IAS Archana Patnaik gets nod for inter-cadre deputation to Odisha; 2 new appointments in National High Speed Rail Corporation

Alignment of India's 1st high speed rail corridor

THE government last week gave its nod to inter-cadre deputation of 2002 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Archana Patnaik from Tamil Nadu cadre to Odisha cadre for a period of three years on “personal grounds”. The order issued on November 16 said:

Rail Bhawan is convinced India needs beyond Garib Bullet Trains, but…

INDIAN Railways has so far travelled on a slow track. It has undertaken a long journey from the steam engine era to the modern electric days, but what’s about its speed? Ahead of the Rail Budget, a handful of rail babus worked harder to give IR its first high speed rail system, popularly called bullet trains. But railway minister Pawan Bansal preferred to avoid any…