Railway Budget 2015-16: Seek To Improve Facilities, Safety

The first and the most-anticipated Rail Budget of the BJP government was tabled on the floor of the house today by Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu. Sparing the passengers of a potential hike in fare, the minister proposed a big hike in building the outlay for basic amenities.

Targeting an investment of Rs. 8 lakh crore over a period of five years in the development of railways, the chartered accountant turned politician highlighted that the “India Railway is a web of veins which pumps blood into the heart of the Indian economy!”. He emphasized that railways carry a huge burden of expectation and the citizens are often not aware of the constraint. Highlighting the problems of underinvestment, the 6 drivers of the Rail Budget 2015 described by the Railway Minister were as follows:

• Adopting a medium term perspective
• Building sustainable partnerships
• Using additional resources
• Overhauling system, procedures and re-tooling of management practices
• Setting standards for governance and encouraging transparency

The Rail minister went ahead to table the 11 thrust areas of the action plan in the Railway Budget 2015-16.

• No change in passenger fare was proposed, which meant that no hike on the current passenger fare was tabled.
• Taking from the Swacch Bharat campaign, emphasis on cleanliness was realized. The rail minister indicated on bringing over 600 new toilets to railway stations and planned to replace around 17,000 old toilets this year alone. He ensured the house about the involvement of private agencies in the cleanliness drive.
• Besides cleanliness, private sector will be roped in to modernize railway stations in the next five years.
• An All India 24x7 helpline number 138 will become operational in a few months, which will address passenger complaints on a real-time basis. This service is scheduled to start in Northern Railways from April 1 and will be extended in phases across India soon. Additionally, SMS alert services will inform passenger about arrival and departure of trains.
• Facility to book wheelchairs for senior citizens will be available online. While, mobile charging facilities in general compartments, Wi-Fi in Category B Stations will be offered as well. Additionally, Surveillance cameras will be installed on selected mainline and ladies compartment.
• More general class coaches will be added to selected train and NIFT, NID will be involved for better bed rolls, coach designs to make the upper berth more accessible.
• Introduction of train sets will help reduce up to 20% journey time. These trains will be similar to bullet trains in design and can run on existing tracks.
• RDSO, IIT Kanpur will be involved in increasing the safety of unmanned crossings.
• This year the Railways will celebrate 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return from South Africa. Thus, it will aim at promoting Gandhi Circle for tourism.
• The budget emphasized on improving the speed of trains from 110, 130 to 160 and 200 kms respectively, so that metropolitan journey – such as Delhi to Mumbai – can be completed overnight.
• Open bidding will be scheduled for sourcing electricity. While proposal to launch, encourage water conversation and water harvesting plants will be initiated as well.

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Modi's Monogrammed Suit Goes Under the Hammer for Rs 4.31 Crore

The suit that literary made Prime Minister Narendra Modi a talking point during President Barrack Obama’s visit to India is back in the news once again. Only this time around, there’s more positive to it than criticism!

Often described as an example of extravagance, the tailored navy suit worn by PM Modi was finally put up for auction. The blue pined striped suit is being auctioned along with 450 other gifts received by Mr. Modi, since becoming the Prime Minister.

Modi's monogrammed suit went under the hammer to Surat-based trader Lalji Patel and his son for Rs 4.31 crore in the dying moments of an intense bidding. Earlier, a Surat-based diamond trader Mukesh Patel earlier made an offer of Rs 2 crore, and later raised the bid through a written offer of Rs. 2.31 crore.

Modi was photographed wearing the pine striped suit during his summit talks with Obama on January 25th, when he made a joint media appearance. On closer inspection, photographs later revealed that the stripes were infact a monogram of ‘Narendra Damondardas Modi’ embroidered vertically on the fabric.Sources in the government revealed that some ministerial colleagues of Modi had advised him to wear this suit for Obama’s visit to India.

This suit has been claimed to cost Rs 10 lakh and the funds generated from the auction would be used for the Swachh Bharat campaign.

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11 Indian Languages Hit the Twitter Trend

Twitter has a new surprise in store for people who love tweeting in their native language.  On February 15^th, when India cruised to a comfortable win against Pakistan, tweeters from across the globe celebrated India’s victory through the hashtag #जयहिन्द.

Although twitter had rolled out support for hashtags in a number of different local languages a few days before the penultimate battle, not many noticed it. Eden Golshani, Software Engineer at Twitter sent out a few tweets to test the newest feature of twitter last week, demonstrating support for 11 Indian languages, namely:

• Devanagari (Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Sanskrit)
• Bengali
• Gujarati
• Punjabi
• Oriya
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Malayalam
• Kannada

The overwhelming response to India’s win on twitter through the hashtag #जयहिन्द, was the first ever Devnagiri script to trend on Twitter. While we await some popular trends in other Indian languages as well, Tamil users would be delighted to learn that #தமிழ்வாழ்க, (Tamilvalka), which means 'Long Live Tamil' recently made it to the top Twitter trend in India.

