New Delhi: The Railway Budget today proposed to introduce ready-to-eat meals of reputed brands on-board trains to improve food quality and cancel vendors' contract if services were not up to the mark. Presenting the Railway

New Delhi: Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Tuesday proposed to boost domestic tourism with special pilgrim and ecotourism services and encourage private participation in the sector.Also, the minister said, the Indian Railways is planning to

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has managed to complete only one of the 99 new line projects worth Rs.60,000 crore sanctioned in the past 10 years, Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said Tuesday, accusing the

New Delhi: Sparing passengers of any further fare hike, Railway Budget for 2014-15 proposes to attract private domestic and FDI in infrastructure projects and pursuing private-public partnership to boost the finances of the cash-strapped railways.Having

Katra (J&K): Ahead of the rail budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hinted at an increased role of the private sector in development of railways.  “We want the railway stations to have better facilities than

Dehradun: Seeking liberal funding from the Centre to address the situation in calamity-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has demanded an additional assistance of Rs 4,000 crore for carrying out the third phase

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday condoled the loss of lives in the derailment of the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express in Bihar."He (Modi) prays for the speedy recovery of the injured," a statement from his

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today ruled out the involvement of Maoists in the Rajdhani Express derailment in Chapra which left four persons dead and said the incident appears to be a result

New Delhi: Amid concerns in the ruling NDA over the impact of rail fare hike on election-bound states, the railways Tuesday announced relief in monthly season tickets and second class suburban fares.According to a railway

New Delhi: The Congress party's Delhi unit Tuesday protested here against the central government's decision to hike rail fares.Led by Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, party workers halted a train for some time at

New Delhi: Seeking a “comprehensive change” in the national transporter's functioning, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda today said it “stands much behind in efficiency, punctuality, cleanliness and services”, and warned senior officials to “perform or perish”.

Bangalore: NDA government would not launch witch-hunt against its political opponents including Robert Vadra, but the law would take its own course, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said today.“I don't want to make any

Bangalore: Karnataka is all set to witness a battle of equals in the Lok Sabha polls with five former chief ministers in the fray and indications that a sixth may soon join the race.Union Minister

New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who had to quit the BJP in the wake of corruption charges and rejoined recently, is among the 52 candidates finalised by the party today for

Bangalore, Jul 9: JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda today rubbished allegations levelled by BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa and his supporters that D V Sadananda Gowda, who resigned as Karnataka chief minister to be

Bangalore, Jun 30: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda's camp today hit back saying two Ministers identified with the group would resign this afternoon expressing strong opposition to the change for leadership.Minister Anand Asnotikar said

New Delhi, Mar 22: Amid mounting pressure from B S Yeddyurapa for his reinstatement, Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda today said he has been assured by the BJP top brass that there would be

Bangalore, Dec 22: Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananada Gowda today won the byelection to the Legislative Council defeating Congress candidate Anand Gaddadevaramath by a comfortable margin of 54 votes in a straight contest after

Bangalore, Dec 20: As the standoff between Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj and the state government continues over the appointment of a new Lokayukta, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said the ruling BJP

Mangalore, Nov 19: Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said there was no question of readmitting into the BJP fold former minister B Sreeramulu, who has quit the party and decided to contest