On This Day in History, June 7: Mahatma Gandhi train incident, Vatican City's creation, Battle of Midway, Harry Potter's stage debut, Boeing 777's intro and many more eventsOn This Day in History, June 7, the world witnessed several landmark events that shaped politics, warfare, sports and social change. The da...
06 Jun, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
British-era heritage sites need preservation, states should work on it with more seriousness: ShekhawatUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has called for greater seriousness from states in preserving British-era public assets. The...
29 May, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
Saint-Gobain to invest $1 billion in India, bets on growth shiftFrench company Saint-Gobain will invest nearly one billion dollars in India over the next five years. This investment signals a major shift...
04 May, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Alfred Nobel: 'A heart can no more be forced to love than a...'—Inspiring quotes by the legendary Swedish chemist and inventor who also founded the Nobel PrizesQuote of the Day: Alfred Nobel's quote on love, comparing it to digestion, emphasizes that emotions cannot be forced. This reflects his lif...
24 Apr, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
End of an era? Hanoi plans to stop trains on viral café streetHanoi plans to reroute trains away from its famous railway café street. This move aims to end a popular tourist experience. Trains will no ...
24 Mar, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
Soon, travel from Delhi to Chandigarh in two hoursThe Delhi-Chandigarh corridor is slated to be first semi-high speed project being taken up by the state-owned transporter to run trains at ...
31 Jul, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Railways to upgrade Delhi-Chandigarh route for 200 kmph serviceRailways has identified nine high priority passenger corridors of total 6,400 km including Delhi-Agra, Delhi- Chandigarh to be upgraded to ...
15 Apr, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
Railways working on 200 km per hour trains on Delhi-Chandigarh routeSNCF - the French railways - will submit the execution strategy and implementation model with detailed cost of the semi-high speed project ...
13 Apr, 2017, 08.34 PM IST
Escargots in Ambala? Suresh Prabhu travels in driver's cabin in French TGV bullet trainPrabhu travelled on TGV, the French high-speed train, which can clock up to the maximum speed of 320 km per hour, during his recent visit t...
15 Apr, 2016, 07.31 PM IST
French connection will help in travelling from Delhi to Chandigarh in less than 2 hours!Railways is looking to reduce the travel time to less than two hours, if the proposed project goes on track to run trains at a speed of 200...
12 Apr, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi's France visit: France to work with India on semi-high speed Delhi-Chandigarh rail lineThe two sides signed a Railway protocol which seeks to establish cooperation between Indian and French Railways for semi-high speed rail an...
11 Apr, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
Government asks France to 'open shops' in India for railway projectsThe Government is willing to work with with French companies and is trying to remove inhibitions that doing business in India is a challeng...
24 Nov, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
France to examine bullet train plan on Mumbai-Ahmedabad routeEstimated to cost about Rs 63K cr, the 534-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad route is expected to be executed as Railways has signed an MoU yesterda...
15 Feb, 2013, 10.53 PM IST
- Modernisation: Railways likely to renew MoU with France's SNCF
With an aim to use French technology in large-scale modernisation of Indian Railways, the national transporter is likely to renew its agree...
02 Mar, 2012, 03.50 PM IST
- India, France sign MoU to promote cooperation in railway sector
India and France on wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in Railways, including constructing world class stations...
14 May, 2008, 05.30 PM IST
- Indian Railways to sign MoU with French counterpart
France, which is known for its expertise in high speed trains, will soon be helping India in the creation of such a network in the country.
11 May, 2008, 10.29 AM IST
- French team to study Indian rail corridor
French Railway team coming to India for technical feasibility study on high-speed rail corridor.
11 Aug, 2007, 12.00 AM IST