The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) says it has qualified to bid as the main consultant for the first phase of Bahrain’s forthcoming metro project. If it wins the tender,…

Two Indian companies have entered bids to build India’s first undersea tunnel for the high-speed rail line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Indian Express reports. Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure…

The governments of China and India have agreed to a budget increase of $1.2bn to complete the China-financed high-speed railway running between the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its third largest…

Mathew & Ghosh Architects’ water-tank themed Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is due to open in Bengaluru on 18 February. The museum is wrapped in a steel façade and…

The government of India is planning to begin 100 airport projects by the end of next year, according to the country’s civil aviation minister. The Business Standard website reports that…

Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won three deals worth between $200m and $500m in India. In Hyderabad, L&T has won a contract to build two office towers and…

India and China are competing to build rail connections – and influence – in the Himalayan state of Nepal, with India somewhat ahead in the race, according to a report…

German engineer Siemens has signed a €3bn contract to supply 1,200 electric freight locomotives to India, the largest such deal in the company’s history. Over the next 11 years it…

Sixteen young people learning heritage restoration skills have finished the latest stage of restoring the two-centuries-old main building of Osmania Women’s University College in Hyderabad, India. Commissioned in 1803, the…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed on Tuesday to lend the Indian government $1.2bn to improve transport and energy infrastructure, the Economic Times reports. Quoting a statement from India’s finance…

Indian conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra said today it was planning to build a $1.2bn electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant near the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra. According…

A 50-year old man has died in Chennai, southern India, having been found electrocuted after visiting an unfinished apartment he had bought. The man, named as Paalpandi by The Hindu…

Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of Australia’s Cimic Group, has won a $100m contract to construct a high-rise residential project in Mumbai. The Aga Hall Estate scheme involves building two towers,…

Hyderabad-based civil engineer Megha Engineering & Infrastructures (MEIL) has won a $790m contract to build Mongolia’s first ever oil refinery. MEIL will also build a pipeline and a power plant.…