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Raghvendra Rao
Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.
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Railways forms RLDA to exploit surplus landSubscriber Only
November 09, 2006 00:42 IST
In a bid to commercially exploit surplus railway land and air space, Indian Railways has constituted the Rail Land Development Authority which...
Thu, Nov 09, 2006Now calling at all townsSubscriber Only
November 04, 2006 12:28 IST
With more and more flights operating to small towns and the northeast, regional connectivity finally takes off
Sat, Nov 04, 2006DGCA mulls removal of flying time limits to address pilot shortageSubscriber Only
November 04, 2006 01:07 IST
With the problem of pilot shortage in the country assuming alarming proportions, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation...
Sat, Nov 04, 2006Govt to GMR: need to up Delhi airport passenger figure to 35 m by 2010Subscriber Only
November 03, 2006 01:58 IST
The masterplan for modernising and restructuring the Delhi airport has hit a roadblock with the passenger traffic growth projections made by the GMR Fraport-led consortium falling way short of government estimates...
Fri, Nov 03, 2006To get freight corridor work going, Rlys puts SPV in placeSubscriber Only
October 31, 2006 01:12 IST
With an eye on commencing actual construction work on its ambitious Dedicated Rail Freight Corridor (DRFC) project by the end of the current fiscal, the Railway Ministry today got the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated to execute the project.
Tue, Oct 31, 2006Patel assuages AI, Indian staff fears on mergerSubscriber Only
October 30, 2006 23:42 IST
With Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel making it abundantly clear that he wants the proposed merger of national carriers Air India and Indian to go through before the end of the current fiscal
Mon, Oct 30, 2006Railways seeks Rs 75K crSubscriber Only
October 28, 2006 01:00 IST
With its plan size set to swell to Rs 3,50,000 crore against Rs 80,000 crore in the Tenth Five Year Plan, Indian Railways are now eyeing a budgetary support of Rs 75,000 crore for the Eleventh Plan starting 2007.
Sat, Oct 28, 2006Laloo calls for public-private partnership in RlysSubscriber Only
October 17, 2006 00:43 IST
“People often ask why me I could not show results in 15 years in Bihar in the manner in which I have done in two years in the Railways. I would like to say that I did not make any mistake in Bihar.”
Tue, Oct 17, 2006Closed chapter, says BanerjeeSubscriber Only
October 14, 2006 01:21 IST
On a day the Gujarat High Court declared as “illegal” the Centre-appointed committee to inquire into the February 27, 2002 fire on the 9166 Sabarmati Express near Godhra, retired Supreme Court judge Justice UC Banerjee who headed the panel set aside the matter as a “closed chapter”.
Sat, Oct 14, 2006And now, low-cost airportsSubscriber Only
October 14, 2006 00:36 IST
Air Deccan MD Captain Gopinath today floated the idea to have “low-cost airports” catering solely to low-cost airlines.
Sat, Oct 14, 2006Tech-savvy Lalu now wants his officials to chug along with laptopsSubscriber Only
October 13, 2006 00:26 IST
Having talked about the need for technological advancement in the Indian Railways for long, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav now wants 5,000-odd railway officers to carry laptops rather than work on desktop computers.
Fri, Oct 13, 2006Rlys to operate triple-stack container trainsSubscriber Only
October 10, 2006 01:24 IST
Having put on tracks the country's first double-stack container train on the Jaipur-Pipavav port route in May, Indian Railways now plan to operate triple-stack container trains on select non-electrified routes.
Tue, Oct 10, 2006Lalu says no to Manmohan’s call for a tariff, service regulatorSubscriber Only
October 08, 2006 01:57 IST
On a day when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasised the need to regulate “tariffs and service quality” in the infrastructure sector...
Sun, Oct 08, 2006Railways, civil aviation plan Rs 400,000-cr agenda for PM’s infrastructure meetSubscriber Only
October 05, 2006 00:26 IST
With the transport sector expected to be the focus area at the forthcoming Prime Minister's conference on challenges...
Thu, Oct 05, 2006Rail factory working on 81-passenger AC garib rathSubscriber Only
October 03, 2006 01:05 IST
Having increased the seating capacity of AC 3-tier coaches from 64 to 75 passengers for Railway Minister’s dream project Garib Rath, engineers at Rail Coach Factory
Tue, Oct 03, 2006Gurgaon Police closes Bahree fileSubscriber Only
October 02, 2006 23:34 IST
The case involving alleged sale of classified information by Karan Bahree, an employee of a Gurgaon-based web-designing company to a British undercover journalist hit a deadend as the Gurgaon Police has decided to discontinue investigations in the absence of a "formal complaint".
Mon, Oct 02, 2006Lalu’s Garib Rath all set to roll by Oct 4Subscriber Only
September 30, 2006 01:59 IST
The first Garib Rath will now be flagged off from Saharsa by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on October 4...
Sat, Sep 30, 2006Halwara: International airport a distant dreamSubscriber Only
September 27, 2006 01:47 IST
Despite all “in-principle” approvals, Punjab government officials were unable to acquire...
Wed, Sep 27, 2006Skybus likely to get Lalu’s green signalSubscriber Only
September 20, 2006 00:32 IST
The Skybus— Konkan Railway’s suspended rail-guided mass transit system for major metropolitan cities— is likely to get Railway Minister Lalu Prasad’s stamp of approval tomorrow.
Wed, Sep 20, 2006Now, trace your train onlineSubscriber Only
September 17, 2006 01:25 IST
Live status of trains will also be displayed on LCD monitors installed at stations
Sun, Sep 17, 2006Late trains: Rlys to conduct study on speed restrictionsSubscriber Only
September 15, 2006 02:39 IST
For a distance of 2,193 km, a passenger train from Chennai Central to New Delhi Railway Station has to negotiate with 195 permanent speed restrictions...
Fri, Sep 15, 2006Centre lines up plans to tackle pilots’ shortageSubscriber Only
September 14, 2006 01:06 IST
Faced with an acute shortage of pilots in the country, the Civil Aviation Ministry is lining up a slew of long-term measures to tackle the problem.
Thu, Sep 14, 2006In Kashmir, India’s answer to China’s Tibet railSubscriber Only
September 11, 2006 00:14 IST
China took five years and one day to complete the work on the 1,142 kilometers of railway track between Golmund...
Mon, Sep 11, 2006PM to flag off work on freight tracksSubscriber Only
August 29, 2006 01:03 IST
With the Union Cabinet clearing the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle for the project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the first phase of the ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor project on October 6 in Mumbai.
Tue, Aug 29, 2006Norms for chartered flights relaxedSubscriber Only
August 24, 2006 00:48 IST
In A move aimed at providing a major thrust to tourist charter flight operations in the country...
Thu, Aug 24, 2006Journalism of Courage
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