-CNN-IBN The Union Cabinet on Sunday cleared Food Security Bill. The bill will now be tabled in Parliament. Earlier, around 30 activists staged a protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in New Delhi on Sunday evening demanding immediate passage of Right to Food Bill. A senior police official said the activists were detained and taken to police station. The meeting was originally scheduled for Monday but advanced to Sunday evening, sources said. The...
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Denied 1st AC berths, MPs create ruckus by Dwaipayan Ghosh
They are known to enjoy the privileges, but even the railways was not prepared for what essentially was a technical error on their part. Forced to board a second class AC compartment in the capital-bound Patna Rajdhani after the railways could not arrange for an additional first AC rake, 18 MPs from Bihar created a ruckus at Mughalsarai junction on Tuesday night. As a result, the train was stuck at...
More »Govt rejects railways’ Rs 2,101cr loan plea by Mahendra Kumar Singh
At a time when the government is willing to pump thousands of crores for the revival of national carrier Air India, the finance ministry has rejected railways' plea for a temporary loan of Rs 2,101 crore to fund its development works. Turning down the loan request, the ministry has the asked state-run transporter, which is under acute financial stress, to meet its liabilities by raising resources. railways made the demand considering negative...
More »railways tops slowcoach list by Mahendra Kumar Singh
railways tops the list among infrastructure projects that missed the deadline, causing huge cost overruns to the exchequer. Among the 134 rail projects monitored by the government, 101 were facing delays leading to cost overrun to the tune of Rs 56,609.3 crore, an increase of 153.5%. There are 26 projects running behind schedule - ranging from two to 213 months - leading to the rise in cost by Rs 20,575 crore....
More »FDI row: Desperate finance minister, helpless party by Sheela Bhatt
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may be right in pushing for FDI in retail because reports have been pouring in, indicating that the economic downturn in India and abroad will worsen in coming weeks. 'I want money,' an agitated Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee reportedly told the Cabinet on Thursday, November 24, when coerced by colleagues from his Congress party for pushing 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in retail. The FDI issue is...
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