Even though Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal did not hike passenger fares but he announced a marginal increase in freight charges, supplementary charge, superfast charge, reservation charge, cancellation charge and Tatkal charge. The hike supplementary charge, superfast charge, reservation charge, cancellation charge and Tatkal charge means that even though basic fare has not increased but passengers would be paying more for the travel. ...
02:35 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Madam Speaker, I rise to present before this august House the Revised Estimates for 2012-13 and a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure for 2013-14. I do so with mixed feelings crossing my mind. While I have a feeling of a colossus today, it is only ephemeral and is instantaneously overtaken by a sense of humility. ...
02:17 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Rail Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday presented his maiden Rail Budget. There has been no hike in passenger fares, but marginal hike in freight charges, reservation fee, cancellation fee, tatkal charges and supplementary charges. ...
01:49 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented what is the first Railway Budget by a Congress minister in 17 years on Tuesday. Claiming that the losses of the Railways were mounting, Bansal said that the gigantic network must be financially sustainable for the benefit of the passengers. ...
01:12 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is set to present his maiden Rail Budget on Tuesday. While a hike in rail fare seems to be imminent, the Rail Minister is also likely to announce many new trains and safety and modernisation measures. ...
08:32 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is set to present what will be the first Railway Budget by a Congress minister in 17 years on Tuesday. Indications are that rail fares are likely to go up in line with the fuel price hike. ...
07:53 AM, Feb 26, 2013
All eyes will be on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday on whether he yields to pressure of hiking passenger fares yet again or looks at other measures to mobilise resources to offset the burden of the recent diesel price hike. Bansal had on January 22 hiked passenger fares across-the-board after the Railways faced a loss of about Rs 25,000 crore in the passenger segment. ...
05:47 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Railways has come under fresh pressure to further hike passenger fares, at least in a small way, and revise freight rate in the wake of virtual decontrol of diesel price but whether Railway Minister PK Bansal bites the bullet in the Rail Budget remains to be seen. ...
11:07 AM, Feb 24, 2013
An important hub of the South Western Railways, the Bangalore city station was promised an uplift in February 2012. But how many of those promises have really been kept and are passengers happy with the facilities provided? CNN-IBN did a status check to find out what the junta wants from the Budget 2013. ...
10:59 AM, Feb 23, 2013
Railways are planning to introduce about 100 trains, including AC double deckers, new passenger services and extension of services to cater to the demands of various states in the Rail Budget 2013-14. ...
10:11 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The 48-hour bandh call given by 11 trade unions has affected Odisha. Train services and public transport system are the worst hit due to the strike. In Kerala, it seemed like a complete shutdown with no buses, taxis plying on roads. Mumbai remained normal and was unaffected by the bandh. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013
In a setback for former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, the Delhi High Court on Friday refused interim bail to the INLD chief in the teachers' recruitment scam. Chautala's counsel had sought intreim bail on medical grounds. ...
12:41 PM, Feb 15, 2013
However, the Red Devils haven't announced who they have tied up with. ...
07:52 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape on Sunday when a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district. There was no casualty or injury. ...
01:00 PM, Feb 03, 2013
North India woke up to a thick fog on Friday morning, disrupting road, air and rail traffic across north India. The current visibility is just above 50 meters, making it difficult for traffic on the airport runway. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Another round of fare hike in premier trains looks imminent with Railways revising food tariffs for Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains. "It will be a minor hike ranging between Rs 15 and Rs 20 for Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto passengers after the revision of catering charges of the premier trains," a top Railway official involved with the decision making process said. ...
10:11 AM, Jan 27, 2013
The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years. ...
09:10 AM, Jan 24, 2013
If you have any grievance against the food served on trains, just dial 1800111321 to lodge your complaint. The toll-free number launched by railways is operational from 7 am to 10 pm throughout the week. ...
10:02 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala and his son Ajay Singh Chautala were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in jail for their involvement in the teachers' recruitment scam. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar, who last week had convicted the Chautalas and 53 others, including two IAS officers, for corruption in a teachers' recruitment scam and other charges, handed them varying jail terms. Seventy eight-year-old Chautala and his son 51-year-old...
03:29 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his MLA son Ajay Chautala were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison in the illegal teacher recruitment scam. ...
12:51 PM, Jan 22, 2013
