While credit to Pokhran tests will be shared, Konkan railway was a dream come true for Fernandes, who hails from Mangalore, one end of the Konkan coastal belt.

Train 18: Train 18 fares are likely to cost you 40-50 percent more than Shatabdi Express. India's fastest train will also have a host of features to enhance passenger experience.

Train 18: An official said that they have now approached the PMO to seek a time for the launch. The first train is slated to run between New Delhi and Varanasi.

WEF 2019: Urbanisation to be big driver of Indian economic growth, says KantUrbanisation will be a big driver of economic growth in India going forward, supported by favourable macroeconomic factors, accelerated infrastructure building and continuing reforms, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said at an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. He also said the Indian economy may even exceed the IMF growth forecast of 7.5 per cent for the country.Pension fund regul...

Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for medical reasosn, will be designated as Minister without portfolioduring the period of his indisposition or till the time he is able to resume his duites.

While the cash and treasury employees will now get allowance between Rs 700 and Rs 1,000, the increase in the running allowance would lead to a hike of about Rs 12,000-25,000 in the monthly salaries of the railway employees.

Arun Jaitley is away in New York for treatment and would come back to Delhi before the Budget presentation on February 1.

While previous governments have avoided introducing major changes in an Interim Budget, the regime at the Centre has often used this opportunity to woo voters and outline its economic policy vision for the next five years should India vote to keep it in power.

Left parties have also asked its affiliated unions to actively extend their support to the Bharat Bandh call given by these trade unions.

The BJP-led NDA continues to shy away from the outright sale of bluechip state firms to the private sector in the present regime

Despite huge strides, the risk of stressed and stranded projects is keeping investors jittery about India's infrastructure building strategy.

Indian Railways plans to invest Rs 44,000 crore to build a 1,100-km greenfield freight corridor along the country's east coast to connect Kharagpur in West Bengal with Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh.

As the NDA government enters its final year, there is a long unfinished agenda that it may not be able to implement by 2019.

The redevelopment plan has reportedly been assigned to the zonal railways with a one year deadline for completion.

Amid the global clash between Saudi - led OPEC & US shale oil producers, India is crafting a balanced strategy to minimise the economic shocks of rising oil prices.