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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicMinistry of Road Transport and Highways

Topic: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Road projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to be completed in Madhya Pradesh by 2023, says Gadkari

The Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 45 highway projects worth Rs 11,427 crore in the state through video conference Tuesday.

RSS affiliate wants Modi govt to cancel Chinese firm’s bid for Delhi-Meerut RRTS project

The firm emerged as the lowest bidder for the project, but Swadeshi Jagran Manch said giving the project to the firm will be against govt's ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ push.

80% highway work resumes after lockdown, target is to complete 12,000 km of roads in 2020-21

Officials in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways say about 50-80% of labourers have returned to work in different projects after the lockdown was eased.

Highway projects worth Rs 15 lakh crore to start in next 2 yrs, MSME package soon: Gadkari

Union Road, Highways & MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari says saving jobs in small enterprises is essential to protecting a majority of India’s people.

RSS affiliate urges Gadkari to reduce Uber, Ola surge pricing limit in public interest

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch has opposed the Modi govt's move to allow Uber & Ola to charge customers up to three times the normal fare during peak hours.

KPMG report pegs highway ministry’s annual revenue deficit at Rs 1.36 lakh crore

The KPMG report says such a high revenue deficit could hit Modi govt’s target of building 60,000 km of highways.

Should NHAI stop road construction? PMO asks Gadkari’s ministry to respond

The suggestion was communicated in a letter by PM Modi’s Principal Secy Nripendra Misra to highways secy Sanjeev Ranjan, dated 17 August.

Photo of pothole on Delhi flyover is actually from Lucknow

The photo is being shared widely from various unverified accounts targeting Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal government.

It may be back to school, driving that is, for habitual rash, negligent drivers

Union Road ministry scheme wants offenders to spend five days in proposed govt-authorised driving centres to re-obtain license, apart from fine.

On Camera

Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

The BJP often names him as the architect of India’s many shortcomings and failures, which are amplified on TV news. However, this week, Nehru’s words echoed across television after two very different victories.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.