PM Modi to travel to Germany in April
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Germany in April when India will be the partner country at the Hannover Fair. Conveying this to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble who called on him here, Modi said he was looking forward to the visit to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel whom he had first met in Australia on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in October last year.
Dhowan on four-day Mauritius tour
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan on Monday left on a four-day visit to Mauritius to consolidate the ties and to explore new avenues of defence cooperation. The Admiral, jointly with his counterpart, Commis-sioner of Police, will inaugurate the data flow of the information exchange on white shipping (merchant marine) for greater maritime domain awareness to the mutual benefit of both the countries. He will also meet government and defence officials during his stay in Mauritius, an official statement said.
Rlys’ 12.23% jump in freight earnings
New Delhi: Indian Railways has posted over 12 per cent growth in earnings from freight traffic between April and December, 2014. While it had earned Rs67,705.11 crore from freight traffic during April-December 2013, it collected Rs75,986.04 crore in the corresponding period last year — the increase in revenue standing at 12.23 per cent, the Government said in a statement here.