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- Railways to run 26 new trains
New Delhi, Nov 11: Indian Railways today announced the starting of 26 new trains, extension of eight trains and increase in frequency of five trains.
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi s....
- 5 to 6 years needed to complete world-class station project: Minister
New Delhi, March 3: Days after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee apologised in parliament for the delay in developing 60 stations into world-class ones as proposed in her previous rail budgets, ....
- Northeast ignored in rail budget: Tripura minister
Agartala, Feb 27: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee ignored the northeast in the rail Budget and focussed only on her home state West Bengal, a minister in Tripura's Left Front government sa....
- Mamata relaxing after presenting a spirited rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 26: A day after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the rail budget in parliament today, the spirited lady relaxed at home and relished the weekend. The 90-minute animated....
- Rail Budget pro-people, projects for all parts of India: Mamata
New Delhi, Feb 26: Defending herself against charges of presenting a "populist and Bengal-centric" budget, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the new projects and trains an....
- Mamata apologises for not achieving world-class station target
Kolkata, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today apologised for the delay in developing 60 railway stations into world-class stations as proposed in her last rail budgets.
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- Mamata's rail budget 2011-12 a joke on people: BJP
New Delhi, Feb 25: Branding Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee a "dream peddler", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said she was "playing a joke" on the people by announcing ....
- Rail budget 2011-12 not biased towards West Bengal: Mamata
New Delhi, Feb 25: Rubbishing charges that the railway budget was biased towards West Bengal, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she had taken care of the entire country and the critic....
- Didi ignored our safety on trains, say women
Lucknow, Feb 25: While Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that the rail budget 2011 was for common people, women folk here expressed their dissatisfaction with it, saying she did not anno....
- Some hail rail budget 2011-12, others call it populist
New Delhi, Feb 25; The railway budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today got a mixed reaction from industry groups and analysts with some giving it a thumbs up and others c....
- Rail budget 2011-12 deceitful, says CPI-M
New Delhi, Feb 25: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today crictised Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for what it termed her "deceitful budget", and said it has been prepared....
- No fare or freight hikes, 68 new trains in populist rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 25: Sparing the passenger and industry from fare and freight hikes yet again, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented the rail budget for 2011-12 with the highest invest....
- Funds remain main worry for expanding India's rail network
New Delhi, Feb 25: Despite a record investment of Rs.57,630 crore ($12.7 billion), proposed by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in her latest rail budget, funding projects for the world's s....
- West Bengal welcomes Mamata's rail budget 2011-12
Kolkata, Feb 25: The people of West Bengal today welcomed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget but wondered if the projects would actually take off.
"We are happy with th....
- Rail budget 2011-12 disappointing: Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the rail budget for 2011-2012 was disappointing for his state.
"It was grossly inadequate considering the requ....
- Highlights of railway budget 2011-12
New Delhi, Feb 25: Highlights of the railway budget for 2011-12 presented in the Lok Sabha today by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee:
No increase in fares.
Earnings for 2010....
- It's common man's budget, says PM
New Delhi, Feb 25: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today praised the rail budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee as a "common man's budget".
"It is a commo....
- Mamata's rail budget promises growth with human face
New Delhi, Feb 25: With highest ever allocation of Rs.57,630 crore ($13 billion), Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented the rail budget for 2011-12, promising to move fast to build a....
- Mamata's last three budgets promised 179 new trains
New Delhi, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee kept up with her penchant for introducing new trains, promising as many as 68 new passenger services in her latest rail budget for the 2011-1....
- Rail budget 2011-12 disappointing: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Feb 25: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expressed disappointment over the railway budget for 2011-12, saying it had hardly given anything new to the state.
"The rai....
- West Bengal's Left slams rail budget 2011-12, opposition praises it
Kolkata, Feb 25: With Mamata Banerjee, chief of West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress, today presenting the last railway budget ahead of the state assembly polls -- now just mont....
- Rail budget 2011-12 ignored Himachal Pradesh: CM
Shimla, Feb 25: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said the railway budget was disappointing as the interests of the people of Himachal Pradesh were ignored.
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- Mamata Banerjee starts presenting her fifth rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee began presenting the rail budget for 2011-12 in the Lok Sabha today with the promise of not only moving ahead faster to build a strong railro....
