Japan offers financing in bid to win Indian bullet train deal
Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet train, estimated to cost $15 billion, at an interest rate of less than 1 percent, officials said, stealing a march on...
View ArticleProtesters lock Sharma's hospital
NOIDA: A day after TOI reported that the UP government has sent a letter to the Centre seeking its nod for an airport in Jewar, some residents of Gautam Budh Nagar and members of Bhartiya Kisan Union...
View ArticleMFA Press Statement: Official Visit by Minister for Home Affairs and Minister...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore) Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam will make an official visit to the Republic of India from 17 to 20 November...
View ArticleWith Resurgent Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje Reaches Out For Investment
Jaipur is all spruced up and ready for the mega event Resurgent Rajasthan, which aims to showcase the state not just as a tourist destination with forts and palaces but also a top investment...
View ArticleQueen to officially open New Street station on Birmingham tour
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have arrived in Birmingham for a tour of New Street station and other sites. The royals will unveil a plaque at the redeveloped station and pay tribute to railway...
View ArticleReport of the Kelkar Committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP Model of...
(Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of India) Report of the Kelkar Committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP model of Infrastructure Development submitted to the Finance Minister...
View ArticleJaitley bats for corruption-free governance; reasonable taxes
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) The government is following a policy to attract investment and has eased all rules in this regard and promises reasonable taxes and a corruption-free governance, Finance Minister...
View ArticleInfratweets: Railways gets FDI boost
Tweet: Largest FDI happens in Rlys ! GE gets Rs 14,656 cr diesel loco project in Marhowra. Alstom Rs 19,800 cr elec loco in Madhepura. Both in Bihar. Green signal for largest FDI: The two projects...
View ArticleSECR’s 3 stations to be developed on PPP basis
Nagpur: The ministry of railways (MoR) has decided to develop Gondia, Bhandara and Rajnandgaon stations under Nagpur division of South East Central Railway (SECR) on public-private partnership (PPP)...
View ArticleBokaro railway station to get water vending machines
BOKARO: Bokaro railway station will soon get four water vending machines under Adra railway division II, which will provide safe and affordable...
View ArticleBengaluru: Railway stations, KIA to be made disabled-friendly
Bengaluru: By July 2016, Kempegowda International Airport and city railway stations beside 50 important government buildings of the city will become completely disabled friendly. Thanks to the...
View ArticleKerala: Railways to ensure hygiene of vendors
Kochi: Southern Railway and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) have taken measures to enable devotees have a smooth and hygienic pilgrimage this time over. While railways have launched a...
View ArticleIt's a long route to the metro station
Even as the Jahangirpuri-Samaypur Badli metro line has been opened for commuters, residents living in the region seem to be far from happy. Locals are now complaining that reaching the metro station at...
View ArticleLong route to metro station
Even as the Jahangirpuri-Samaypur Badli metro line has been opened for commuters, residents living in the region seem to be far from happy. Locals are now complaining that reaching the metro station at...
View ArticleIndia most tolerant country in the world, Venkaiah Naidu says
JAIPUR: Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday dismissed the growing clamour against 'intolerance' in India as a "propaganda", while stating that India was the most tolerant...
View ArticleIndia needs innovative ideas to make bio-diesel: Railway minister
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India needs to emanate innovative ideas to manufacture bio-diesel by efficiently utilising waste resources, besides judiciously using water and other crucial...
View ArticleCentrepiece Of Melbourne Metro Rail To Be Built Through PPP (Premier of...
(Source: Premier of Victoria) The centrepiece of the biggest public transport infrastructure project in Victoria's history will be built through a partnership between Government and the private sector....
View ArticleRecycled waste to empower Jaipur railway station
JAIPUR: Garbage dumped in and around the Jaipur railway station premises would help cook food and run trains in the near future. Authorities of the North Western Railways (NWR) are coming up with two...
View ArticleRajasthan Heritage Week from December 3, to promote handmade fabric
Khadi Board on Wednesday announced the launch of the first edition of the Rajasthan Heritage Week where seven national award-winning artisans along with renowned designers will come together to...
View Article“FUEL QUALITY WILL DECIDE QUALITY OF LIFE” Mr Suresh Prabhu, Minister for...
(Source: CII - Confederation of Indian Industry) Quality not quantity of fuel will decide the quality of life in the coming decades, said Mr Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways speaking at the Bio -...
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