Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised toll charges for motorists driving through highways and expressways across the country by an average of 4 to 5 per cent as part of the annual exercise of factoring in inflation costs. The adjustment is part … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The death toll in the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal’s Patharpratima has risen to eight. The police have started a massive search operation at Patharpratima and its adjacent areas to track the two owners of the illegal firecracker factory, Chandrakanta Banik and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) In an unprecedented action to strengthen user fee collection, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday debarred 14 user fee collection agencies for irregular activities at toll plazas. ‘Performance Securities’ worth over Rs. 100 crore of the defaulting agencies have been forfeited and … Read more
Chamoli (Uttarakhand), March 2 (IANS) The death toll in the massive avalanche in the Mana area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli climbed to eight, with the bodies of all the four missing workers found on Sunday, leading to the end of the rescue mission, officials said. Local Brigade commander, Brigadier Mandeep Singh Dhillon said the body of … Read more
Chamoli, March 2 (IANS) The death toll in the Chamoli avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Mana region has reached seven, with the rescue officials pulling out three more bodies on Sunday. Meanwhile, the search operation for one missing worker is still ongoing. With this, the total number of recovered people has risen to 53, including the seven … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday turned away a petitioner who, citing video footage and visuals related to the February 15 night stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station, claimed that the death toll had been suppressed by the authorities, thereby, denying ex-gratia to families of many victims. Refusing to issue … Read more
JAMMU: In a major relief to the people of J&K and also the pilgrims visiting Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine, a Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M A Chowdhary has directed the respondents to withdraw the order/direction regarding redistributing the influence length from Lakhanpur … Read more
Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) The J&K and Ladakh High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to reduce the toll rates in the union territory. Officials said on Wednesday that to give relief to commuters and the pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims, the J&K High Court has directed the Union … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) West Bengal on Saturday reported a death reportedly caused by the Guillain-Barre Syndrome, the second fatality in the state since January. The victim has been identified as Khairul Sheikh, 22, a resident of the Suti area in the state’s Murshidabad district. He is a former para-medical student of state-run R.G. Kar … Read more