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Bitter medicine to be swallowed for economy: Venkaiah on rail fare hike

 Attacking the previous government, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the hike in rail fares was "thrusted upon" by the United Progressive Alliance, but it was a "bitter medicine" that......

Protests in Delhi against rail fare hike

 Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist workers on Saturday took to the streets in the national capital protesting the "massive" rail fare hike and demanding its immediate rollback,......

Uddhav to urge PM to roll back 'shocking' rail fare hike

 Terming the train fare hike as "shocking", Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he will speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and request him to roll it back. "The fare hike is......

'Rail fare hike result of UPA govt's policies'

 Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has justified the Narendra Modi government's move to raise the rail fare by 14.2 per cent, saying it was a result of the policies undertaken by the previous......

Shiv Sena mocks government's steep railway fare hike

 After political rivals, the Narendra Modi government has come under fire from Shiv Sena over the rail fare hike with its oldest ally terming the move as akin to the common man being run over by......

Congress backs rail fare hike, CPI slams move

 The Congress on Wednesday endorsed the decision to hike railway fares, saying it becomes "inevitable" sometimes, but was evasive on whether party chief Sonia Gandhi was taken on board on the issue......

Mamata livid, demands roll back of rail fare hike

 West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday that she will not allow any hike in railway fares proposed in the Railway Budget by her own nominee......

Passenger rail fares hiked across the board

 In a rare decision just a month ahead of the Budget, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday effected an across-the-board hike in fares of all classes from midnight of January 21 to net an......

Why government needs to depoliticise rail fare hikes

 Railway fares and freight rates should be fixed on the basis of commercial principles, as is done with other transport services. The government's announcement on Wednesday on raising railway......

Rail fare hike drowns BJP bid to counter negative views

 It has barely been a month after the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance formed the government at the Centre, but the government has already found itself battling several controversies.......

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