Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.
July 11, 2009 04:33 IST
Exactly three years ago,on July 11,serial bomb blasts in Mumbais suburban trains that killed 187 persons had exposed Indian Railways vulnerabilities.
Sat, Jul 11, 2009July 09, 2009 00:08 IST
Hiv-infected people availing a 50 per cent concession in second-class train fares to travel to nominated Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) centres for treatment...
Thu, Jul 09, 2009July 05, 2009 23:19 IST
It was flaunted as the most strategic railway line ever planned on the Indian Railways network. Seven years...
Sun, Jul 05, 2009
July 03, 2009 04:03 IST
In her budget speech,Mamata Banerjee today said that experts studying alignment issues on the mountainous...
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 03, 2009 02:10 IST
Barely hours after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced radical changes in the Tatkal ticket reservation scheme...
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 03, 2009 02:07 IST
It was an incumbent Railway Minister versus a former one. And the small altercations both engaged in made....
Fri, Jul 03, 2009
July 03, 2009 01:29 IST
Should Railway projects be measured only on a scale of economic viability or is there a need....
Fri, Jul 03, 2009July 01, 2009 01:22 IST
No Hikes in passenger fares,three or four important railway projects for her home state,a slew of new trains and...
Wed, Jul 01, 2009June 27, 2009 03:05 IST
Exactly a month ago,Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee chose to take charge as Union Railways Minister...
Sat, Jun 27, 2009June 26, 2009 23:49 IST
The quality of bedrolls has,for long,been a source of much discomfort and discontent for passengers traveling ...
Fri, Jun 26, 2009June 26, 2009 01:10 IST
CPM ka saath dene ki zarurat nahin hai. Desh ka saath dene ki zarurat hai (There is no need to support the CPM. The country needs to be supported.) ...
Fri, Jun 26, 2009June 23, 2009 00:48 IST
Indian Railways ambitious plan to construct the worlds highest bridge over river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir...
Tue, Jun 23, 2009June 20, 2009 03:28 IST
Determined to stick to her stance of not availing official facilities,Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is learnt to have firmly refused....
Sat, Jun 20, 2009
June 18, 2009 10:22 IST
Railway Ministry is feeling the heat,losing as much as Rs 3,000 crore of revenue annually because of the fare-cuts that happened during Lalu Prasad's regime.
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
June 12, 2009 10:38 IST
The Railway Ministry is set to cancel former minister Lalu Prasad Yadavs order permitting former Railway ministers to avail of free AC First Class....
Fri, Jun 12, 2009June 11, 2009 12:21 IST
Days after asking its officials to report to work at 9 am sharp and not leave their offices before 5.30 pm,the Home Ministry has gone a step further.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
June 10, 2009 03:32 IST
As he rose to reply to the Motion of Thanks to the Presidents Address in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
Wed, Jun 10, 2009June 05, 2009 02:57 IST
In a move that has shaken the Indian Railways bureaucracy,Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered the transfer of a Divisional Railway Manager....
Fri, Jun 05, 2009June 04, 2009 03:47 IST
Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee wants the drinking water dispensing system at Sealdah railway station to be studied...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
June 02, 2009 09:00 IST
The torching of a train in Bihar has once again shown how trains have become sitting ducks for mob fury.
Tue, Jun 02, 2009May 29, 2009 02:12 IST
The innocuous silver-coloured Maruti Zen made its way through the gates of Rail Bhavan on Thursday....
Fri, May 29, 2009May 20, 2009 09:32 IST
A UPA government at the Centre with six UPA MPs at all Jammu and Kashmirs six seats may not be enough to power the Indian Railways into the Valley.
Wed, May 20, 2009May 15, 2009 02:31 IST
A group of armed men halted the Sealdah-Gorakhpur Poorvanchal Express near Jamui on the Jhajha-Kiul section on Wednesday night....
Fri, May 15, 2009May 11, 2009 22:57 IST
Racing against the clock to meet the June 30 deadline set by the Ministry of Home Affairs for operationalising its four new regional hubs...
Mon, May 11, 2009May 08, 2009 01:09 IST
Battalions of Armed Forces may no longer be required to prevent Naxals from attacking mining sites.
Fri, May 08, 2009




