NEW DELHI: Finally, with BJP in power, both in Delhi and the Centre, the Union government is speeding up action on major decongestion projects in the national capital. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will build the elevated corridor between INA and Nelson Mandela Marg in Vasant Kunj, a project that was conceived more…
Israel’s military withdrew Sunday from a key corridor dividing the Gaza Strip, leaving nearly all of the territory’s north as required by a tenuous cease-fire agreement with Hamas. The military’s departure from the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza came as the Israeli government sent a delegation to Qatar over the weekend to discuss the next group…
An Israeli official said Sunday that Israeli forces have begun withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor, part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead. Israel agreed as part of the truce to remove its forces from the Netzarim corridor, a strip of land that bisects northern Gaza from the south. The official…
NEW DELHI: Amid inordinate delay in finalising the deal for procurement of Japanese Shinkansen bullet trains for India’s first high-speed Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, the railway ministry has invited bids for a signalling system that will allow Vande Bharat trains, with a maximum design speed of 280 kpmh, to run on this section.Though the ministry had earlier…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Namo Bharat corridor stretching between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar. The 13-km corridor worth Rs 4,600 crore is part of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).The corridor will connect Sahibabad RRTS station to New Ashok Nagar RRTS station, including two RRTS stations at Anand…
Indian Railways is also developing domestic manufacturing capabilities for bullet trains. (AI image for representative purpose) India’s first bullet train design: India and Japan are close to finalising the design specifications for bullet trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor, which will facilitate the tender process.The Japanese Shinkansen trains are undergoing modifications to suit…
Virat Kohli bats during play on day three of the third Test. (AP/PTI Photo) Dangle the carrot outside off-stump, Virat Kohli will go for it and end up nicking to either the wicketkeeper or the extended slip cordon. There will be days when he will play and miss but more often than not, the ball…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pressed on the importance of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEEC) as a ‘historic initiative’ aimed at boosting regional connectivity and prosperity during a meeting with United Arab Emirates deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday.According to a statement from the MEA,…