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Congress tried to bully Pranab Mukherjee into not attending RSS event: Piyush Goyal
By Kumar Uttam and Prashant Jha | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 13, 2018 08:30 AM IST
Union minister Piyush Goyal said RSS’ outreach to former president Pranab Mukherjee was a “normal thing”, similar to contact programmes conducted by the BJP.
‘Menu on rail’: Passengers can check MRP on railway app before ordering food
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 11, 2018 09:56 PM IST
‘Menu on Rail’ app will display menu to passengers travelling in Mail/Express, including Humsafar Train, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Gatiman Express and Tejas Express
Safety top priority, passengers know why trains getting delayed: Railway minister Piyush Goyal
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 11, 2018 09:22 PM IST
Piyush Goyal criticises the UPA government for not considering Rail Safety Fund in 2003-04 announced by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Finance minister Goyal announces committee for faster resolution of stressed accounts
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JUN 08, 2018 05:53 PM IST
The committee under Sunil Mehta, non-executive chairman of PNB, will make recommendations in two weeks on setting up of an Asset Reconstruction Company or Asset Management Company for faster resolution of stressed accounts, he told reporters here.
Arun Jaitley returns home 3 weeks after kidney transplant, thanks doctors and well-wishers
By P Suchetana Ray and Anonna Dutt | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2018 08:56 PM IST
Arun Jaitley was in the isolation ward at AIIMS after his kidney transplant.
Train delays to cost officials their promotions, Piyush Goyal warns zonal heads
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 03, 2018 05:32 PM IST
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has warned heads of zonal railways that delays in train services will defer their appraisal proportionately, giving them a month to improve punctuality.
Kejriwal trying to hide own ‘failures’ by claiming low coal supply: Piyush Goyal
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2018 08:07 PM IST
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that states need to plan their coal requirements better, make timely payments to ensure that there is no shortage.
Situation ‘worsened’, Delhi stares at severe power crisis as coal stock thin
By Sweta Goswami | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2018 11:04 PM IST
Delhi power minister Satyender Jain blamed the coal shortage on the Indian Railways, saying it was not being able to transport coal either due to delays or the lack of wagons.
Minister warns of blackout in Delhi as power consumption rises due to heat wave
By Sweta Goswami | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2018 05:43 PM IST
It is for the first time that Delhi has seen the peak power demand jumped over 6,000 MW four times in May.
Four years of Modi govt: Railways sees number of accidents dip but train punctuality hit
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2018 01:39 PM IST
The railways ministry, headed by Piyush Goyal who took over in September, has been working on preventing accidents by removing unmanned crossings, improving signalling and upgrading tracks.
Cooler journey ahead: Railways to get 3 more AC locals for Mumbai
By Aroosa Ahmed | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAY 25, 2018 10:42 AM IST
The decision comes after the AC local, introduced in December last year, got a positive response from commuters.
Tata’s Bhushan Steel buyout to reduce PSB bad loans by Rs 35,000 crore
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2018 11:07 AM IST
Last week, Tata Steel, through its subsidiary, completed the acquisition of controlling stake of 72.65% in Bhushan Steel for around Rs 36,400 crore after emerging as the winning bidder in an insolvency auction.
On-duty Mumbai cops to be allowed to travel in local trains for free
By Aroosa Ahmed | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 11:26 AM IST
Presently, GRP personnel are deployed in women’s compartments from 9pm to 6am on both the Central and Western Railway
Piyush Goyal gets interim charge of finance in Cabinet reshuffle, Rathore replaces Smriti Irani at I&B
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 10:18 AM IST
Piyush Goyal will also take over the corporate affairs portfolio held by Arun Jaitley , who underwent a kidney transplant surgery, while Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will replace Smriti Irani as information and broadcasting minister
Congress’ charge of impropriety against Union minister Piyush Goyal baseless: BJP
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2018 10:48 PM IST
The Congress accused Piyush Goyal of impropriety for allegedly selling shares in a privately held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value to a company owned by Ajay Piramal, with interests in the energy sector, a portfolio held by the minister earlier.
All unmanned crossings to shut by 2020: Railway board chairman
By Faizan Haider | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2018 03:07 PM IST
There were 50 accidents on unmanned level crossings in 2014-15, 29 in 2015-16, 20 in 2016-17 and ten in 2017-18.
Soon, IRCTC app will tell you food items that will be served on trains
By Faizan Haidar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 23, 2018 01:15 PM IST
The app is available on Android and IOS platforms and is in the testing stage. It will soon be formally launched for passengers’ use.
Rlys to extend ‘Give it up’ scheme for sr citizens to all categories availing fare concession
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2018 04:44 PM IST
Railways extends passenger fare concessions in 53 categories, which include passengers with disabilities, cancer, thalassemia, heart and kidney patients, war widows students and others, incurring a loss of about Rs 33,000 crore annually.
Congress, Piyush Goyal spar over ‘conflict of interest’
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2018 08:50 AM IST
Railway minister Piyush Goyal said he has no conflict of interest at Shirdi Industries because he had resigned from it on July 1, 2010, and maintained that the inter-company loans were taken on commercial terms and tax was deducted and paid on interest regularly.
CSMT - Goregaon Harbour service to commence from Sunday in Mumbai
By Aroosa Ahmed | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON APR 01, 2018 01:44 AM IST
However, work for the Harbour line between Goregaon and Panvel will commence only by next month
After CSMT-Goregaon, railway minister wants Mumbai’s harbour line extended to Borivli
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON MAR 30, 2018 11:14 AM IST
Regular harbour line services to Goregaon will be operational from Sunday, April 1
Railways announces 20,000 additional jobs, now has 110,000 vacancies to fill
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 29, 2018 09:27 PM IST
Officials said more than two crore individuals have applied for different posts in railways in response to the jobs announcement earlier this year.
90,000 jobs, over 25 million aspirants: Massive response to railways hiring process
By Reuters | Reuters, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 29, 2018 09:42 PM IST
Granting special status to Andhra Pradesh not viable, says Nitin Gadkari
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2018 04:16 PM IST
If we give special status to Andhra today, another state will ask for it tomorrow, and then another, says Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari.