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Making a case for maintaining the status quo on interest rates, PwC Partner and Economic Advisory Services leader Ranen Banerjee said any rate cut at this stage would amount to “wasting a bullet” at a time when economic growth is robust and inflation remains benign.The Reserve Bank of India is unlikely to reduce the policy…
Indian Railways is all set to change the way Indians will travel in trains in the future! All thanks to the first high-speed bullet train system (the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR). India’s inaugural bullet train project is a result of years of planning, engineering challenges, and construction. But the good news is the train…
An under-construction Mumbai Ahmedabad bullet train station NEW DELHI: A delay of over four years has pushed up the cost of country’s first bullet train project by around 83% to Rs 1.98 lakh crore. The first leg of the project, between Surat and Bilimora, is scheduled to be inaugurated in Aug 2027, while the entire…
(Image: National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) NEW DELHI: India’s bullet train corridor marked a major milestone on Friday with the breakthrough of a high-speed mountain tunnel in Maharashtra’s Palghar district.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually witnessed the final breakthrough of the 1.5-km-long Mountain Tunnel-5 (MT-5) from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. This is the first…
India’s maiden bullet train project is very much on the right track for phased commencement from August 15, 2027. This is as per the latest announcement by Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who further specified a clear timeline to roll out the country’s first ever high-speed rail service.On the timeline, Vaishnaw said, “the bullet train…
India is set to get its first bullet train by 2027! Union minister of railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday announced that India is likely to receive its first Bullet Train on 15 August 2027. Speaking about the timeline of the project, he said, “The bullet train will be ready in 2027, August 15th, 2027.”The minister…
The GBS for Indian Railways might remain broadly unchanged in the upcoming union budget 2026-27, as the current funds are sufficient for the infrastructure upgrade. The GBS or the gross budgetary support for FY26 stands at Rs 2.52 lakh crore, with an additional Rs 10,000 crore permitted for spending through Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR), including…
Five decades after Sholay rewrote the grammar of Indian cinema, director-producer Ramesh Sippy has revealed a chilling behind-the-scenes moment that could have altered film history forever. In a recent interview, Sippy recalled how Amitabh Bachchan escaped death by just half a centimetre — with Dharmendra unknowingly pulling the trigger.“It happened while filming the climax,” Sippy…
NEW DELHI: What if you could travel from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in less time than it takes to watch a film? What if India’s busiest business corridor suddenly shrank from eight hours to just two? And what if 2025 turns out to be the year that finally pushed India into the global high-speed rail league?As…
UP bride thrown out a day after marriage over dowry KANPUR: A newlywed woman in Kanpur was expelled from her husband’s house just a day after their wedding following dowry demands, police said. Lubna, who married Mohammad Imran on November 29, returned to her parental home distressed after her in-laws allegedly demanded a Royal Enfield…
