Transportation
Rakesh Mohan to head national transport policy panel
22 Feb 2010
The high-level committe will draft policy measures needed to encourage competitive pricing and coordination between alternative modes of transport, in order to better integrate the country's transport system.
Mumbai’s monorail sees successful trial run
27 Jan 2010
Railways' freight traffic up 7.52 per cent at 652.4 million tonnes in April-December 2009
12 Jan 2010
Fog in North India takes heavy toll on transport
02 Jan 2010
China launches world's fastest train
26 Dec 2009
At 350 km an hour, the train beats the current average for high-speed trains in Japan of 243 km per hour 277 km per hour in France
Delhi metro surpasses billion-passenger mark
28 Nov 2009
Road train project could take the sweat and tears out of driving
14 Nov 2009
Researchers working on the European Commision's Safe Road Trains for the Environment project are working on a novel road transport project acn make it possible for the harried drivers continue on their journey, even while enjoying a nap. By Vivek Dev
Ride on Delhi metro to cost more from Friday
12 Nov 2009
Sreedharan re-visits Delhi Metro accident site
14 Jul 2009
Second mishap follows Delhi Metro bridge collapse
13 Jul 2009
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation faced its second mishap when three cranes clearing the debris toppled over injuring six people at the site, of yesterday's bridge crash
Transporters call off strike
12 Jan 2009
Transporters have called off their nation-wide strike after detailed discussions with union transport minister T R Baalu.
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