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New Delhi, Jul 8: Amit Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is all set to be the new BJP president with the party's highest decision-making body expected to announce his name tomorrow. The BJP Parliamentary Board will be meeting tomorrow to put its stamp of approval on Shah's name as the new party chief, sources said. According to sources, Shah will take over from Rajnath Singh, who

New Delhi, Jul 8: Sparing passengers of any further fare hike, Railway Budget for 2014-15 proposes to attract private domestic and FDI in infrastructure projects and pursuing private-public partnership to boost the finances of the cash-strapped railways. Having hiked fares to the tune of 14.2 per cent recently, railway minister Sadananda Gowda, who presented the new government's first budget in

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 8: Hindi, which is India's national language, isn't an official language in the Kerala assembly, Deputy Speaker N. Sakthan told legislators who were taken aback. Sakthan was occupying the chair in the assembly during question hour when opposition legislator Jameela Prakasam in her question to Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, spoke in Hindi. She asked him what happened to

New Delhi, Jul 8: Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden budget with a recent sharp increase in fares and freight charges. "We want to make railways people-friendly," Gowda, who had launched a social media platform on Monday for interactions between railways authorities and "netizens", said before presenting the railway budget. "Passengers are hoping amenities will improve. We

New Delhi, Jul 8: D V Sadananda Gowda is all set to present the Modi government's first and his own maiden Railway Budget on Tuesday, but there are already apprehensions that passengers might have to pay more as the NDA government’s priorities, like high-speed trains, Dedicated Freight Corridors and IT-based solutions for better rail operations may sap resources. Analysts have been grappling with

New Delhi, Jul 7: Crediting the RSS for BJP's victory in Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Sachin Pilot today said he was not sure for how long can the Prime Minister withstand ''Nagpur pressure'' and wondered how ''big and large'' the Sangh's ''stick'' will be for Narendra Modi. Expressing concern at BJP's slogan of a Congress-free India, he said any person who says Nagpur, where the RSS is

New Delhi, July 07: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday made a strong pitch for the party being given the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha contending that it is the single largest party in the opposition. "We are the single largest party. We have got a pre-poll alliance. Hence, we are entitled to Leader of Opposition's post," Gandhi, who is also CPP Chairperson, said in her

New Delhi, Jul 7: Having done a pre-budget hike of 14.2 per cent in passenger fares and raised freight rates, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda's maiden budget is likely to adopt a realistic approach in announcing new trains, lines and survey in view of the cash crunch of Rs 26,000 crore. With the growth in passenger earnings declining, railways is likley to spell out its strategy to earn

New Delhi, July 7: The Budget Session of Lok Sabha today started on a tempestuous note with members belonging to several opposition parties storming the Well protesting against inflation and hike in rail fares and prices of petrol, diesel and LPG. Trouble started as soon as the Question Hour began, with members of Congress, Trinamool Congress, RJD, SP, Aam Aadmi Party and the Left trooping into

Mumbai, Jul 6: First and business class passengers on Air India will be able to taste and then choose their food, once the national carrier joins the Star Alliance later this week. Flight caterer TajSATS today said it has partnered with Air India to improve the onboard food service on select domestic and international routes. "The 'Table set-up' has been conceptualised to provide the opportunity