Railway Minister P.K. Bansal on Wednesday announced hike in train passenger fares from across the board, of all classes that come in effect from midnight of January 21.
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Rail fare hike across all passenger classes after a decade
Hike in railway fare likely: Pawan Kumar Bansal
According to latest political news, the newly named Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has indicated a likely hike in railway fare. The new railway minister said on Monday that he would work on improving the financial as well as physical condition of the railway of the country.
Talking to media, Pawan Kumar Bansal said, “If fare will be increased, then it will be for providing better services to the passengers.”
Further, Mr. Bansal said, “The improvement in services will make way for an increase in fare.” Read more
Ambedkar Cartoon: Professor Suhas Palshikar not ready to write off drawing
A row over 60-year-old cartoon of BR Ambedkar turned with more controversial while two activists of Republican Panther of India ransacked the Former NCERT adviser Professor Suhas Palshikar’s office.
Palshikar, head of the political science department, resigned earlier while the issue of publishing a cartoon on Dr BR Ambedkar in NCERT schoolbooks. Read more
Ambedkar’s cartoon would be removed from NCERT textbook: Kapil Sibal
In Lok Sabha, while assembly augmenting over home minister P Chidambaram’s statement in the Aircel-Maxis deal on Friday, new one issue rose of a cartoon picture of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar printed in an NCERT textbook.
The Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal promised to remove such objectionable caricature from the NCERT textbooks next year. Read more