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September 18th, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) A new superfast train service was launched Friday between Kolkata and New Delhi that will cut short the travelling time by 90 minutes and offer added amenities ...
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September 12th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said that her ministry has already begun an austerity drive and taken several cost-cutting measures to reduce additional expenditure.
"I'd issued an order ...
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August 14th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The 50 percent discount on train journeys for accredited media persons, as announced in the railway budget, comes into effect Aug 15.
Accredited press correspondents will be eligible ...
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August 7th, 2009 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha lost over 23 hours due to interruptions during the month-long budget session, Speaker Meira Kumar said Friday and exhorted members in her soft ...
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August 7th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Friday concluding the first, month long session of the newly constituted House.
Friday was the ...
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August 7th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was Friday adjourned side die, marking the conclusion of the first month-long budget session of the newly constituted house.
The budget session of the ...
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August 7th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): After a month long session that commenced on July 2, the budget cum monsoon session of the 15th Lok Sabha will end today.
Along with annual Railway ...
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August 5th, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the first ever 'Only Ladies' EMU train services in Northern Railway between Delhi-Palwal at New Delhi station today.
In the ...
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July 18th, 2009 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday the much-awaited Kolkata Metro extension project linking Tollygunge and Garia will be operational from next month.
"The Metro extension project between Tollygunge ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The white paper on the performance of Indian Railways over the last five years will not be a black and white one, but a colourful one, ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Rail Budget for 2009-10 by voice vote after Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced some more concessions, few new rail ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her ministry would look at providing infrastructure and land for setting up Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
"We might even look ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday ruled out corporatisation of the country's railroad network but said the private sector's participation can be considered for commercial use of ...
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July 9th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to reply to the general discussion on rail budget on Thursday in Lok Sabha.
The Railway budget is still under ...
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July 7th, 2009 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Former railways minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday urged his successor Mamata Banerjee to prepare a report on his tenure within seven days and added that he was ...
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July 7th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday criticised Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee for taking the Indian Railways into "non-core areas", and said that will threaten ...
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July 7th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee "not to make Indian Railways an East India Company" and alleged that the United Progressive ...
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July 7th, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, July 7 (IANS) Rail services were affected at various places in Orissa Tuesday following demonstrations at railway stations by the youth wing of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to ...
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July 6th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) After being showered with goodies in the railway budget, West Bengal Monday got its share of booty from the union budget in terms of grants for the ...
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July 6th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The ruling Congress said Monday the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was progressive, but the opposition parties termed it as "routine" and "inconsequential". ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Agartala, July 4 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura Saturday voiced its unhappiness over the railway budget, saying Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee had ignored the northeast by announcing no new ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, July 3 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Friday conveyed its unhappiness to Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee over the raw deal the state has received in the 2009-10 railway budget.
The Congress government in ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee rolled out her "please all" budget Friday, making a large number of proposals ahead of the 2011 assembly elections in West ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Fare freeze, service quality are focus of India's rail budget - Lead moved
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Highlights of railway budget for 2009-10 - Third Lead moved at 1335
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July 3rd, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, July 3 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has said the rail budget for the current fiscal presented in parliament Friday is "disappointing" as it offered nothing but three new ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik termed the union railway budget presented by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha Friday as "disappointing".
"I am disappointed to find ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has come up with a series of proposals for Maharashtra, including non-stop point-to-point service proposed for the first time in the history of ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, July 3 (IANS) The rail budget for the current fiscal has failed to benefit Karnataka as sufficient funds were not allocated for the ongoing projects in the state, Chief Minister ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Terming it a "mixed' railway budget, West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose criticised the privatisation schemes introduced in the new budgetary plans by Railways Minister ...
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July 3rd, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, July 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday said that it was not fair on the part of the central government to ignore the interests of the ...
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