Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) With the Left fast losing its grip over West Bengal under the assault of the Trinamool Congress-led opposition, the by-polls to 10 assembly seats Saturday will be ...

Srinagar, Oct 28 (IANS) When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday flagged off a train bedecked with flowers on the 18-km stretch between Qazigund and Anantnag in the Kashmir Valley, he actualised ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday he favoured "practical, pragmatic solutions" to the Jammu and Kashmir problem and a dialogue with the separatist Hurriyat Conference. Stating ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday he was waiting for the separatist Hurriyat Conference to discuss the Jammu and Kashmir issue with his government in ...

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways has decided on Wednesday that there shall not be any forceful acquisition of land for the railway projects. According to a press release ...

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The railways ministry Wednesday said it would not resort to forceful acquisition of land for railway projects, and that it would review its land acquisition policy. "The ...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) After a series of electoral losses, West Bengal's ruling Left Front Monday sought to enthuse its cadres by organising a huge rally in the city to mark ...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Facing anti-incumbency after 32 years in power, West Bengal's ruling Left Front Monday sought to enthuse its cadres by organising a massive rally in the city to ...

Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday accused West Bengal's Left Front government of maligning her department by raising allegations of acquiring large tracts of land for railway projects. Banerjee, ...

Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) The West Bengal government Saturday said it will acquire land for the projects announced by Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. Banerjee, whose party has been ...

By Pinaki Das Agartala, Aug.3 (ANI): Hundreds of Left Front supporters in Agartala on Monday staged a demonstration to protest against the Railway Ministry's decision to defer the completion of major 16 railway ...

New Delhi, July 23(ANI): Union Minister of State for Ministry of Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Thursday said that during the last three years, 116 surveys for new lines, 16 surveys for gauge ...

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 16 (IANS) The use of Bangladesh territory by Indian insurgent groups, the contentious Tipaimukh dam, railway projects as well as other issues were on the anvil when Indian ...

Agartala, July 7 (IANS) Terming the budget of the central government as "anti-people", the Left Front government in Tripura Tuesday said it has largely neglected the north-eastern region. "Doing a grave injustice towards ...

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 ...

Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed an outlay of Rs.40,745 crore for 2009-2010, which is 2840 crore more than the allocation proposed in the interim ...

Chennai, July 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu figured prominently in the budgetary proposals of Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in parliament Friday. Whether it is the upgrade of railway stations, introduction of ...

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed an outlay of Rs.40,745 crore for 2009-2010, which is 2840 crore more than the allocation proposed in the interim ...

The whole country is waiting eagerly for the Rail Budget 2009 which is to be presented today by the Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee. Comparisons would be drawn with her predecessor Lalu ...

Agartala, May 20 (IANS) The victorious Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) must initiate development and provide security in the northeast, the Communist Party of India (CPI-M) which is in power in ...

Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (IANS) Orissa has been neglected in interim railway budget presented by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad in Parliament Friday, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here. "I am disappointed as ...

New Delhi, Feb.13 (ANI): As expected, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has offered his home state of Bihar a bulky package in the Interim Rail Budget 2009-10. Announcing the railway budget ...

Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) Railways Minister Lalu Prasad is set to gift his home district, Gopalganj in Bihar, a railway division before the next Lok Sabha polls.After Lalu Prasad's ancestral village Phulwaria ...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (IANS) An Oriya NRI based in Lebanon has urged the government to develop railway infrastructure in Orissa's most backward districts to ensure the economic prosperity of the region.The Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput ...

Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has invited Switzerland's famed Jungfrau Railways to explore the possibility of setting up railway projects at strategic locations in the state to boost ...

Patna, Aug 1 (IANS) Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels may be pardoned for suffering an identity crisis in his grave. Bihar's chief minister Nitish Kumar called his political bete noire Lalu ...