Railways eyeing lucrative ecommerce space, making Vande Bharat-like freight trains that can run at 160 kmphEach of those 16-car trains with a maximum speed of 160 km per hour is estimated to cost about ₹60 crore, three times more than a normal fr...
01 May, 2022, 06.42 AM IST
BHEL ties up with SwissRapide AG to bring Maglev high-speed trains to IndiaThe Maglev Rail system hovers in the air instead of rolling, due to magnetic levitation, thus the vehicles have no physical contact with th...
16 Sep, 2020, 04.32 PM IST
Railways-Bombardier deal hits logjam over pricesAccording to an initial plan announced by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal a few months ago, 39 new AC local trains were meant for the city.
13 Nov, 2018, 11.39 AM IST
EMUs: No toilets, but now they promise mobile charging pointsIn the morning peak hours, trains are so crowded that half of the passengers travel hanging from the door handles, risking their lives. Tho...
04 Jul, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
With eye on polls, NDA to speed up West Bengal coach plantWith an eye on upcoming West Bengal elections, the NDA government has decided to speed up the project for setting up a rail coach factory a...
13 Nov, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
Bombardier to supply India-made trains to AustraliaBombardier-led consortium secured a whopping $4.1 billion contract to supply trains, manufactured in India, and maintenance services to Aus...
30 Jan, 2014, 08.29 PM IST
- Exit the emu
Residents of Baroni village woke up to a strange sight two months ago — 10 emus plodding down the Tonk-Jaipur highway. They were taken to t...
20 Oct, 2013, 06.52 AM IST
Emu chicks released in Indira Gandhi Park ZooSix EMU chicks have been released into the open cage for public viewing in the Indira Gandhi Park Zoo maintained by the Horticulture Depart...
04 Aug, 2013, 02.21 PM IST
10 emus land up in Rajasthan villageResidents of Baroni village in Tonk district were in for a surprise on Friday morning when a group of emus, the flightless bird of Australi...
06 Jul, 2013, 06.00 AM IST
How railway contractors & industry lobbies manipulate top rail appointmentsMany suspect that the arrest of Mahesh Kumar was a result of a fight between different industry lobbies pushing their own candidate for the...
12 May, 2013, 01.15 PM IST
Baby boom at Bokaro zooSeveral animals in Bokaro zoo are either in their gestation period or have already given birth.
26 Apr, 2013, 01.36 AM IST
- 651 abandoned emus up for auction
Since maintenance of the emu birds, abandoned by the fraudsters in the contract farming scam, was a costly affair for the state government,...
11 Mar, 2013, 03.26 AM IST
- Abandoned emus bleed government
Saving the thousands of emus abandoned by promoters after the scam came to light is proving to be a costly affair for the government.
29 Sep, 2012, 05.48 AM IST
Emus get a foster care from Tamil NaduEmus, birds native to Australia but orphaned in the southern state after being caught in an investment scam, will now receive foster care f...
20 Aug, 2012, 06.27 AM IST
Starving emus in Tamil Nadu farm get foodThousands of emus, which were starving for days after a firm involved in commercial farming of the birds came under police net, were today ...
10 Aug, 2012, 06.05 PM IST
300 emus die of starvation in Tamil NaduOver 300 exotic emu birds died for want of feed and water at the main supply centre of Perundurai-based Susi Emu Farms at Kaniyoor near Sat...
10 Aug, 2012, 02.20 AM IST
- BHEL breaks MNC cartel, bags AC EMU orders
These orders would give BHEL an opportunity to supply the system within the shortest possible time to Indian Railways.
28 Dec, 2010, 07.25 PM IST