About 80 railway projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) have been lying derailed for years due to the lack of funds and non-availability of land.
Fans wearing the India jersey, carrying the Indian flag, laughing, joking and anticipating an India win are moving towards the Narendra Modi stadium. There are families, friends, children, adults, teenagers, middle aged and the senior citizen who have all painted the city blue.
A host of companies have been lined up by the disinvestment department as candidates for stake sale.
The focus is on tapping all resources, even foreign agencies.
Over 100 people were injured when 13 bogies of the Kalka Express were derailed near Malwa station in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday afternoon. The train was on its way to Delhi from Howrah station in West Bengal. The rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah line has been severely affected due to the derailment. Many trains have been diverted or cancelled. Relief operations have started at the accident site and rescue personnel are trying to get the passengers out of the mangled coaches.
Amjad Ali, hailing from Mustafabad in Lahore, had come to India without a valid passport or visa last November and was trying to board the train last evening
CRRC Pioneer Electric (India) Private Limited, whose bid for the project is a joint venture of the Chinese firm CRRC Corporation Ltd with a Gurugram-based company according to its website, is one of the six contenders for the tender for procuring propulsion systems or electric traction kits for 44 trains to function as the Vande Bharat Express or Train 18.
Stressing that Himalayan states have similar sets of problems and opportunities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday proposed a "common model" for the their development.
The Supreme Court asked the Haryana government to identify the persons and organisation responsible for holding demonstration in December 2010 against the booking of some upper caste people in connection with the Mirchpur Dalit killings case.
'I think my first obsessive, possessive and only half-requited -- as we would joke -- 'love' was Ivan. I saw him first slouching down the corridor of St Stephen's College nearly 50 years ago and was instantly smitten (as was everyone else around him).'
'How was it possible for Singh to have got a government job, and that too one involving the handling of guns, had he been insane?'
For many the resumption of trains is a big boon, but some say it doesn't come without confusion and worries
The country's first bullet train will run at a maximum speed of 350 km per hour, covering the stretch in under three hours from the usual seven.
A video showing the incident involving school teacher, Tripta Tyagi, and the Class 2 boy in Muzaffarnagar has gone viral on social media eliciting strong words from several political parties.
Gowda has also failed to offer clarity on reforming the Railway Board.
The NHRC has issued notices to the Chairman, Railway Board and DGP, Madhya Pradesh over reports of "inaction" by RPF and GRP over beating of a youth for hours in a train.
The prime minister took a ride in the metro train between Zero Mile Freedom Park and Khapri stations with some students. Before boarding the train, he visited an exhibition on the project at the Zero Mile station.
At least four passengers were killed and another eight were injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chhapra on early Wednesday morning in a suspected sabotage by Maoists.
There will be four trips from December 24, 2013 till Januray 2, 2014 of the premium AC special trains on the busy New Delhi-Mumbai sector, said a senior Railway Ministry official, adding 'the tickets will be sold on higher rate than the existing rate as per the dynamic pricing policy.'
Delhi spinners Manan Sharma and Vikas Mishra took an hour to grab the remaining four wickets as the Ishant Sharma-led team beat Railways by an innings and 105 runs in their second Group A league match of the Ranji Trophy, on Tuesday.
The prime minister extended his hand to accept the garland but could not reach out to the boy.
Nitish Kumar requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to deal with such divisive elements with an iron fist. "I expect the Maharashtra government to act tough and protect our students," Nitish Kumar said in Patna on Monday morning.
After reading posts on social media that medical oxygen was required for the child during the train travel, a number of people arrived at the Bhopal railway station in the early hours of Friday carrying oxygen cylinders with them.
The Central Railway appealed to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
The metro rake which had only officials and engineers on board ran under the Hooghly from Kolkata to Howrah on the other side of the river.
A source in the medical college said the suspect, who was caught from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra on the Wednesday, was admitted there after his examination.
'This is necessary for protecting the Hindu religion'
This was the first time in 15 years that a President took a train ride. Kovind has also become the first President not to travel on a presidential saloon car.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray on Monday dared Maharashtra government to arrest him and warned the state will have to "regret" the consequences in the event of that.
In August 2013, the Cabinet had given an in-principle nod to set up the authority and sent a draft note to the railways, to be discussed with the law ministry.
Either Sanjay Kumar Singh or 2010 CWG champion Anita Sheoran will become the next WFI President.
Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com captured these images as the City That Never Sleeps took to the trains with gusto.
Over the past three trading sessions, the stock of Cummins India has gained about nine per cent on strong January-March quarter (Q4) results and good near-term prospects. Its Q4 performance was led by a healthy 29 per cent revenue growth over the year ago quarter. This was largely on the back of a 33 per cent jump in domestic revenues while exports witnessed a growth of 17 per cent.
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
The fire appears to have started from the Roof Mounted Packaged Unit (RMPU- the railway terminology for an air-conditioning unit in a coach).
Monday is the last date for filing nominations.
A greater payment security mechanism for power generation companies to ensure timely payouts for supply of electricity will be in focus in 2022 as stricter rules are on the anvil for 24x7 power supply amid discoms' outstanding dues at a whopping Rs 1.56 lakh crore. Mounting outstanding dues of distribution companies (discoms) to electricity generation companies (gencos) have been a perennial issue affecting the entire value chain in the power sector and are also a hindrance for the ambitious goal of 24x7 power supply across the country even when the payment for coal is made in advance. The situation persists despite the fact that discoms' dues become overdue after 45 days of generating bills and they also have to pay penal interest on the overdue amount in most of the cases to gencos.
President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Devi on Friday boarded a special train from Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi for his native place in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The decision to cancel and reschedule trains passing through the desert state was taken following a high-level meeting by the Railway Board officials
