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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Topic: NHAI

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.

Warned of NHAI projects’ cancellation, Mann govt tries to secure the land for it; farmers resist

Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway project has seen delays with farmers refusing to give up land without better compensation. Centre warns these delays could result in project's cancellation.

Delhi-Katra expressway hangs in balance as NHAI tells Punjab govt its contractors ‘not feeling safe’

NHAI’s complaint to chief secretary came barely month after Punjab lost 3 vital road projects on account of farmers protesting land acquisition, and demanding better prices for land.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.