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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicDelhi Metro Rail Corporation

Topic: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Delhi metro travel becomes costlier as DMRC effects unannounced fare hike, first in 8 years

Rates were also hiked for Airport Express Line by Re 1 to Rs 5 depending on travel distance. The longest journey, from New Delhi-Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector-25, now costs Rs 75.

Delhi Metro, Rapido join hands to offer last-mile connectivity with auto-booked rides

Pickup from destination metro station will be booked based on estimated travel time for the entire journey without accounting for road congestion or metro delays, it is learnt.

Delhi Metro Phase V ‘on the anvil’ to tackle future mobility issues due to rapid urbanisation—DMRC chief

Vikas Kumar tells ThePrint that the plan for Phase-V is in nascent stage & selection of new corridors will be aimed at densifying existing network. Phase IV to be completed by 2029.

Before Kejriwal, BJP’s Hardeep Puri too pitched Delhi Metro rebate for students. What are the hurdles

In a letter to PM Modi, Kejriwal proposed that Delhi govt & Centre split the expenses incurred 50:50. The BJP dismissed the demand as a political gimmick.

New Delhi metro must keep up as capital becomes world’s largest city by 2028

The New Delhi metro faces an ever-growing ridership, with over 2.5 million passengers who rode daily in 2022.

Metro trains to cross Yamuna bridge at low speed due to rise in water levels, says DMRC

The Delhi Metro authorities also said that the approach road leading to the Yamuna Bank metro station is currently inaccessible.

Travelling by Delhi Metro? You can now access free Wi-Fi at Yellow Line stations

In January 2020, the urban transporter had launched a high-speed WiFi facility inside train coaches on the Airport Line that connects New Delhi and Dwarka Sector 21 stations.

Delhi metro’s grey line extension, new segment of pink line to be operational from 6 August

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and CM Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate both sections of the metro via video conferencing after which passenger services will begin at 3pm, DMRC said.

67% Indians won’t take metro, local trains, while 15% want to visit gym in next 30 days: Survey

The survey, by LocalCircles across 241 districts in India, finds that 93% people won't stay in a hotel for the next 3 months.

Delhi lesson for Mumbai Metro — 43,700 trees cut, but 36 lakh tonnes of carbon sucked out

Mumbai's Aarey Dairy Colony row has brought the environment vs development debate to centrestage. Delhi Metro has a few tips.

On Camera

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.