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CBI has arrested the Executive Director of NHIDCL in Guwahati. The action has been taken in an alleged Rs 10 lakh bribery case. In a major crackdown on corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Executive Director and Regional Officer, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), in Guwahati. The step has been taken in an alleged Rs 10 lakh bribery case. As per the officials, the accused was allegedly caught accepting a Rs 10 lakh b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The FASTag Annual Pass, launched by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on August 15, has crossed 25 lakh users and recorded around 5.67 crore transactions on National Highways in just two months since its launch, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Wednesday. Designed to make highway travel easier and more economical, the FASTag Annual Pass is valid at about 1,150 toll plazas on National Highways and National Expressways. "The FASTag ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) To enhance transparency and provide 'ease of commuting' to the National Highway users, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will install project information signboards with 'Quick Response (QR) Codes' along the stretches to provide relevant project specific information and emergency helpline numbers to commuters. The vertical QR Code signboards will display project-specific details such as the National Highway number, highway chainage, project length, construction ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Expressing pain over the loss of lives, the Madras High Court on Friday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) under IPS officer Asra Garg to probe the Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives on September 27. "Watching the videos is painful," said Justice N Senthilkumar, expressing shock that only two people had been arrested so far in connection with the incident. The High Court pulled up the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leaders and organisers of the ra ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 3, 2025: With an agenda of providing transparency to National Highway users and providing ease of communication, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will install Project Information Sign Boards with Quick Response (QR) codes along the National Highway stretches. This step has been taken to provide relevant project-specific information and emergency helpline numbers to National Highway commuters. The vertical QR Code Sign Boards will provide project-specific informa ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 2: The Indian Metereological Department Srinagar office has has issued a weather advisory, warning of a significant Western Disturbance expected to affect Jammu & Kashmir and adjoining areas from October 4, 2025. According to the advisory issued by MET office Srinagar, communicated to Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Jammu, widespread light to moderate rain and snowfall over higher reaches is likely from October 5 to 7, with peak activity between the night of October 5 and the mor ...Read More >
The Cabinet approved widening the Kaliabor-Numaligarh section of NH-715 in Assam. This project costs Rs 6,957 crore and covers 85.675 km. It includes wildlife-friendly measures for Kaziranga National Park. The existing highway passes through the park. Heavy traffic causes frequent animal accidents. This development will improve connectivity and safety. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved widening of Kaliabor-Numaligarh section of NH-715 in Assam at a total capital cost of Rs 6,957 crore. Accordi ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Centre has endorsed the four-laning of the Kaliabor-Numaligarh section of National Highway (NH) 715 to avoid man-animal conflict and deaths, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Vaishnaw said on the four-laning of the highway, which crosses through Kaziranga National Park, stating that it features a 34-kilometre elevated viaduct. "The fifth big decision taken by the Union Cabinet today is the four-laning of the Kaliabor-Numaligarh section of NH-715 (86 km, Rs 6,9 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded 22,903 road accidents in 2023, which left more than 21,000 people injured and claimed 7,760 lives, according to the latest Crime in India 2023 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state accounted for nearly five per cent of all road accidents reported nationwide. Overspeeding remained the leading cause of fatalities, responsible for 6,720 deaths. The overall toll marked a 1.33 per cent rise from 7,559 deaths recorded in 2022. Telangana's ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sept 30 (PTI) More than 1.73 lakh people were killed and 4,47,969 others were injured in road accidents across the country in 2023 with 45.8 per cent of the victims riding two wheelers, while over-speeding and careless driving were found to be the two major causes of road accidents, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Most of the road accidents, 95,984 out of the total 4,64,029, in the country in 2023 were reported during 6 pm to 9 pm, accounting for 20 ...Read More >
Amaravati, Sep 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said the state will be developed as a knowledge hub and a destination for future technology to achieve the "one family-one entrepreneur" goal. Addressing the Assembly, Naidu said the NDA alliance government has provided employment to 4.71 lakh youth through a focus on skill development. In addition, appointment orders were handed over to 15,941 teachers. "Andhra Pradesh will be developed as a knowledge hub and ...Read More >
Gurugram, September 27: Five people lost their lives in a tragic accident after their Mahindra Thar crashed into a divider on the National Highway while taking the exit towards Rajiv Chowk in Gurugram around 4:30 A.M. on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Exit 9 of National Highway-48 when the driver of the speeding vehicle lost control of the SUV and it rammed into the divider with great force. According to officials, three women and two men died instantly, while another man sus ...Read More >
Visuals from the site showed the Thar mangled beyond recognition, with debris scattered over more than 50 meters. A fatal road accident on National Highway-48 in Gurugram early Saturday claimed the lives of five people and left one critically injured after a Mahindra Thar lost control and collided with a highway divider. The crash occurred around 4:30 am near Exit 9, close to Jharsa Flyover. According to officials, the six passengers, three men and three women, had travelled from Uttar Pradesh ...Read More >
Gurugram, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five people lost their lives in a tragic accident after their Mahindra Thar crashed into a divider on the National Highway while taking the exit towards Rajiv Chowk in Gurugram around 4:30 A.M. on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Exit 9 of National Highway-48 when the driver of the speeding vehicle lost control of the SUV and it rammed into the divider with great force. According to officials, three women and two men died instantly, while anot ...Read More >