- Didi-Lalu fight in Lok Sabha during Rail Budget presentation
New Delhi, Feb 25: It was waiting to happen - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and her predecessor Lalu Prasad spewing anger at each other during the presentation of the railway budget today.
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- Maharashtra's railway infrastructure development ignored: parties
Mumbai, Feb 25: Expressing concern over Maharashtra being ignored in the railway budget in terms of rail infrastructure development, various political parties today termed it a West Bengal-cent....
- Rail budget 2011-12 largesse to Kerala leaves LDF unimpressed
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25: Poll-bound Kerala got a dozen new trains besides the long-demanded Sabari line in the railway budget today, but the ruling Left Front appeared dissatisfied.
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- Mamata's rail budget 2011-12 measures to boost West Bengal economy
Kolkata, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the largest opposition in West Bengal, today proposed in her railway budget a slew of new initiatives to boost the....
- Delhiites welcome rail budget 2011-12, Mumbaikars unsatisfied
New Delhi, Feb 25: The railway budget 2011-12 got mixed reactions from the two major metros, New Delhi and Mumbai, while Kolkata welcomed it. Delhiites more or less hailed the budget and said m....
- 2011-12 to be 'Year of Clean Energy' for railways
New Delhi, Feb 25: Indian Railways will observe 2011-12 as the "Year of Clean Energy," Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee told the Lok Sabha while presenting the railway budget today.
- Rail budget 2011-12 aims to serve local political ends: Jayalalithaa
Chennai, Feb 25: AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa today said that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has "hijacked national resources" through her railway budget to serve local po....
- Congress welcomes railway budget in Jharkhand, BJP unhappy
Ranchi, Feb 25: The opposition Congress today expressed happiness over the Railway Budget fulfilling a long-standing demand of Jharkhand for a new train from Ranchi to Pune, but the ruling BJP ....
- Railway budget highlights
New Delhi, Feb 25: More highlights from Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget presented in the Lok Sabha today:
Upgraded class of air conditioned travel to be introduced short....
- Railway budget highlights
New Delhi, Feb 25: More highlights from Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget presented in the Lok Sabha today.
Earnings for 2010-11 set to exceed Rs.1 lakh crore.
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- Mixed response to rail budget 2011-12 from Mumbaikars
Mumbai, Feb 25: Mumbaikars today gave a mixed response to the Railway Budget that has proposed more trains and longer coaches for suburban passengers of the city. While some appreciated the mea....
- Hindi and Urdu too... Mamata is picture of confidence
New Delhi, Feb 25: Budget presentations can be dry affairs with ministers poring into papers in front of them and rarely looking up as they reel out figures. Not so with Mamata Banerjee, who de....
- Rail budget: Tamil Nadu gets new trains, integrated suburban network
Chennai, Feb 25: Introduction of new trains, beefing up of the suburban train services and setting up of integrated suburban train network are among the major announcements relating to Tamil Na....
- Railway budget highlights
New Delhi, Feb 25: Highlights of the railway budget presented in the Lok Sabha today by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee:
Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion.
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- Railway budget highlights
New Delhi, Feb 25: More highlights from Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget presented in the Lok Sabha today:
Safety first priority; accident rate has come down.
- Mamata created history by making railways bankrupt: CPI-M
New Delhi, Feb 24: A day before the presentation of the railway budget in parliament, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today said Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has created histor....
- After railway bounty, Bengal raises some questions
Kolkata: The bounty for West Bengal in Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget has been widely hailed by people in her home state. But today, some took a hard look at the viability of the....
- Railway ministers should represent country, not state: Badal
Chandigarh: Lashing out at successive railway ministers for favouring their home states in allocation of railway projects and trains, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said....
- Rail budget has little for northeast, say parties
Agartala: Reactions to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget appeared to be sharply divided in India's northeast today, with several political parties saying it would not improve co....
- There is nothing new in Mamata's budget, says Lalu
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad on Wednesday slammed the railway budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying "it had nothing new". "The rai....
- Mamata Banerjee's 4th Railway Budget reaches the conclusion
New Delhi: The Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is on course to present the Railway Budget for the 2010-11 fiscal. The budget promises a new business model that will encourage private inv....
