Dheeraj Mishra is a Principal Correspondent with the Business Bureau of The Indian Express. He plays a critical role in covering India's massive infrastructure sectors, providing in-depth reporting on the connectivity lifelines of the nation....Read More
Dheeraj Mishra is a Principal Correspondent with the Business Bureau of The Indian Express. He plays a critical role in covering India's massive infrastructure sectors, providing in-depth reporting on the connectivity lifelines of the nation.
Expertise & Focus Areas: Mishra’s journalism is focused on two of the country's most capital-intensive and public-facing ministries:
Ministry of Railways: Tracking the operations, safety, and development of India's vast railway network.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways: Covering policy decisions, infrastructure projects, and highway development.
What sets Mishra apart is his rigorous use of the Right to Information (RTI) Actas a primary tool for news gathering. By relying on official data and government records, he ensures a high degree of accuracy and trustworthiness in his reporting. This data-driven approach has resulted in numerous impactful reports that hold public institutions accountable and bring transparency to government operations.
Dec 21, 2025 16:03 IST
A senior ministry official said the fare revision would give the Railways about Rs 600 crore in...
Sun, Dec 21, 2025
Dec 19, 2025 21:49 IST
The CAG said signalling failures continued despite providing adequate time to fix the defects in...
Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Dec 18, 2025 19:37 IST
Vaishnaw said the instances of unauthorised passengers travelling in trains arises because of gaps...
Thu, Dec 18, 2025
Dec 18, 2025 04:32 IST
Project scrapped in March 2023, re-awarded to same Pune firm months...
Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Dec 18, 2025 02:55 IST
“The Committee urges Indian Railways to… identify commodities with low rail modal share but...
Thu, Dec 18, 2025
Dec 16, 2025 15:23 IST
This new wireless system can bolster China’s already dominant railway freight industry, enabling...
Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Dec 14, 2025 22:00 IST
The Bairabi–Sairang line was one of the most difficult railway projects, as the track traverses...
Mon, Dec 15, 2025
Dec 13, 2025 05:33 IST
Dev said the government should build additional dedicated freight corridors beyond the Eastern and...
Sat, Dec 13, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 20:08 IST
Vaishnaw said that Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has taken up the work of preparing a...
Wed, Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 17:22 IST
The DGCA has also ordered its officers to carry out "immediate on-site inspections" at 11 airports...
Wed, Dec 10, 2025
Dec 06, 2025 22:15 IST
North Central Railway will operate special trains between Prayagraj and New...
Sat, Dec 06, 2025
Dec 05, 2025 22:07 IST
Overall, arrangements have been made to handle 35,000 passengers per day through these trains, they...
Fri, Dec 05, 2025
Dec 05, 2025 20:50 IST
Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that survey of the...
Fri, Dec 05, 2025
Dec 04, 2025 19:56 IST
On November 4, The Indian Express had reported that the road fatality numbers for 2024 would exceed...
Thu, Dec 04, 2025
Dec 04, 2025 04:10 IST
The project is of strategic importance and proposed to be extended all the way to Ladakh,...
Thu, Dec 04, 2025
Dec 03, 2025 19:24 IST
The committee recommended adopting an enterprise-level price discovery mechanism, besides...
Wed, Dec 03, 2025
Dec 03, 2025 08:16 IST
The 2024 Global Rail Sustainability Report presents the new data on the status of global railways...
Tue, Dec 02, 2025
Nov 30, 2025 12:41 IST
A High Density Network is formed by corridors where trains are running beyond capacity in most...
Fri, Dec 05, 2025
Nov 28, 2025 04:05 IST
The extension of the train route up to Izzatnagar comes following the gauge conversion in the...
Fri, Nov 28, 2025
Nov 26, 2025 21:11 IST
The two line-expansion projects worth Rs 2,781 crore are part of Indian Railways’ push to improve...
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
Nov 26, 2025 04:12 IST
his marked the arrival of the train for the first time in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl, almost 20 km...
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
Nov 23, 2025 14:08 IST
While many safety standards apply to a car before it is allowed on the road, Bharat NCAP is unique...
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
Nov 23, 2025 03:49 IST
According to official data, the total freight loading reached 1,020 million tonnes as of November...
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
Nov 19, 2025 00:10 IST
The new rate for bulk cement has been rationalised to Rs 0.90 per tonne per km. Earlier, it was...
Wed, Nov 19, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 15:02 IST
This week, Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu announced the crucial Ferozepur-Patti...
Sat, Nov 15, 2025