Page 12 - Anusha Soni/undefined

Rail PPP projects move at a snail's pace

Most of the projects face hurdles such as delay in approvals and lack of coordination between state governments and the railways

Rail connectivity projects in North-East get push

PM gave a nod to additional Rs 400 crore to complete connectivity rail lines to Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya

Joint venture fillip possible for foreign single-brand chains

Industry sources estimated that currently there could be over 60 applications at DIPP for 49% single brand retail investment

IRCTC ventures into e-commerce, ties up with Yebhi.com

Yebhi plans to tap into tier3 and tier 4 cities by getting access to IRCTC traffic

It's a snail's pace for PPP projects in Indian Railways

Most of PPP projects announced currently face bureaucratic hurdles such as delays in getting cabinet approvals etc

Retailers, brands may end discounted sales early on bumper sales

Big brands such as Zara, Pantaloons, Central see 50-60% jump in sales

A lot of huff and puff

Railways earnings up 11.9% for first quarter

The increase in passenger revenue could be attributed to the increase in tatkal, cancellation and clerkage charges

CAT bench issues stay order on Railway Board appointment

Stay order over appointment of Member Traffic

Railways gets ready for PPP plunge

The railways plans to shortlist companies by July-end for locomotive factory projects

India slips in retail development

Brazil tops for the third consecutive time, India occupies 14th position

IRCTC to spend Rs 100 cr to revamp ticketing portal

With that, the website's ticket-processing capacity will see a 275% jump, up from the current 2,000 tickets a minute to 7,500 tickets

DMRC takes charge of Airport Express line

Over five hundred people are employed by R-Infra for operations on the Airport Express Line

Reliance Infra wants DMRC to pay Rs 795 cr as compensation

Services to remain unaffected for passengers

Kharge launches SMS ticketing services

Rail travellers can now book ticket without internet connection through SMS

Fare free trains by the Indian Railways in Uttarakhand

Trains to run from Haridwar to Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai

Over 50,000 pilgrims still stranded in Uttarakhand

Shuttle services have also been started from Dehradun-Haridwar to Delhi, Ambala and Lucknow

Indian e-commerce firms ready sail-through plans

There is definitely room for more than one player: Sandeep Komaravelly

A short but tough road ahead for Kharge

Kharge, an MP from Gulbarga constituency in Karnataka, is the sixth Railway Minister in the last four years