Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'Bullet Trains Aren't An Issue For Polls'

'When there are no good roads and no buses plying to villages, your spending on development is skewed.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde......

Modi's Edifice Complex

To understand Modi, listen to what he does not say, suggests Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narendra D Modi, Amit A Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and J P Nadda......

Mountain Tunnel For Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail

Glimpses of the Mountain Tunnel for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor project. It was completed by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited in just 10 months. The first of the......

Bids invited for construction of BKC station, bullet train tunnel

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited has invited bids for the design and construction of an underground station at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex and for a tunnel for the bullet train......

L&T bags contract for bullet train project

L&T on Thursday said its construction arm has won a large contract for the bullet train project. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com L&T Construction has bagged the project from National......

Alstom offers world's fastest train to India

A certain type of TGV, called V150, holds the world record for the highest speed on any national rail system. This record has been in place since April 2007. Alstom India had held discussions with......

Host of tests awaits Ashwini Vaishnaw, the new rail minister

Completing freight corridors, negotiating land for the bullet train, and speeding up monetisation plans would be some of the major focus areas. IMAGE: Another challenge for Union Railway Minister......