The Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation bus on way to Rampur from Bachri village fell into gorge near Kaichi More, about 18 km from Rampur, Superintendent of Police R M Sharma told PTI. The conductor was among the dead while the driver was injured.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated.
The ministry was supposed to send the policy for Cabinet clearance by February end.
The project is currently under litigation after environmental concerns were raised against the plan of linking the PalkBay and the Gulf of Mannar by creating a shipping channel through the shallow sea, says Ruchika Chitravanshi.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan has come out with a communiqu announcing distribution of portfolios of the ministers sworn-in on Monday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers:
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
IHMCL implemented the FASTag electronic tolling of national highways, but due to technical glitches, road ministry is mulling the option of offering this job to a Korean company
Statistics reveal that in 1979 only 9 per cent of the children were affected with asthma, but the figure rose to almost 30 per cent in 2007.
The heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railways will resume the toy train services from December from Siliguri.
It's bullish on electric vehicle segment as govt is keen to buy around 20-25k electric vehicles
When Nitin Gadkari took charge as Road Transport and Highways Minister in 2014, he had set a target of constructing 40 km a day in two years. But construction at this point is a mere 16 km a day. Megha Manchanda on what ails the road sector.
The apex court, which passed interim directions, said all migrant workers who are stranded at various places shall be provided food by concerned states and Union Territories (UTs) at places which shall be publicised and notified to them for the period they are waiting for their turn to board a train or a bus.
Corporatisation of NHAI was one of the achievements of the NDA govt.
A local tribunal has awarded Rs 2.52 crore in claim petitions filed by the representatives of Army personnel killed in road accident at Chambalwas on Jammu-Srinagar National highway, sources said
Some demonstrations have been held in parts of the state but the overall situation is peaceful.
Geo-fencing to map vehicle route; pilot run expected on Delhi-Mumbai highway
At the pre-Budget meeting at Niti Aayog, Modi called for a focussed effort from all stakeholders in order to achieve the target of $5 trillion economy. The participants urged the government to focus on credit expansion, exports growth, governance of PSBs, increasing consumption and job creation.
Patients have been waiting for days, weeks and sometimes months for appointments for dialysis, chemotherapy and other emergency procedures.
Contentious issues like land acquisition and sharing of toll seem to have put the approval of the new Model Concession Agreement for highway projects on hold.
The legendary Seshan was not keeping good health for the past couple of years and he passed away at about 9.30 pm, a senior police official told PTI.
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The visit will provide thrust to expand bilateral cooperation
The Hajjis were carried in luxury buses owned by the State Road Transport Corporation from the Tourist Reception Centre.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs, to benefit 45 lakh small businesses. Detailing parts of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package, she said this loan will have a 4-year tenure and will have 12-month moratorium, she said.
The revenue, which will come through the billing of recharge vouchers, will be shared in the ratio of 75 : 25 by Airtel and MSRTC respectively.
Baalu denied there was a delay in carrying out the dredging programme and said the dredger of the DCI had resumed work after repairs to an instrument.
With around 85,000 road accident deaths every year, the ministry for road transport and highways is considering a proposal to set up a Commissionerate for Safety.
Providing relief to exporters hit by the rise in rupee value, the government on Monday announced they would be exempted from tax on services rendered by ports, road transport and railways.
The proposed Road Transport & Safety Bill, expected to soon be cleared by the government, has for the first time incorporated clauses to bring companies such as like Uber, termed "aggregators", under the ambit of regulation.
Toll booths may be kept 50 km apart for seamless travel
Prohibitory order under section 144 CrPc banning assembly of four or more people will come into force at Pamba, Nilackal, Elavungal, and Sannidhanam from midnight Saturday till November 6 midnight.
The initiative is being called lateral recruitment to senior positions in the government.
A woman bus conductor was allegedly molested and manhandled by a 30-year-old passenger in Dombivli, Thane in the outskirts of Mumbai following a heated altercation over boarding the bus from the front exit, police said.
National highways in remote areas, intermediate and single roads are all set to be two laned, with the government having identified 5,000-km of such roads for upgradation.
The town will observe a complete shutdown on Friday.
The bureaucrat has alleged that another Indian family was also offloaded as they offered biscuits to the child to console him.
The victims, all traveling in the lorry, were returning home after attending a marriage when the mishap occurred at Alur cross in the district.
KH Muniyappa, Union minister of state for road transport and highways said once the consultancy firm, appointed to fix the value of assets of the gold mining company, submits its report on the entire stretch of 80 kilometer radii of Kolar, the tenders will be floated. This, he said, is likely to happen in the next three months.
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