PM Modi inaugurates Kochi Metro

IMAGE: From left, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kerala Governor P Sathasivam take a ride in Kochi Metro on Saturday. Photographs:......

PHOTOS: Bharat bandh hits normal life; Bengal, Kerala among most affected

A day-long nationwide strike on Wednesday impacted normal life in various parts of the country with coal production, banking operations and transport services being hit the most, while violent......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Chennai Metro may be flagged off in next few days

Fare will be in the range of Rs 10 to around Rs 30-40 Chennai Metro Rail is all set to commence operations in the next few days. Officials are hopeful this will increase usage of public......

BEML bags Rs 1,672-cr Metro Rail order

Public sector undertaking BEML has raked up railway equipment and component orders of over Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion), company chairman and managing director V R S Natarajan said on Monday.......

Bengaluru metro to chug along from Oct

BEML Ltd, the public sector mining & construction, rail & metro and defence equipment maker,announced on Monday that it would supply first metro train set to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltdin......

Bribe charges link Alstom to firms from Singapore, Hong Kong

The two companies allegedly used by French company Alstom as a route to pay bribes to win signalling contract for the first two phases of the Delhi Metro rail system are registered in Singapore and......