Thursday 19 November '09
After a year-long intense campaign by Rahul Gandhi, the Cabinet will finally discuss a comprehensive Rs 7,000-cr package that envisages large-scale irrigation and river-linking programmes.Monday 16 November '09
If her long absences from Delhi were already the talk of the town, the sudden spate of train accidents recently may further push Mamata Banerjee on the backfoot.Sunday
15 November '09Of the 3,137 railway accidents that occurred in the past 11 years, a staggering 1,970 (62.79 percent) were caused due to train derailments....Sunday
15 November '09Weeks after she unsuccessfully attempted to stall the deployment of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee....Thursday
11 June '09Television channels sought to defend themselves by saying that 26/11 was an ‘unprecedented situation’ for the media as wellFriday
13 November '09With investigators trying to piece together details of US national David Coleman Headley’s nine visits to India over a three-year period starting 2006....Saturday
7 November '09In a massive, unprecedented “clean-up” operation, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered the removal of chairmen of 20 Railway Recruitment Boards....Tuesday
3 November '09In an unprecedented move, the Railways Ministry, headed by Mamata Banerjee, without waiting for the statutory inquiry report of the Commissioner...Saturday
31 October '09The one-man committee tasked with drawing up a recruitment plan for Indian Police Service officers, based on an assessment of India’s policing...Thursday
29 October '09There are indications that Tuesday’s Rajdhani Express hijack at Banstala near Jhargram was primarily aimed at ambushing security forces....Wednesday
28 October '09Bigger windows with better-quality glass in order to allow rail travellers a better view of the outside, special coaches exclusively for foreigners and a better communication system....Tuesday
27 October '09Lessons learnt during the Mumbai terror attacks are finding their way into the training programme of the National Security Guard....Tuesday
27 October '09With China developing infrastructure on its side of the Sino-Indian border at a breakneck pace, India has decided to connect the strategically located Sikkim with the rest of the country through a railway line....Friday
23 October '09Pregnant women candidates appearing for the physical ability test to get jobs of licensed porters with the Indian Railways....Thursday
22 October '09With the Railways defending its signal system, claiming it was “foolproof” and highly unlikely that any glitch in the system led to the collision near Mathura....Wednesday
21 October '09Expressing concern over reports of China constructing a dam on the Brahmaputra river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...Saturday
17 October '09To foil escape bids during anti-terror operations, the National Security Guard (NSG) plans to deploy German Shepherd dogs or Alsatians in outer security cordons....Thursday
15 October '09The Economy AC-3 Class, recently introduced in the non-stop superfast Duronto trains, could be on its way out soon....Tuesday
13 October '09Why kill, when you can capture and get them to sing like Kasab?” reads the advertisement for Stinger — a non-lethal stun gun that appears to have caught....Saturday
10 October '09Hoping to replicate the “successes” achieved during anti-insurgency operations in Lalgarh in West Bengal....Tuesday
6 October '09Nearly two years after it stopped work on the Katra-Qazigund rail track in J&K and decided to explore options for a new alignment for the track that would connect Kashmir valley with the rest of the country....Friday
2 October '09Even as the Union Cabinet approved modifications to the existing mega power policy, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was caught on the...Wednesday
30 September '09Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee’s move stalling the deployment of the Railway Protection Force....Tuesday
29 September '09In a bid to cash in on the ongoing disruption of Air India flights, Indian Railways has decided to open temporary 'Passenger Reservation' booths.Monday
28 September '09It takes a lot to guard Julia Roberts. For starters, a group of 30 men, all 6 ft or above, many of them ex-commandos of the National Security Guard.....
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