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......

Gathered inputs from 15L people for 3rd term road map: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he has already begun preparing a road map for his third term and has taken suggestions from more than 15 lakh people, asserting that the new India......

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......