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'PM Selling What India Built Over 75 Years': Rahul Gandhi On Monetisation
Rahul Gandhi alleged that the National Monetisation Plan announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam was meant to help 2-3 private players and create monopolies. He cautioned workers and youth this would lead to a decline in jobs.
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Rajnath Singh Not In Key Cabinet Panel In Big Revamp, Amit Shah In All 8
Home Minister Amit Shah is in all eight key cabinet committees announced after Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a second term last week. PM Modi is in six of them and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in two. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is in seven panels and Commerce and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal in five.
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Air India Withdraws Boarding Passes With PM's Photo Amid Controversy
National carrier Air India has decided to "roll back" boarding passes carrying photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid criticism over alleged Model Code of Conduct violation. Days earlier, the Indian Railways was forced to withdraw tickets carrying photos of the Prime Minister after Trinamool Congress complained the Election Commission about th...
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Piyush Goyal Proposes Higher Pay, Rank For Railway General Managers
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has proposed a higher rank and pay scale for Railway general managers, making them equivalent to secretaries in the Central government and at par with the state chief secretaries, a source in the ministry said.
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Centre, RSS Meet May Look At Air India Stake Sale, Fuel Price Rise
The disinvestment of the debt-ridden state-run carrier Air India and runaway fuel price rise are likely to be discussed in the coordination meeting between the RSS, the BJP and the centre on Tuesday. BJP president Amit Shah, finance and railway minister Piyush Goyal and civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu are among top BJP leaders who are likely ...
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Don't Change Ministers, Improve Railways, Says Congress After Mumbai Stampede
Criticising the railways for 'criminal negligence' resulting in the death of 22 people in a foot overbridge stampede in Mumbai, the Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 'change the face of the railways and not ministers'
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After 23 Die In Mumbai Stampede, Rail Minister's 1-Week Deadline For Officials
Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...
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Shift To Commerce Ministry From Railways No Demotion: Suresh Prabhu
Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu today denied he has been demoted in the cabinet reshuffle, saying he looks at his new task as an opportunity to ensure rapid economic growth of the country. Noting that his new assignment is his ninth as a cabinet minister, Mr Prabhu said every task is equally important
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Cabinet Reshuffle: Nirmala Sitharaman Is New Defence Minister, Piyush Goyal Gets Railways
Nirmala Sitharaman became the first woman Defence Minister of the country since Indira Gandhi held the charge.
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Cabinet Reshuffle: Nirmala Sitharaman Gets Defence, Piyush Goyal Gets Railways - 10 Points
Nirmala Sitharaman will be the country's new Defence Minister while Piyush Goyal will be the new Railways Minister after a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday that saw nine new ministers take oath. Ms Sitharaman and Mr Goyal too took oath after being promoted to cabinet rank along with Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Nirmala Sitharaman is the f...
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Arun Jaitley's Quip On Defence Ministry Amid Reshuffle Buzz
Amid strong buzz around a cabinet reshuffle any day now, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today asked by reporters how long he would continue as Defence Minister. "At least I hope not very long," he replied, chuckling.
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Worried By Accidents, Railways Opts For More Power To Divisional Managers
Taking stock of the series of derailments this month, the draft report of a committee set up by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu recommends that divisional railway managers (DRMs) be more empowered to take decisions, particularly in emergencies.
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Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Meets PM Modi, Suggests He's Offered To Quit: 10 Developments
After two train accidents in five days, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tweeted today that he had taken "full moral responsibility", suggesting that he had offered to quit. The Prime Minister, he shared, had asked him to "wait". Commenting on the move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "Accountability is a goo...
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Was There A 'Repair On, Stop Train' Note? Station Officials Say 'No Idea'
Preliminary responses from various divisions of the railways today indicated that human error might be at the bottom of a train accident that claimed 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. It now appears that some repair work on the tracks was in progress, of which the station master of Khatauli, the nearest station, claimed to have been unaware.
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4 Railways Officials Suspended After UP Train Accident: 10 Points
Four railway officials have been suspended over the train accident on Saturday that left over 22 dead and injured over 200 in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. Three others have been transferred and one has been sent on leave. Thirteen coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express ran off the tracks around 5:45 pm in Khatauli, about 100 km from ...
