Station mooted at Jos Junction
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has suggested building a new Metro station at Jos junction in the south to allow extension of the Metro Rail to West Kochi and to shift the station planned befo
High-speed rail links on GIM agenda
The Global Investors’ Meet (GIM), scheduled to be held next month, will focus mainly on the high-speed rail project and fast-lane roads. Revealing this to the reporters here on Friday, Industries mini
LIC, IL&FS sign pact for $2 billion infra debt fund
Life Insurance Corp (LIC) and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) on Friday signed a pact to set up a debt fund with a corpus of $2 billion to finance infrastructure projects in Asia
Opposition protests delay in opening new bridges
The Opposition DMK walked out of the Chennai corporation council on Thursday protesting the inordinate delay in inaugurating three new bridges at Villivakkam, Indira Nagar and Mehta Nagar.
The Oppos
2020: Delhi world’s 2nd biggest city, after Tokyo
In the run-up to next month’s Rio+20 sustainable development conference in Brazil, the UN Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a hard look at how an extremely dynamic region can build rural res
State puts safety mechanism in place to avert mishaps
The Hindu religious and charitable endowments department has proposed to put in place a strict safety mechanism to avert mishaps during the conduct of car festivals at the temples in future.
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Station renovation plan fails to take off
Ambitious plans to transform Secunderabad and Tirupati railway stations into world class stations, announced years ago, are yet to take off. The proposed project planned to develop the station by co
Water work to divert traffic
Vehicular movement, including MTC services, would be diverted at the junction of Manali Road and Patel Nagar Main Road on the western side and Tiruvottiyur High Road on the east with Chennai Metro Wat
Restore rural infra fund interest rate to 6.5 %: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has opposed Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhancing the interest rate on rural infrastructure development fund (RIDF) to 8 per cent per annum, and urged Prime Minister Man
All set for rains: BWSSB gets new jetting machines
The BWSSB is getting ready to tackle flashfloods and overflowing manholes as the city has been receiving rains for the last few days. It has purchased 42 jetting machines that will clear the blocked u