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Pakistan can't afford bullet trains, says Railway Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 30 (ANI): Pakistan Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has informed the National Assembly that the country cannot afford to have bullet trains.
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Centre ignoring country's 'life line' Railways: Mukul Roy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday termed the derailment of Indore-Patna express as unfortunate and alleged that the Centre is ignoring the Railways.
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Patna-Indore Express tragedy: Centre announces Rs. 3.5 lakh ex-gratia for
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 20 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 3.5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those critically injured in Patna-Indore Express derailment incident, in which 63 people have lost their lives.
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Railways headed for heavy losses due to demonetisation, says TMC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has said that demonetisation would result in heavy losses for the Indian Railways, as the poorer sections of society would travel more by bus than trains.
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Manipur: Railway Minister lays foundation stone of Station Building at Tup
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday laid the foundation stones of Station Building at Tupul, commencement of work at Portal No. 2. and foundation of Safety Tunnel of Longest Tunnel No. 12 at a function organized by the Northern Frontier R
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Mizoram: Suresh Prabhu lays foundation stone for railway station building
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Aizawl [India], Nov. 11 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday laid the foundation stone for Railway Station Building at Sairang, 20 km away from the state capital Aizawl.
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Big B speaks up against open defecation on Railway tracks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): Spreading the message of cleanliness, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Baachchan recently pulled attention of the authorities towards open defecating on railway tracks across the nation and appealed Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for a systematic mechanism to curb
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Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurates six major Railway projects
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], Sept. 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today inaugurated six major Railway projects in Kerala including the dedication of the newly-built 9.6-km long Tiruvalla-Chengannur double line which would ease the heavy rail traffic congestion in the Ernakulam-Kottay
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Budget amalgamation will not complete projects faster: Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said the Union Cabinet's nod to merge the railway budget with the general budget from next year will not help in completing the pending projects faster, adding the only major change
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Indian Railways gears up for expansion plans in northeast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur)/Dimapur (Nagaland) Aug.4 (ANI): Indian Railways has announced mega expansion plans to improve connectivity and infrastructure in other northeastern states apart from Tripura. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched two different project
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'Tripura Sundari Express' to make travelling easier from Agartal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala, Aug.4 (ANI): Tripura's capital Agartala has now reserved a place on India's broad gauge map with the much waited Agartala- Delhi broad gauge passenger rail service recently inaugurated by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in the presence of his Bangladesh counterpa
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Efforts on to modernize Indian railways: Prabhu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), July 31 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who inaugurated the much-awaited Agartala-Delhi broad gauge passenger rail service in Agartala, today said this has been possible because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the development of north-easter
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