The construction of Luckno´s first ever underground Metro corridor from Charbagh to K D Singh Babu Stadium will begin from December this year, said E Sreedharan, Principal Advisor to LMRC (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation).
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TRAI moves to check call drop menace
To check the call drop menace, telecom regulator TRAI will soon put in place a new set of ´service quality benchmarks´, non-adherence to which may lead to stricter penal action against the mobile operators.
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Net Neutrality: TRAI invites flak
Netizens and application service providers have overwhelmingly supported net neutrality, urging that apps must not be brought under a licensing regime in response to the consultation paper floated by the telecom regulator on an open Internet.
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Rs.8.5 lakh crore plan is for decongestion of network
Despite having the largest rail network in Asia, Indian Railways has not been able to make much progress. The reasons for its dismal growth are known. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has ambitious plans of expansion and capacity building. In this regard, he says that in the high density routes, there has been considerable underinvestment, resulting in congestion.
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Pvt cos taking huge interest in projs: Smart City Council
The government is moving faster to boost its urban development mission as it plans to splash a whopping Rs 98,000 crore. Today, the cabinet has approved the creation of 100 smart cities with an outlay of Rs 48,000 crore. The projects will be completed by 2022 under the public-private-partnership model.
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Smart Cities Council India to launch Readiness guide on Smart Cities
In order to help the urban planners to carry forward the Smart Cities initiative, the Smart Cities Council India will launch Smart City Readiness Guide for India with 100 case studies in September 2015, it would be a vendor neutral framework for smart cities.
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Delhi first driverless Metro line by June.
The upcoming Line 8 of Delhi MetroÂ’s Phase-III with advance metro signaling system will be operated without drivers and its operations will begin June. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded Japan based Nippon Signal Co Ltd, a contract worth around 3.7 million JPY for the signaling system.
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Construction Project Failures Weigh on Industry Despite Advances in Planning and Controls, Finds KPMG Survey
Over half of construction project owners experienced one or more under performing projects in the previous year, despite confidence in project planning and controls, according to KPMG InternationalÂ’s 2015 Global Construction Project OwnerÂ’s Survey: Climbing the Curve.
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Tata Steel bags Prime MinisterÂ’s Trophy for Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant
Mumbai, April 1, 2015: Tata Steel Limited was conferred with the Prime Minister’s Trophy today at Rourkela for being the ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ in the country during the performance year 2010 - 2011. In recognition of the Company’s outstanding performance, the Prime Minister's Trophy was presented by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, to Mr. T V Narendran, Managing Director, India & South East Asia, Tata Steel
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Tata Steel divests its entire stake in Lanka Special Steels Limited
Mumbai, April 1, 2015: Tata Steel Limited (“Tata Steel”) today announced that it has divested its entire stake in Lanka Special Steels Limited (“LSSL”) to E.B. Creasy & Company PLC (“EBCC”) for a total consideration of LKR 433 million (around Rs. 20.4 crore) in an all cash deal.