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SC reserves verdict, asks NHAI to create app for identifying stray dogs on highways

During the stray dogs case hearing Thursday, the top court was also informed of steps taken by the states and UTs in the last year to manage the population of stray dogs.

Faster FASTag linking: What are new Know Your Vehicle rules set to come into force on 1 Feb

Under existing norms, there is a provision for validation of vehicle details after a FASTag has been issued. This will be discontinued from next month. 

No service, no toll—why SC upheld HC order limiting NHAI from charging NH-544 users in 65-km stretch

Hearing NHAI's challenge to Kerala HC order last week, the top court underscored that statutory rights to collect tolls could not be divorced from performance of statutory duties.

1 year or 200 trips: How annual toll pass will allow you to zip through national highways from 15 Aug

Union Minister Gadkari while announcing toll pass says it addresses long-standing concerns regarding toll plazas located within 60 km range. It will work on current RFID FASTags.

ED raids Panvel BJP leader over ‘illegal’ land transfer, pocketing Rs 42 cr compensation from NHAI

Money laundering case stems from FIR filed by Navi Mumbai Police in September following complaint from Raigarh’s Range Forest Officer against JM Mhatre & another accused.

NHAI: We reserve the right of admission & Trump-no-vision

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

Highways sector seeing downturn, but ‘cautious govt sees it as course correction’ after Bharatmala

Project approvals will now go through more rigorous scrutiny to ensure cost & time overruns are minimal. By 2023, with nearly 80% of tenders awarded, cost of Bharatmala Phase-I doubled.

NHAI mandates strict standards for highway crash barriers

New directives aim to enhance road safety and construction quality.

After snags in Bharatmala Phase I, Modi govt decides against umbrella highway projects in 3rd term

Only individual road corridors will be approved by Modi govt in 3rd term, it is learnt. Cabinet’s nod to 8 high-speed roads spanning 936 km is part of this new strategy.

On Camera

I was an Indian student in Melbourne and this is the daily racism I faced

I spent a year as an international student in Melbourne and experienced racism first-hand, which made me second-guess and shrink parts of myself just to go about everyday life.

Tanker with 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude shifts course from India to China midway

The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.