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TopicMinistry of Railways

Topic: Ministry of Railways

Kirtan, langar on trains — PM wants Railways to focus on religious tourism to boost income

PM Narendra Modi wants Railways to use unused land to generate solar power, run special trains to holy sites & charge for WiFi and vacant space on platforms.

Should Indian Railways be privatised to prevent it from going the Air India way?

The Narendra Modi government’s audacious move to merge the eight railway services into the Indian Railways Management Service has invited criticism from many in the sector.

Modi govt brings Northeast rail infra on track, but land issues could hurt progress

Average annual expenditure on new lines, gauge conversion and doubling infrastructure in Northeast saw a 126% jump in the last 5 years.

127 railway hospitals will get chemist stores with affordable drugs under Modi govt scheme

The move is part of Modi govt's Jan Aushadhi scheme to provide generic affordable medicines. Stores are expected to open after Lok Sabha polls.

Will resign if pressured too much, says railway officer accused of criticising Piyush Goyal

Railway officer Sanjiv Kumar said he had sent minister Piyush Goyal a written apology, but was yet to receive a reply.

Ministry of Finance continues to reject the most RTI applications

Ministry of Finance rejected the most applications. However, the percentage of applications being rejected by ministries has come down.

Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train construction will begin in 2019: Project chief

Achal Khare, MD of new company set up to build and run bullet train, says rest of this year will go in land acquisitions and awarding contracts.

Off The Cuff with Suresh Prabhu

This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Hon. Minister of Commerce & Industry, India Suresh Prabhu in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and...

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.