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NewsMobile 2015 World Cup Contests: Win Exciting Prizes

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The New Delhi State Assembly Election – Live Updates

Counting of votes has begun in the Delhi state assembly elections, which are seen as a popularity test for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The high profile Delhi Assembly polls, where BJP and AAP locked horns, started a direct fight that began today morning, Tuesday February 10, 2015. The Delhi Election Commission made elaborate arrangements for counting of the ballots that is taking place in 14 Centers across the city under tight security.

Mr Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader conducted an energetic campaign, which was particularly popular with the working class and the underprivileged population, making up to 60% of the total Delhi’s population. Despite tough competition from BJP, AAP receives clear majority in the Delhi election as expected. Most exit polls predicted that BJP will get around 25-30 seats, Congress as expected is likely to be decimated.

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Aam Admi Party surged ahead as the counting of votes picked up in the national capital today. AAP had moved ahead by a whopping 62 seats and counting while BJP only lead by 7 seats, while Congress is ahead in none. While Kiran Bedi, BJP contestant was leading from Krishna Nagar at first, but the current news update from the Election Commission sees Aam Admi Party contestant S K Bagga in the lead by more than one thousand votes.

Bhartiya Janata Party candidate from the New Delhi seat Nupur Sharma is leading with 1489 seats, while Arvind Kejriwal, AAP is leading with a staggering 4982 seats from New Delhi region.

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Grammy Awards 2015: The Biggest Musical Night

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS. For the first time, the show is available online or on mobile devices through the CBS All Access service— but only if, you live in one of 14 specific cities. Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney presented the world debut live performance of their new song, “FourFiveSeconds.”

Sam Smith and Beck dominated the 57th annual Grammy Awards, but they were hardly the only winners Sunday night. Pearl Jam's Jeff Amentscoring Best Recording Package to Beyonce taking home Best Surround Sound Album, here is the full rundown of all the Grammy winners.

John Legend and rapper Common brings the night to a soaring end, singing "Glory," their politically aware "Selma" theme song. The song came out in December, too late to qualify for a Grammy nomination, though it is in the running for a best song Oscar.

While, the song 'Selma' was played in the finale, LL Cool J and Gwyneth Paltrow introduced an angelic Beyonce, who performed "Precious Lord, Take My Hand". Beyonce appeared saintly in all white, surrounded by a choir of male singers in white suits. Her delivery of the hymn was glorious but somber, staying still as she sang through the classic.

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As Delhi Gears up for Polls, BJP and AAP lock horns over Controversial Advertisement

Delhi goes to poll in less than five days, AAP and BJP are still seen quarrelling over a controversial advertisement in newspaper. The advertisement mocks AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal threatening to disrupt Republic Day celebrations and later complaining that he was not issued a VIP pass. The Aam Admi Party has issued a two-hour deadline to withdraw the advertisement and apologise.

“What has happened to BJP? First they targeted my children. I remained silent. Annaji had said one should have capacity to tolerate but BJP's ad in today's newspapers has crossed all limits,” said AAP leader Arvind Kejrival. In fact, he has even called for an emergency party meeting at his residence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday had targeted AAP saying, “If you give vote to a government that believes in agitations, they won't have time to discuss your issues. They only need space in media." The PM furthered his argument against the opposition party, saying that they were only interested in Dharnas and not in effectively running the state government.

Who will prove their mettle at the Delhi State Elections 2015 – AAP or BJP?

Delhi votes on February 7. The counting will be done three days later, on February 10.

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The 29th Surajkund International Crafts Mela Begins Today

The 29th edition of 15-day long Surajkund International Crafts Mela officially kick started today, Monday, February 02, 2015. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the fair in the presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.

For the convenience of the visitors thronging the International crafts fair, this year the authorities have circulated the map of the fair along with tickets. An official spokesperson said, “The fair area had been divided into five zones named after five seasons of India in Hindi. Zone one has been named Shishir (Winter), zone two Sharad (Autumn), zone three Grishm (Summer), zone four Basant (Spring) and zone five Varsha (Monsoon)”.

The map also bears the logos of ticket counters, food court, toilets, information and announcement, police, ATM and snack shops. During the inauguration, Khattar emphasized on the relevance of the yearly Surajkund International Crafts Mela, “It has played a seminal role in preserving the vanishing arts and bringing the youth closer to history and culture.”

Khattar also launched a mobile application of the 'Surajkund Mela', lauding the Information and Technology initiatives taken by the authorities and Haryana Tourism.

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