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

January 06, 2007 02:08 IST
With threat perceptions at airports growing manifold during the past few months, the Airports Authority of India is now envisaging to have dog squads at major airports across the country.
Sat, Jan 06, 2007
January 03, 2007 00:09 IST
Indian, Air India merger, modernisation of airports to be in focus this year
Wed, Jan 03, 2007
January 02, 2007 00:41 IST
19 super-luxury coaches tagged at Rs 13.5 crore to wind along Nangal, Chandigarh, Kalka, Barog, Ambala, Patiala, Kurukshetra, Jaipur & Agra
Tue, Jan 02, 2007
January 01, 2007 03:49 IST
With the Committee of Secretaries, appointed by the Group of Ministers, giving its nod to the setting up of a new company...
Mon, Jan 01, 2007
December 28, 2006 02:29 IST
Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav today announced that he had put his Prime Ministerial ambitions on hold for the time being
Thu, Dec 28, 2006
December 26, 2006 01:47 IST
The Indian Railways has decided to enhance the ex gratia to passengers hospitalised for more than a month due to accidents or untoward incidents on trains.
Tue, Dec 26, 2006
December 23, 2006 02:21 IST
Indian Railways is all set to make a serious bid to bring foreign tourists to Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India.
Sat, Dec 23, 2006
December 21, 2006 02:09 IST
The Great Railway Turnaround Story seems to have become a fable, and its author an international management guru.
Thu, Dec 21, 2006
December 20, 2006 01:26 IST
With the Airports Authority of India (AAI) inviting Expression of Interest (EoI) for setting up the National Institute of Aviation Technology and Management (NIATM) at Gondia, hometown to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, roadblocks to the proposed academy have been cleared.
Wed, Dec 20, 2006
December 19, 2006 02:45 IST
The Indian government is exploring possibilities to have a freight corridor connecting India with Myanmar and passing through China and going right upto Russia.
Tue, Dec 19, 2006
December 18, 2006 01:48 IST
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s hopes of securing UNESCO’s World Heritage Site status for the 96.6 kilometre long Kalka-Shimla Railway...
Mon, Dec 18, 2006
December 16, 2006 02:50 IST
A day after the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on December 13 that airlines with CAT III compliant aircraft and crew will get priority in sequencing and take-off during foggy weather conditions
Sat, Dec 16, 2006
December 12, 2006 02:08 IST
Had Eastern Railways taken the trouble of intimating the Railway Board’s Heritage Directorate before dismantling the 140-year old Ulta Pul at Bhagalpur Railway Station
Tue, Dec 12, 2006
December 06, 2006 03:41 IST
Having missed few chances to shower largesse on Bihar during his stint as Railway Minister...
Wed, Dec 06, 2006
November 29, 2006 01:29 IST
With 69 incidents of terrorist strikes reported on Indian Railways this year, 7/11 strikes on Mumbai’s suburban trains being the worst causing 187 deaths
Wed, Nov 29, 2006
November 29, 2006 01:28 IST
Journey time to be cut for 245 trains, 30 to be upgraded to Superfast category
Wed, Nov 29, 2006
November 26, 2006 01:57 IST
Mukesh Ambani's special economic zone in Gurgaon might soon have some stiff competition.
Sun, Nov 26, 2006
November 25, 2006 02:07 IST
India's Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and dogged by controversies over its tail-rotor operations
Sat, Nov 25, 2006
November 24, 2006 02:45 IST
The Indian Railways, under specific instructions from Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, is attempting to make a serious bid at earning public goodwill.
Fri, Nov 24, 2006
November 23, 2006 00:47 IST
The strength of the short-staffed Railways Protection Force will be augmented by recruiting 24,000 personnel into the force.
Thu, Nov 23, 2006
November 22, 2006 00:13 IST
As it flew the first civil aircraft to Pathankot, bringing the strategically located Punjab district on the country's civil aviation map...
Wed, Nov 22, 2006
November 15, 2006 02:19 IST
A jet Airways pilot sustained serious injuries after being run over by an Air Sahara bus at the Guwahati airport on Monday. The pilot, Captain AK Chadha, was walking on the tarmac on his way to the Air Traffic Control tower to get clearance to fly.
Wed, Nov 15, 2006
November 15, 2006 00:55 IST
While FAA will provide its expertise on maintenance, it will in turn learn how to manage public-private partnerships
Wed, Nov 15, 2006
November 14, 2006 01:27 IST
After a spate of recent aviation threats, security agencies today went through some anxious moments as a Kuwait Airways plane deviated from its flight path...
Tue, Nov 14, 2006
November 11, 2006 01:23 IST
Fourteen years after the then Railway Minister CK Jaffer Sharief first floated the idea of having a single-gauge railway network in the country
Sat, Nov 11, 2006



