The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has announced a new railway zone – the South Coast Railway zone – with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The new zone will comprise the existing Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal rail […]
The central government flagged off the first-ever 10,000 horsepower diesel-to-electric-converted freighter locomotive at the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, on February 19, 2019. A total of two WDG3A diesel locomotives have been converted into twin WAGC3 […]
The CCEA approved the implementation of the 155 km Narayangarh-Bhadrak third line project under South Eastern Railway on March 7, 2019. The third line will cross both West Bengal and Odisha and will be developed […]
The foundation stone for redevelopment of the Nagpur railway station was laid on March 6, 2019. The project involves redevelopment of the station, on a PPP basis, at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 billion. […]
The MoR laid the foundation stone for a new coaching terminal at Nemom in Thiruvananthapuram division in Kerala on March 7, 2019. At present, only a small portion of the work has started due to […]
The MoR is planning to provide Wi-Fi facilities at 6,441 railway stations by September 2019. As part of the plan, the ministry is targeting to equip 775 stations with Wi-Fi by March 31, 2019 and […]
The central government has launched the Rail Drishti dashboard, a digital initiative, to promote transparency and accountability in IR. Through the dashboard, information from various sources will be categorised under 15 sections and can be […]
The central government has granted ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Norway for undertaking non-intrusive geological surveys and investigations. The MoU entails collaboration between National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited and […]
The cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria, for technological cooperation in road infrastructure. The […]
The central government has laid the foundation stones for the Delhi-Mumbai expressway and the Dwarka expressway. The Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai expressway is conceived as a 1,320 km greenfield project with an estimated cost of Rs 900 billion. The […]
The six-lane, 57 km Jaipur ring road has been completed at a cost of Rs 12.17 billion. It connects Agra road on NH-11, Ajmer road on NH-8, Tonk road on NH-12 and Malpura road on […]
The MoRTH has laid foundation stones/inaugurated 80 national highway projects worth Rs 1.1 trillion in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, it has also inaugurated/laid foundation stones for road projects spanning 510 km in Moradabad, Meerut and […]
The CCEA has approved the construction of a four-lane bridge (including approaches) over the Brahmaputra river between Dhubri on the north bank and Phulbari on the south bank on NH-127 B in the states of […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has cancelled the second round of the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) bidding process on account of a tepid response from investors. The central government had offered eight stretches of highways under this […]
The cabinet has approved the New Electronics Policy [NEP], 2019, which aims to create an electronics manufacturing ecosystem worth $400 million by 2025 and generate 10 million jobs in the country. The NEP, 2019, proposes […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has released Rs 1.71 billion to pay outstanding salaries of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited’s 23,000 employees. Further, DoT has helped Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to secure a presidential sanction that […]
DoT has set up a committee to give recommendations on the scope of 5G trials in India. According to a notification by DoT’s policy division, the committee will also give recommendations on relevant issues envisaged […]
The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of DoT has extended the deadline for conducting mandatory testing of devices and equipment from the proposed April 1, 2019 to August 1, 2019. This development follows a series of […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on “Review of Per Port Transaction Charge and Other Related Charges for Mobile Number Portability” (MNP). In this regard, TRAI has sought industry […]
Hughes Communications India Limited and Tatanet Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nelco Limited, have received the in-flight and maritime connectivity licence from DoT. The licences have been granted under the Flight and Maritime […]
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