Indian Railways
PM inaugurates Banihal-Qazigund rail link from Jammu to Kasmir Valley
26 Jun 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated an all-weather rail link between Jammu and Kashmir Valley
CBI to widen probe in Railway bribery scandal
09 May 2013
Railway Scam: Minister's nephew, 4 others in judicial custody
09 May 2013
CBI had booked the five for their roles in the Rs10 crore bribery deal, allegedly finalised for getting Mahesh Kumar appointed to a more lucrative post in the Railway Board as member (electrical)
Rail minister Bansal seeks to distance self from nephew’s bribe-taking
04 May 2013
The Rs90 lakh cash seized by the CBI was allegedly part of a Rs2 crore deal that would have assured Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar a larger sum from the advanced signalling and telecom contracts worth Rs2,300 crore
Google doodles 160th anniversary of India’s first passenger train
16 Apr 2013
Google today marked the 160th anniversary of India's first passenger train journey with a doodle on its India home page
Rail freight rates for containers cut
25 Mar 2013
Mumbai gets easy ride in railway budget
26 Feb 2013
Railway Budget skirts fare hike; ups indirect charges
26 Feb 2013
Presenting the Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament today, minister Pawan Kumar Bansal avoided a further hike in passenger fares
Highlights of Railway Budget 2013-14
26 Feb 2013
Late-winter smog disrupts traffic in north India
01 Feb 2013
20 % rail fare hike from 21 January
09 Jan 2013
Train fares across the board will go up by 20 per cent beginning midnight of 21 January, railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced today
Kashmir Valley gets connected by rail
29 Dec 2012
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