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Kolkata, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters' classified under the "logical discrepancy" category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process. The seven officials were taken hostage on We ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 2: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters' classified under the "logical discrepancy" category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process. The seven officials were taken hostage on Wednesday. However ...Read More >
Balasore: A passenger bus met with an accident in Balasore district of Odisha today. The bus was coming from West Bengal to Puri when it's tyre burst on the National Highway number 16. As per reports the bus from West Bengal named Sana Travels was on its way to Puri. Near Balasore, one of it's tyre became flat and accordingly the bus driver lost control over the steering. And the bus hit a culvert and rammed into a paddy field. Fortunately, no passenger sustained any injury. ...Read More >
Pune: Toll charges on major Pune highways, including Pune-Satara, Pune-Kolhapur, Pune-Solapur and Pune-Nashik, have increased by 3% to 5% from April 1. This revision by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) means higher daily travel costs for commuters and transporters across the district. At the Khed Shivapur toll plaza on the Pune-Satara highway, one of the busiest entry and exit points for the city, the revised toll for cars, jeeps and vans now stands at ₹125 for a one-way journey ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) of having a "secret understanding" with the BJP. He termed the relationship between the BJP and LDF as a "fevicol bond" and said voting for the LDF was "equivalent to voting for the BJP." Campaigning as a star campaigner for the Congress in multiple constituencies, including Nemom, Revanth Reddy said only the defeat of Vijayan would usher in better da ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced that historic schools Satyabadi Bana and the nearby Bakula Bana in Puri district will be redeveloped as a heritage tourism site at a cost of Rs 585 crore. Majhi visited Suando village in Satyabadi area, the birthplace of Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, this morning and paid floral tribute to the statue of Das. Addressing a gathering at an event organised at a nearby college to celebrate the statehood day ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: Revised charges at 66 toll plazas on national highways in the state, including Kaniyur toll gate in Coimbatore district, came into effect on Wednesday. As part of the annual revision of tariffs based on the wholesale price index (WPI), the existing charges have been raised from 5% to 7% by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The monthly pass will go up from Rs 300 to Rs 350, while the annual pass for private vehicles will be revised from Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,075, valid up to ...Read More >
New Delhi: In line with Central government orders, 19 toll plazas on Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road (ORR) will now accept payments through QR codes to reduce reliance on cash transactions. In a major step towards modernising highway travel, NHAI is implementing a complete ban on cash payments at toll plazas across the country. From April 1, commuters will have to pay toll charges only through digital modes such as FASTag or UPI. The move is aimed at improving efficiency and bringing more transpar ...Read More >
The NHAI said it has already mobilised ₹28,307 crore through a mix of Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and the Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) model The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is on track to meet the Centre's budgeted target of ₹30,000 crore for asset monetisation in the current financial year, it said. It has already mobilised ₹28,307 crore through a mix of Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and the Toll-Operate-Transfer ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) constructed 5,313 km of National Highways during the financial year 2025-26, which is about 15 per cent higher than the target of 4,640 km for the year, the government said on Wednesday. Working relentlessly towards the development of national highway infrastructure in the country, the capital expenditure by the NHAI in FY26 for the development of NH infrastructure was at Rs 2,44,362 crore. "The capital expendi ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has hiked toll charges for vehicles passing the Kaichachkoot Plaza on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Pulwama district in the valley, evoking sharp reactions from transporters and daily private car owners in the valley. According to the notification issued by the MoRTH, the charges have been hiked by more than 50 percent for both commercial as well as private vehicles for the year 2026-27. This hike will be effective from today. Per ...Read More >
Shimla/Bilapsur/Una (HP) April 1 (PTI) Tension prevailed at Himachal Pradesh's borders with Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday after the revised entry tax for vehicles came into effect, triggering protests and multiple traffic disruptions at multiple points. Angry residents from Punjab staged a "chaka jam" at the Garmoda toll on the Kirathpur-Nerchowk road in Bilaspur district in the morning, demanding exemption for vehicles registered in border districts. The protesters questioned the continuati ...Read More >
New Delhi: Road users across India will no longer be able to pay toll fees in cash from April 1 as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) shifts to a fully digital payment system. In a major step towards modernising highway travel, NHAI will implement a complete ban on cash payments at toll plazas across the country. From April 1, commuters will have to pay toll charges only through digital modes such as FASTag or UPI. The move is aimed at improving efficiency and bringing more transpa ...Read More >
Overnight rains lashed plains of J&K and light snowfall was recorded over higher reaches that led to the closure of the Srinagar-Leh national highway and the Bandipora-Gurez road in north Kashmir on Sunday. The J&K meteorological centre in Srinagar said the rain and snow were triggered by a western disturbance that hit the region on Saturday evening. "Gulmarg received the highest (13 mm) rain since yesterday night. Srinagar saw 9.1 mm rain," said an official of MeT. Independent weather spotter ...Read More >
The central government appointed 57 new arbitrators in the state to ensure speedy disposal of long-pending land acquisition cases related to various national highway projects. The move will help clear more than 28,000 pending claims of project-affected persons who have been waiting for compensation for many years, State Revenue Minister Bawankule said today. Following instructions from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Minister took special initiative keeping in mind the interests of farmer ...Read More >
