Mukul Roy

Union minister CP Joshi on Monday formally took charge as the new Railway Minister until the Cabinet reshuffle takes place.

Six Trinamool Congress Ministers today submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who expressed sadness over the ally's decision in protest against allowing FDI in retail.

A Cabinet reshuffle is on the cards as a result of the Trinamool Congress's exit from the UPA. Sources say the Congress is keen on keeping the Railway portfolio after Trinamool Minister Mukul Roy walks out. Sources say Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh could be shifted to Railway.

A Cabinet reshuffle is on the cards as a result of the Trinamool Congress's exit from the UPA. Sources say the Congress is keen on keeping the Railway portfolio after Trinamool Minister Mukul Roy walks out.

With Mamata Banerjee's men leaving the Manmohan Singh team on Friday, six key positions will fall vacant. The most important among these is the Cabinet rank of Railway Minister. Sources say the Congress is likely to keep Railway after Mukul Roy quits.

With the aim of developing railway stations to match global standards by leveraging commercial utilisation of land, the Railways on Thursday joined hands with Belgium to carry out its modernisation plans.

Rail traffic was today disrupted on the Kalyan-Kasara section of the Central Railway with 12 trains cancelled and over a dozen others diverted after the Vidharbha Express collided with derailed bogies of a local train leaving one person dead and 13 injured.

A formal decision on Hamid Ansari as UPA's candidate for Vice Presidential election is likely to be taken at a meeting of the ruling alliance here tomorrow.

Railway Minister Mukul Roy today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is now looking after the Finance portfolio, requesting him not to introduce service tax on passenger fare and freight traffic from July 1.

Continuing with its crackdown on touts who corner Tatkal tickets and then sell them to genuine passengers for a premium, the Indian Railways on Friday decided to have separate timings for Tatkal and advance bookings.

Suggesting a possible exit of the party from the ruling UPA alliance, the Union Ministers of the Trinamool Congress have submitted their resignations to party president Mamata Banerjee.

Amid differences among allies, the government today deferred a decision on the changes in the crucial Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011.

Buoyed with its success in the municipal election in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress today said the poll results have demonstrated that the party has enough strength to rule the state alone.

The death toll in the train accident in Andhra Pradesh rose to 19 and over 35 people were injured, Railway Minister Mukul Roy said.

Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday said that 1.4 lakh people would be recruited in the railways next year.

In a bid to deal with apprehended drought, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) for effective management of such a situation.

The turbulence in local trains in Mumbai has taken a toll. Two people died after they fell from a local train between Nahur and Bhandup stations (central line) during heavy rush. Fifteen people were injured.

Congress candidate Abdul Mannan today withdrew his candidature for the Rajya Sabha election from West Bengal following instruction by the party high command.

The government rolled back on Thursday some of the increases in rail fares that were announced last week after a rebellion within the ranks of the ruling coalition over the issue, which forced the resignation of the railways minister.

The government has partially rolled back increases in rail fares it announced last week, television channels reported on Thursday quoting Railway Minister Mukul Roy.