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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Topic: Expressway

Delhi-Katra e-way’s Amritsar leg not only NHAI project hit by land hurdles in Punjab. There’s 15 more

With the 30-km section of the expressway's Amritsar spur put on hold, the project, which has been facing land acquisition challenges since 2022, is expected to get delayed further.

Uttar Pradesh Signs Agreements for Industrial Clusters

The Integrated Manufacturing Clusters (IMC) in Agra and Prayagraj are expected to be major drivers of industrial and economic growth in Uttar Pradesh.

Highway, rail & airport expansions to continue but no big-ticket infra announcements in BJP manifesto

2024 manifesto also promises feasibility studies for new bullet train corridors and overall transformation of the railways sector.

Gadkari wants speed limits for vehicles raised by 20kmph, says India has better roads now

At a meeting with officials of road transport and highways ministry, Nitin Gadkari also called for uniform speed limits across the country.

In Yogi’s UP, expressways are scripting silent transformation in state known for poor road infra

UP is building 4 expressways — 340-km Purvanchal, 296-km Bundelkhand, 91-km Gorakhpur Link and 594-km Ganga — to boost socio-economic development.

15 yrs in the making, Rs 9,000-cr Delhi-Gurugram expressway now looks at Sept 2022 completion

The 29-km expressway — 18.9 km in Haryana and 10.1 km in Delhi —  was first proposed by Haryana govt in 2006.

China is making a Beijing-Tibet expressway and it has military implications for India

China is quickly building G-6 expressway from Xining to Lhasa, to connect Tibet’s capital to Beijing. This could have military implications for India.

On Camera

Mamata Banerjee vs the Election Commission—Why India needs an annual voter list revision

We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.