France suffers second day of sabotage train delaysTens of thousands of rail passengers faced a second day of cancelled trains as saboteurs paralysed the network ahead of the Paris Olympics ...
27 Jul, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
'Sabotage' on French rail network before Olympics: What we know so farThree separate arson attacks targeting France's high-speed rail network paralyzed train travel nationwide on Friday as Paris prepared to ho...
27 Jul, 2024, 07.01 AM IST
After UK and US, Germany hit by heavy snow, freezing rainSevere winter weather prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights Wednesday at Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, as the country fa...
17 Jan, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Flood warnings issued and several travel plans disrupted after Storm Henk batters parts of UKThe storm along with high winds and torrential rain, wreaked havoc across significant portions of England and Wales. Presently, nearly 300 ...
03 Jan, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
Why India needs a fresh approach to de-escalation with ChinaWith China having taken a headstart on building border infrastructure, India will be playing catch-up for most of the next decade, despite ...
29 May, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
China unveils world's fastest train that travels at 600 km per hour. Watch the amazing train hereChina's train maker CRRC recently unveiled the high-speed train at a railway industry trade fair, in Berlin, Germany. According to the manu...
06 Oct, 2022, 05.18 PM IST
Britain could see hottest temperature on record this weekBritain's government triggered a "national emergency" alert as temperatures were forecast to surpass the previous record of 38.7C (102F) in...
18 Jul, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
India ramps up rail cooperation with Dhaka, will hand over 10 broad gauge locomotivesIndia will on Monday hand over 10 broad gauge (BG) locomotives to Bangladesh as a part of its grant assistance to the eastern neighbour. In...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
China gives the world a glimpse of its 1,000 km/h trainChina currently operates high speed bullet trains at the maximum speed of 350 kmph.
12 Oct, 2018, 02.01 PM IST
China successfully launches new satellite to provide weather data to BRI countriesThe massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) seeks to build rail, maritime and road links from Asia to Europe and Africa in a revival of anci...
06 Jun, 2018, 12.18 PM IST
Tax bonanza turning city at 'zero mile' into India's warehouseIndia is on the cusp of a sweeping tax overhaul that could turn the city of 2.4 million people into one of the nation’s biggest logistics h...
17 May, 2017, 05.30 PM IST
China launches longest bullet trainThe train left Kunming at 11:05 am on a 2,760-km trip to Beijing, which takes about 13 hours.
05 Jan, 2017, 09.24 PM IST
China threatens USA after Chinese consortium denied rail contract on Vegas-Nevada-LA lineIn September last year, XpressWest and CRI announced to establish a joint venture to build the Southwest Rail Network that will connect Las...
11 Jun, 2016, 06.15 PM IST
New Silk Route? China plans Kunming-Kolkata railway linkThe 3,000 km line would be part of Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor to boost trade.
18 Jun, 2015, 06.16 AM IST
China opens new Tibet rail link close to SikkimChinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cleared rail link to Tibet close to Sikkim near Indian border increasing mobility of Chinese troops ...
16 Aug, 2014, 10.40 AM IST
China starts bullet train service in most rugged terrainChina launched bullet train services along a mountainous route touted as the most challenging high speed rail project that the country has ...
01 Jul, 2014, 08.30 PM IST
Dragon builds rail web around IndiaChina is busy developing extensive multimodal connectivity all along the borders and inside the neighbouring countries for facilitating tra...
10 Dec, 2009, 04.51 AM IST