Excessive rains wreaking havoc in the form of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides are becoming a perpetual curse for tourism in Himachal Pradesh during the monsoon season. However, with the withdrawal of monsoon, the hospitality industry is pinning hope on revival. The tourism sector, the main stake of Himachal, contributes over Rs 14,000 crore annually to the state gross domestic product (SDGP) and provides employment to a large population. "The room occupancy in the state which ranged ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela, Sep 25 (PTI) At least six people, including three women, were killed and 10 others injured as a truck collided with a bus in Odisha's Sundargarh district on Thursday, police said. The accident happened around 11 am on NH-520 near the K Balang police station, they said. "Five people were killed on the spot, and another succumbed to his injuries later. At least 10 people were critically injured," DIG, Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai told reporters. Five of the deceased co ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched India's first "hydrogen highways", accelerating the country's green hydrogen initiatives. The project involves setting up hydrogen fuelling stations along strategic national highway corridors to support long-haul hydrogen-powered freight. "Hydrogen is the fuel of the future. We have now launched the world's first large-scale hydrogen truck trials. A budgetary allocation of Rs 500 crore has been sanctioned to ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched India's first "hydrogen highways", accelerating the country's... New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched India's first "hydrogen highways", accelerating the country's green hydrogen initiatives. The project involves setting up hydrogen fuelling stations along strategic national highway corridors to support long-haul hydrogen-powered freight. "Hydrogen is the fu ...Read More >
Rourkela: At least six persons, including two women, were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a truck and a bus with passengers on board in Sundargarh district on Thursday. The accident occurred on National Highway 520 around 11 am at a place near K Balang police station, a senior officer said. "Five persons were killed on the spot, and another succumbed to his injuries later. At least 10 others were critically injured," DIG, Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai told reporters. Loc ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy criticised Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's "confrontational" approach towards the Centre on state projects. He advised the state government to reconsider -- speaking before the government's latest decision to take over the Hyderabad Metro Rail -- the project's financial aspects. He said the financial institutions required clarity before funding Phase 2 of the project. Kishan Reddy revealed that a special cell in his office was monitoring Telangana's p ...Read More >
Dehradun/Shimla, Sep 16 (PTI) Fresh heavy showers overnight ravaged the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, already bruised by a string of deadly natural calamities over the past couple of months. Three members of a family were killed as rains triggered massive landslides and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, while five people were washed away and hundreds were stranded by cloudbursts and intense showers in Dehradun district of neighbouring Uttarakhand. Torrential ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Launch of a host of welfare and development initiatives on Wednesday by the BJP and its governments at the Centre and in states will mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will kick off a fortnight-long nationwide health and nutrition campaign from Madhya Pradesh. Modi will launch the "Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar" and the eighth National Nutritional Month from Dhar. He will unveil several other development initiatives and address a public meeting, an ...Read More >
Adani Enterprises secures a project from National Highways Logistics Management. The project involves building a ropeway connecting Sonprayag and Kedarnath. Investment for the project is ₹4,081 crore. This 12.9 km ropeway aims to reduce travel time to Kedarnath significantly. The ropeway will operate under a Public-Private Partnership. Construction is expected to take six years. Adani Enterprises Ltd on Monday announced that the company received a Letter of Award from the National Highways Log ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (UNI) People's Conference chairman and MLA Sajad Lone today launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of indifference to the massive losses suffered by Kashmir's apple industry due to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway. "It takes hundreds of crores of losses in terms of rotting apples to wake up a wandering CM to actually issue a statement. The apple industry is the backbone of the Kashmiri economy. An economy already reeling under the impa ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The continued disruption of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has adversely affected the availability of essential supplies in Kashmir, and the fruit growers and traders fear irreparable loss to the industry unless the highway is restored to heavy vehicular traffic immediately. The traffic department advisory said only light vehicles would be allowed to move on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Tuesday. Hundreds of apple-laden trucks have been stranded on the hi ...Read More >
Dehradun Cloudburst: The 2025 monsoon rains have caused significant devastation in Uttarakhand. There are constant reports of cloudbursts in Uttarakhand. Sometimes the water level of the rivers rises, and sometimes a cloudburst causes havoc. The heavy rains and cloudburst incident in Uttarakhand on Monday night have caused widespread devastation. Due to the torrential rain, the Tamsa River overflowed, causing the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Dehradun to be completely submerged. A priest ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The prolonged closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the only road link connecting the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country, has sparked widespread unrest among fruit growers and traders, who claim to have suffered losses exceeding Rs 1,000 crore. As the crisis escalates, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has spoken to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and urged the Centre to hand over control of the highway to the Jammu and Kashmir administration. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises Ltd has announced that the company received a Letter of Award from the National Highways Logistics Management Ltd. for building the ropeway project connecting Sonprayag with Kedarnath. According to the company, the project will involve investment of Rs 4,081 crore. Once completed, the ropeway will reduce travel time to Kedarnath from an arduous 9-hour trek to just 36 minutes. Commenting on the development, Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, ...Read More >
Dehradun Cloudburst News LIVE Updates: A cloudburst in Dehradun, Uttarakhand late on Monday night has caused widespread flooding, leaving streets submerged, vehicles washed away and significant damage to property. Continuous heavy rainfall swelled several rivers in the district, including the Sahastradhara, Chandrabhaga and Tamsa, overwhelming the city's infrastructure and paralysing movement across many areas. Relief operation begin Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami posted on X, "Some shops ...Read More >
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