Bullet Train

For PM Modi, A Visit To His School As Vadnagar Welcomes 'Son Of The Soil'

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday October 8, 2017

On his first visit to his hometown Vadnagar since 2014 when he took over the top job in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid an impromptu visit to the school he had attended

In Gujarat, PM Modi Takes A Swipe At Critics of Bullet Train

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday October 7, 2017

Back in Gujarat where he had laid the foundation stone for the bullet train last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a quick swipe at the many critics of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed train being built.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train 'Impractical', Says Sharad Pawar

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Amid speculations over a tie-up with the BJP, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his policies had led to the economic slowdown.

Sharad Pawar Slams Centre Over 'Unprepared' Notes Ban, GST Roll-Out

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 4, 2017

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday voiced his concern over economic slowdown and unemployment in the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime and said the situation was a result of moves like demonetisation and GST roll-out without adequate preparedness. He also said the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project was "impractical" adding that ...

Don't Teach Us Patriotism: Uddhav Thackeray To BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 1, 2017

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray launched a scathing attack on the BJP today, asking its ally to refrain from "teaching us patriotism".

Mumbai Stampede: PM Modi 'Liar', Won't Allow Bullet Trains In Mumbai, Says Raj Thackeray

Mumbai News | Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 30, 2017

With 23 people dead in the stampede at the Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray today warned that "not a single brick will be allowed to be placed for the bullet train in Mumbai" until the infrastructure of local railways was made better.

Like Notes Ban, Bullet Train Will Kill Everything: P Chidambaram's Jibe At PM Modi

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday September 30, 2017

The day after 22 commuters died in a stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone station bridge, Congress leader P Chidambaram scaled up the attack on the bullet train project, saying the high-speed train would, like demonetisation, "kill everything else including safety".

Money For Bullet Train, Not A Mumbai Bridge: Shiv Sena's Sharp Attack

Cities | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Friday September 29, 2017

BJP ally Shiv Sena joined the opposition to launch a scathing attack on the railway ministry for the rush-hour stampede that killed 22 commuters in Mumbai today, saying the central government didn't have money to spend on a bridge used by poor commuters but "gave Rs 30,000 crores in one day" for the bullet trains.

A Letter, 100 Tweets Had Warned About Mumbai Bridge Where 22 Were Killed

Mumbai News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Saturday September 30, 2017

A city that will soon have a bullet train doesn't even have a safe railway bridge, commented angry residents in Mumbai after a stampede left 22 dead and over 30 wounded this morning.

Anil Ambani's RInfra To Join Bullet Train Project With Japanese

Business | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

On the opportunities in the metro business, Anil Ambani said RInfra will be joining the Japanese in building the country's first bullet train project connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad.

Bullet Train Reignites Debate On Land For 'Public Purpose'

India News | Reuters | Monday September 25, 2017

Plans for India's first bullet train, a $17-billion-dollar project, have sparked a debate on the definition of "public purpose" for land acquisitions which have become increasingly contentious.

'Get Serious': Arun Jaitley Tells Man Asking For Hindi Translation Of 'Bullet Train'

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday September 24, 2017

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was visibly annoyed on Sunday when a man interrupted him during an event here and sought to know the Hindi equivalent of 'bullet train.

6 Years After Major Crash, China Raises Bullet Train Speed To 350 Kms

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 21, 2017

China today increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap.

Will High Fuel Prices Pay For Bullet Train Loan, Shiv Sena Asks Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 20, 2017

The Shiv Sena today attacked the Centre over fuel price hikes and asked if rates had been kept high despite a slump in global crude oil prices to pay for interest on the loan taken from Japan for the bullet train project.

India To See More Investments From Japan: Report

Press Trust of India | Friday September 15, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, laid the foundation stone for country's first bullet trainproject between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

With China In Mind, Japan, India Agree To Deepen Defence Ties

India News | Reuters | Thursday September 14, 2017

India and Japan agreed on Thursday to deepen defence ties and push for more cooperation with Australia and the United States, as they seek to counter growing Chinese influence across Asia.

