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IndiGrid has commissioned a 180 MW/360 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Gujarat. The project was jointly developed with EnerGrid, with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) serving as the off-taker. The project […]

Barrier-free MLFF tolling promises annual savings of Rs 60 billion and cleaner highways

India’s highways are moving to Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling, a barrier-less system that will let vehicles pass without stopping, which the government estimates could save around Rs 60 billion annually in operational costs and […]

27-hectare land parcel finalised for depot under Jaipur Metro Rail Project Phase II

About 27 hectare land near Bambla Pulia has been finalised for a metro depot under the Jaipur Metro Rail Project Phase II. The depot is likely to be completed by 2029 at an estimated cost […]

HFCL secures export orders worth Rs 1.83 billion for OFCs

Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) has announced that the company has secured export orders worth around Rs 1.83 billion from international customers for the supply of optical fibre cables (OFC). The orders have been received […]

Indian Railways sanctions Rs 3.62 billion for Kavach installation across Northern Railway zone

Indian Railways (IR) has sanctioned Rs 3.62 billion for Kavach installation on 1,478 route km (rkm) across Northern Railway (NR) zone. This includes 1,012 rkm on balance sections of Firozpur railway division at an estimated […]

JSW Infrastructure receives customs clearance for its container terminal at NSD, SMPK

JSW Infrastructure has received customs clearance to commence operations at its container terminal at Netaji Subhash Dock (NSD) under Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority, Kolkata (SMPK), for berth no. 7 and the adjoining backup area. […]

Pace Digitek secures Rs 7,020 million BESS contracts from DVC

Pace Digitek has secured battery energy storage system (BESS) supply, erection and long-term operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the implementation of a 250 MW/500 MWh BESS project at Maithon, […]

Hotayi Electronics to invest Rs 7 billion in Gujarat semiconductor facility

Malaysia’s Hotayi Electronics will invest Rs 7 billion at Sanand in Ahmedabad, over the next 10 years, with Gujarat deputy chief minister handing over the offer-cum-allotment letter to the firm on May 07, 2026. The […]

Delhi Metro and Airtel Payments Bank launch co-branded RuPay transit cards

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has joined hands with Airtel Payments Bank to introduce co-branded RuPay On-The-Go cards with National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) functionality, allowing commuters to use a single open-loop card across […]

Madhya Pradesh government lays foundation stone for Indore 24×7 Pressurised Water Supply under the Narmada Phase IV project

The Madhya Pradesh government has laid the foundation stone for the Indore 24×7 pressurised water supply under the Narmada Phase IV project under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0. The project aims […]

Ranchi gets selected under Urban River Management Plan, Namami Gange Programme

Ranchi in Jharkhand has been selected for the Urban River Management Plan (UMRP) under the Namami Gange Programme. Under the programme, URMPs are being prepared for 60 cities along the Ganga basin, including Ranchi. The […]

Meghalaya government signs MoU with central government under JJM 2.0

The Meghalaya government has signed an MoU under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0 to enhance access to safe drinking water, particularly in rural areas. The agreement seeks to accelerate household tap water connections while […]

Praruh Technologies wins deal worth Rs 389.8 million from RailTel to modernise optical network with Nokia equipment

Praruh Technologies has won a Rs 389.8 million deal from RailTel to modernise the latter’s metro dense wavelength division multiplexing network using equipment from Nokia. Under the project, Praruh will deploy advanced optical networking solutions […]

Pace Digitek wins Rs 230 million contract from North Western Railway

Pace Digitek has received a letter of acceptance from North Western Railway for a contract valued at Rs 226.4 million. The contract covers the provision of lattice towers in connection with ultra-high frequency, long-term evolution, […]

RailTel secures orders worth Rs 2.17 billion

RailTel Corporation of India Limited has secured domestic orders totalling Rs 2.17 billion from government entities in Bihar. The first order involves the establishment of a cybersecurity operations centre at North Bihar Power Distribution Company […]

Airtel expands its 5G network footprint across UP east with over 4300 new sites

Airtel has deployed more than 2,750 and 4,300 new 5G sites across Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh East respectively over the past 12 months. Customers in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Surat, and several other cities will directly […]

Navi Mumbai International Airport receives mobile network connectivity

The mobile networks of Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) have gone live at Navi Mumbai International Airport, with Reliance Jio expected to join soon. The networks have been functional for around a month, and […]

Digital-Only collection rolls out on national highways

NHAI has initiated a mandatory digital-only toll collection system across all toll plazas on national highways, commencing April 10, 2026. This policy eliminates cash transactions entirely, marking a significant advancement toward efficient and transparent infrastructure […]

Vinci Highways set to acquire Macquarie’s India road assets for Rs 150 billion

VINCI Highways has agreed to acquire Macquarie Asset Management’s India toll-operate-transfer (TOT) road assets for an enterprise value of about Rs 150 billion (around $1.6 billion). The deal involves nine toll road projects totalling about […]

Union government inaugurates Delhi-Dehradun expressway in Delhi, Uttarakhand