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Piyush Goyal meets Kumaraswamy, clears Bengaluru suburban rail project iss
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday met Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy to resolve the issues holding-up the Bengaluru suburban rail project and announced a slew of measures for putting the project back on track.
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100 pc mechanised cleaning going to be a reality in Railways: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the Central government is planning to convert all toilets at railway stations into bio-toilets, and 100 per cent mechanised cleaning is going to be a reality in the Railways.
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Bihar: Rescue, relief operations begin after 9 coaches of Seemanchal Expre
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sahadai Buzurg (Bihar) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal stated that rescue and relief operations have begun after nine bogies of the Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Seemanchal Express were derailed here in the early hours of Sunday.
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Former Railway Minister Lalit Narayan Mishra’s grandson quits JD (U)
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India] Feb 2 (ANI): Former Rail Minister Lalit Narayan Mishra’s grandson Rishi Mishra who was an MLA of JD (U) quit the party.
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Piyush Goyal gets Carnot Prize for power reforms, donates the prize money
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has been awarded the Carnot Prize for his contribution towards sustainable energy solutions by the University of Pennsylvania here on Wednesday.
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Railways to recruit 4 lakh emplyees in 2 yrs: Goyal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that Railways is in the process of recruiting four lakh people as 1.32 lakh seats are presently vacant and 1 lakh employees will retire in two years.
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Piyush Goyal flags off new Rajdhani from Mumbai
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) Jan 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal flagged off the bi-weekly Rajdhani Express train between Mumbai and Delhi from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station here on Saturday.
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GST wasn't implemented earlier as negotiations were not done with clean he
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the previous governments could not successfully implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as their negotiations did not come from a "clean heart."
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Cabinet approves revised cost for completing necessary infrastructure of 1
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 16 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved for incurring an expenditure of Rs 3,639.32 core for the 13 new Central universities for recurring cost and creation of necessary infrastructure for the completion of their campu
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Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 crore capital infusion for Export-Import Bank
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 16 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved fresh capital infusion in the form of recapitalisation of bonds in the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) to the tune of Rs. 6,000 crore and the authorised share capital of Exim Bank has been increased from Rs 1
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CCEA Meeting: Rs 22,594 crore to increase the capacity of Assam's Numaliga
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 16 (ANI): Coal and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has sanctioned Rs 22,594 crore to increase the capacity of Assam's Numaligarh refinery by three times to fulfill the petroleum needs in the entire northea
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Alok Verma ouster: Piyush Goyal takes jibe at Kharge, calls him 'man of co
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Following the ouster of Alok Verma as the CBI Director, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took a potshot at Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, calling him a "man of amazing consistency."
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