- Book your rail tickets at IITs, IIMs, courts, courtesy Mamata
New Delhi: People will soon be able to book their railway tickets at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), high courts and hospital campuses, Railway Mi....
- Dhumal says Mamata ignoring China threat
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today found fault with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for not approving railway lines to match China's in the border region.
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- Railway budget evokes mixed response in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh: The 2010-11 railway budget, presented by Union Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee in the Lok Sabha today, evoked a mixed response in Punjab and Haryana.
Punjab Chief Minister....
- Railways to set up six drinking water bottling plants
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced setting up of six new bottling plants through public private partnership (PPP).
The bottling plants will come up at Ambala ....
- Sops for Andhra, especially Telangana, in rail budget
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh today welcomed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget that offered many sops to the state and gave special attention to the Telanga....
- Railway budget is curate's egg, says Jayalalithaa
Chennai: AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa today termed Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget as the proverbial curate's egg - good in parts and bad in parts - but also complimented the ....
- Railways to set up 522 hospitals, diagnostic centres
New Delhi: To bring health benefits to tens of thousands of people, the railways ministry has joined hands with the health ministry to set up 522 hospitals and diagnostic centres at railway sta....
- BJP takes on Mamata for focusing on non-Railway projects
New Delhi: Country's main opposition BJP has come down heavily on the Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee immediately after she presented the Rail Budget. According to the political part....
- Mumbaikars cheer Mamata's railway generosity
Mumbai: No fare hike, new services, a world class station, proposed concessions for Marathi film technicians - Mumbaikars are grinning from ear to ear over Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee'....
- Mixed reactions in Orissa to Mamata's rail budget
Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's railway budget was praised by many in Orissa for not having a fare hike but some expressed their displeasure for not allocating adequate fund....
- Slew of special trains, a gift from Mamata
New Delhi: A host of special trains for women, tourists, armed forces and the common man will be introduced in the next fiscal, said Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today while announcing the ....
- Railways to spend Rs.41,426 crore to modernise network, services
New Delhi: The government planned to spend Rs.41,426 crore ($8.29 billion) to modernise the rail network and improve customer services, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting he....
- Mamata at feisty best as she delivers rail budget
New Delhi: Combative, hectoring and ploughing on regardless of the commotion around her, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was at her feisty best today when she presented the railway budget for ....
- Railway budget features
New Delhi: Highlights of the 2010-11 railway budget presented by Mamata Banerjee in parliament today:
More multi-functional hospitals to be set up
Educational facilities to ....
- Book your rail tickets at IITs, IIMs, courts, courtesy Mamata
New Delhi: People will soon be able to book their railway tickets at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), high courts and hospital campuses, Railway M....
- India's rail budget promises new model to develop network
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented India's rail budget for the next fiscal with the promise of a new business model that will encourage private investment with soci....
- Railway budget highlights
New Delhi: Highlights of the railway budget presented by Mamata Banerjee in parliament today:
-- 1,000 route km to be created
-- Special task force for clearing investment p....
- Indian Railways to set up five sports academies
New Delhi: Indian Railways will set up five sports academies at Delhi, Secunderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai as its contribution to the encouragement of sports in the country, Railway Minis....
- Wagon-makers riding high on expectation from Railway Budget
Kolkata: The wagon-makers of West Bengal saw a "tremendous opportunity and huge potential" in Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget proposal of setting a wagon procurement targe....
- India's rail budget to be presented at noon
New Delhi: India's railway budget for the next fiscal is scheduled to be presented at noon in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, today amid expectations that while passengers wil....
- Rail budget may spare fare hikes, rationalise freight tariff
New Delhi: With the Vision 2020 document for Indian Railways her guiding force, Mamata Banerjee will present the rail budget for the next fiscal on Wednesday, which is widely expected to keep p....
- Mamata Banerjee's new demand, a TV channel on railways
Kolkata: This time Mamata Banerjee is on another mission as the Railway Minister has come up with a novel idea of launching an exclusive television channel for the railways. According to the mi....
- Railways plan budget hotels at major stations
New Delhi: The railways ministry has asked the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) to set up budget hotels at all major stations either directly or through the public-private partn....
