Ahmedabad, April 8 (IANS) The Mumbai‑Ahmedabad Bullet Train project reached a major engineering milestone on Wednesday, with the successful launch of one of its heaviest precast‑prestressed portal beams on the Ahmedabad‑Vadodara railway line in the Maninagar area, officials said. The portal beam, a precast concrete structure weighing nearly 1,360 metric tonnes, measures 34 metres in length with a cross‑section of 5.5 metres by 4.5 metres.Officials said that a total of five such b…
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Gandhinagar, March 11 (IANS) The Gujarat government has placed an order for 34 new metro train sets for the Ahmedabad and Surat metro rail projects, with officials saying the additional rolling stock will increase service frequency on the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar corridor and support the expansion of urban rail in the state.Of the total order, 10 train sets are meant for the Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2 project, while 24 will be deployed for the upcoming Surat Metro system.The train sets are being manuf…
Gandhinagar, March 1 (IANS) Gujarat has been allocated Rs 17,366 crore in this year’s Union Budget for railway development, marking a sharp rise from earlier years, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday.Speaking after the inauguration of Gujarat Semiconnect Conference-2026 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Vaishnaw said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, railway infrastructure across India is undergoing rapid transformation.”As a result of the historic de…
Shivamogga, Feb 2 (IANS) Appreciating the Union Budget 2026-27, Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra stated that the budget helps the country to march confidently towards a developed India by 2047 without fear of tariff-trade wars. He also stated that the Centre has increased the state’s tax share.Speaking to the media here on Monday in Shivamogga, Vijayendra stated that the global situation also needs to be taken into account, adding that despite tariff and trade challenges posed b…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Central government has increased Karnataka’s share in central taxes to 4.131 per cent, said Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi, while dismissing allegations made by Congress leaders in the state.Speaking to the media in Delhi, Joshi said Karnataka’s tax share, which earlier stood at 3.647 per cent, has now been raised to 4.131 per cent. With this increase, the state will receive tax proceeds amounting to several thousan…
Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS) Criticising the Union Budget for 2026–27, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated that the state has received nothing, and “no high-speed rail will come to Bengaluru”.Notably, the Centre has announced the launch of a bullet train between Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Addressing the media on Sunday in Kanakapura town, Shivakumar said, “No high-speed rail will come to Karnataka. Which high-speed rail? No such rail will come to Karnataka. They do not have money ev…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Union Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, reflects the government’s vision of accelerating growth, strengthening resilience, and ensuring inclusive development. It builds on over a decade of steady economic progress, combining reforms with targeted investments to boost manufacturing, infrastructure, energy security, and social welfare.With record public capital expenditure, support for strategic sectors like semiconductors, bi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) Noted technocrat E. Sreedharan on Friday launched a stinging attack on the Kerala government’s newly-announced Thiruvananthapuram–Kasaragod Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, calling it impractical, technically flawed and a sheer waste of public money, in an apparent rebuttal to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s remarks a day earlier.Sreedharan said the RRTS proposal had no real utility for Kerala and was inferior even to a semi-high-speed rail …
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala Cabinet, gave in-principle approval for implementing a 583-km Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod, signalling a renewed push for a state-wide high-speed railway network after the setback faced by the SilverLine project. The state Cabinet, on Wednesday, decided to formally convey Kerala’s interest to the Centre and authorised the state Transport Department to initiate consultations wit…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is witnessing steady progress with the installation of Overhead Electrification (OHE) masts advancing along the corridor.According to the minister, the development marks an important step towards enabling electric traction for India’s first high-speed rail system and reflects consistent on-ground execution under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. In doing so, it strengthen…