Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.

May 01, 2008 01:07 IST
The Railway Ministry’s move to put on hold the process of setting up 100 budget hotels near railway stations, citing a conflict of interest with its plan to develop world-class...
Thu, May 01, 2008
April 30, 2008 00:18 IST
With the Indian Railways set to launch their very own VSAT hub system, surfing the internet while travelling in trains has inched closer to being a reality.
Wed, Apr 30, 2008
April 30, 2008 00:17 IST
As the country looks to increase its nuclear power production, the Prime Minister’s Office...
Wed, Apr 30, 2008
April 29, 2008 23:20 IST
Making amendments to his earlier stand which ruled out expanding the scope of the Rs 60,000-crore farm loan waiver...
Tue, Apr 29, 2008
April 26, 2008 23:47 IST
In yet another move to woo voters after its mega farm loan waiver and income-tax relaxations...
Sat, Apr 26, 2008
April 24, 2008 23:41 IST
Indian Railways have fallen prey to the spiralling steel prices with a large number of ongoing construction projects...
Thu, Apr 24, 2008
April 24, 2008 23:12 IST
Iran has invited Indian companies like RITES, IRCON and CONCOR to bid for developing a 600-km long railway link between Chabahar and Fahraj.
Thu, Apr 24, 2008
April 22, 2008 23:48 IST
Often under fire for going soft on terror, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Monday said law and order was exclusively...
Tue, Apr 22, 2008
April 15, 2008 00:41 IST
A week after he was asked by the pilot to get off a Dubai-bound Indian flight in Kozhikode for allegedly delaying the plane’s departure...
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
April 12, 2008 00:51 IST
The Moitree Express train service between India and Bangladesh, to be launched on April 14, is all set to achieve a series of unique distinctions...
Sat, Apr 12, 2008
April 11, 2008 00:01 IST
India’s hopes of developing a multi-modal transport corridor with Russia via Iran, bypassing Pakistan...
Fri, Apr 11, 2008
April 10, 2008 23:03 IST
At the heart of Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s recent remarks on upgrading strategically located helipads in Arunachal Pradesh...
Thu, Apr 10, 2008
April 10, 2008 22:53 IST
The Railways may still be struggling to begin actual construction work on ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor...
Thu, Apr 10, 2008
April 08, 2008 00:18 IST
It might have been a road less travelled, but not any longer. It’s now going to be easier to construct all-weather roads to connect remote habitations...
Tue, Apr 08, 2008
April 07, 2008 00:09 IST
An Arunachal Pradesh MP left quite a few red faces in Parliament recently when he said they could approach Beijing for a rail line...
Mon, Apr 07, 2008
March 30, 2008 00:22 IST
Government buildings in the Capital’s Central Vista area are set to a get a “cool” look.
Sun, Mar 30, 2008
March 29, 2008 23:42 IST
Almost 10 months after announcing a “rethink” on its ambitious plan to set up 100 budget hotels called “Rail Ratna” across the country...
Sat, Mar 29, 2008
March 29, 2008 00:09 IST
Eager to kickstart construction work on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor within this calendar year...
Sat, Mar 29, 2008
March 25, 2008 00:55 IST
Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s claims of generating never-before cash surpluses from Indian Railways appear...
Tue, Mar 25, 2008
March 19, 2008 22:57 IST
What's in a name? Maybe a lot, given the fact that the Parliament on Wednesday amended a Constitutional Order to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes...
Wed, Mar 19, 2008
March 18, 2008 01:12 IST
The Government got the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill 2008...
Tue, Mar 18, 2008
March 16, 2008 23:55 IST
Targeting high-end tourists by offering them an option that goes beyond the existing state-specific luxury trains like the Palace on Wheels...
Sun, Mar 16, 2008
March 12, 2008 00:15 IST
Buckling under pressure from the Left over non-inclusion of projects in West Bengal in this year’s Rail Budget...
Wed, Mar 12, 2008
March 11, 2008 00:58 IST
Expressing exasperation over the Union Government’s alleged indifference over providing railway connectivity to the country’s easternmost frontier...
Tue, Mar 11, 2008
March 09, 2008 03:03 IST
As President, A P J Abdul Kalam always had a packed itinerary. As a former President, he still has.
Sun, Mar 09, 2008


