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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…
Fans of Malayalam cinema have renewed hope for the long-awaited film adaptation of M.T. Vasudevan Nair’s novel ‘Randamoozham’. Reports suggest ‘Kantara’ director Rishab Shetty might helm the project, with early discussions already underway. MT’s daughter confirmed a global project is planned, aiming for a 2026 release, following previous delays. Malayalam cinema lovers have been waiting…
Sidharth Malhotra, who was last seen in ‘Param Sundari’, is now gearing up for Mahavir Jain’s next highly anticipated project. Adding momentum to the film, fresh reports suggest that the makers have finalised the director, marking a key development. Rajkumar Santoshi likely to helm the project According to a Bollywood Hungama source, Rajkumar Santoshi is…
(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…
LUCKNOW: Construction is progressing on a pioneering infrastructure project in Uttar Pradesh— a nearly half km long underpass tunnel on National Highway 31 that will run directly beneath the runway of Varanasi International Airport. With 2.89‑km long alignment, the stretch is designed to revolutionize both road connectivity and airport operations, the tunnel is the first…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet Wednesday approved the construction of the 374-km greenfield access-controlled Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot highway in Maharashtra, which is part of the Surat-Chennai high-speed corridor, at an estimated cost of Rs 19,142 crore. This will be the largest value of highway project on Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) mode in the country’s NH development history, I&B minister…
GOPESHWAR: Around 60 people were injured after a loco train carrying workers and officials hit a goods train inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project late on Tuesday night, officials said. District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said 109 people were on board the train when the accident took place. All those injured have been…
Kishtwar nod comes 2 months after similar OK in Ramban NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the construction of a project of strategic significance following suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a panel of the environment ministry has approved the 260 MW Dulhasti State-II hydropower project on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district of…
South Korea’s Hyosung Heavy signs USD 82 million deal for UK wind project Hyosung Heavy Industries secured a contract worth 120 billion won, or approximately $82 million, to supply ultra-high-voltage transformers to the United Kingdom. This deal with SP Energy Networks, a division of ScottishPower, aims to support a significant wind power project as Britain…
India’s Shubman Gill (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) New Delhi: On the morning of the fourth T20I against South Africa on Wednesday, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar rushed to Lucknow. By evening, it emerged that vice-captain Shubman Gill was going to miss the remaining T20Is after suffering an impact injury on his right foot on the eve…
