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- 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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