Continuing its support to improve the railway infrastructure in the megapolis, the World Bank, has said that it will invest not only in improving the frequencies but also give priority to enhancing security and safety apart from sanitation facilities. World Bank is in a long tradition of partnering with the Railways ...

Government has exempted use of wireless requencies from licensing requirement for short-range microphones like cordless phones, radars, contact less cards and similar products. The Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing, in its latest notification exempted very low power equipment for wireless microphones, that can be used in the frequency band of 36 to ...

The bland and barren coaches of passenger trains may soon have exciting images of tigers, cranes, trees and other wildlife painted on them. Indian Railway is actively considering a proposal of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to paint coaches and stations with the images of wildlife to spread awareness about conservation and ...

Tackling child pornography and online abuse will be the top priority of a highly sophisticated centre to be set up by the government. The initiative comes after an expert committee constituted to prepare a roadmap for effectively tackling cyber crime submitted its report to the Home Ministry. According to the recommendations ...

To transform India’s 96,000-km network of National Highways into green corridors, a Green Highways Project is likely to be launched by Union Transport Minister. Under the policy, it will be mandatory to set aside 1 per cent of the total project cost for plantation. Keen on transforming the NHs network into ...

Union minister of Law has said, a total of Rs 21,586 crore has been disbursed under it so far benefiting over 33 lakh people under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. Reserve Bank of India had issued necessary circular that no collateral security should be insisted for loans up to Rs 10 ...

“India presents a wonderful opportunity for us. They share our values and our norms. One of my objectives is to improve that relationship with India,” Admiral Harry B Harris, Commander of the US Pacific Command (PACOM) told members of Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on maritime security strategy in ...

Telecom minister has said that, call drop issue would be resolved within a month, even as he termed the protest against tower radiation a ‘sinister’ campaign hampering network functioning. The call drop problem during peak hours in one year has almost doubled, as per a report of telecom regulator Trai. ...

As many as 15 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for projects worth $590 million (approximately Rs 3,900 crore) were signed between Gujarat and the Guangdong province of China at the China (Guangdong)-India (Gujarat) Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference-2015 held in Ahmedabad. The deals inked covered important sectors such as infrastructure, energy, ...

Rattled by a spate of train accidents in which several lives were lost, Railways today said “enough is enough” and any “laxity on safety front is not acceptable” as it decided to seek Rs 1 lakh crore funds from the Finance ministry for safety upgrade. Railway minister has shown serious concern ...