Railways
And now, MNS threatens to stop Bullet train project
17 May 2018
Party chief Raj Thackeray has told his followers that the Bullet Train project is a surreptitious route to bifurcating Mumbai from Maharashtra
Railways earmarks Rs5,000 cr to revamp stations before 2019 polls
11 May 2018
With the general elections coming up next year, the railways station development project would be a major milestone for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, considering the number of people who use the railways
PM dumps railway minister's Rs78,000-cr signalling plan
09 Apr 2018
The prime minister is also reported to have turned down Goyal's ambitious plan to convert Mumbai's busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSTM) into a museum-cum-railway station
IRCTC tweaks rules for booking `Tatkal’ ticket
05 Apr 2018
Scrapping of train set tender to delay Indian Railways’ engine-less trains
29 Mar 2018
The aluminium-bodied train sets that will run at speeds of 160 kmph and replace the Shatabdi Express trains, will be manufactured in India
DFCCIL awards ?2,864-crore contract for 222km rail link on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
16 Mar 2018
Railways to spend Rs10 lakh cr to connect cities via high-speed corridors
06 Mar 2018
High speed train corridors are new railway lines that will be built over national highways or on railway lands that are parallel to functioning railway routes, capable of running at about 200 kph, up from 55 to 112 km
PM’s economic adviser Debroy questions Railways’ all-electric push
15 Feb 2018
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy has called for a rethink on the government’s plans to electrify the entire Indian Railways network, doing away with diesel engines
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