New Delhi: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has shrugged off the criticism of his rail budget for not announcing new trains by saying that his main objective was to focus on policy and not project announcements.In
New Delhi: Congress today came down heavily on the Rail budget and alleged that the Railway Minister has not only “derailed” it but has “pulled a fast one” on the people by failing to lower
New Delhi: To drive Indian Railways out of its “troubles”, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today prescribed market borrowings, public-private partnerships and monetising assets to garner Rs 8.5 lakh crore worth resources over the next five
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
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today described the Railway Budget, as “extremely practical”, while the opposition Congress-NCP slammed Union Railway Minister for “failing the common man”, especially in Maharashtra and Mumbai.Fadnavis thanked Prime Minister
New Delhi: The Railways plan to eliminate a total of 3,438 level crossings at a cost of Rs 6,581 crore.“This is more than 2600 per cent higher than the sanctioned number of Road Over Bridges
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed mixed reaction to the rail budget as he hailed some decisions and expressed disappointment on others.“Due allocations have been made for our ongoing major projects like Khurda-Bolangir,
New Delhi: For the convenience of passengers, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today announced introduction of SMS alert service informing travellers in advance about arrival and departure timings of the trains.“We propose to introduce an SMS
Since morning, the entire mainstream media and social platforms are buzzing with the details of the Rail budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.The announcement of record investment plan of over Rs. 1 lakh crore
New Delhi: Terming the Railway budget as “realistic and pragmatic”, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected opposition criticism that it lacked substance and said NDA government has taken on its shoulders all the responsibility
New Delhi: Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with personal references and quotes, turned out to be a smooth affair even as possibly for the first time, no new trains were announced today.In a
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: Opposition today attacked the first full-fledged Railway budget of the BJP-led NDA government saying it lacked vision and road map to execute the “nice ideas it is full of”.Leader of Congress in Lok
New Delhi: No new trains were announced in the Railway Budget today by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu who assured Parliament that these would be announced in the ongoing session itself, pending completion of track renewal
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today presented NDA government's firs fully-fledged Rail Budget 2015-16. Keeping passenger fares unchanged, Prabhu promised to balance passenger needs and long-term interests of the organisation to benchmark it
New Delhi: The speed of trains connecting major metro cities would be increased up to 200 kilometres per hour (kmph) on nine select railway corridors in a bid to reduce travel time, Railway Minister Suresh
New Delhi: Keeping passenger fares unchanged, Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget for Indian Railways Thursday, promising to balance passenger needs and long-term interests of the organisation to benchmark it globally on quality, safety
Mumbai: Investor sentiment was subdued in Thursday's post-afternoon trade session, even as Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget to the Lok Sabha.The benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex)
New Delhi: Addressing the pressing issue of finances for the Indian Railways, Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday proposed an operating ratio below 90 percent to increase revenues for the system.The railways' operating ratio, that has been
Mumbai: As Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu started presenting his maiden budget to the Lok Sabha, stocks of companies associated with the public transporter experienced marked volatility in Thursday's afternoon trade session.Stocks of companies like Texmaco
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