Railways Budget: Can Budget 2024 build the safety net for happy rail rides?Union Budget 2024: The Indian Railways proposes a groundbreaking ₹1 lakh crore plan to procure 7,000-8,000 new train sets over 15 years. Ai...
01 Feb, 2024, 06.43 AM IST
Why the Yamuna Expressway continues to remain accident-proneHere is a closer look at why the Yamuna Expressway continues to remain accident-prone and deadly.
14 Jul, 2019, 05.23 PM IST
If Modi wins again, this could be his plan for India@75Modi govt has got a blueprint from NITI Aayog to take the country's economy to $4 trillion in the next 5 years
20 Dec, 2018, 06.17 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Where progress on paper hits quicksand of ground realityThe statistics may appear to be picture perfect but the situation on the ground turned out to be somewhat different.
05 Jun, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
Reforms in Railways should continue with a sharper eye on safety and executionIf Prabhu is replaced, will there be a pause on spending on rail infra, Rs 4L cr has been spent between 2014-2018 as against Rs 4.9L cr bet...
27 Aug, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
What Jaitley didn't tell you in his budget speech about the state of Indian RailwaysThis is the first time freight earnings have fallen since 1978-79. It is a telling statistic about the state of the railways and the overal...
16 Feb, 2017, 01.22 PM IST
Encourage cycling to tackle pollution; but Indian motorists need to be sensitised to cyclists' safetyWith increasing pollution and congestion on their roads, Indian cities have no option but to get more people to cycle.
24 May, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
Inland waterways: How Nitin Gadkari is steering some of modern India's biggest infrastructure projectsThe Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Minister may not be the man about town, but he has envisioned some of India’s biggest infra project...
08 Feb, 2015, 06.32 AM IST
Fire in trains: Supreme Court for lab test of materials used in coachesSC orders lab test of materials used for furnishing interiors of coaches in trains to ascertain whether they meet rescribed safety standard...
18 Nov, 2014, 07.53 PM IST
New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidentsMore rail passengers die due to falls from trains than collisions or derailments, and a new law is all set to make it much harder to claim ...
02 Nov, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 to amend Railways ActInitiating the discussion on the Bill, Venugopal narrated an incident in Kerala where a girl lost her life after jumping from a train to es...
11 Aug, 2014, 05.47 PM IST
What of road safety? Is the finance minister bothered?About 35% of all accidental deaths in India take place on the roads. Indians are 20 times as likely to die of a road accident.
15 Mar, 2012, 08.20 AM IST
- 'Lines seem diverting ICD rail traffic wrongly claiming congestion at the Port'
Amid the hue and cry about congestion at the country's leading container port, JNPT chairman L Radhakrishnan tries to clear the air as he f...
25 Jul, 2011, 03.48 AM IST
- Cabinet reshuffle: PM makes minor changes, Jairam Ramesh new rural development minister
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced minor changes to his cabinet. In a surprise move Dr Singh moved Jairam Ramesh to the rural developm...
12 Jul, 2011, 01.19 PM IST
Ministers’ safety credentials: Jaffer Sharief fares the worstDoes Mamata Banerjee have the worst track record when it comes to railway safety?
20 Jul, 2010, 11.43 AM IST
- Infrastructure
Quality infrastructure, covering the services of transportation, electricity transmission and distribution; communications (telecommunicati...
25 Feb, 2005, 11.47 PM IST