Rail Budget 2010


  • 4,000 AP youth to get rail jobs
    February 26 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Feb. 25: With the changes in the recruitment policy of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) as announced in the Rail Budget 2010 hundreds of unemployed youth are

  • Rail Budget puts city sports back on track
    February 25 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Radiant smiles were the order of the day in Hyderabad sports circles after railway minister Mamta Banerjee named Secunderabad as one of the five cities across the country where sports academies would be set up.

  • Eastern Railway Budget
    February 25 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Politics seemed to prevail over sound economics as the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, took to the stage once again on Wednesday to present her second Railway Budget in the last seven months.

  • Babu, KCR slam Budget
    February 25 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Hyderabad, Feb. 24: The Leader of the Opposition, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, expressed disappointment at Andhra Pradesh being denied its due in the Railway Budget.

    The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao too described the Railway Budget as a “gol maal budget” and accused the Centre of ignoring the Telangana region.

    Both Mr Naidu and Mr Rao blamed the Union mini

  • Didi makes Rosaiah happy
    February 25 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Hyderabad, Feb. 24: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Wednesday said the phase-II of Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) was under active consideration of the Railways.

    He said though the project was not included in the Railway Budget, the state government was informed by the Union ministry that the project was under consideration.

    The Chief Minister also thanked the Union railway minis

  • Mamata gives new trains to SCR
    February 25 2010 | By DC Correspondent | DC Correspondent

    Hyderabad, Feb. 24: The Union railway ministry sanctioned 21 new trains to the South Central Railway (SCR) in the Railway Budget 2010-11. However, many of them will only pass through Andhra Pradesh.

    The new trains are:
    * Hydrabad-Tirupati (daily);
    * Hyderabad-Mumbai (biweekly);
    * Hyderabad-Ajmer Express (biweekly);
    * Hyderabad-Mumbai (daily);
    * Secunderabad-Manguru Express;