The Haryana government has approved a 95 km railway line from Panipat to Asaoti via Rohtak, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Patli, Manesar and Sohna, bypassing Delhi. This line will be developed by the Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development […]
The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) has given clearance for the commercial launch of Train-18. Further, the CCRS has recommended fencing of tracks at vulnerable locations to ensure safety. The train is expected to […]
The MoR will provide a 25 per cent discount on the existing haulage rate per TEU for transporting empty containers as well as for empty flat container wagons. This rate reduction is expected to increase […]
The Railway Board has devised a new policy that allows companies to advertise on trains in lieu of their goods and services for passengers. The advertisements are bound by an upper limit of six inches […]
The MoR has revised the combined reservation quota of lower berths earmarked for senior citizens, female passengers of 45 years of age and above, and pregnant women in normal mail and express trains as well […]
IR will be sealing railway stations 20 minutes prior to departure time so as to make sure that security checks are smoothly carried out. A list of 202 stations has been prepared and these have […]
Western Railway (WR) has launched a 9.5 km long heritage train from Patalpani to Kalakund in Madhya Pradesh. The train route consists of four tunnels and 41 bridges. Meanwhile, IR has proposed running 800 special […]
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is reportedly working towards a new policy for allowing firms to exit highway projects easily. This policy, likely to be called the build-operate-transfer (BOT) variable, will allow […]
NHAI is considering rebidding of the eight road stretches offered under the second round of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model. This development comes on account of the fact that only three bids were received for the […]
The MoRTH has inaugurated/laid the foundation stone for six national highway projects worth Rs 53.79 billion in Rajasthan. The projects for which the foundation stone was laid include widening of the Dangiyavas-Keru-Nagaur section of the […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the construction of a new four-lane bridge across the Ganga river. The 5.63 km bridge will be constructed parallel to the existing Mahatma Gandhi Setu. It will […]
The central government has approved the construction of a regional ring road (RRR) in Telangana. Further, NHAI has directed the state government to submit the detailed report on the RRR project and has also asked […]
The government has released a notification announcing the Flight and Maritime Connectivity Rules, 2018. Under the rules, Indian and foreign airlines as well as shipping companies operating in the country can provide in-flight and maritime […]
According to the year-end review by the Ministry of Communications, the government’s spending on telecom infrastructure increased from Rs 99 billion during 2009-14 to Rs 600 billion during 2014-19, a six-fold increase. As per the […]
DoT’s proposal for the Chennai Andaman & Nicobar Islands undersea optical fibre cable system has been cleared by an expert appraisal committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The total length of […]
According to a report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), most operators have failed to comply with the service quality norms during the quarter ended September 30, 2018. As per the report, call […]
TRAI has issued the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations (Seventh Amendment), 2018. Under these regulations there will be major shift in the mechanism for generating a unique porting code in order to make the porting […]
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has rejected TRAI’s order that had changed the definition of significant market power to identify predatory pricing. The TDSAT has now asked TRAI to reconsider the provisions […]
Three major industry bodies have submitted a joint proposal to DoT for provisioning of interoperable internet and broadband services through the roll-out of public Wi-Fi hotspots. The industry bodies are the Cellular Operators Association of […]
Bharti Airtel has extended its 4G services to remote parts of Arunachal Pradesh including districts of the Hayuliang region and Anjaw district as part of its Project Leap. The project involves the installation of 1,893 […]
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