New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday informed Parliament that India’s first rail-auto transportation and logistics hub will be inaugurated in Chennai soon. “To capture the automobile traffic, we will soon…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday assured the independence of the Rail Development Authority for fixing of realistic fares. The minister’s assurance came while presenting the Railway Budget for 2016-17…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) After the huge success in the online marketplace, US technology firm Motorola Mobility on Thursday announced to make Moto X Force smartphone available at retail chains in India. Apart from…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday proposed commissioning of Wi-Fi services at 100 rail stations this year and at a total 400 in the next two years. The process has…
New Delhi: Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu gives final touch to Railway Budget 2016-17 at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi on Feb 24, 2016. Also seen Union MoS Railways Manoj Sinha. (Photo: IANS)…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Describing “common people” as the focus of all his initiatives, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday proposed long-distance superfast trains for unreserved travel. Presenting the Rail Budget 2016, Prabhu said…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) E-catering services will be extended to 408 stations from 40 now, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here on Thursday. IRCTC will manage catering services in a phased manner, Prabhu said…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Focusing on the development of railway freight corridors, union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday announced the development of the Delhi-Chennai, Kharagpur-Mumbai and Kharagpur-Vijayawada freight corridors on a priority basis….
Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) As China is preparing to host a meeting of G20 central bankers and finance ministers in Shanghai, a proposal to devalue the yuan is only “media hype”, said Finance Minister Lou…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) US stocks reversed early sharp losses to end higher as signs of stabilization in oil prices soothed anxious investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53.21 points, or 0.32 percent,…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (PTI) The state-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 90 crore for the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), Lok Sabha was told today….
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) Oil prices increased as US crude data came out mixed. US crude supplies of last week added 3.5 million barrels to 507.6 million barrels, 73.5 million barrels more than one…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) The US dollar traded mixed against other major currencies as the economic data from the country came out worse than expected. In late New York trading on Wednesday, the euro…
London, Feb 25 (IANS) FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge decreased by 1.60 percent, or 95.13 points, to 5,867.18 points. Share price of Persimmon increased by 2.27 percent, topped the gainers of the…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses during the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture – 2015 organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, on Oct 26, 2015….
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US stocks opened lower on Wednesday as the continued decline in oil prices dampened investor sentiment. Oil prices kept falling in early trading Wednesday, with US oil dropping about 4…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday announced plans to raise up to Rs. 3,300 crore through public issue of tax free, secured, redeemable non-convertible bonds for financing…
Ranchi, Feb 24 (IANS) The entitlement of legislators in Jharkhand for air and rail travel coupons has been increased to Rs.5 lakh per annum, a state minister told the assembly on Wednesday. “The coupons for…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Caution-selling ahead of the upcoming railway budget and derivatives expiry depressed the Indian equity markets on Wednesday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE closed the day’s trade…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Fears of spending cuts, coupled with lower revenue realisation in the upcoming railway budget dented the sector specific stocks on Wednesday. According to market observers, stocks of companies associated with the…