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Bhubaneswar, April 3 The BJD and the Congress on Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa–Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a reversal of the move.The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP.The...

New Delhi, March 30 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday that a Centre of Excellence should be established at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalay for the development of talent in the field of manufacturing technology.Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalay (GSV), a central university established in 2022...

March 27, New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the government has established a transparent, tender-based mechanism for railway land development, adding that previous processes lacked clarity and had hindered progress. He said the revamped system will enable the...

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that only 0.21% of Indian Railways' land across the country is under illegal encroachment, and emphasized that this issue remains a serious concern in several urban areas and is being addressed with a humanitarian approach.Responding to the question...

New Delhi, March 26 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the progress of Kavach, the indigenous Automatic Train Protection system, on Thursday.A press statement from the Railway Ministry said that he directed officials to expedite deployment to leverage this advanced technology and...

New Delhi, March 25 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that three incidents of assault on passengers by pantry car staff were reported in 2025.The minister said this in a written reply to questions by BJP MP Rajeev Pratap Rudy regarding passengers' complaints of...

New Delhi, March 25 More than three crore fake accounts have been removed from the IRCTC portal as part of efforts to deal with touts selling train tickets, and around 78 per cent of the seats in trains are in non-AC categories, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.Asserting...

New Delhi, March 24 In a setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case involving him and his family, rejecting the RJD supremo's contention that the agency's action was legally unsustainable in the absence of prior sanction...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in response to a plea filed by former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, challenging a trial court order that denied the prosecution access to documents not relied upon in the alleged...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Monday, March 23:* The High Court will hear a petition filed by former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, challenging the charges of corruption against him in the alleged "land-for-jobs" scam.* The High Court will also hear a petition...

New Delhi, March 17 The Railways has saved ₹6,000 crore by switching from diesel to electric energy to operate trains, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Responding to a debate on the demands for grants of the Railway Ministry, he also said that the national...

New Delhi, March 13 The proposal to set up a coaching terminal at Nemom in Kerala is based on ground reports, feasibility studies, and actual requirements from the field, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.Responding to CPI(M) MP John Brittas' claim that the...

Kolkata, March 7 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday asserted that change is inevitable in West Bengal after the upcoming assembly elections, maintaining that the BJP will form the government, bringing an end to the 15-year uninterrupted rule of the Trinamool Congress.He criticized...

Gandhinagar, March 1 Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Sunday presented Gujarat as India's emerging semiconductor hub and assured global investors that investments made in the state are protected not only for the present generation but for decades to come.Sanghavi was speaking at the...

Kolkata, February 23 Veteran politician and former railway minister, Mukul Roy, died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital here on Monday, his family said.He was 71 years old.Roy passed away at 1:30 am at the private hospital, his son, Subhranshu Roy, said, adding that he had been in a...