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Kolkata, Mar 20 (ANI):In yet another blunder by government departments, an advertisement issued by the Indian Railways has placed New Delhi in Pakistan and Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal.
The Easter Railway issued the advertisement to newspapers during a flag off ceremony of the “Maharaja’’s Express.”
Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was to flag off the [...]

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday charged the Left parties of taking undue credit for the successful passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
“Why is the Left parties taking undue credit for the bill,” said Banerjee.
“We boycotted the Bill because [...]

New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has said an external agency would probe allegations of graft during her predecessor’s tenure.

Lawmakers belonging to Bihar’s Janata Dal (United) had alleged that that during the tenure of former Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, [...]

New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has lauded Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s train ride as part of his party’s austerity drive.

Mamata Banerjee, who inaugurated the newly spruced up terminal of New Delhi railway station in the capital along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday, lauded the austerity act.

Gandhi [...]

New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the good showing of Trinamool Congress in civic polls in Darjeeling district as victory over state-sponsored terrorism.

In the 47-member district council, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress combine bagged 15 seats each. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxists) won [...]

Kolkata, Sep.1 (ANI): TATA Group chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday told a press conference here that the failed NANO plant at Singur had cost him about 500 crore rupees, and he was willing to return the land if the State Government compensated Tata Motors.

“We do not want to sit on the land. [...]

New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): The Congress and its allies on Friday won nine of the 17 seats in assembly by-polls spread over five states.

In Tamil Nadu, the win for the Congress and its ally the DMK was largely helped by the boycott of opposition [...]

New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that prices are likely to go up this year due to erratic monsoon.

“Erratic monsoon may put pressure on inflation,” said K C Chakrabarty, [...]

New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): In view of the severe drought and growing prices of essential commodities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a crisis management group of Ministers (GoM) for monitoring the situation on a day-to-day basis.

The decision was taken after a high level meeting chaired by Singh. Chairman of the 13th Finance [...]

New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Despite the slowdown that has seen job cuts across sectors, the Indian Railways will fill 1.7 lakh vacant posts after reviewing the recruitment process, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday.
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will review the hiring process and address regional aspirations and problems witnessed during recruitment in Maharashtra, [...]

On Board special flight, July 11 (ANI): Commenting on Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to bring out a white paper on the expenses of the ministry during her predecessor Lalu Prasad’s tenure, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that white paper will uncover the reality and after that loose ends will be figured out. [...]

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 lines and setting up of an expert committee.

Replying to a marathon debate on rail budget in the Lok Sabha, Banerjee said an expert committee, [...]

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 discussion in both houses of parliament. Mamata’s fourth railway budget received mixed opinions from both the treasury and the opposition benches.

Mamata’s proposal for special [...]

Mumbai/Kolkata, July 4 (ANI): Commuters in Mumbai, by and large, have welcomed this year’s Railway Budget, which Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee tabled in Parliament on Friday.

Most of Mamata’s 13.6 million local train commuters described the budget provisions from travel as satisfactory.

“Bandra-Kurla complex and between Churchgate-Vihar there is a lot of land left for commercial exploitation. [...]

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Today Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee presented Railway Budget 2009. It was populist budget as expected.
Mamata Banerjee announced that soon “Yuva Trains” [...]

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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee present a People’s budget in Parliament on 3rd July 2009.
Railway Budget 2009 Highlights

PM says [...]

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MUMBAI: Even as the rest of the market remained weak following global cues, shares of companies servicing the railway industry were in demand on hopes that [...]

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NEW DELHI: Amid expectations of improvement in railway amenities and food served in trains, railway minister Mamata Banerjee would present a  “pro-people” budget in Parliament today.
“It [...]

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Presenting a promised ‘pro-people’ budget, the Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee, said on Friday that economic viability is not the only index of development.

Banerjee proposed no increase in passenger fares or freight tariff while announcing a slew of measures, including the launch of 12 non-stop point-to-point long-distance trains and air-conditioned [...]

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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee would present a People’s budget in Parliament on 3rd July 2009.
“It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people’s budget,” [...]