Piyush Goyal

Jaitley was the man for all seasons for BJP

8:40 pm August 24, 2019

New Delhi: For the BJP, Arun Jaitley was a man for all seasons — a strategist who crafted its rise in many states, a suave and moderate face who won the saffron party new allies and an articulate champion of its cause whose persuasive skills were a valuable asset for its leadership. For almost a […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Arun Jaitley: Modi’s ‘precious diamond’ and original Chanakya

1:44 pm August 24, 2019

New Delhi: Informally called ‘scholar minister’ in political circles, he could be the man Friday of anyone at the helm. Suave, articulate and a super strategist, Arun Jaitley was the BJP’s and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief trouble-shooter whose superb four-decade-long political career was cut short by health issues. Jaitley, 66, who opted out of […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Flexi fare applicable to only 141 trains

5:10 pm July 24, 2019

New Delhi: Flexi fare is applicable to only 141 out of 13,452 trains and railways has not lost traffic to other mode of transport like airlines, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. Goyal also said in Lok Sabha that alternative train services on normal fare structure are available on routes of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and […]

I'm sure global pharma industry will support India's WTO proposal of IP waiver for COVID-19: Goyal

189 new rail lines under construction: govt

2:59 pm July 17, 2019

New Delhi: As many as 189 new railway lines costing Rs 3.74 lakh crore are in different stages of construction across the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Goyal said railway projects are sanctioned zone-wise and the expenditure on new line projects up to March, 2019 has been Rs 76,917 […]

No proposal to privatise Railways: Goyal

2:58 pm July 10, 2019

New Delhi: There is no proposal to privatise Indian Railways, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. The response of the Railway to a question on privatisation came against the backdrop of a proposal of the national transporter to give two trains to private operators. In a written reply, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said “no specific […]