- If railway is bleeding, my body is bleeding: Lalu
New Delhi: Former railways minister Lalu Prasad today urged his successor Mamata Banerjee to prepare a report on his tenure within seven days and added that he was prepared to apologise to the ....
- Karnataka to get over Rs.1,000 crore for railway projects
Bangalore: The railway ministry has earmarked Rs.1,026 crore ($214.5 million) for various projects in Karnataka for the current fiscal, up from Rs.680 crore in 2008-09, Minister of State for Ra....
- Rail budget has ignored northeast: Tripura's Left Front
Agartala: The Left Front government in Tripura today voiced its unhappiness over the railway budget, saying Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee had ignored the northeast by announcing no new sche....
- Mamata uses rail budget to needle Left Front
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost no opportunity to needle West Bengal's ruling Left Front when she proposed a new rail line from Singur....
- Railway budget disappoints Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik termed the union railway budget presented by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha today as "disappointing".
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- What is there for the common man in the rail budget
New Delhi: It has been dubbed a populist budget by critics but the rail budget presented today by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has enough goodies targeted at the ordinary rail traveller:
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- Mamata's rail budget disappointing: Dhumal
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said that it was not fair on the part of the central government to ignore the interests of the people of the hill state in the ra....
- Mamata, Lalu slugfest over rail budget
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and her predecessor Lalu Prasad today engaged in a war of words over the rail budget. While Banerjee termed the targets fixed by him in his interim r....
- Kerala to get 8 new trains, 2 world class stations
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala got a fair share of the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament today.
The small southern state which had long complai....
- From now, women commandos to be deployed on trains
New Delhi: Indian Railways will deploy women security personnel and increase their number in the proposed commando battalions, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said in the railways budget pres....
- Target set by Lalu Prasad unrealistically high: Banerjee
New Delhi: Taking a dig at her predecessor Lalu Prasad, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the target set by him for the railways in the interim budget was "unrealistically high&#....
- Fare freeze, service quality - focus of India's rail budget
New Delhi: According top priority to social commitment as opposed to economic viability, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented her ministry's budget for this fiscal with no fare ....
- Cater regional, national cuisines on trains: Banerjee
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, presenting the rail budget for 2009-10 in parliament today, said all railway zones have been instructed to ensure availability of 'Janata Khana&....
- Tamil Nadu gets a fair share of new railway projects
Chennai: Tamil Nadu figured prominently in the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament today.
Whether it is the upgrade of railway stations, intr....
- Burn Standard upbeat on takeover proposal by Railways
Kolkata: State-owned railway equipment manufacturer Burn Standard is hoping for a new lease of life following Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement that her ministry would speed ....
- Highlights of railway budget for 2009-10
New Delhi: Following are the highlights of the rail budget for the current fiscal presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha today:
- New train information system ....
- Mamata Banerjee presents rail budget for 2009-10
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee began presenting her ministry's budget for the current fiscal shortly after noon today with the promise of addressing the concerns of average pas....
- Banerjee announces slew of staff-friendly proposals
New Delhi: Several employee-friendly initiatives including medical colleges and nursing institutions for their children figured in Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget for her ministr....
- Banerjee gives final touches to railways budget
New Delhi: Amidst much speculation and expectations, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave final touches to the rail budget, to be presented in parliament today. Shifting from the ....
- Mamata Banerjee set to present rail budget
New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in parliament house today morning to present her ministry's budget for this fiscal, promising to address the demands of the average passe....
- Mamata likely to present deficit rail budget
New Delhi: The impact of fare cuts, the unavoidable hike in wage bill, slower revenue growth and the freebies she has been promising will likely force a deficit budget from Railway Minister Mam....
- Banerjee orders low food prices in new train
Howrah (West Bengal): Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today publicly disagreed with the prices fixed for food items on board a new express train and asked the officials to reduce the rates.
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- Lalu Prasad budgets for fare cuts, 43 new trains
New Delhi: The estimated 14 million passengers who travel by trains in India daily had reasons to cheer on Friday, as Railway Minister Lalu Prasad cut fares by 2 percent, introduced 43 new rout....
- Fares cut, 43 new trains in Lalu Prasad's interim rail budget
New Delhi: Living up to his promise of easing the burden of average train passengers, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today cut fares by two percent, introduced 43 new trains and said feasibility ....
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