Barasat(WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday lambasted the Centre for not properly maintaining the National Highway's (NH) in the state. "Most of the NHs in the state is in very bad shape. We are requesting the Centre for repairing the NHs passing through the state but they have not responded to our request to repair the NHs," she told a press conference here. "If they (Centre) don't...
06:05 PM, Jul 07, 2012
London: British police said on Thursday that reports of suspicious activity on a bus, which set off a massive emergency response and forced the closure of a section of a major highway in central England, were unfounded. The "culprit"? An electronic cigarette. Armed police evacuated passengers from the bus and bomb disposal units, ambulances and fire engines descended on the Weeford toll plaza of the M6 highway in the West...
04:52 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: With projects worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore pending, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Wednesday to review the status of infrastructure sector with an aim of pushing the slowing growth. The meeting, which will be attended by ministers of all infrastructure-related ministries, is expected to assess whether the targets are being met and what needs to be done to address bottlenecks, sources said in New...
09:06 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of 'Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country' and the novels 'Tin Fish', 'The Avenue of Kings' and 'Once Upon a Time in Aparanta'. His latest book gives a detail account of the socio-political complexities and ethnic divisions prevalent in the North East region as one travels from Numaligarh in Assam to Moreh in Moreh along NH 2 (erstwhile NH 39) . The book is divided...
12:06 PM, May 24, 2012
Washington: Texting and talking on cell phones behind the wheel kills more than 5,000 people every year on US highways. Teen drivers seem to be especially susceptible to distraction, a study says. A 2009 study focusing on drivers of larger vehicles and trucks has concluded that texting raised the risk of a crash by 23 times compared with non-distracted driving, says an environmental report. Environmental researcher Uvid Hosansky, who authored...
10:33 AM, May 21, 2012
Dr Rajakumar award to RN Sudarshan, Puttanna Kanagal to CV Shivashanker, Dr Vishnuvardhana award for producer Ankalagi, best actor award posthumously to Dr Vishnuvardhana received by Dr Bharathi Vishnuvrdhana, best actress award to Anu Prabhakar and 20 other awards plus the national award winning films Kanasemba Kudureyaneri, Bettada Jeeva, Hejjegalu and Puttakkana Highway were given away by the Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda in the presence of Home and...
04:49 PM, May 17, 2012
Monterrey (Mexico): Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico's two dominant drug cartels. Local and federal authorities discovered the bodies before dawn scattered in a pool of blood at the entrance to the town of San Juan, on a...
09:29 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre's policy of charging toll tax from vehicles has come under scrutiny of the Supreme Court which on Wednesday questioned the justification of imposing such charges on people when the government cannot provide smooth roads. A bench of justices DK Jain and Anil R Dave directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to explain its policy for toll tax. "What is your policy. Public must know...
07:33 PM, May 09, 2012
Moga: At least 17 people, including five women and five children, were killed early on Monday in a head-on collision between a jeep and a truck near Punjab's Moga town, 170 km from Chandigarh, police said. The victims, who were devotees from Daulatpura village in Moga district, were returning from a shrine in Nanaksar near Jagraon town. The accident took place on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway around 2 am. Police said...
08:34 AM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai will face water cuts for two days starting Monday owing to the repairing of pipelines along the Eastern Express Highway, a civic official said. "Work is on for joining two major water pipelines along the Eastern Express Highway, owing to which there will be varying levels of water cuts imposed through the city," an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The pipeline work will be completed...
08:59 PM, May 06, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have proposed the imposition of a levy of $ 1,000 on each truck and container transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan through the country's territory, a senior official has said. The Communication Ministry had proposed the levy, National Highway Authority Chairman Mohammad Ali Gardezi said. His remarks came against the backdrop of discussions within the government on reopening the supply routes that were closed after a...
12:59 PM, May 01, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A number of issues, from the fifth Minister of the IUML to horse-trading of MLAs, will come up during the campaign at Neyyattinkara, which is heading to the poll booth on June 2. Among other issues, the lethargic attitude of the authorities in the development of the Karamana-Kaliyikkavila stretch of the National Highway will be a major campaign issue that will put both the UDF and LDF camps in...
09:26 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: A World Bank report has indicated 'fraudulent and corrupt practices' in highway projects funded by the bank in India. In its report dated March 1, 2012, the bank states that private Indian contractors paid bribes, gifts and gold coins to influence officials and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) consultants. The malpractices are to the tune of over Rs 70 crore according to the World Bank's estimates. The...
11:03 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Update: A day after this IBNLive story criticising the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' move making vehicle registration details available via SMS, the service has been restricted to registered mobile numbers only. Unauthorised mobile numbers trying to access the service, get a message that says, "Sorry your Mobile no is Not Authorised for this service." But the Web-based search is still available. New Delhi: Saw someone zipping past in...
10:26 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Jammu: Snowfall and heavy rains forced the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to remain closed for the second consecutive day on Sunday. "The highway is closed for second consecutive day today. There is snowfall in the highway at several areas with heavy rains. Besides some landslides have also occurred on the highway," SP Ramban Anil Magotra said. It is snowing at Jawahir tunnel, Banihal, Ramso, Batote, Patnitop areas en route the...
12:40 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Jammu: With hundreds stranded in Jammu and Kashmir due to inclement weather, the IAF on Saturday ferried 1,100 people, including 250 army personnel, between the state's twin capitals. "Over 1,100 people, 250 of them army jawans, were transported between Jammu and Srinagar which has remained cut off since January seven due to heavy snowfall," Defence spokesman SN Acharya said. Air Officer Commanding, Jammu IAF Station, Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, who...
11:28 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Nearly 3000 vehicles have been stranded on J&K National Highway following heavy snowfall for the last 2 days. ...
09:30 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Srinagar/Jammu: With hundreds of people left stranded due to inclement weather, the IAF on Saturday launched fresh operation by ferrying 550 passengers including 300 civilians between the two capital cities. "The first special flight from Jammu has arrived here and the passengers from Srinagar are boarding the plane now," Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon said. Samoon is supervising the airlifting at the Srinagar airport. Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Jammu...
03:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will evacuate civilians from Jammu-Sringar Highway. Heavy snowfall on the national highway has left nearly 3000 vehicles stranded. Military personnel stuck in the area have already been evacuated. The highway was reopened on Tuesday but the 300-kilometre stretch is completely blocked now. Another flight is being organised to lift stranded around 1000 civilians. Several stranded people have registered themselves with Jammu and Kashmir...
09:12 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail as well as air traffic with 30 trains running late and more than 60 flights delayed. The Patna-Delhi Rajdhani was among the trains delayed, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said Purshottam Express, Vaishali Express and Jansadharan Express were among the mail and express trains running late. On Thursday, 54 trains, including Rajdhani were rescheduled due to fog....
10:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
