New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi was sacked hours after he defied his leader Mamata Banerjee and his party, the Trinamool Congress, by raising passenger fares in the Railway Budget

The pre-Budget move of raising freight rates by 20-25 per cent would raise the gross traffic receipts of the railways 27.6 per cent to Rs 1,32,000 crore in 2012-13 over the revised estimates of the

The fare increase announcement by railways minister Dinesh Trivedi will, the aviation sector feels, trigger movement of passengers towards airlines. "The low-cost carriers (LCCs) are targeting the

On a day when minister Dinesh Trivedi presented his first railway budget, the railways went for an upward revision in the haulage charges for containers through a notification late in the evening. The

India's railway ministry plans to borrow 150 billion rupees from the market through the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) in the 2012/13 fiscal year, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said on

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee declared today that she will not not allow any hike in railway fares proposed in the Railway Budget by her own nominee Dinesh Trivedi, the

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday presented the Railway Budget 2012-13, hismaiden, in the Lok Sabha, focusing on safety of passengers along with modernization and decongestion of the

Indian Railways not just runs the world's third largest railroad network but is also among the largest employers. Here's a fact sheet: * Operates the third largest railroad network in the world over

Following are the highlights of the Railway Budget 2012 presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday. Passenger fares increased marginally. The increase will be by 2 paise per km for

Biting the bullet, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today proposed a stiff across-the- board hike in passenger fares to net Rs 4,000 crore extra a year in his budget but his proposals were