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......

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......

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......

Worker killed in Gujarat bullet train's girder launcher crash

One worker was killed and six others injured after a girder launcher fell on them during the construction of a high-speed rail corridor for the upcoming bullet train project near Karjan town in......

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......

SEE; Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

'Once finished, the project will reduce the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to just over two hours.' IMAGE: The E5 Series Shinkansen, which will be modified for use as rolling stock for......

L&T bags over Rs 7,000-cr order for bullet train

Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said it has bagged an order worth over Rs 7,000 crore to construct a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as the......

India's bullet train to travel 21 km under sea

Estimated to cost about Rs 97,636 crore (Rs 976.36 billion), 81 per cent of the funding for the project will come by way of a loan from Japan. Passengers will get the thrill of riding under the......