Chennai: The DMK has a definite edge over the other parties the AIADMK, the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) and the Naam Thamizhar Party (NTK) in the Tambaram constituency in Chengalpet district. The votes to be sliced by the TVK will play a crucial role in the results and the first three places. In the 2021 Assembly election, the DMK bagged 48.93 percent votes while the AIADMK with BJP support polled 32.14 percent votes. However, in the 2024 Assembly elections, the DMK secured 51.93 percent vote ...Read More >
Shimla, Mar 31 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Tuesday reduced the hike in entry tax for the small passenger vehicles in the wake of protest by people from neighbouring states, bringing it down to Rs 100 from Rs 130 earlier. "Keeping the general public's convenience in mind, the government has reduced the toll tax rate for passenger vehicles from Rs 130 to Rs 100," a statement issued here said. The state government has decided to provide concessional passes to all res ...Read More >
Shimla, Mar 31 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday rolled back the hike in the entry tax on five-seater and 6-12 seater passenger vehicles following protests on the state borders. The CM told the Vidhan Sabha that some confusion is being deliberately spread over the issue, even though the increase is nominal for most categories. Relief will be provided by issuing passes to people residing within a 5-kilometre radius of the entry points, he added. Earlier, th ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Road users across India will no longer be able to pay toll fees in cash from April 1 as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) shifts to a fully digital payment system. In a major step towards modernising highway travel, NHAI will implement a complete ban on cash payments at toll plazas across the country. From April 1, commuters will have to pay toll charges only through digital modes such as FASTag or UPI. The move is aimed at improving efficien ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 30 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Assembly's Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday launched a sharp attack on the state government, asserting that "Congress has to go back, and we are coming." He also alleged financial mismanagement, arbitrary taxation and serious corruption involving top officials. Speaking to mediapersons outside the Assembly after the budget was passed, Thakur criticised the linking of entry tax with FASTag ...Read More >
Shimla, Mar 30 (PTI) Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that the state government has not imposed any new entry tax, but has only increased the existing one, which will be rationalised soon. "The entry tax has been in force for the last 30 years, and the recent hike is primarily due to its integration with the FASTag system on National Highways," he told the Vidhan Sabha. The hike has no significant impact on small vehicles; however, large vehicles have seen an increase of Rs ...Read More >
Pilibhit, Mar 11 (PTI) A 50-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, who had been declared "brain-dead" and sent home with little hope of survival, showed signs of life after an ambulance carrying her hit a pothole on a national highway. Doctors subsequently resumed treatment and the woman made a full recovery nearly 12 days later. The incident, which occurred on the Bareilly-Haridwar stretch of National Highway-74 near Hafizganj, has sparked local discussions -- both about the sta ...Read More >
Kochi, March 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated to the nation, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth around Rs 10,800 crore in Kochi, marking a major push to infrastructure, energy and industrial growth in Kerala. Speaking after inaugurating the projects in Ernakulam, the Prime Minister said the initiatives together valued at nearly Rs 11,000 crore were being offered "with humility" to the people of Kerala and woul ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday said hydropower will anchor the state's next phase of economic transformation, with projects worth around Rs 2 lakh crore set to take off in the coming years. Addressing the Statehood Day celebrations at IG Park here, Khandu said his government has declared 2025-2035 as the 'Decade of Hydropower', and underscored the sector's central role in shaping Arunachal Pradesh' future. "Currently, 1.2 gw of projects is operational and 4.8 gwis under ...Read More >
Bhopal/Jabalpur, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid a controversy on the collapse of the railway overbridge on Bhopal-Jabalpur National Highway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), on Monday, clarified that the "section of road in question does not fall under its jurisdiction". NHAI's Project Director (Jabalpur), Amrit Sahu in an official statement said that the road was constructed by Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) and it was also responsible for the maintenance and ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 23 (PTI) Hundreds of truck operators on Monday took to the streets in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district against the hike in toll charges collected at entry points from vehicles registered outside the state and warned of blocking the national highway if the decision is not rolled back. The Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during a cabinet meeting held on February 13, approved the toll tax barrier policy 2026-27, according to which the light motor vehi ...Read More >
Jammu: 3 inmates, including 2 Pakistanis, escape from Observation HomeCCTV footage from a juvenile observation home in J&K's R S Pura captured the dramatic moment three inmates including two Pakistani nationals, broke out after attacking armed guards, triggering a massive manhunt across district. A CCTV footage from a juvenile observation home in Jammu and Kashmir's R S Pura captured the dramatic moment three inmates including two Pakistani nationals attacked armed guards and fled the facil ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday asked the government not to levy toll tax if a person has to wait for more than five minutes at the toll plaza, stating that the tax "sometimes takes the shape of a legalised loot". Raghav Chadha also raised issues regarding the toll tax during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha earlier today. In an interview with ANI, the AAP MP said the toll tax concept requires well-maintained roads and asked whether cit ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: Following the Yamuna Expressway accident, which claimed 13 lives in the Mathura stretch, UP CM Yogi Adityanath reviewed expressway safety with NHAI and state highway officials on Wednesday. He ordered stricter measures to avert any such incident in future under foggy conditions. CM directed the authorities concerned to increase patrolling, field inspections, deployment of teams at all black spots, installation of reflectors, and 24×7 availability of cranes and ambulances on expressway ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The satellite-based toll collection system will be operational across the country by 2026-end, which will eliminate the waiting time at toll plazas for commuters and bring more revenue for the government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the road transport and highways minister said the new technology will be satellite and AI-based and commuters will not have to wait at toll plazas ...Read More >
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