SC allows Mumbai Metro to seek nod for felling 84 trees at Aarey

The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to pursue its plea with the relevant authority for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train......

Aarey metro car shed scrapped, to be shifted to Kanjurmarg: Uddhav

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced the scrapping of Aarey metro car shed and said the project will now come up at Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. IMAGE: Cases against citizens......

SC to hear Aarey PIL on Monday, activists get bail

The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench for an urgent hearing on Monday against the felling of trees in the Aarey forest in Maharashtra. IMAGE: An activist mourn during the cutting of......

29 Aarey protesters released from jail

All 29 protesters, arrested for allegedly obstructing and assaulting police personnel during felling of trees at the Aarey Colony in Mumbai, have been released from jail after being granted bail,......

Coming Soon! The Bullet Train!

With land acquisition completed and infrastructure work streamlined, India's bullet train dreams are slowly, but finally, inching closer to reality. IMAGE: A passenger train moves past the......

L&T bags contract for bullet train project

L&T on Thursday said its construction arm has won a large contract for the bullet train project. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com L&T Construction has bagged the project from National......

IKEA acquires 14-acre plot in Bengaluru for third India store

Store will directly employ 500-700 people, half of them women, and create 1,500 jobs indirectly Swedish retail giant IKEA has acquired a fourteen-acre plot on the outskirts of north Bengaluru to......

Investors not keen on SEZs; 57 to surrender zones

Reflecting erosion of investor interest in special economic zones, as many as 57 developers, including JSW Aluminium Ltd and Parsvnath, have decided to surrender their SEZ approval applications.......