New Delhi: Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who had to face the axe after facing opposition from his own party after hiking passenger fare in the Rail Budget, on Monday reiterated that he would go with the same budget if he were to present it again. In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN, talking about Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had instructed her to resign, Trivedi said, "Mamata is a...
07:01 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: With her confidant Mukul Roy set to take charge as Railway Minister on Tuesday, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday indicated there could be some rollback in passenger fare hike. She said hike in upper class train fares was "tolerable" but stuck to her demand for a rollback of fare hike in sleeper class in which common people travel. "If our nominee will become Railway Minister then...
05:55 PM, Mar 19, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her party does not favour hike in railway fares. ...
04:00 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA was cornered on Monday in Parliament as the Opposition targeted the government over the Rail Budget fiasco and Dinesh Trivedi's resignation as the Railway Minister. The Left Front raised questions saying that a minister resigning while Parliament was in session was not right. CPI(M) leader Basudev Acharya demanded that the government as well as Trivedi reply on his resignation. CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta also demanded the...
11:34 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress on Monday ruled out any action against Dinesh Trivedi, who resigned as Railway Minister, saying that he has been asked to attend the parliamentary party meeting which party chief Mamata Banerjee is expected to attend. "No. He has been asked to attend the Parliamentary Party meeting," Trinamool leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay told reporters here. He was asked whether Trinamool will take any action against Trivedi. He...
11:27 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Dinesh Trivedi, who resigned as the Railway Minister on Sunday, has said that he will attend the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary party meeting on Monday. "I have been invited by Mamata Banerjee for the meeting, so I will attend it," Trivedi said. He, however, added that he will not meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who...
09:29 AM, Mar 19, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her visit to Delhi was usual and that she would meet her MPs here. ...
08:20 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA is likely to face a stormy day on Monday as Parliament convenes for the first time after the Union Budget. The Government seems to have it hands full and will have to counter the Opposition on last week's political developments. The government is likely to announce Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's resignation in Parliament. The Opposition expected to create a din over Trivedi's exit from the Cabinet....
08:11 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Dinesh Trivedi finally quit as Railway Minister on Sunday after speaking to Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mukul Roy is likely to take over as the Railway Minister, but Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to reply to the debate on the Railway Budget in Parliament. "I spoke to Mamata to get her confirmation and she said that I should step down, it...
07:28 AM, Mar 19, 2012
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: Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi resigned on Sunday evening after speaking to Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trivedi said at a press briefing, "I spoke to Mamata Banerjee a little while back just to get her confirmation. She did tell that it was the party's decision that I must step down." "Since the Trinamool Congress was instrumental in making me the Railway Minister......
07:40 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is reportedly set to arrive in Delhi on Sunday night. Sources say that the Trinamool Congress chief has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to press for Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi's removal. Mamata will also meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Sources add that she has asked all her party MPs to be available in Delhi for the meet. Dinesh Trivedi...
05:59 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Supporting the fare hike, five Railway employee unions on Saturday threatened to launch an agitation against any possible rollback. In a letter to Prime Minister, they have sought his intervention to ensure that the fare proposal in the railway budget is not withdrawn. "We request you to kindly intervene and take steps that the fares hike proposal is not rolled back without providing matching support to the Indian...
04:44 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Vadodara: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is in the line of fire of Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Banerjee, has found support from organizations in his home district of Kutch in Gujarat. Trivedi, who is settled in West Bengal, hails from Bidada village of Mandvi taluka in Kutch district. Enraged over "humiliating" treatment being meted out to the Railway Minister by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, the local organisations in Kutch district...
12:59 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Rail Budget fiasco has not just put the UPA in unprecedented embarrassment, it has also exposed the mess within the Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee is now facing defiance within the party that she has never encountered before. Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday made it clear to the party high command that she will have to give him an order in writing if she wanted him to...
09:59 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman said the party had not treated Dinesh Trivedi right and was behaving undemocratically. ...
05:02 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said he will not resign till there is a clear instruction on paper. ...
03:50 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Kolkata: Firm on the removal of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted that it was time for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to act on her plea to replace Trivedi with another party nominee Mukul Roy. "I have already said whatever I have had to say. Now the government has to decide. Mukul Roy will be our candidate for the Railway minister," Mamata said during...
03:02 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: The exit of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi looks imminent with internal pressure mounting on him to quit. Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee spoke to Dinesh Trivedi and asked him to put in his papers. "I had suggested an honourable exit for Trivedi. He knows the party doesn't want him," Kalyan Banerjee said. But the Railway Minister has hit back and told Kalyan Banerjee that party supremo Mamata Banerjee...
02:46 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Trinamool leader Kalyan Banerjee called up Dinesh Trivedi asking him to submit his resignation. ...
01:53 PM, Mar 17, 2012
