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NEW DELHI: Government has now allowed venture capital, private equity, infrastructure and pension funds to bid for highway projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, marking a paradigm shift since the sector was opened to private players in the early 2000s. So far, only highway developers and construction companies were eligible to bid for such projects.The…
Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl, bringing traffic on the busy route to a standstill for nearly four hours. PUNE: Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl, bringing…
BHOPAL: A Guna-based businessman and his wife have been arrested for allegedly abandoning their two-and-a half-year-old daughter on a highway in Sheopur district, believing the child had brought “bad luck” to their family and business.The case has since widened into a suspected child trafficking racket, with police saying the toddler was not legally adopted by…
BHOPAL: A 22-second video showing three youths performing dangerous high-speed stunts on a motorcycle before crashing into a truck has gone viral on social media. Three youths killed and two youths got seriously injured in this accident that occurred on April 14 in Mauganj district.The footage, recorded by friends riding another motorcycle behind them, shows…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued sweeping pan-India directions to improve road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy and commercial vehicles on national highways, warning that expressways must not turn into “corridors of peril” due to administrative lapses or infrastructure gaps.A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar noted…
Protests over minimum wage implementation intensified across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh FARIDABAD: Protests over minimum wage implementation intensified across parts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, with factory workers blocking roads, clashing with police, and triggering a wider law-and-order response across industrial hubs.In Faridabad’s Sarai Khawaja area, employees of an automotive components unit staged demonstrations for…
User fee payments at National Highway toll plazas across the country will be processed exclusively through digital modes such as FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) from Saturday, according to an official statement cited by PTI.The statement said the move aims to enhance efficiency and transparency in toll collection.The transition has not been implemented in…
A man has been charged with second‑degree murder in the fatal shooting of Birinder Singh, a 22‑year‑old international student from India, during a daytime highway incident near Leduc, just south of Edmonton, Canada.Singh was shot on March 14 while driving on Highway 2 near Township Road 490. He died of his injuries later the same…
Eight women workers were killed on the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway in Jalna district, Maharashtra, after a truck collided with a tempo in which they were standing. The accident occurred on Jalna’s Samruddhi Highway when the workers, waiting in a side lane to leave after work, were struck from behind by a truck that had changed lanes,…
NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed and several others were injured after an avalanche struck Zoji La in Ladakh on Friday.The avalanche also blocked the Srinagar-Leh highway, affecting movement in the area.Rescue and relief efforts are underway following the incident.Ladakh’s lieutenant governor in a post on X said, “Heard the unfortunate news of…
