Modi Firmly In Control Of Ministers

The strong message from the prime minister is of continuity of policies he considers right with strong emphasis on execution, points out T N C Rajagopalan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

Modi unveils 29 projects worth Rs 12,000 cr in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the beneficiaries of welfare schemes today are examples of social justice and “real secularism”, as he slammed the previous regimes for......

Modi to launch projects worth Rs 50,000cr in 4 states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Rajasthan on July 7 and 8 during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of about 50 projects worth......

Working on target to become $5-10 trillion economy: Modi

India will be among the top three economies in the world in his third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Surat on Sunday after inaugurating the sprawling Surat Diamond Bourse, which he said......

Dedicated Freight Corridors in super-slow lane

The light at the end of the much-hyped Dedicated Freight Corridor tunnel will take a long time to be lit.Indian Railways' ambitious project of developing Dedicated Freight Corridors, conceived to......

India to get first dedicated rail freight corridor in December

India is likely to get its first freight-specific rail line commissioned in December, three months ahead of schedule, in Bihar. The 56-km stretch, part of the eastern arm of the ambitious Rs......

Railways need more land for freight corridor

Nearly three years after RITES, the consultancy arm of Indian Railways, prepared a preliminary project alignment design for the proposed dedicated freight corridor project, the railways are......

India, Japan positive on freight corridor loan

While the dedicated freight corridor project is not showing any signs of taking off, the railway ministry officials say talks with Japan for a Rs 20,000-crore (Rs 200-billion) loan for the project......