$15 billion Google data centre to transform Vizag into AI hub: Union Minister VaishnawVisakhapatnam is set to become a major artificial intelligence hub. Google is establishing a $15 billion AI data centre there. This project...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
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...
22 Apr, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
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
Railways account for 28-30% of freight movement, well below global benchmarks: ASSOCHAMIndian Railways is transforming to boost freight movement. The sector aims for 3,000 million tonnes capacity by 2030. Initiatives like Dedi...
08 Apr, 2026, 10.18 PM IST
Somanna hits back at Siddaramaiah’s ‘jobless minister’ jibe, invites him to Delhi office to see his workMinister of State for Railways V. Somanna challenged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to visit his Delhi office to verify his work, responding t...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.37 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
Railways will achieve 100 pc electrification in FY26: Ashwini VaishnawUnion Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Indian Railways will achieve 100% electrification by FY 2025-26 and aims to be net zero by 2...
24 Feb, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Substantial increase in budget allocation to states such as Delhi, Bihar, MP, others: VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a significant increase in the budget allocation for rail infrastructure in the fiscal year 2025...
03 Feb, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
Northeast Frontier Railway signs MoU with IRCON for maintenance of electrification infrastructureNortheast Frontier Railway has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IRCON International Limited for maintaining electrification infras...
27 Dec, 2024, 08.02 AM IST
Indian Railways reports highest ever loading for fiscal 2022-23In addition to loading, Indian Railways also set records of track electrification, laying of new lines, and automatic signalling among othe...
02 Apr, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
150 railway stations to be redeveloped: Railway Minister Ashwini VaishnawAs many as 150 railway stations will be redeveloped in entire country, of which, eight stations in Rajasthan will be developed in first pha...
02 Oct, 2021, 11.32 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
50% of railway track in NFR to be electrified by March 2020NFR stated it is expected that by March next year, more than 50% of the total 6,242 kilometres of the railway tracks under NFR will be elec...
04 Jun, 2019, 05.08 PM IST
Railways gears up to undertake largest ever divestment exerciseRailways plans to raise the amount through monetisation of its power transmission lines. A joint venture of the two PSUs would be set up th...
23 Jun, 2018, 12.30 PM IST
Electrification of Delhi-Jaipur rail route to be completed by December 2018: Railway Board ChairmanTwenty-two stations would be developed into world-class facilities and 963 stations will be equipped with CCTV cameras by the end of 2018.
23 Dec, 2017, 09.28 PM IST
Jammu, Gulberga, Silchar to be new railway divisionsCatering to the growing demand for new divisions, railways have decided to create three new ones - Jammu, Gulberga and Silchar.
27 Feb, 2014, 08.24 PM IST
- Railways harnessing solar energy for electrification
Indian Railways is harnessing solar energy for electrification of railway assets and introducing better technologies to reduce emissions fr...
27 Feb, 2009, 09.38 AM IST