Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Andhra Pradesh
New railway line connecting AP, Telangana & Odisha announced
Hyderabad: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the new railway line project connecting Pandurangapuram (Visakhapatnam), Bhadrachalam (Telangana), and Malkangiri (Odisha) will serve as an alternative rail route between Asansol and Warangal.…
- India
Rs 5.13 cr collected as fine for littering, spitting on railway premises in two fiscals: Govt in RS
New Delhi: More than 3.30 lakh people were penalised and a fine of around Rs 5.13 crore was recovered from them in 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscals for littering and spitting on railway…
- Telangana
Record railway allocation of Rs 5336 cr to Telangana in Budget: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Hyderabad: Telangana has received a historic budget allocation of Rs 5,336 crore for railway projects in the 2024-25 fiscal year, significantly higher compared to the overall railway budget of Rs 2.62 lakh…
- India
Railways to invest Rs 1 lakh crore in Odisha in next 5 years: Vaishnaw
Bhubaneswar: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said new railway projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore will be implemented in Odisha in the next five years. Vaishnaw said this while addressing a…
- India
Bengal rail accident: PM Modi speaks to officials; Railway Minister to reach site
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to the Railways officials and taken stock of the situation after the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express was hit by a goods train in West Bengal…
- India
S Jaishankar, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Bhupender Yadav take charge of respective ministries
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday assumed office, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge. After…
- India
India’s 1st bullet train set to run in 2026: Railways Minister
New Delhi: Significant progress has been made in the construction of various stations for India’s first bullet train and we are geared up to run the first train in one section in…
- India
India to be on high-stake global stage of chip makers in 5 years: IT Minister Vaishnaw
New Delhi: India will, in next five years, join the high-stake global stage of semiconductor manufacturing as it combines unparalleled design capabilities with USD 10 billion of incentives to draw manufacturers to…
- India
Amid warning, Naukri, 99acres, make a comeback on Google Play Store
New Delhi: Google has reinstated some popular Indian apps it had removed from its Play Store, including Naukri and 99acres, amid the government’s clear signal that the delisting of Indian apps cannot be…
- Andhra Pradesh
2023 AP train collision: Drivers were watching cricket on phone, says Vaishnaw
New Delhi: The driver and the assistant driver of one of the two passenger trains that collided leading to death of 14 passengers on October 29, 2023 were watching a cricket match…
- Technology
App delisting cannot be permitted: Vaishnaw on Google-Indian startups row
New Delhi: Taking a strong view of Google pulling off some apps from its Play Store, the government on Saturday, March 2, said delisting of Indian apps cannot be permitted and that the…
- India
Bullet train project slowed down under Thackeray govt: Vaishnaw
Mumbai: The country’s first bullet train project would have seen much progress by now had the then Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra expedited permissions, said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday, asserting that…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh gets Rs 9,138 crore for railways, Telangana Rs 5,071 crore
Amaravati: The Centre has allocated Rs 9,138 crore for Andhra Pradesh and Rs 5,071 crore for Telangana for railways in the interim Union Budget, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Addressing…
- India
Bill to amend TRAI Act introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A bill to amend and consolidate the laws relating to the development, expansion and operation of telecommunication services and telecommunication networks, the assignment of spectrum and to amend certain provisions…
- India
1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser test in last five years: Vaishnaw
New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that 1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser test in the last five years and were subjected to disciplinary action as per…
