Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that jobs will be provided by the Indian railways to those people who help in ruling out chances of accidents or providing tip off regarding sabotage, urging people to protect the property of railways. Railway employees who prevent accidents or ...

Trinamool Congress chief and Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has mentioned that she wants to build a rail coach factory jointly with the West Bengal government on the Singur plot, which has been abandoned by Tata Motors, but after returning the 400 acres to "unwilling" ...

Seeking to counter West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's charge that her party was hand-in-glove with the Maoist rebels, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has demanded action against the state's ruling communists for "carrying out armed operation" against political ...

The security forces of Jammu and Kashmir have been put on high alert since yesterday, in wake of Manmohan Singh’s visit to the Valley today for the inauguration of railways in the Anantnag-Qazigund section.  Sources have reported that he may also be holding talks with the ...

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was addressing the media from Kolkata on the Goa Express - Mewar Express collision which happened on Wednesday near Mathura, cited that railways is investigating whether the mishap happened due to the pulling of emergency chain, which halted the Mewar ...

A new train between northern West Bengal town Siliguri and coastal tourist destination of Digha, located in East Midnapore, will be flagged off on Monday.
 
"We'll flag off a new train from Siliguri to Digha on Monday, which will connect two tourist spots of the state. The train service ...

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that Railway Ministry will take the necessary initiatives for upgrading the South Eastern Railway (SER) Hospital to the status of a medical college, with all the facilities.
 
"The SER Hospital will be developed with all modern ...

The first Duronto train, the Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express, was flagged off by Union railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Sep 18, Friday. This is the first point-to-point non-stop train of India. She also ensured that 13 other such trains will soon be launched.
 
But the train had to ...

According to Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee, a special train will be launched by the Indian Railways for promoting the Commonwealth Games 2010.
 
The railway ministry will collaborate with ministries of communication and IT and youth affairs and sports for launching the train. The train ...

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has disclosed on Sunday in Kolkata that the railway recruitment examinations can now be attempted in all the major Indian languages, with the inclusion of Urdu.
 
Mamata Banerjee, who was addressing the media during an ‘Iftar’ party, which ...

Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has said that government does not have any plans for the privatisation of Indian Railways adding that she would be the last person to do so.
 
"In some quarters there is mischievous talk that we are trying to privatise the railways. I'll be the ...

About Rs. 35 million has been approved by Union Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee, for the Eastern Railway (ER) open theatre that has been named after the noted Bengali theatre icon, Sambhu Mitra.
 
"Indian Railways have at least 1.4 million staff and we've schools, colleges for the ...

The Union Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has been requested by the West Bengal government for handing over the excess land of the Indian railways so that small and medium-scale industries could be set up there.
 
"We, on behalf of the department for state cottage and small-scale ...

The first "Ladies Special" train for women commuters between Delhi and Palwal in Haryana was flagged off on Aug 5 by Union Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee. She said that cities Sonepat, Aligarh and Ghaziabad will soon enjoy this facility.
 
"More 'Ladies Special' trains ...

"The Indian Railways will introduce a new train from Aug 1 which will shuttle between Hooghly district's Singur to Howrah station every day," Banerjee said while inaugurating the computerised reservation counter at New Alipur station here.
 
The introduction of the train appears ...

Mamata Banerjee, Union Railways Minister, on Sunday expressed concern over the increasing prices of essential commodities, saying it has endangered the people's economic security.
 
"I am very upset with the recent price-rise in the country. I am very concerned over this problem," ...

The first ladies special EMU train was flagged off on Sunday by Union Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee. She also flagged off 19 augmented 12-coach EMU services in Howrah division in West Bengal, in line with the commitment she made during her 2009-10 budget speech.
 
"This special ...

Union Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday ruled out “corporatisation” of the country's railroad network but said that the private sector's participation can be considered for commercial use of railway land for areas like healthcare and education institutions.
"I'm ...

Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that the "tatkal" window will be reduced from five days to two days and the minimum service fee under the scheme will be slashed to Rs.100 from 150.


The 'tatkal' is a service which facilitates people - who have not planned their journey in advance nor ...

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, while presenting the rail budget for 2009-10 in parliament on Friday, said that all railway zones have been instructed for ensuring the availability of 'Janata Khana' - national and regional cuisines - in trains. 

"National and regional cuisines ...

These are the updates on the highlights of railway Budget 2009-10:-

No increase in passenger, freight fares
Rs.1,102 crore allocated towards improving passenger amenities
Kolkata metro to be extended
Rs.50 billion increase in budgetary support in 2009-10
Freight ...

Few more highlights of the railway Budget presented by Mamata Banerjee on Friday have been given below;-


Rs.25 pass for unorganised sector employees of income below Rs.1,500 up to 100 km
New "Yuva" fully air-conditioned train for youth
Yuva fares Rs.299 up to a ...

The highlights of the rail budget for the current fiscal presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha on Friday:

50 world class stations to be developed on public private partnership model
309 out of 375 stations will be developed with modern facilities
50 ...

The Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee started the presentation of her ministry's budget for the current fiscal on Friday with the promise of addressing the concerns of average passengers.

"People all over the country have high expectations from the railway budget," Banerjee told ...

Amidst much gossip and expectations, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave final touches to ‘her’ rail budget, which will be presented in parliament on Friday.

Shifting from the claims of high surplus by her predecessor Lalu Prasad, Mamta Banerjee has maintained from the ...

Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, will be presenting a ‘pro-people’ budget in Parliament on Friday. There are expectations of upgrading railway amenities and food served in trains.
"It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people's budget," Banerjee ...

The new Congress-led government is ready for the month-long budget session of parliament beginning Thursday with the ruling party planning to push through crucial legislative initiatives to make its 100-day vision come true.

The last month has seen many ministers announcing plans with many of ...

The Budget session for 2009 is all set to begin on 2nd July, Thursday with the Manmohan Singh regime planning to push through crucial legislative initiatives to make its 100-day vision come true.
The tone has been set by the prime minister himself after the Congress victory when he told his ...

Immediately after taking the charge of the Railway Ministry, Mamata Banerjee today (May 26) announced special monthly railway passes for poor. The new Railway Minster stated that people with monthly income of less than Rs 500 will be provided with special monthly railway passes of Rs 20 each. Apart ...

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has joined hands with Congress to fight against ruling Left Front of West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. West Bengal Congress president Pranab Mukherjee announced on Sunday (March 1) night that both the parties will form an alliance to fight the ...