Scam accused on PAC chair; Railways gets HC notice

Patna High Court issued a notice toIndian Railways on Tuesday on a petition challenging appointment of former Rashtriya Janata Dal minister and accused in multi-crore bitumen scam Illiyas Hussain......

Why are toilets low priority in India?

No amount of stink, or raising one to correct it, would work quick enough to change the order of things. Toilets, you see, are our least priority, says Mahesh Vijapurkar. Anyone who had travelled......

Rosa Parks, power of resistance and the Delhi bus rape

The protests in India have focused mainly on the issue of rape. But these could as well extend to the arena of public transport because the girl's rape and death are directly related to the......

Railways could soon have its own TV channel

Indian Railways could soon have its own dedicated television channel, broadcasting passenger related information and highlighting various other facets of the PSU behemoth, if the suggestion of a......

Derek O'Brien gets a new role in Railways

Kolkata-based quiz master Derek O'Brien and leading artist Shuvaprasanna will head two separate committees set up by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to improve passengers' amenities and services......

Now, internet facilities for train passengers

Be it booking a ticket or keeping a tab on the stock market, select rail passengers will soon be able to work online while on the move as railway authorities are mulling a proposal to provide......

Mamata promises better railway amenities

Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday. Here are some highlights of her Railway Budget speech: Banerjee says an expert committee......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......