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Topic: Metro Rail

A traffic-free ride from east to west Bengaluru — Whitefield-Challaghatta metro link now in service

Two key stretches of Bengaluru metro's Purple Line — Krishnarajapuram to Baiyappanahalli, and Kengeri to Challaghatta — up & running. Experts say success will depend on feeder services.

Many metro projects on anvil, govt works to standardise construction components

Urban affairs ministry officials say guidelines for standardisation will 'not be binding' on metro corporations & norms for electro-mechanical components in 'advanced stages'.

Real estate boom vs last-mile challenges — mixed reactions to Khattar’s Gurugram metro projects

In his budget speech Thursday, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced approval for long-pending Gurugram Metro extension, as well as 3 new metro rail projects.

Many cities now want low-cost Metro Lite, Metro Neo modes of transport, in talks with govt

Union housing ministry is studying proposals for Metro Lite & Metro Neo projects from Nashik, Gorakhpur and Delhi before taking it to the cabinet for final approval.

In 2021, Mumbai could finally get two more Metro corridors, seven years after the first one

Two elevated Metro rail corridors from Dahisar to D.N. Nagar & from Dahisar East to Andheri East are likely to start operations in May-June.

Delhi Metro makes it to the 10 busiest metro systems in the world

While Tokyo has the busiest metro system, London's tube doesn't feature in the top 10.

Pussy cat at home, Bengal tiger in a mob: There’s little genteel about the bhadralok

The Metro rail was once Kolkata’s pride and joy.  This, after all, was the first city in India to get one all the way back in 1984. Now, overnight, it has become a symbol of shame.

On Camera

Europe’s sanctions are not the moral compass it paints to be. Look at the EU’s own data

Three years into the war, Europe’s sanctions regime now resembles a policy of managed hypocrisy: Moral rhetoric for public consumption, exemptions for industrial preservation.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.