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Topic: Highways

Infra projects worth over Rs 1 lakh cr completed or under way—Gadkari on Delhi decongestion plan

In an interview with ThePrint, Minister of Road Transport & Highways outlines his 3-point agenda & talks about Panipat-Delhi airport connection that'll cut travel time to under 30 mins.

3 killed, 12 injured as truck crashes into multiple vehicles on old Pune-Mumbai highway

A 10-yr-old girl and her father were among those confirmed dead, said Lonavla police. The incident took place at 10.20 pm, Sunday at Battery Hill near Bor Ghat.

Nearly 700 highway projects delayed, 35% due to land acquisition disputes, says parliamentary panel

Parliamentary panel tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of MoRTH in Rajya Sabha. It recommended that project approvals be finalised before contracts are awarded.

Mumbai-Pune travel time may become 30 mins shorter, come August. What’s the ‘missing link’ project

Currently, it takes over three hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune, especially due to traffic congestion at the Lonavala ghat section.

460 road deaths every day—10 Indian states have come up with safety models. It’s working

India has ambitiously pledged to halve road crash deaths by 2030. The question is not if we can tackle this crisis, but how swiftly we can act.

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways launches app to combat highway encroachments

App enables users to report unauthorized parking, ribbon development, and other encroachments on National Highways.

200 Telangana buses plying highways were fitted with AI-based alert devices. Accidents down 40% in 1 yr

Pilot project was initiated in 2022 as part of Telangana govt’s attempts to reduce accidents on highways. Telangana among states with highest number of accidents, fatalities on highways.

India-Myanmar-Thailand highway — final piece of the puzzle in New Delhi’s Atlantic to Pacific push

India is to construct about 200 km of the trilateral highway. At least 30% of total construction remains in various stages of completion owing to the security situation in Myanmar.

Govt unlikely to meet highway award target for FY24, working on new strategy for high-speed corridors

Govt working to develop access-controlled high-speed corridors as part of Vision 2047, which will be the next phase of highway development after Bharatmala Pariyojana programme.

Modi govt’s big infrastructure push is fueling builders’ bond sales

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan for India to build 25,000 kilometers of highway in the fiscal year starting next month is making the local...

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.