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| Centre ignores Mamata on Lalgarh | 21-AUG-09 |
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| Ignoring Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee’s strong objections, the Union home ministry will continue its anti-Maoist operations in Lalgarh and even expand these to other parts of West Bengal. |
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| Mamata's bounty for Bengal, bypassing Bihar | 04-JUL-09 |
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| The railway budget presented by Mamata Banerjee on Friday reflected her politics. She extended a bounty of new projects and trains to her home state, West Bengal, and gave Bihar, the home state of former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, a miss. |
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| Mamata announces faster parcel service | 03-JUL-09 |
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| With an aim to better its freight handling operation, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced 'faster parcel service' on three routes connecting the metros with "guaranteed transit time". |
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| Karunanidhi welcomes Railway Budget | 03-JUL-09 |
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| Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today welcomed the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying it was prepared keeping in mind the needs of the common people. |
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| Forward looking Railway Budget: CII North | 03-JUL-09 |
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| Development of important stations in public private partnership mode in the north include Chandigarh, New Delhi, Varanasi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kanpur and Agra Central. |
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| A tightrope walk for Mamata on July 3 | 21-JUN-09 |
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| It is expected to be a tightrope walk for Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has emphasised on giving a "human face" to Indian Railways, as she hopes to introduce populist measures in the rail budget amid the impact of Sixth Pay Commission and the economic slowdown. |
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| Mamata likely to present Rail Budget on July 8 | 02-JUN-09 |
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| "The Rail Budget is likely to be presented on July 8. The ministry is preparing a status report to be presented before the Railway Minister. The report is to be submitted in a day or two and after that the budget outline will be drawn by the minister," a senior ministry official said. |
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| Mamata returns Tata trust's Rs 27 lakh donation | 29-MAY-09 |
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| Last year, she drove the Tata Motors’ Nano factory out from West Bengal. Three days ago, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee turned down another Tata offer — a donation of Rs 27,70,660 to her party from the Tata Sons Electoral Trust. |
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| Survey work begins for Rayagada-Gopalpur rail link | 02-MAR-09 |
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| The Railways has started the survey work on the feasibility of the 180-km railway link between Gopalpur-on-Sea and the industrial town of Rayagada. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 4 crore for the survey and it is being carried out by a Chennai-based company. |
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| Diwala to Diwali | 24-FEB-09 |
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| President Pratibha Patil was given the first copy of the book Bankruptcy to Billions, on the turnaround of the Railways under Railway Minister Lalu Prasad. The book has been written by Prasad’s Officer on Special Duty Sudhir Kumar along with Shagun Mehrotra. Since the book is very laudatory of the progress made under Prasad, it is going to be published in more than a dozen languages — editions in four languages, including English, are already out. |
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