Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal at the Indian Express Idea Exchange in New Delhi on Thursday.
Commenting on power theft across India, the minister said, “Rampant power theft leads to loses for power discoms. Gujarat under Modi did a good job of curtailing it.” (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Piyush Goyal, seen here at the Indian Express office in New Delhi on Thursday, said he will make sure Delhi gets 24x7 power supply. "You can throw away your generators then.” (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in New Delhi on Thursday.
In a Facebook post PMO wrote, “She pointed out that India is a very important country for Facebook, considering the high number of active Facebook users in India.” (Source: Facebook)
The Indian Railways on Thursday conducted a trial run of India's fastest train, which will cover the distance between Delhi and Agra in 90 minutes at a speed of 160 kilometres per hour. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
The train was flagged off from platform number six of the New Delhi Railway Station earlier this morning and reached Agra at around 1 pm. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
The train will reduce the current travel time between Delhi and Agra from 120 minutes to 90 minutes.
At present, the Bhopal Shatabdi Express is India's fastest train that runs at 150 kmph between Delhi and Agra stretch. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
The train service is likely to start in November this year. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
A high speed New Delhi Agra test train leaves New Delhi station on Thursday. The train is expected to reach a speed of 160 kmph. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)