Mumbai: Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chandrakanta Goyal – who was the mother of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, passed away here on Saturday morning. She was 88. Goyal shared the news of his mother’s demise with a touching social media post. “My revered mother, who always guided me with her love and affection, has passed away […]
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Train ticket bookings to resume at 1.7 lakh centres from Friday
New Delhi: In a major relief to passengers across the country, Union Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that bookings of tickets will resume at 1.7 lakh common service centres from Friday. The announcement comes a day after the Indian Railways, which suspended the passenger, mail and express train services from March […]
Railways to start 200 non-AC train services from June 1, online bookings to start soon: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will resume the services of 200 special non-airconditioned trains and bookings for them will start soon. The announcement came a week after the national transporter started running the 15 pairs of special air conditioned trains. In a series of tweets, Goyal said: “In a […]
Railways to start 200 non-AC train services from June 1: Goyal
New Delhi: In a major relief to people across the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that Indian Railways will resume the services of 200 special non-airconditioned trains and bookings for them will start soon. The announcement came a week after the national transporter started running the 15 pairs of special air conditioned […]
After Goyal’s snub, Jeff Bezos offers 10 lakh new jobs in India
umbai: A day after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal snubbed him during a public event, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday announced that the ecommerce giant will create 10 lakh new jobs in India by 2025 through continued investments in technology, infrastructure and its logistics network. The new expected jobs is on […]
Amazon not doing India a favour by investing a billion dollars: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal not only ticked off Amazon and its boss Jeff Bezos saying that they are not doing India a favour by investing a billion dollars, but also raised concerns if its losses were a result of predatory pricing and if Amazon and Flipkart were gaining entry into multi-brand retail […]
‘7th pay panel recommendations affected Railways’ health’
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said Indian Railways has been spending an additional Rs 22,000 crore on salaries and pensions of its employees following implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, which has hit its financial health. The Minister’s statement came amid criticism over the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report saying […]
Don’t blame gravity for dropping the catch: Priyanka to govt
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, here on Friday, took a dig at the Narendra Modi government on the economic slowdown with a cricket video. “To get the right catch, it is important to keep eyes on the ball and understand the essence of the game. Or else you will completely blame gravity, […]
It’s a sign that you’re hiding real data: Raghuram Rajan on Piyush Goyal faux pas
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s “gravity” gaffe refuses to die down. Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday launched a scathing attack on Goyal dissecting every word of his remark and saying that he fails to understand the “gravity” of economic slowdown. “When you don’t understand the #GRAVITY of the economic slowdown, the words […]
Maths never helped Einstein discover gravity: Piyush Goyal on economy
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday inadvertently erred in attributing the theory of gravity to Albert Einstein while asking the industry not to get into nitty gritties of calculations of growth which requires 12 per cent rate to achieve the envisaged $5 trillion economy. In his address at the Board of Trade meeting […]