If you want good service, you have to pay: Govt on toll collection

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said people have to pay toll if they want good roads, making it clear that the toll system would stay as the government does not have enough funds. Replying......

Modi's message in portfolios for new ministers

He dropped those perceived to be non-performers or whose integrity came into question, and also where it was felt they needed to learn a lesson or two in humility.Archis Mohan reports. The story......

Shah gets Home, Rajnath Defence; Finance with Nirmala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Nitin......

PM inaugurates India's first inland waterways port in Varanasi

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s First Multi-Modal Terminal on river Ganga, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath is......

Gadkari plans to meet infra target despite lockdown

'Despite the pandemic, we aspire to maintain the momentum of last year.' Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters "Innovative methods -- accelerated construction techniques, faster decision-making, putting......

PM forms 2 Cabinet panels to spur growth, create jobs

Economy has become a major cause of concern for the new government with GDP dropping to 5.8 per cent in the last quarter of the 2018-19. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Redif.com With the spectre of......

Nitin Gadkari's ambitious 5-year roadmap

The minister said that the priority for him will be "rolling out all stuck highway projects that include many of the IL&FS projects within 100 days". A go getter in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's......

How Gadkari plans to bolster India's economy

Gadkari said that the MSME sector contributes significantly in pushing the country's economic growth and creating employment. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bolstering country's......