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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Metro

One dead, 57 others injured in Mexico City metro accident

Two trains collided on Metro Line 3 in Mexico City Saturday between La Raza and Potrero stations, El Universal reported citing the head of government of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum.

Building collapses, fires are major concerns, can avoid if you follow rules, Modi tells mayors

Speaking virtually at a BJP mayors’ conference in Gujarat, the Prime Minister also lauded the fact that the metro network in the country had more than tripled since BJP came to power in 2014.

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.

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate construction of first phase of Agra metro on 7 December

According to officials, the total cost of the AMRP is Rs 8,379.62 crore and in the first phase, the Taj East Gate corridor will be constructed.

Free sanitary napkins to be available on all Aqua line metro stations from 8 March

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation is also planning to dub Noida Sector 76 & Pari Chowk metro stations as pink stations, aiming to run them by an all-women workforce.

Noida metro can now be booked for birthday, pre-wedding events starting Rs 5,000 per hour

The NMRC, which manages the rapid transport service between the twin cities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, made the announcement as part of its 'non-farebox' initiative.

Metro projects get 25% more in this year’s Housing and Urban Affairs budget

The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has been allocated Rs 48,000 crore, 17 per cent more than last year's provision.

As Budget nears, it’s time to ask if taxpayers need more shiny Metros

India needs a public transport revolution, not just kilometres of Metro lines.

Modi inaugurates Rs 33,000 crore metro, low-cost housing projects in Mumbai

The prime minister also attended the launch of a coffee table book titled Timeless Laxman where he praised R.K. Laxman's cartoons.

As our cities get more crowded & polluted, taking trains to work might be the only answer

How the world deals with the pressure, as urbanization pushes our metro areas still closer to breaking point, will define the shape of transport over the coming decades.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.