8 cheetahs to be brought to India from Africa's Botswana

Eight cheetahs will be brought to India from Botswana in southern Africa in two phases, including four by May, officials said in Bhopal on Friday. IMAGE: A male cheetah named Pawan, brought from......

The North-South Battle Gets Ugly

With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North.Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South.Nearly 79% of......

Truckers' stir turns violent in Rajasthan; fuel rush across many states

Petrol pumps in many cities witnessed long queues on Tuesday as people came to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing shortage of fuel amid the protest by truck drivers against a provision in the new......

11 dead as LPG tanker crash triggers inferno on Jaipur highway

An LPG tanker collided with a truck on Friday, sparking a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno in which 11 people were killed and 37 vehicles engulfed......

India's first public InvIT for road, highway projects in the works

After the success of the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI’s) first infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) with foreign institutional investors, the Centre is working on a......

'Grand challenge' to boost states' participation in Bharatmala

Once the scheme is implemented 70-80 per cent of the freight would move along national highways as against the current 40 per cent, says Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.   The first project......

Gadkari keen to fast-track highway projects

Various stakeholders, including about 600 developers, bankers and officials from various wings, including the National Highways Authority of India, will also be present. Road Transport and......

Transporters strike enters Day 3, goods supply impacted

Govt refuses to budge on their demand for scrapping the present toll system Transporters continued their nation-wide strike for the third consecutive day on Saturday, disrupting supply of goods to......