Kolkata Metro creates history, runs rake under river for first time in India

Kolkata Metro created history on Wednesday when its rake ran through a tunnel under a river for the first time in the country, a senior official said in Kolkata. IMAGE: Image used for......

Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......

Get 'pavitra' feeling on seeing Modi: Shinde at Mumbai's infra projects inauguration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of development projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore in different sectors in Mumbai, giving a big push to......

Modi opens 3024 Delhi flats for poor, takes swipe at AAP's publicity spend

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated 3,024 flats in Delhi's Kalkaji area for economically weaker sections and asserted that while the poor's welfare was ignored for decades, they......

Cement sector remains a puzzle to investors

IMAGE: A labourer unloads cement sacks from the wagon of a train at a yard in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters The cement industry continues to present a puzzle to investors. Five......

Delhi-Alwar rapid rail: India in talks for $3 bn funding

The project will be in three stages and sources indicate that the funding will be for the first stage of 107 kilometre from Sarai Kale Khan to SNB Urban Complex. The ministry of finance is in......

L&T, 2 mega consortia in race for India's first bullet train project

The first consortium includes Afcons Infrastructure, IRCON International and JMC Projects, while the second group of companies include NCC, Tata Projects and J. Kumar Infra Projects. Mega industry......

RBI assures India Inc of more action to fuel growth

Stating that recent agriculture reforms have opened new opportunities, the RBI Governor said the farm sector is emerging as a bright spot. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday assured the......