Working on strategy to treat 'beemar' Railways: Suresh PrabhuHe said he was working on both short-term and long-term measures and following a regime of do's and don'ts as the Railways is passing throu...
14 Mar, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
Rail budget has everything for common man: Suresh PrabhuThe initiatives intended to benefit the common man include e-ticketing, catering on demand, bio-toilets, food for infants, better stations ...
09 Mar, 2016, 04.39 PM IST
Rail Budget debate in Rajya Sabha: Members want safety, amenitiesPressing for professional and profitable functioning of the Indian Railways, K N Balagopal CPI(M) said the Accounting System must be revamp...
16 Mar, 2015, 10.55 PM IST
Members in Rajya Sabha want government to address corruption in RailwaysMembers in Rajya Sabha urged the government to address various issues plaguing railways including corruption, accidents and women safety.
13 Mar, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
NDA's ally RPI(A) demands cut in recently increased rail faresThe NDA government hiked the freight charges by 6.5 per cent and passenger fares by 14.5 per cent before the presentation of Railway budget...
22 Jul, 2014, 08.42 PM IST
Rail Budget debate fails to take off as 'tired' Rajya Sabha members refuse to take partAfter this Kurien announced a number of names including Avtar Singh Karimpuri (SAD) and Derek O Brien (TMC) but all refused.
15 Jul, 2014, 08.51 PM IST
Angry TMC over Rail budget disrupts Question Hour in ParliamentSpeaker Sumitra Mahajan objected to display of placards inside the House and warned the protesting members not to force her to be tough.
09 Jul, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
Parliament passes Interim Rly Budget without discussion amid dinParliament passed the Interim Railway Budget for 2014-15 with Rajya Sabha returning it without discussion amid din over Telangana issue.
18 Feb, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
Interim Railway Budget passed in LS without discussion amid dinSoon after Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Interim Union Budget, the Interim Railway Budget came up for discussion and passage.
17 Feb, 2014, 03.40 PM IST
- Opposition not party to Finance Bill, Rail Budget passage sans debate
The Opposition protest came after Speaker Meira Kumar announced that the money bills would be passed without discussion.
30 Apr, 2013, 02.59 PM IST
Rail Budget 2013: BJP demands roll back of rail passenger fare hikeOpposition today demanded 21 per cent roll back of the passenger fare hike announced ahead of the rail budget.
07 Mar, 2013, 07.14 PM IST
- Dinesh Trivedi, Derek O'Brien cross swords over rail fare hike
Trinamool Congress member Derek O'Brien dubbed as absurd former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi's argument that fares were being raised to ...
23 Mar, 2012, 09.06 AM IST
- Trinamool for rollback in rail passenger fare hike
Apparently taking a dig at Trivedi, who belongs to his party, Banerjee said some people think that by raising taxes one becomes intellectua...
21 Mar, 2012, 05.29 PM IST
- SP, BSP, JD(U) too ask for rail fare hike rollback
A day after Mamata favoured the withdrawal of rail fare hikes as such a move would "hit the poor," the SP, BSP and JD(U) too demanded a rol...
21 Mar, 2012, 03.30 AM IST
Rail Budget 2012: 'Dinesh Trivedi should have hiked only AC fares'West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is learnt to have said that she might have been agreeable to the rail budget had only AC class fares been hi...
16 Mar, 2012, 08.35 AM IST
- Government may move amendment to keep Lokayuktas out of legislation's ambit
The Opposition on Wednesday scored a victory in the Rajya Sabha when it got the government to commit itself to the passage of the Lokpal an...
15 Mar, 2012, 04.17 AM IST
Rail Budget 2012-13 : Montek Singh Ahluwalia hails Railways move to create tariff bodyMontek Singh Ahluwalia welcomed the initiative to set up a Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority for rationalising fare and freight rates, in Ra...
14 Mar, 2012, 06.14 PM IST