Bullet trains, FDI and modern amenities: All you want to know about NDA’s Railway Budget

The NDA government presented its maiden Railway budget, its first big statement was on how it intends to overhaul an economy saddled with slow growth and weak public finances. Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Rail Budget in the Parliament today. Here are the highlights and excerpts from Gowda’s  presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Rail Minister, Sadanand Gowda: Grateful to honourable PM Narendra Modi ji for having given me this opportunity and for entrusting me with this responsibility. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

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This Is How Mumbaikars Deal With RAINS In METRO

After a dry spell for over a month, monsoons finally made their presence felt in the city on Wednesday, but not only on the streets but also in the METRO. Well yes, the metro got its first taste of the Mumbai rains.
 
Due to the heavy rains that lashed the city, one of the compartments of Mumbai metro started leaking water. The incident was reported from a Ghatkopar-bound Metro train around 11.30 am. People started tweeting and posting pictures about the incident.
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Numbers To Look Out For This General Elections

Elections 2014, mother of all elections, unprecedented polls in the history of independent India for several reasons. The highest ever turnout in an Indian general election means the highest ever turnout in any democratic process anywhere in the world. Fifty-five crore voters queued up to get their finger inked, more people than the combined population of the USA and Russia.

 It has also been the most polarised election in a long time. And of course, it's the most expensive election ever fought in India. And we're not yet talking about undeclared expenses: The government alone spent Rs. 3,426 crore, that's 131 percent more than the bill for the 2009 general election. 

Uttar Pradesh 40-55? What would it be?

 

IAF C 130J Super Hercules Plane Crashes Near Gwalior And 4 Reported Dead

Four defense personnel on board are reported dead after IAF‘s C-130J Super Hercules plane crashed near Gwalior.

 

It was a newly acquired aircraft which was inducted in the Indian Air Force (IAF) some time back.

 

The plane was procured by the IAF in the year 2011 and served transformation purposes only. The plane was on a flying training mission.

 

Reportedly, the plane took-off from Agra airbase and crashed in the Karauli district, near Gwalior, in Rajasthan.

 

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the entire incident by the Indian Air Force.

 

 

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