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'PM Selling What India Built Over 75 Years': Rahul Gandhi On Monetisation
Rahul Gandhi alleged that the National Monetisation Plan announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam was meant to help 2-3 private players and create monopolies. He cautioned workers and youth this would lead to a decline in jobs.
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Rajnath Singh Not In Key Cabinet Panel In Big Revamp, Amit Shah In All 8
Home Minister Amit Shah is in all eight key cabinet committees announced after Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a second term last week. PM Modi is in six of them and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in two. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is in seven panels and Commerce and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal in five.
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Air India Withdraws Boarding Passes With PM's Photo Amid Controversy
National carrier Air India has decided to "roll back" boarding passes carrying photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid criticism over alleged Model Code of Conduct violation. Days earlier, the Indian Railways was forced to withdraw tickets carrying photos of the Prime Minister after Trinamool Congress complained the Election Commission about th...
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Piyush Goyal Proposes Higher Pay, Rank For Railway General Managers
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has proposed a higher rank and pay scale for Railway general managers, making them equivalent to secretaries in the Central government and at par with the state chief secretaries, a source in the ministry said.
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Centre, RSS Meet May Look At Air India Stake Sale, Fuel Price Rise
The disinvestment of the debt-ridden state-run carrier Air India and runaway fuel price rise are likely to be discussed in the coordination meeting between the RSS, the BJP and the centre on Tuesday. BJP president Amit Shah, finance and railway minister Piyush Goyal and civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu are among top BJP leaders who are likely ...
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Don't Change Ministers, Improve Railways, Says Congress After Mumbai Stampede
Criticising the railways for 'criminal negligence' resulting in the death of 22 people in a foot overbridge stampede in Mumbai, the Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 'change the face of the railways and not ministers'
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After 23 Die In Mumbai Stampede, Rail Minister's 1-Week Deadline For Officials
Friday's deadly stampede that killed 23 people in Mumbai, many found pressing against the railings, has spurred the government into action. Hours later, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal ordered officials to cut the red tape and start working on shorter deadlines. The minister also told them to identify critical locations prone to similar tragedies. T...
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Shift To Commerce Ministry From Railways No Demotion: Suresh Prabhu
Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu today denied he has been demoted in the cabinet reshuffle, saying he looks at his new task as an opportunity to ensure rapid economic growth of the country. Noting that his new assignment is his ninth as a cabinet minister, Mr Prabhu said every task is equally important
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Cabinet Reshuffle: Nirmala Sitharaman Is New Defence Minister, Piyush Goyal Gets Railways
Nirmala Sitharaman became the first woman Defence Minister of the country since Indira Gandhi held the charge.
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Cabinet Reshuffle: Nirmala Sitharaman Gets Defence, Piyush Goyal Gets Railways - 10 Points
Nirmala Sitharaman will be the country's new Defence Minister while Piyush Goyal will be the new Railways Minister after a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday that saw nine new ministers take oath. Ms Sitharaman and Mr Goyal too took oath after being promoted to cabinet rank along with Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Nirmala Sitharaman is the f...
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Arun Jaitley's Quip On Defence Ministry Amid Reshuffle Buzz
Amid strong buzz around a cabinet reshuffle any day now, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was today asked by reporters how long he would continue as Defence Minister. "At least I hope not very long," he replied, chuckling.
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Worried By Accidents, Railways Opts For More Power To Divisional Managers
Taking stock of the series of derailments this month, the draft report of a committee set up by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu recommends that divisional railway managers (DRMs) be more empowered to take decisions, particularly in emergencies.
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Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Meets PM Modi, Suggests He's Offered To Quit: 10 Developments
After two train accidents in five days, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tweeted today that he had taken "full moral responsibility", suggesting that he had offered to quit. The Prime Minister, he shared, had asked him to "wait". Commenting on the move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "Accountability is a goo...
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Was There A 'Repair On, Stop Train' Note? Station Officials Say 'No Idea'
Preliminary responses from various divisions of the railways today indicated that human error might be at the bottom of a train accident that claimed 20 lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. It now appears that some repair work on the tracks was in progress, of which the station master of Khatauli, the nearest station, claimed to have been unaware.
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4 Railways Officials Suspended After UP Train Accident: 10 Points
Four railway officials have been suspended over the train accident on Saturday that left over 22 dead and injured over 200 in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. Three others have been transferred and one has been sent on leave. Thirteen coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express ran off the tracks around 5:45 pm in Khatauli, about 100 km from ...