For 95% Commuters, Bullet Train Means Nothing: Bibek Debroy To NDTV

India News | Written by Sunetra Choudhary | Thursday September 14, 2017

It may have been the top trend of the day with #BulletTrain spinning super-fast dreams for the twitterati, but Bibek Debroy, a railway expert, says the $19 billion project will be irrelevant for all but a tiny portion of Indians.

Bullet Train Not A Common Man's Dream: Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 14, 2017

Slamming the bullet train project, NDA ally Shiv Sena today said the project was not a dream of the common man but that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'Electoral Bullet Train' Launched By Modi Government To Ride Out Gujarat Polls: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 14, 2017

The Congress today dubbed the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed express an "election bullet train" and said its launch was timed keeping in mind the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls.

Regional Countries Should Have Partnerships Not Alliances: China

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 15, 2017

China today hoped that the growing ties between India and Japan would be conducive to the peace and stability and insisted that the countries in the region should work for partnership instead of forming an alliance.

Farmers In Palghar Protest Against Bullet Train Project

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 14, 2017

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today launched the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, a group of farmers from Boisar in Palghar district protested against the project fearing acquisition of their lands.

Bullet Train Should Have Been Between Delhi, Kolkata: Akhilesh Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 14, 2017

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav today said that the Narendra Modi government should have launched the bullet train project for the New Delhi-Kolkata route.

508 Km In 3 Hours: India's First Bullet Train Project In 10 Points

NDTV Profit Team | Sunday September 17, 2017

The train will cover the distance between Ahmedabad and Mumbai in as little as 2 hours and hit a top speed of 320 km/hr.

Mumbai To Ahmedabad In Less Than 3 Hours: 10 Key Facts About Bullet Train

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday September 14, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today launched work on India's first bullet train, which will run between Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Mumbai. The train, which is expected to begin operating in 2022, will run at a maximum speed of 350 km per hour and will cover the 508-km stretch in under three hours. The ambitious ...

As PM Modi Hosts Japan's Abe, Chinese State-Run Media Lashes Out

India News | NDTV News Desk | Thursday September 14, 2017

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Gujarat on a visit designed to highlight the growing cooperation between their countries, Chinese state-run media has predictably lashed out, alleging "the India-Japan intimacy is more like a contrivance" and both "are unlikely to challenge China without giving it a serio...

Prime Minister Modi On Bullet Train Critics Then And Now

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday September 14, 2017

Critics who earlier dismissed the bullet train as "big talk" are now asking what use it is, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today after inaugurating work on India's first bullet train in collaboration with Japan, whose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly launched the project in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.

Hope To Ride Bullet Train With PM Modi At My Side, Says Abe

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 14, 2017

India's first bullet train project, a $19-billion initiative linking Ahmedabad to Mumbai, was this morning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe hailed fast-growing ties between Asia's two biggest democracies.

'Hope To Ride Bullet Train On Next India Visit': Top Quotes Of PM, Japan's Abe

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday September 14, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched India's first bullet train project in Ahmedabad today. The joint venture between Indian Railways and the Japanese firm Shinkansen Technology is expected to cost Rs. 1.10 lakh crore for the first link - a 508-km stretch between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The new train - which w...

What Japan And India Both Gain From New Bullet Train

India News | Anurag Kotoky and Kiyotaka Matsuda, Bloomberg | Thursday September 14, 2017

Japan's government and its rail companies lobbied the U.S. for years to sell their bullet-train technology and found little success. Finally, there's an international buyer: India.

Why $7.8 Billion Submarine Deal Is Tough For India And Japan

India News | by Isabel Reynolds, Iain Marlow and N. C. Bipindra, Bloomberg | Thursday September 14, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds his 10th summit with India's leader Narendra Modi on Thursday, underscoring the importance of strategic ties between the countries as the two face an increasingly assertive China. Supplying submarine technology would lock Japan and India into an even tighter defense relationship for years to come.