New Delhi: The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that Tourism holds great potential for economic development and job creation.Indian Railways will be partnering with the
Mumbai: Disappointment over lack of any big ticket projects in the railway budget proposals for 2016-17 dented stocks of companies associated with the Indian railroads during a volatile mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday.Despite the fact
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu saying the Rail Budget 2016-17 presented by him is a big step in developing India.Congratulating Prabhu and the entire team behind the Rail
New Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that by 2020, Indian Railways look forward to meet the long-felt desires of the common man.The minister promised reserved accommodation on trains being available
New Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that the process has begun to introduce Wi-Fi services at stations especially for youth and business travellers.
New Delhi: The one question troubling most Indian minds a day ahead of the Railway Budget is whether Suresh Prabhu will opt for an increase in ticket fares or will he decide against it.While the
Patna: Stating he had 'no expectations' from Railway budget, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday opposed the Centre's decision asking state governments to invest in railway projects."I do not have any expectations from railway
New Delhi: In a bid make train travel a better experience for passengers, Indian railways is planning to introduce `smart coaches' with state-of-the-art facilities.The smart coaches will be equipped with GPS-based wake up alarm and
New Delhi: Construction of one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost Rs 100-140 crore and the country will need a total of Rs 80,000 crore to lay the entire high speed train corridor,
New Delhi: As unveiled by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Rail Budget, Indian Railways is all set to get fresh funds from the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.Quoting sources in the Railway Board,
New Delhi: AAP today said that the NDA government's Railway Budget “lacks vision” and has nothing in it for the “aam aadmi” even as it claimed that the key problems affecting the public transporter had
Patna: Unimpressed with the Railway budget presented in Parliament today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it was full of “lofty ideas but without any action plan.”“Its like there is a train coach but no
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav today praised the railway budget for its lack of populist measures like announcement of new trains and lauded Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for focusing on fulfilling projects
New Delhi: Indian Railways will borrow Rs 17,655 crore from markets through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2015-16, a nearly 47 per cent increase over the current
New Delhi: This time there may not be any increase in the passenger fares as the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu gets ready to present the Rail budget on Thursday.According to a report published in Economic
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on February 23 and the Union Budget would be presented on February 28.The first part of the session will continue till March 20. The second part
New Delhi: After conducting successful trials between the New Delhi-Agra segment, the Indian Railways is now eying to utilize the existing infrastructure to run semi-high-speed trains between nine important destinations of the country. For this,
New Delhi: After Congress members cried foul over “leakage” of Railway Budget to media, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today said the matter needs to be looked into to ascertain if norms of official secrecy
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday opposed the linking of the railway fare with fuel price saying that it will affect the common man."As regard the proposal for linking railway fare with fuel price,
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday dubbed the railway budget for 2014-15 disappointing as its proposals failed to meet the expectations of the people in the state."The first rail budget, presented by D.V. Sadananda Gowda,
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