Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Sunday that there was a lot of interest globally in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies to be the focus of discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday slammed former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, dismissing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief's recent statement on Shakur Basti slums as "factually incorrect".
Reiterating that the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ is helping turn the vision of a developed India into reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday indicated that the country's first bullet train will start running on tracks in the near future.
In a key move to further boost connectivity in the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple railway projects, virtually.
The Mahakumbh will commence on January 13 with Paush Purnima and will end on Mahashivratri on February 26.
Trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, while railway stations and highways turned into battlegrounds in many states amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath, the defence recruitment scheme.
According to the Northern Railways, 71 Delhi bound commuter trains (including return services) and 18 East bound train services scheduled from different northern railway terminals were cancelled.
In the meeting it was decided that the Kamarkundu railway level-crossing will be closed, instead a five-feet passage will be made for the public.
In the last six years in the Indian Railways, more than 72,000 posts of class III-IV have been surrendered. During this period, the Railway Board sent a proposal to abolish 81,000 more posts to all zonal railways.
The lower berths already reserved for women have been placed next to baby berths so that young children can travel with their mother without any inconvenience.
