'Nobody will fly': India's plane versus train battle gets a twistIndia's Railway Minister said upcoming bullet trains will dominate short-haul routes like Mumbai-Pune and Bengaluru-Chennai, mirroring glob...
12 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 57: Forging firm that supplies Tata, M&M, JCB. Nobody talks about it enoughFor over four decades, one company has been making crankshafts quietly and precisely, supplying customers from Tata Motors to Liebherr to M...
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ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt – Part 55: This old-economy giant helped power India’s past. Its big test lies aheadSome companies face disruption at the level of products. Others face it at the level of technology. That is what makes this story more comp...
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Karnataka got record budget allocation for railways, says MoS Jalshakti V SomannaSixty-one railway stations across the state are being redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, he told the media in Bengaluru.
09 Apr, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Indian Railways nears complete electrification; hits 99.2% of broad gauge network, ahead of UK, Russia & ChinaIn a significant milestone for the nation's transportation infrastructure, Indian Railways has achieved electrification of 99.2 per cent of...
18 Dec, 2025, 06.49 AM IST
Electric train runs on Khajuraho-Udaipura section, North Central Railway is 100% electrifiedWith this, the Indian Railways' North Central Railway section has joined the Indian public transport service's other sections to achieve th...
26 Oct, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Eastern Railway achieves 100 pc electrification of 2,848 km network"With the successful completion of CRS (commissioner of railway safety) inspection of the Hansdiha-Godda section, Eastern Railway's entire ...
27 May, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Piyush Goyal inaugurates a recently electrified section on the Delhi-Ajmer routeAfter running of these trains, the diesel trains will be stopped, which will eliminate pollution as well as the dependence on the fuel impo...
29 Nov, 2020, 09.49 PM IST
Railway Board asks zonal railways to fill up vacancies in electrification projectsIn a letter sent to all Zonal Railways earlier this week, the Railway Board has asked them to comply with a previous order that vested resp...
11 Sep, 2020, 08.49 PM IST
Northern Railway completes electrification work on 130 km line in Punjab, HaryanaThe Northern Railway has completed the electrification work of 130 km section in Punjab and Haryana which will ensure that no more diesel l...
16 Jul, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Railways set to electrify 38,000 km route in next five yearsThe minister said that in 2017-2018 the national transporter has set a target of electrifying 4,000 km route, while in the next fiscal the ...
15 Dec, 2017, 06.17 PM IST
L&T gets Rs 1050-cr contract for rail tracks electrificationAt the event, additionally eight agreements were exchanged between railway zones and Public Sector Undertakings for 1,735 rkm of electrific...
04 Aug, 2017, 10.58 PM IST
Railways step up efforts to electrify more routes to save energy costPace of electrification has gained traction as the railways has rolled an action plan to drastically decrease the use of diesel in order to...
08 Apr, 2017, 01.15 PM IST
Mission electrification to cover 24,000-km track in five yearsCurrently about 2,000 km track is being electrified in a year to reach 4,000 km per year by 2017-18 and 6,000 km in subsequent year.
04 Nov, 2016, 12.53 AM IST
Mission electrification to cover 24,000 km track in 5 yearsCurrently about 2000 km track is being electrified in a year and the aim is to reach 4000 km per year by 2017-18 and 6000 km in subsequent ...
03 Nov, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
Railways for rapid electrification to reduce carbon footprint"Our aim is to use clean energy in a big way by generating 1000 MW solar energy and 200 MW wind energy by 2020 in order to decarbonise the ...
02 Nov, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
Measures in place to expedite railway lines electrificationThe expense, during this period, is more than Rs 3,765 crore allocated under Plan Head 'Railway Electrification'.
02 Mar, 2015, 04.00 PM IST