India, Bhutan to connect by rail for the first time with total outlay of Rs 4,033 croreIndia announced railway connectivity to Bhutan's Gelephu and Samtse, significantly strengthening bilateral ties. Union Minister Ashwini Vai...
29 Sep, 2025, 06.39 PM IST
DPR for first-ever railway link to Bhutan from Assam completed: NFRBhutan is set to receive its first railway link as Indian Railways has completed the detailed project report for a 69.04 km track from Assa...
01 Mar, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
New Kokrajhar-Gelephu railway line proposed to boost India-Bhutan connectivityA new railway line from Kokrajhar to Gelephu connecting Assam with Bhutan has been proposed to improve cross-border connectivity. Union Min...
01 Mar, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
India, Bangladesh decides to boost Himalayan-Bay of Bengal connectivityPrime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina announced plans to enhance regional connectivity at a summit on Saturday. The initiative ai...
25 Jun, 2024, 06.14 PM IST
Modi’s Bhutan trip this week to result in new initiatives in energy, infra & cross-border tradeModi's Thimphu visit focused on enhancing energy, trade, and infrastructure ties with Bhutan amidst China's influence. Discussions included...
19 Mar, 2024, 07.53 PM IST
Act East policy boosts regional cooperation: Northeast India's economic corridors explored in roundtable conferenceAct East Policy Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary highlighted the positive impact of the Act East Policy, spearheaded by Prime Minist...
16 Feb, 2024, 06.13 PM IST
Modi-King meet: India, Bhutan to expand cross-border rail, tech, investments & trade connectThe two leaders positively assessed expanding partnership between the two countries, including in new areas of connectivity in its broadest...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
Railways, Bhutan government explore logistics avenues for future linkagesA business development meeting was held by Northeast Frontier Railway’s (NFR’s) Alipurduar division recently between railways & delegations...
01 Nov, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
Indian Railways delivers vehicles to BhutanIndian Railways has delivered its first consignment of goods to Bhutan through a multi-modal route, officials said on Saturday. Seventy-fiv...
29 Oct, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
View: Enhancing Siliguri corridor for ease of trade and transit in South AsiaAll three immediate neighbours of India on its eastern side - Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal - depend on this trade and transit corridor for ...
20 Feb, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
Amid looming Chinese presence, India woos Bhutan with trade relations and connectivityFrom identifying more trade points to carrying out a feasibility study for a railway link, the government is going all out to thwart China'...
23 Jul, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
India expedites plan to connect Bhutan via rail as China pushes hard along LACThe rail link connect Mujnai (West Bengal) and Nyoenpaling (Bhutan) and the lndian Ministry of Railways has already commenced a feasibility...
22 Jul, 2020, 10.01 PM IST
Rail freight service to connect India with Iran, TurkeyConsidered to be a major boost for trade and economic development, a trans-container goods train from Dhaka to Istanbul covering Bangladesh...
03 Mar, 2017, 10.31 PM IST
Rail link plan with Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal: Suresh PrabhuPrabhu said work was on to connect all the eight state capitals of the north-east, so that the tourism potential of the region gets a boost.
20 Jan, 2017, 07.53 PM IST
After upper house veto, Bhutan government tries again to put regional vehicle pact on trackBhutan is the only country that has not ratified the agreement even as Bangladesh and India have conducted dry run of cargo truck under MVA.
13 Dec, 2016, 01.19 AM IST
Railways to link North East with Nepal, Bhutan and BangladeshThe link will be a part of the Trans Asian Railway network and will provide a much shorter connectivity from Tripura to Kolkata.
06 Sep, 2016, 07.15 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee to pay a two-day visit to Bhutan from FridayMukherjee's visit to Bhutan comes nearly five months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to the land-locked neighbouring country.
05 Nov, 2014, 04.05 PM IST