Ministry of Railways (India)

Now, Lalu says Advani, Modi behind blasts

New Delhi, November 15 : Railways Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday set the UPA’s tone for taking on the BJP over the Sadhvi issue by charging the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani of being a “terror...

Railways see no red signal despite slowdown

The Indian Railways is confident of chugging ahead despite the global slowdown and achieve the targeted 1,100 million tonne of freight and 8.4 billion passengers by the end of the 11th Plan period. “Indian Railways requires an...

High Court nod for RCF construction

Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted permission to start construction work of a rail coach factory (RCF) in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s Rae Bareli constituency after completing formalities...

Eroding trust in institutions

It’s an understatement that a country of a billion plus citizens is a hard place to police. With a legacy of political interference, almost always to their detriment, our public institutions can do with some respite. That,...

'Withdraw Mallick Muslims from Bihar's backward caste list'

Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) An organisation of Dalit Muslims in Bihar has warned the state government to withdraw upper caste Mallick Muslims from the backward caste list, otherwise they will be 'forced to take a stand against Nitish...

Dedication ceremony

CHANDIGARH: Ministry of Railways is organizing a dedication ceremony on November 9 in connection with inscription of Kalka-Shimla Railway as a World Heritage Site. Minister of State for Railways R Velu will be present at Kalka...

'JD(U) MLAs should also resign from Assembly'

Seeking to downplay the resignations of five JD(U) MPs from the Lok Sabha, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday said that Nitish Kumar and his partymen should resign from the Assembly also. "Why only resigning from Lok...

Recruitment exam for rail postponed

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Nov. 7: An anxious railways ministry on Friday cancelled the railway recruitment examinations scheduled to be held by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) Patna, Muzaffarpur and Ranchi on November 9....

Global crisis hits Indian Railways

The global meltdown is threatening to take a toll on the Indian Railways and the early warning signals are here. For the six-month period of the current financial year ending September 30, freight traffic of the Indian Railways...

New twist in killing of Mumbai bus hostage taker

"Near one of the bullet wounds found in the head, we found marks of gunpowder which indicate he(Rahul Raj) may have been shot from a close distance but it cannot be said how close," Dr B G Chikalkar, associate professor of...

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