Topic: NHAI
How NHAI built a Delhi flyover in 4.5 months, with a little help from Parrikar
The new flyover from Parade Road to Dhaula Kuan stands in direct contrast to the nearby RTR flyover, which has faced numerous delays since November 2014.
15,000 deaths in five years due to pothole accidents is alarming, says Supreme Court
This indicates that authorities concerned are not maintaining the roads properly, a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said.
India’s national highways have ‘black spots’ and they are dangerous
National Highways Authority of India has identified 506 ‘black spots’ — stretches that have become notorious for accidents.
Judges who uphold equality in court shouldn’t be asking for separate lanes at toll plazas
Why should judges and other so-called VIPs not wait in line at toll plazas just like everyone else?
Make separate lane at toll plazas for VIPs & judges: Madras High Court tells NHAI
The court warned that it would view any violation of the order seriously.
Tale of twin expressways — why Haryana can’t do in 13 years what UP did in 5
The KGP and KMP expressways were conceived together. But while the eastern highway was recently opened, its western twin, beset by an over 10-year delay, is set to miss another deadline.
Why Modi’s grand ideas don’t deliver grand results
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the bureaucracy to deliver results at bullet train speed but where’s the manpower?
Rahul Gandhi must decide if Congress is a European NGO or a party in nationalist India
Safe to say national security plank will always favour the BJP, unless Rahul Gandhi replaces his national security advisers.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Pakistan sends a ‘message’ to Modi, test-fires nuclear missile on day of his poll sweep
Pakistan tested ballistic missile Shaheen-II, which has a range of 1,500 km. Indian security experts say timing of the test clear signal to new govt.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.