Railways Enhances Its Safety Measures
Feb 26, 2015, at 10:43 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has announced that Railways proposes to install Train Protection Warning System and Train Collision Avoidance System on select routes at the earliest.
This is a brake fail Railway Budget: TMC
Feb 26, 2015, at 10:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) The opposition Trinamool Congress, whose top leaders in the past held Railway portfolios, on Thursday called the Railway Budget 2015-16 presented by Suresh Prabhu a brake fail budget witha casual approach.
Railway budget size increases by 52 per cent
Feb 26, 2015, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb26 (IBNS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced the size of the Plan Budget has gone up by 52 per cent from Rs. 65,798 crore in 2014- 15 to Rs. 1,00,011 crore in 2015-16.
Mobile charging facilities in general class
Feb 26, 2015, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that Indian Railways’ Delhi Division is taking up a project for introducing on-board entertainment on select Shatabdi trains on license fee basis.
Railway budget beginning of paradigm shift : PM
Feb 26, 2015, at 09:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appreciated Railway Budget 2015, presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and described it as 'forward looking and futuristic.'
No hike in rail passenger fares, women safety emphasised
Feb 26, 2015, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said there will be no increase in passenger fares as he presented the 2015-16 Railway Budget on Thursday promising to transform it in next five years and make it self-sustainable, modern, clean and safe for women.
No hike in rail passenger fares: Suresh Prabhu
Feb 26, 2015, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said there will be no increase in passenger fares as he progressed with his speech presenting the 2015-16 Railway Budget on Thursday promising to transform it in next five years and make it self-sustainable.
Suresh Prabhu presents Railway Budget
Feb 26, 2015, at 05:57 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Amid great expectations, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu began his speech to present the 2015-16 Railway Budget on Thursday promising to transform it in next five years and make it self-sustainable.
Parliament adjourned over Venkaiah remark on Rahul
Feb 26, 2015, at 05:21 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): The Lok Sabha was adjourned for a while ahead of the Railway Budget on Thursday after it witnessed a ruckus over the reported remark of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Rahul Gandhi going on leave for introspection.
Everything cannot be done in first year: Suresh Prabhu
Feb 26, 2015, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Amid great expectations, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who will present the Rail Budget for 2015-16 on Thursday, said everything cannot be done in the very first year of his budget presentation.
Suresh Prabhu to present Railway Budget today
Feb 26, 2015, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) Amid great expectations, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will present the Rail Budget on Thursday.
TMC suspends MLA Swapan Kanti Ghosh
Feb 26, 2015, at 05:38 am
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS): In a significant development, the Trinamool Congress suspended Suri MLA Swapan Kanti Ghosh on Wednesday.
MPPEB scam: Digvijaya targets MP CM
Feb 26, 2015, at 05:35 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Hours after Governor Ram Naresh Yadav stepped down from his post, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday attacked the Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam.
Rahul must be given full responsibility: Nath
Feb 26, 2015, at 04:40 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Wednesday said time has come for Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi should be given full responsibility of the party.
COAS presents 'Standards' to 44 Armoured Regiment
Feb 26, 2015, at 03:30 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): General Dalbir Singh, Chief of the Army Staff, on behalf of President of India Paranb Mukherjee, presented the President's Standards' to 44 Armoured Regiment at Suratgarh Military Station on Wednesday.
Debt waiver: CM Mamata writes to PM
Feb 26, 2015, at 03:13 am
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urge a debt waiver for her state.
Govt to run two special trains for Holi to Puri
Feb 26, 2015, at 02:48 am
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS): South Eastern Railway will run 15 pairs of Special Trains between Santragachi-Puri-Santragachi on different nominated days during the period from March 4 to June 27.
Huge cache of arms recovered in Guwahati, 2 held
Feb 26, 2015, at 02:44 am
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IBNS) : Assam police on Wednesday recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, explosives and arrested two persons in two separate incidents in Guwahati, officials said.
Saudi Arabia road mishap: 5 Indians killed
Feb 26, 2015, at 02:33 am
Riyadh, Feb 25 (IBNS): At least five Indians were killed in a road mishap in Saudi Arabia's Huraymila town, media reports said.
Four hardcore militants apprehended in Assam
Feb 26, 2015, at 01:28 am
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IBNS) : The Security forces apprehended four hardcore militants including two of NDFB(S) in Assam on Wednesday, officials said.
Vyapan scam: MP Governor quits from post
Feb 26, 2015, at 01:24 am
Bhopal, Feb 25 (IBNS): A day after a special task force registered an FIR against Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav in connection with the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam, he stepped down from his post on Wednesday.
Few top political leaders of Assam in touch with BJP
Feb 26, 2015, at 12:23 am
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IBNS): Few top political leaders of Assam including three of Congress are in touch with BJP and are likely to be join the saffron party.
Keriwal slashes power tariff by 50 pc, offers free water
Feb 25, 2015, at 10:45 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) In keeping with the Aam Aadmi Party's pre-poll promises, the Arvind Kerjwal government on Wednesday slashed power tariff by 50 per cent for consumption up to 400 units per month and introduced a free water scheme for residents of Delhi.
456 VCRs set up in country : Minister
Feb 25, 2015, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has so far set up 456 Village Resource Centres (VRCs) to demonstrate the potential of satellite technology for development of rural areas
R K Pachauri admitted to hospital
Feb 25, 2015, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Environmentalist RK Pachauri, accused of sexual assault, was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after he claimed that he was unwell.
Rahul needed time off to introspect : Ambika Soni
Feb 25, 2015, at 09:04 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni on Wednesday said party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi took leave as he wanted some time to "introspect" and "contemplate".
Congress protests land acquisition ordinance at Jantar Mantar
Feb 25, 2015, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): While Vice-president Rahul Gandhi is missing after he went on leave to an undisclosed destination for introspection on poll defeats, his party Congress joined the bandwagon of protest against the Modi government in the land acquisition bill amendment ordinance calling it anti-farmer.
TADA Court sentences gangster Abu Salem for life
Feb 25, 2015, at 06:20 pm
Mumbai, Feb 25 (IBNS): A Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, which earlier convicted extradited gangster Abu Salem in connection with the 1995 murder case of Mumbai-based builder Pradeep Jain, on Wednesday sentenced him to life.
Arunachal Pradesh: Persisting Irritants
Feb 25, 2015, at 06:04 pm
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management Two civilian porters were killed and nine Assam Rifles troopers were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Monmao village, near the India-Myanmar border, in the Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh, on February 6, 2015. One of the injured AR trooper succumbed to his injuries a day later. An unnamed source from the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) claimed that the attack was a joint operation by the NSCN-K and the Independent faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I), against the Indian Army. This is the only case of terrorism related killing in the State in 2015, thus far.
Feb 25, 2015, at 05:59 pm
Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management On February 18, 2015, at least four Shias were killed and another six were injured in a suicide attack during evening prayers at a mosque inside Qasr-e-SakinaImambargah (Shia place of worship) located on Kurri Road in the New Shakrial area of Rawalpindi District in Punjab. Police sources stated that the suicide bomber opened fire before trying to enter the mosque. When challenged by guards deployed at the Imambargah, the attacker attempted to detonate his explosive vest, but failed to do so. The explosive vest was diffused later. Fahad Marwat, a 'spokesman' of Jundullah, a splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claiming responsibility for the attack, declared that the blast was in a reaction to the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb [Sword of the Prophet] in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).