Japan International Cooperation Agency

Narendra Modi-Shinzo Abe summit: Sky is the limit for India-Japan ties but New Delhi must close gap between promise and delivery

India's resource constraints, political climate at home and chronic inability to keep its end of the bargain on projects hamper its rising economic profile and interfere with the nature of its strategic partnerships with like-minded powers.

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: 1,000 farmers submit affidavits in Gujarat High Court protesting acquisition of land

As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project.

Farmers' body protests against Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, writes letter to Japan

Advocate Anand Yagnik, who represents five petitioners who have challenged land acquisition for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project before Gujarat High Court, said the petitioners and 1,000 other affected farmers have written to the Japan government

Arvind Kejriwal writes to Centre over proposed Delhi Metro fare hike,wants decision to be withheld

The proposed fare hike of the Delhi Metro is "unacceptable", chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Centre, demanding that the decision be withheld and reviewed.

Bullet train: Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe to lay foundation stone for project on Thursday

The bullet train, which has a capacity to accommodate 750 people, is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities from seven to three hours.

Syria: Japan faces ire for implying pregnant refugess are not welcome

A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome

Railways to roll out two major initiatives; regulatory authority to be announced soon

These two initiatives are part of major reforms being undertaken by the railways that will transform the national transporter in a big way

After deadly Dhaka attacks, Japanese govt mulls withdrawing aid agency from Bangladesh

A JICA spokeswoman said the agency is considering withdrawing from Bangladesh after the most recent killings in an attack on a restaurant in Dhaka

Costly dream: Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to cost Rs 1 lakh crore

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor is expected to enable trains to run at a top speed of 350 kmph.

CCEA okays revised cost estimate for freight corridor project

Civil construction contracts and other contracts for about 1,526-km on the two corridors and 54 bridges on the Western DFC have been awarded at a total value of over Rs 20,000 crore.