‘Chicken’s Neck’ used as intimidation tactic for decades: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaIndia plans underground railway tracks along a 40-km strategic corridor including the 'Chicken's Neck'. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa ...
03 Feb, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Secure Northeast access via underground rail at ‘chicken’s neck’: Assam CMA new underground rail link is planned for West Bengal's strategic 'Chicken's Neck' corridor. This project aims to create a secure transpor...
03 Feb, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Chicken Neck: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says there is a plan for underground railway tracks along a 40-km strategic corridorIndia plans 40 km of underground railway tracks along the strategic Chicken's Neck corridor connecting West Bengal and the Northeast. This ...
02 Feb, 2026, 09.58 PM IST
Centre planning underground rail tracks along 40-km corridor connecting Northeast, rest of India: Ashwini VaishnawPlans are underway to lay underground railway tracks along a 40-km strategic corridor in West Bengal. This vital route, known as the 'Chick...
02 Feb, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
Delhi Metro Phase IV Expansion: Here is the latest update about the underground projectThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is building 40.1km of new underground corridors as part of the Phase-IV expansion. This project includes f...
25 Dec, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Bullet train project gets a fresh lease of life; Bids invited for construction of underground station in BKCThe bullet train project will be run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai on a high speed rail corridor at a speed of 320 kmph, covering a distance...
22 Jul, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
Bullet train to start a year earlier, work set to begin in JuneCivil work on the 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor (MAHSR) has been fast-tracked to begin in June this year.
14 Feb, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
Train accidents down by 40 per cent: Railway board chairmanThe number of accidents between April 1 and November 30 this year had gone down by 40 per cent in comparison to the corresponding period in...
30 Nov, 2017, 07.26 PM IST
Dhanbad-Chandrapura railway track closure hits coal supply to power plantsThe development has affected movement of 42,000 tonnes of coal per day and 2,400 megawatt of power generation capacities.
25 Jun, 2017, 11.47 PM IST
Off track again: April 2017 deadline for the phase 1 of Metro may be missedA battery-powered locomotive was used to push the train from Peenya depot to the elevated corridor as work on the underground stretch was i...
03 Jan, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
MMRDA red-flags Centre's move for bullet train station in BKCThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had selected BKC for its proposed International Finance Centre (IFC).
04 Mar, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
Militants explode bomb on rail track in AssamThe bomb was exploded on the Rangya-Rangapara rail track near Merabil Garia village in Assam's Udalguri district.
21 Nov, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
19 tunnel boring machines deployed for Delhi Metro's Phase-3 expansionAccording to DMRC, this is one of the largest tunnelling projects ever undertaken below any major urban centre globally.
08 Mar, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Delhi Metro completes Shalimar Bagh-Azadpur tunnellingApproximately 80 trains run per day through this main railway line & construction was done without hampering railway traffic for even a sin...
07 Nov, 2014, 07.45 PM IST
Longest railway tunnel in Northeast scooped outThough work on the tunnel had begun in September 2005, it did not progress well initially due to several geological problems.
21 Oct, 2014, 04.49 PM IST
- WR fast tracks elevated lines
A Western Railway team has approved the feasibility report into the construction of two high speed train lines over the current ones betwee...
06 Jun, 2011, 10.27 AM IST
- Rail revival lures JP Morgan to track engg firm
WITH Lalu’s magic wand turning around the railways, the gains are indeed trickling down to an array of suppliers and partners.
31 Mar, 2007, 01.19 AM IST