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Ashutosh Kumar

Railway panels house Didi’s own

The railway ministry has been serving a dual purpose for over two years now. Apart from ferrying passengers and goods, it has been serving as a parking lot for those close to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
Section: India  | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:00 IST

Austerity to save Rs1.49 lakh crores

Hard times ahead as govt sets in motion steps to prune expenditure.
Section: India  | Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:00 IST

Hear Bismillah Khan in Rajdhani soon

How about hearing some classical music while travelling by Rajdhani or Shatabdi? Passengers travelling on these elite trains will soon get to enjoy rare music sourced from the All India Radio archives.
Section: India  | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:00 IST

How do we bring back our countrymen

At 2 am on January 25 this year, a small team of US Navy SEALS slipped into water and entering the Somali pirates’ heartland, headed towards a boat on which two American aid workers were being held as hostages.
Section: India  | Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:00 IST

Pirates treated us like animals: Freed sailor

The scars may have faded but memories continue to haunt Ravinder Singh. He is one of the few people who can empathise with the 13 Indians being held hostage by Somali pirates for over two years.
Section: India  | Friday, April 27, 2012 9:00 IST

Shunned by govt, families of captured Indians struggle in obscurity

Dheeraj, Swapnil, Jaswinder and the others are reduced to laminated photographs. Their families survive on help from friends. They live on hope that their children will call any moment.
Section: India  | Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:00 IST

Apathetic govt no hope for kin of Indians held by pirates

If there is no policy to deal with pirates, why hasn’t the government prepared one?
Section: India  | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:00 IST

Let's cut salaries: Railway general managers

An internal report of the Indian Railways prepared by its top officers has made the unprecedented recommendation to cut the salaries and dearness allowance of its 14-lakh workforce.
Section: India  | Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:00 IST

Electronic road tolling put off by two years

Highway users will have to wait till 2014 to experience seamless travel on highways.
Section: Money  | Monday, April 9, 2012 9:37 IST

Four-lane road to Kahmir Valley soon

The expansion work on the 36-km Banihal-Ramban and 43-km Ramban-Udhampur stretches will require investments of about Rs 1,200 crore each.
Section: India  | Saturday, April 7, 2012 8:30 IST
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