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

March 29, 2007 01:32 IST
Air Connectivity to Himachal Pradesh is set for a quantum leap. Commissioning a new terminal building and runway at Kangra, built at a cost of Rs 20 crore, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) today unveiled plans of extending runway facilities at Kullu.
Thu, Mar 29, 2007
March 27, 2007 01:11 IST
Beginning its journey from the Old Delhi Railway Station at 10.50 pm on February 18...
Tue, Mar 27, 2007
March 24, 2007 13:25 IST
Three years ago, the RPF, primarily in charge of protecting railway property, was given an added profile—passenger security.
Sat, Mar 24, 2007
March 24, 2007 00:36 IST
Two airlines, Air Deccan and Paramount Airways, have decided to withdraw the Rs 150 per passenger congestion surcharge following
Sat, Mar 24, 2007
March 22, 2007 00:51 IST
With the International Union of Railways (UIC) considering to develop a multi-modal corridor between Russia and India via Iran under the Trans Asian Railway (TAR) project
Thu, Mar 22, 2007
February 27, 2007 00:36 IST
Although he chose to call them “high speed passenger corridors”, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, presenting his fourth consecutive Railway Budget today
Tue, Feb 27, 2007
February 26, 2007 00:53 IST
Even as he is expected to announce a few hundred kilometers of new lines and gauge conversions in this year’s Rail Budget on Monday...
Mon, Feb 26, 2007
February 24, 2007 10:25 IST
THREE years ago, the RPF, primarily in charge of protecting railway property, was given an added profile—passenger security.
Sat, Feb 24, 2007
February 22, 2007 23:31 IST
Following his twin triumph on Chhapra and Madhepura Lok Sabha seats in the last general election, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav decided to retain the former.
Thu, Feb 22, 2007
February 21, 2007 01:19 IST
Lost in the tragedy of the Samjhauta Express attack is one familiar story: five years ago, if coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express turned into a veritable death-trap in Godhra once the fire began
Wed, Feb 21, 2007
February 21, 2007 01:06 IST
Proposals worth Rs 17.71 crore put forward by the Railway Protection Force to procure Explosive Vapour Trace detectors
Wed, Feb 21, 2007
February 21, 2007 01:04 IST
Long after the last television van had left the scene and the last journalist had found his quote...
Wed, Feb 21, 2007
February 20, 2007 02:08 IST
As he downed the Gate Number 47 level crossing at around 11.45 pm on Sunday night, a kilometre before the little-known Diwana railway station...
Tue, Feb 20, 2007
February 17, 2007 01:38 IST
Exploring whether the link between performance and pay is one of the key drivers to achieve efficiency and accountability of government employees
Sat, Feb 17, 2007
February 16, 2007 01:16 IST
Indian Railways plans to spend a whopping Rs 59,120 crores on procuring rolling stock (coaches, wagons, locomotives) in the Eleventh Five Year Plan period between 2007-2012.
Fri, Feb 16, 2007
February 13, 2007 00:42 IST
When UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi lays the foundation stone of a brand new rail coach factory at Rae Bareli on Tuesday...
Tue, Feb 13, 2007
February 09, 2007 01:19 IST
The Railway Ministry is all set to hand over surplus lands at 25 locations around the country to the newly-constituted Rail Land Development...
Fri, Feb 09, 2007
February 03, 2007 01:22 IST
With the masterplans of both Delhi and Mumbai airports still to be frozen, private players executing the modernisation...
Sat, Feb 03, 2007
January 31, 2007 01:32 IST
Aiming to bring in world class technologies for setting up of locomotive, coach and wheel factories
Wed, Jan 31, 2007
January 23, 2007 01:27 IST
Sensing a great business opportunity in synergising their resources, the ministries of Railways and Tourism have decided to join forces to jointly market major tourist destinations in the country through appropriate packages.
Tue, Jan 23, 2007
January 17, 2007 01:55 IST
Struggling to achieve Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s declared target of accumulating a fund-balance of Rs 20,000 crore by the end of the fiscal
Wed, Jan 17, 2007
January 12, 2007 00:42 IST
ULFA’s latest offensive, killing more than 70 people, has the Railways worried.
Fri, Jan 12, 2007
January 09, 2007 01:09 IST
After being dogged by safety concerns since its trial run in 2004, Konkan Railway’s high-speed rail-based mass transit metro SkyBus finally appears to be getting on track.
Tue, Jan 09, 2007
January 06, 2007 02:40 IST
If 2006 was the year Indian Railways went to town about its ‘financial turnaround’, the year 2007 is likely to be devoted to project the ‘human-side’ of this monolith
Sat, Jan 06, 2007
January 06, 2007 02:22 IST
The Indian Railways’ effort to run trains to the Kashmir valley this year has had an impact across the Line of Control, with Pakistan Railway starting feasibility studies to lay tracks from Rawalpindi to Muzaffarabad, the Capital of Occupied Kashmir
Sat, Jan 06, 2007

