The compulsion behind India and Japan to deepen security cooperation is in response to China's growing political and economic clout and its assertive behaviour in disputed areas. This has been the......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday launched India's first bullet train project in Ahmedabad. The Rs 1.10 lakh crore train project between Ahmedabad......
What is required is boring leadership that ensures that the basics are right and not genius leadership that dreams of bullet trains, says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I am......
Experts suggest that a revamp in the surrounding infrastructure should take care of the issues plaguing the VB-2, stressing that the lightweight nature of the trains is what allows for higher......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Saturday travelled in Japan's famed high-speed Shinkansen bullet train. Modi and Abe travelled in the train, whose......
Rail ministry pinning hopes on foreign partner and private capital Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have ruled out privatisation of Indian Railways but the government may end up banking on private......
A bullet train. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Wikimedia Commons Superior technology and their experience in safety and signalling give Japanese firms an edge over the Chinese, who might have pitched......
India's move to opt for Japanese bullet trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route had raised concerns in China which is competing with Japan to build high-speed rail networks in India. India's first......
Globally, there is no single standard definition of High- Speed Rail (HSR) but systems with speeds exceeding 250 kmph are considered high speed (International Union of Railways' definition).......
From highways connecting once-remote regions to aviation networks carrying millions, India's infrastructure story is one of transformation. IMAGE: Union Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways......