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
Rains and thundershowers lashed large parts of North India on Saturday leaving two persons dead in Uttar Pradesh while the hill states experienced fresh snowfall keeping the mercury down in the region. ...
08:00 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
Light rain accompanied by wind greeted on Delhiites on Friday morning and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more rain. Temperatures are likely to fall over the next two days. The minimum temperature recorded in the national capital was at 13.9 degrees Celsius. ...
09:57 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
Government has revised the Food bill and now proposes to give legal right to over 5 kg of foodgrains at Rs 1-3 per kg per month to about 70 per cent of the population as suggested by the Parliamentary panel, Food Minister KV Thomas said on Tuesday. A revised bill has been sent to the Law Ministry for vetting, after which it will be moved to the Cabinet, he said....
09:38 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Bahrain is preparing to host the region's biggest sporting event, the 2013 F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, slated for April 19-21 at the Sakhir circuit. ...
02:19 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Seventeen people have died in Andhra Pradesh in the past two days due to heavy rainfall. The unseasonal rains have also wreaked havoc across most of the agricultural belt with Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh being the worst hit. ...
09:06 AM, Feb 18, 2013
No signs of respite from cold in North India could be seen, with fresh bout of snowfall in higher parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh recorded on Sunday. Tourist spot Nainital also witnessed heavy snowfall Sunday night. ...
08:35 AM, Feb 18, 2013
As many as 17 people have lost their lives in the last two days in rain-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh, with heavy downpour causing extensive damage to crops, officials said on Sunday. Most of the deaths were after being struck by thunderbolts and due to electrocution, they said, adding that crops in 1,47,986 hectares have been damaged due to the heavy rains. ...
11:49 PM, Feb 17, 2013
International music composer and performer Edward Maya says that he follows Bollywood and likes superstar Shah Rukh Khan the most. "I do follow Bollywood. I like Shah Rukh Khan the most," he told IANS. The composer says he would love to give his music to Bollywood and even sing in a film. ...
07:24 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Three people died in Andhra Pradesh after heavy rains lashed several parts of the state. The heavy downpour has damaged more than 20,000 hectares of standing crops in several districts. ...
03:25 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Heavy rains that lashed Allahabad on Saturday created a crisis at the Maha Kumbh Mela premises, sending pilgrims, seers and journalists scurrying for cover as tents collapsed under the deluge. With heavy rains since Friday night, the entire mela area was turned into a mess and water collected at several places, destroying tentage everywhere. ...
10:45 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Rains on Saturday lashed Delhi bringing down the day temperature by eight notches with winds further increasing the chill factor. The national capital witnessed a total of 18.6 mm of rains between 8.30 am on Friday and 5.30 pm on Saturday, MeT department said. ...
11:49 PM, Feb 16, 2013
