Japan on Monday committed 215 billion Yen (Rs 10,535 crore) to six infrastructure projects in India
'India is the only large nation along with Argentina whose numbers have continuously and without a break risen from March,' observes Aakar Patel.
Take a journey through the Dubai's Metro rail and India's big-budget Metro rail projects.
A metallic structure supporting main concrete pillars at Mumbai's under-construction Metro line, in the north-western suburb of Sakinaka, collapsed on Monday night. No one was injured in the incident, which took place at 11.30 pm on Monday night, when work was going on at the construction site of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro rail. The incident comes two days after six people were killed when an under-construction pillar collapsed at a Delhi Metro site.
The Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan on Monday withdrew his resignation from the post, a day after he put in his papers owning moral responsibility for an accident at a construction site in which six people were killed.
Hundreds of passengers on board a Delhi Metro had a harrowing experience on Sunday when they got stuck inside for over an hour when the train, part of which was reportedly inside a tunnel, came to a halt between two stations due to power failure.
Police used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent mob, but denied firing at them.
Putting the blame on 'deficiency in design and material' for the July 12 mishap which claimed six lives, Delhi Metro on Tuesday claimed that a design consultant firm which inspected the site 'misled' them and the contractor about the condition of the pier which collapsed. The DMRC is also serving a show-cause notice to contractor Gammon India, which was carrying out the work at Zamrudpur accident site, to explain why it should not be blacklisted for two years.
Five persons, including an engineer, were killed and 15 others injured when an under-construction over-bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed on Sunday, in the second such incident in eight months. The accident took place as one of the pillars of the bridge gave in when a launcher was being erected close to Lady Sriram College in Jamrudpur in Lajpat Nagar at around 0500 hrs .
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is set to install automatic ticket vending machines at select metro stations in the national capital. Commuters will be able to get their metro tokens from the vending machines installed at Barakambha Road, Central Secretariat and Vishwa Vidayalaya metro stations from the end of April. The DMRC has procured 16 such machines to be installed at various metro stations in the capital.
Cracks have been noticed on two piers with cantilevers on the newly constructed Yamuna Bank- Noida Metro line during an inspection of all Metro structures, a move taken up after the July 12 mishap which claimed six lives.
The development comes a day after the Andhra Pradesh government demanded an unconditional apology from DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan for his remarks on the HMRL project in his letter to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
At Rs 140 crore per km, an elevated corridor will cost about the same as Delhi Metro's Rs 160 crore.
Used since 1984 when late Rajiv Gandhi became the PM, the current residence was built over 12 acres of land, based on designs by New Delhi's chief architect Edwin Lutyens. However, with a new redevelopment blueprint on the table, the PM's residence is now expected to move to the South-West corner, behind South Block on Raisina Hill. Arnab Dutta reports.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
Meet the Ravana makers of Titarpur, courtesy Geetanjali Krishna.
On 60th Independence Day, it is bonanza time for telecom subscribers with operators rolling out a range of services.
Why Veer Arjun Singh has fallen in love with the latest Bose headphones.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Wednesday hiked its minimum fare from Rs 6 to Rs 8, while the maximum will be Rs 30 instead of Rs 22.
Everyone is familiar with the fact that governments and developers have taken land prices so high that it makes it very difficult for ordinary working people to afford for themselves even a small flat. But it is those same high prices for land that help subsidise so many infrastructural projects, and indeed make them possible in the cities.
Ridlr will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANI Technologies, which owns Ola brand. Ridlr's team of 64 employees will now become a part of Ola.
Abhishek Sharma, lead singer of the Delhi-based indie-rock band, AaGROH, and film-maker Swati Vishnoi got together virtually to create a video inspired by the lockdown.
A number of migrant labourers working at the Delhi Metro sites now want to go back home as they are "shocked and worried" over the back-to-back mishaps at a construction site, but some say the show must go on.
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal also challenged the BJP to announce its chief ministerial candidate by 1 pm Wednesday and said he is ready for a public debate with him.
The cell phone is no longer just a communications device -- it has evolved into a lifestyle statement.
A day after the state government's intervention, the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday said that 'Metro man' E Sreedharan has been included in the list of dignitaries who will share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Kochi Metro inauguration on June 17.
Many public infrastructure projects in India proceed at a glacial pace or never get off the ground because of bureaucracy, property disputes and apathy.
As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in Hindi cinema.
The plan is to de-notify the entire SEZ.
In a zone-wise classification of districts in the country, the Union health ministry has designated all 11 districts of Delhi as red zone. The city has 272 wards.
The government has turned down Bharat Sanchar Nigam's Limited's proposal to offer services in Mumbai and Delhi metros, saying guidelines do not permit it.
Three persons were killed in Wednesday in protests against the sealing drive.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the younger generation doesn't dream of owning a car, but instead wants the freedom of having any service on demand.
As the longest serving woman chief minister who ruled the city state for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, Dikshit ushered in an era of all-round development that transformed Delhi into a world class capital.
Hyundai Motor on Wednesday sought New Delhi's support to make India an export hub for small cars, while expressing interest to bid for a $500 million Delhi Metro contract for supply rolling stock. \n
The accused revealed that in 2012 he came in contact with the ISI, which trained him to work in India from where he had to send information about the army from western UP and Uttarakhand,
What in a few years will be India's largest shopping mall today is a kilometre-long, three-storey deep hole in the earth marked with a billboard the size of a tennis court.
Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, credited with changing the face of public transport in the Indian capital, is on the 'top 25 newsmakers of 2005' list compiled by the United States' Engineering News-Record.
