Railway Budget

1) The worst-ever power crisis in Odisha continue unabated for the third consecutive day. The Gridco has attributed it to failure of three units of NTPC and TTPS to generate power. Most areas in Bhubaneswar and other parts of the state are…

1) Odisha had sought Rs 3,160 crore in the Railway Budget, but received Rs 1424.98 crore. The allocation is much higher as compared to 2013-14, when Odisha had received just Rs 868.83 crore against the demand of Rs 3,050 crore. 2) Odisha…

1) The BSE Sensex shed 518 points - biggest single-day fall since September 2013, to close at 25,582.11 and the Nifty closed 164 points lower at 7,623. The fall in the Sensex was attributed to the Union Railway Budget 2014-15, although it…

As expected, the Union Railway Budget 2014-15 ignored the demands of Odisha. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state, failed to impress upon the Narendra Modi government to get the state's dues although it has 20 MPs in Lok Sabha and…

1) Ollywood Actor Anubhav Mohanty filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha as a BJD candidate. The seat had fallen vacant after AU Singhdeo, who was elected earlier, was asked to vacate it to contest the Assembly polls, which he…

In his 2013-14 Railway Budget, Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has announced 67 new Express trains, 26 new Passenger trains, 5 MEMU and 8 DEMU trains. In addition, 57 trains have been extended. The Railways has also increased the…