in execution of a number of key projects, the Indian Railways is exploring several options for their successful implementation even as the state-run behemoth has reached out to the Finance Ministry seeking a loan of over Rs 2,000 crore. The cash surplus of the Railways has reduced to Rs 75 lakh while its working expenses have increased from Rs 41,033 crore in 2007-08 to Rs 73,650...
09:59 AM, Oct 02, 2011
Days after the death of over 60 people in the Kalka Mail accident, the new Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi says he will set up a Railway Security and Safety Board. ...
01:33 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday asked the Railway Ministry to file a detailed affidavit within two weeks in connection with the Kalka Mail derailment that left nearly 70 dead this month in Uttar Pradesh. A Division Bench comprising Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice Jayashree Tiwari passed the order on a PIL filed by advocate Bharti Kashyap. The petitioner requested the court to give directions to the Railway authorities...
08:17 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the political blame game continues on Sunday's Kalka Mail accident, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi visited the Kanpur Civil Hospital on Tuesday. He met the injured undergoing treatment at the hospital. The Prime Minister and the UPA government have come under fire for allegedly neglecting the Railways Ministry and its being said that Rahul's visit comes as a repair job by the Congress. The Opposition criticised...
08:29 AM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the worst train accident took place in Uttar Pradesh, as the Delhi bound Kalka Mail, killing 67 people and injuring over 200, the Opposition has severely criticised the government and the Prime Minister for neglecting the Railway Ministry. However, the question remains as to who is responsible for the tragic state of the Indian Railways. Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy snubbed Prime Minister...
08:25 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who will take over the reins of power in West Bengal from outgoing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, on Friday said that her party would like to retain the Railway Ministry. "Prime Minister will take a decision. I will be meeting him and the Congress President Sonia Gandhi soon," Banerjee said in Kolkata. Banerjee, who is the Railway minister, said that she would like the...
04:31 PM, May 13, 2011
The last three months saw two of the biggest tragedies of recent times with the Gyaneshwari Express derailment and the collision at Sainthia. ...
08:41 AM, Jul 26, 2010
![Former railway minister's son arrested]( "Former railway minister's son arrested")
Sangramsinh Rathwa is the son of Naran Rathwa, former union minister of state for railways in the first UPA government. ...
06:51 PM, Jul 13, 2010
Each passenger will be charged Rs 25 additionally for the service. ...
04:26 PM, Nov 11, 2009
Left Front leaders faults Railway Police for train hijacking. ...
06:43 PM, Oct 30, 2009
Railway police have not named any Maoists in the FIR. ...
02:33 AM, Oct 30, 2009
Railway police hasn't named anyone in the FIR. ...
01:23 AM, Oct 30, 2009
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