To cater for the holiday season rush, Indian Railways will begin operating 392 special festival trains starting today. The Ministry of Railways has approved Zonal Railways’ proposal for the operation of 196 pairs of special trains for festivals. The trains will run until November 30. The rate applicable to these …
Read More »Piyush Goyal, new Minister of Consumer Affairs after the death of Ram Vilas Paswan
Piyush Goyal paid tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan at his home in Delhi. New Delhi: Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given an additional post of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution after Ram Vilas Paswan’s death on Thursday, Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Mr. Goyal is also the Minister of Commerce and …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi criticizes PM on suggestion of wind turbines, BJP responds | India News
NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress Rahul gandhi on Friday he mocked the prime minister Narendra modi on his suggestion that wind turbines can be used to generate clean drinking water, oxygen and power, prompting sharp reactions from BJP leaders who said he needs to read scientific articles. “The real danger …
Read More »Piyush Goyal receives an additional charge from the Ministry of Food | India News
NEW DELHI: One day after the Union minister disappeared Ram Vilas Paswan, President Ram Nath Kovind has granted the additional position of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to the Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal. “The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi Mocks Prime Minister Narendra Modi Over Wind Turbine Ideas, Ministers Smriti Irani and Piyush Goyal Strike Back
Rahul Gandhi tweeted about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s views on wind turbines. Highlight Two union ministers strike back at Rahul Gandhi for tweeting Prime Minister Modi Rahul Gandhi posted a sarcastic tweet about the prime minister’s views on wind turbines Minister Piyush Goyal said the Prime Minister’s ideas were backed …
Read More »Cabinet gives a go-ahead to the Rs 8,575 crore east-west metropolitan corridor project in Kolkata
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to complete the Kolkata East-West Metropolitan Corridor Project at a cost of Rs 8,575 crore. This will give a boost to the mass transit system, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said while briefing the media on cabinet decisions today. The total length of …
Read More »The Kolkata East-West Metropolitan Corridor project receives the go-ahead from the Center, costing ₹ 8,575 cr
The Union cabinet approved the revised cost of the East-West Metropolitan Corridor Project for Kolkata on Wednesday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said. The project completion cost estimated at ₹8,575 million rupees, Goyal added. The project is likely to be completed in December 2021. “This will give a boost to the …
Read More »India’s imports from China drop 27.63% during April-August: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: India’s imports from China declined 27.63 percent during April-August of this fiscal year to $ 21.58 billion from the same period a year earlier, Parliament reported Monday. The value of China’s imports stood at $ 4.98 billion in August and $ 5.58 in July, according to data provided …
Read More »97 people died aboard Shramik special trains, says the government to Parliament in the first admission of its kind
Migrant workers and their families queue outside a train station to board a Bihar-bound Shramik Express train in Faridabad on May 15, 2020 (AFP). In a written response to a question posed by TMC MP Derek O’Brien, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that autopsies on 51 bodies have shown that …
Read More »PM dedicates mega Kosi railway bridge to the nation, inaugurates several railway projects in Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the historic Kosi Rail Mega Bridge to the nation and inaugurated new rail lines and electrification projects in Bihar through video conferencing. The Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal, was present at the event. “These projects will improve Bihar’s rail network and also strengthen connectivity in …
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