Lalu slashes AC fares, leaves lower class fares
unchanged
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad
on Friday unveiled a surplus budget, without increasing second class passenger fares and
decreasing AC fares, diesel and freight rates. Full Story55 new trains proposed, 37 extensions announced in Railway
Budget
NEW DELHI: 55 new trains were proposed
in the Railway Budget for 2006-07 presented in the Parliament on Friday. Railway Minister
Lalu Prasad also announced extensions of as many as 37 existing trains. Full Story
Lalu Prasad turns around railways'
fortunes
NEW DELHI: When Railway Minister Lalu
Prasad presents the railway budget on Friday, it would signal the emergence of an
administrator who has turned the fortunes of one of the world's largest rail networks.
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