Vinay Kwatra discussed ways to boost connectivity through Chabahar port. (File) New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Sunday discussed with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran ways to boost connectivity through strategic Chabahar port and the current situation in West Asia arising out of the Hamas-Israel conflict. The foreign secretary was in Tehran […]
NCRTC is executing the RRTS project which is joint venture between Centre and states (File) New Delhi: The Delhi government has released a payment of Rs 415 crore to NCRTC for the RRTS project, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Friday. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court had pulled up the Delhi government for […]
The RRTS project entails semi-high speed rail corridors connecting Delhi to Meerut. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today pulled up the Delhi government for not providing funds for the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors to Alwar and Panipat, and said if the dues were not paid within a week, the funds allocated by the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated three Indian-assisted development projects via video conferencing on Wednesday. The three projects are the Akhaura- Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link, Khulna – Mongla Port Rail Line and Unit – II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Rampal, Bangladesh. The inauguration […]
The landslide blocked a diversion tunnel in the river, leading to a reduction in the water flow. Guwahati: Massive protests have erupted in Assam after a massive landslide hit an under-construction dam in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, affecting a 2,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project and reducing water flow in Assam’s Subansiri river. “We have already […]
Chunks of the hill crashed about 300 metres from the dam. Guwahati: A massive landslide hit an under-construction dam in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, affecting a 2,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project and reducing water flow in Assam’s Subansiri river. Chunks of the hill came crashing down about 300 metres from the dam, showed a video […]
Mr Sunak told those who first backed the project years ago that the circumstances in Britain had changed Manchester: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled part of a high-speed rail project on Wednesday, ending weeks of uncertainty and provoking anger in his own Conservative Party with his move to reinvent his premiership as one of […]
“I have not been able to sleep for a month thinking about my village.” Rempang: Sitting on a creaky bridge linking stilt houses, Indonesian fisherman Sadam Husen fears for his people and their traditions, knowing they may be uprooted from their ancestral land to make way for a China-funded megaproject worth billions. The Indonesian government […]
Project Cheetah is India’s ambitious initiative to reintroduce cheetahs after their extinction (File) New Delhi: Cheetah reintroduction in India is going to be a success considering the country’s strong track record in conserving big cats, the project head has said, countering concerns raised by several experts. In an interview with PTI, SP Yadav, Additional Director […]
“Electric highway is very very economically viable,” said Nitin Gadkari. (File) New Delhi: The government is working on developing electric highways as it is economically viable, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. Nitin Gadkari has earlier said that making India’s first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur is his dream. […]
