NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed railway minister Mamata Banerjee for doing a "competent job" at a short notice, saying the Railway Budget will make train travel an "enjoyabl experience".She (Mamata) has prepared a budget which does not impose burden by way of increase in freight charges or passenger charges," Singh told reporters outside Parliament shortly after the Railw ..... MORE >>>

Bhubaneswar Conversion and re-conversion were among the major factors which led to the riots in Orissa's Kandhamal district last year, a judicial commission probing the violence has said. "Sources of the violence were deeply rooted in land disputes, conversion and re-conversion and fake certificate issues," Justice S C Mohapatra, heading the one-man panel, said in his interim report on the violenc ..... MORE >>>

New Delhi Public sector undertakings under the Ministry of Railways are profitable and have achieved a combined turnover of Rs 11,880 crore during 2007-08, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said. "During the year 2007-08, all the ten PSUs under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways have performed well and achieved a combined turnover of Rs 11,880 crore and earned a net profit of Rs 1,9 ..... MORE >>>

New Delhi: In a thanks-giving budget, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday proposed no increase in passenger fares or freight tariff while announcing a slew of measures including launch of 12 non-stop point-to-point long-distance trains and air-conditioned double-decker coaches for inter-city travel. Presenting the Budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha, the first after UPA's return to power, s ..... MORE >>>

No one can label us as criminals now,’’ said Rohit sporting an ear-to-ear grin. ‘‘The thought that we can’t be harassed on the pretext of law is a big relief,’’ added the gay rights activist in Chandigarh. Gay activists like Rohit celebrated across the country after the landmark Delhi high court judgment. Gay couples cut cakes and danced on the streets in Hyderabad and there were parties in Kolkat ..... MORE >>>