-The Indian Express The bullet train project, planned after discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, is being built with a Rs 88,000-crore soft loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Palghar: As politicians across party lines gathered on stage together in Palghar on Sunday calling for the ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to be cancelled, they repeatedly cited the word ‘vikas’, qualifying it with the...

-Frontline.in The women-led climate-resilient farming model created by Swayam Shikshan Prayog in drought-hit Marathwada has yielded encouraging results and is worthy of emulation across the country. “LOOK at our quinoa. It has grown so well,” says a beaming Shailaja Narwade from Masia village near Solapur in interior Maharashtra. Shailaja has planted the traditional South American plant not for consumption but in order to harvest its seeds. “Quinoa seeds are very valuable...

-PTI From April 2017-March 2018, the punctuality of mail and express Trains was 71.39%, down from 76.69% in the corresponding period of 2016-2017 New Delhi: Almost 30% of Trains ran late in financial year 2017-18, Indian Railways’ worst punctuality performance in three years, according to official data. From April 2017-March 2018, the punctuality of mail and express Trains was 71.39 per cent, down from 76.69 per cent in the corresponding period of 2016-2017,...

-NDTV The Azad Maidan in Mumbai turned into a "sea of red" as thousands of farmers, carrying red flags, converged here after walking 180 kms from Nashik Mumbai: The Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra has agreed to the demands of thousands of protesting farmers who have been pouring into Mumbai for the last two days. The government has given its acceptance in writing, said state minister Chandrakant Patil, after a delegation...

-The Times of India CHENNAI: Ever wondered how many passenger Trains arrive late every day in the country? Data tabled by the ministry of railways in Parliament on Friday shows that between April 2017 and February 2018, 1.48 lakh Trains, or 450 Trains a day, arrived late at the destination station.   The worst performers on the punctuality benchmark are mail and express Trains, with 75,880 arriving late during the period. The second...