Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allocated a budget of Rs 13,000 crore rupees for railway development in West Bengal. Ashwini Vaishnaw and BJP MP Khagen Murmu visited Malda town railway station on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) at Malda Town Railway Station on Saturday, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.
He said that IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is in Washington to attend a meeting on critical minerals, asserting that India's involvement in such issues is at the high table.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw attended a ministerial-level meeting organised by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, focused on strengthening resilience in the global supply chain of critical minerals.
Bessent convened a meeting of Finance Ministers at the United States Treasury to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals, especially rare earth elements.
"A new structural method will be introduced for technology and innovation, so that India's startups and innovative minds can connect with the railways. A technology innovation portal will be launched for this. AI will be extensively used for maintenance activities," the minister said.
Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday expressed gratitude to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) after it issued a notice to social media platform X following her letter raising serious concerns over the alleged mis
The government has completed the trial, testing, and certification of the Vande Bharat sleeper train and the first route chosen is between Guwahati and Kolkata, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday.
Announcing the Cabinet decision, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "The Phase-IV A expansion will add 16 kilometres to the Delhi Metro network at an estimated cost of Rs 12,015 crore. With this addition, the total length of the Delhi Metro is expected to cross 400 kilometres, further
Rajya Sabha MP Sukhedu Sekhar Roy, in a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday, drew attention to the deaths of seven elephants, including four calves in Assam, noting that such incidents recur due to trains exceeding speed limits in designated elephant corridors.
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Education, IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, was in New Delhi on Monday following a highly successful visit to the United States, where he held a series of high-level meetings with global technology leaders, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, NVIDIA, Adobe and