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New Delhi: In order to facilitate the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection, NHAI has taken two revolutionary steps in consultation with RBI and NPCI . These include Online sale of FASTags and offline sale through Common Services Centre (CSC) near toll plazas.
FASTag
Posted Date : 17-08-17
NEW DELHI: The Government has approved a plan for constructing one thousand kilometres of Expressways under NHDP Phase-VI. These include sections of high density corridors of Vadodara-Mumbai (400 km), Delhi-Meerut (66 km), Bangalore-Chennai (334 km), Delhi –Jaipur (261Km ), Delhi-Chandigarh (24
Posted Date : 08-08-17
New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is all set to construct a total of 24,800 km of National Highways under the proposed Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana. The Public Investment Board has already cleared the proposal for Bharatmala Pariyojana and CCEA proposal for the same is un
Posted Date : 03-08-17
SRINAGAR: Shri Yudhvir Singh Malik, Chairman National Highways Authority of India, called on Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here recently.
Malik briefed the Governor about the to-date status of both the on-going as well as the proposed road and highway projects in Jammu and Kash
Posted Date : 21-06-17
NEW DELHI:The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu and the Chief Minister of Delhi,Shri Arvind Kejriwal jointly flagging off the Delhi Metro Heritage line from ITO to Kashmere Gate,in New Delhi on May 28, 2
Posted Date : 29-05-17
Noida: The Union government will partially fund the Noida-Greater Noida metro rail corridor being built on the outskirts of the national capital at a cost Rs 5,500 crore.
The Cabinet on Wednesday formally approved the project, being implemented by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (NMRC),
Posted Date : 25-05-17
The decision is learnt to be taken to enhance Road safety, reduce congestion, improve connectivity and conditions, the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, P Radhakrishnan, told Lok Sabha on Thursday in a written reply.
Posted Date : 27-03-17
New Delhi . The Indian government has in-principle cleared the decks for LNG to be used as an auto fuel, with draft norms for its application in road vehicles to be ready in the new fiscal year from April, officials told S&P Global Platts on Monday.
As the industry awaits detailed gu
Posted Date : 22-03-17
Jaipur: The Delhi-Jaipur express highway would be built at a cost of Rs 18,000 crore, Union Road Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
Posted Date : 11-03-17
NEW DELHI: The government has set a target of constructing 15,000 km of highways in the next financial year, 50 per cent more than that in the current fiscal.
The road transport and highways ministry expects to construct a record 8,000 km of highways this fiscal, even as that
Posted Date : 09-02-17
NEW DELHI. In a bid to ease transportation and reduce logistics cost of companies by about half, the Central government is firming up a proposal to set up warehousing zones, along with a private partner, on the outskirts of major cities. Road ministry and the National Highways Authority of India
Posted Date : 08-02-17
New delhi . The construction of flyovers and underpass at Iffco Chowk, which is part of the ongoing ambitious NHAI project to ease congestion along the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and lighten the load at major bottlenecks, could be fraught with challenges, as it is a complex intersection where vehic
Posted Date : 06-02-17
KOLKATA .Air India has now started the process to lease out around 25,500 square feet space at the Kolkata office complex. The airline, which turned operationally profitable for the first time in a decade in 2015-16 fiscal, is pursuing ways to revive its financial fortunes amid stiff competition.
Posted Date : 06-02-17
JAMMU, Feb 3: Union Minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari today announced series of developmental projects for Jammu and Kashmir including additional Rs 1000 crores under Central Road Fund (CRF) and approved construction of two vital tunnels on Mughal Road and Kishtwar-Anantnag roads which
Posted Date : 04-02-17
NEW DELHI: After receiving several complaints of inferior quality work in construction of national highways, the Centre has now decided to appoint senior engineers as national level project monitors for identification of bottlenecks in the ongoing highway projects and suggest measures for their t
Posted Date : 01-02-17
NEW DELHI .Delhi airport handled nearly 56 million passengers last year, joining the ranks of some of its busiest global peers such as Bangkok, Singapore and John F Kennedy International Airport in New York. All these airports have about 50 million passengers passing through annually. For Indira
Posted Date : 30-01-17
Guwahati. The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari dedicating the New Brahmaputra Bridge to the Nation, at Guwahati on January 29, 2017. The Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal is also seen.
Posted Date : 30-01-17
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Hazaribag. The LPG bottling plant set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on the direction of former Union finance minister and Hazaribag MP Yashwant Sinha at Chano under Baheri panchayat of Hazaribag Sadar block now faces a major hurdle.
The National Highway
Posted Date : 25-01-17
NEW DELHI. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has disqualified infrastructure major IL&FS for a Rs 1,200 crore highway project in Gujarat this month citing "potential conflict of interest".
The company has retired IAS officer R C Sinha as a nonexecutive
Posted Date : 24-01-17
Nagpur: Following the directives of State Election Commission (SEC) to get rid of political hoardings, banners, posters etc in the poll-bound areas, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) got it swiftly. On the other hand, the NMC administration has been found lethargic and mocking at the
Posted Date : 24-01-17
Davos.Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has said the total work orders relating to roads, shipping and ports ministries will reach Rs. 6 lakh crore by March and investors are ready to put in money from India as well as abroad.
He also proposed t
Posted Date : 23-01-17
NEW DELHI. Cracking the whip on its over-weight cabin staff, the Indian government-owned Air India has temporarily taken off 57 crew members from flying and put them on ground duty.
These cabin crew members, including air hostesses, have been told to "shape up" with
Posted Date : 23-01-17
NEW DELHI .For the first time in nearly five years, national carrier Air India will give a 2 per cent salary hike to its permanent employees. The airline has decided to increase the salaries after turning operationally profitable in the last financial year. Aided by lower fuel costs and rise in p
Posted Date : 21-01-17
PATNA: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has begun groundwork for the extension of Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport (JPNI)'s terminal building following the Bihar government's conditional approval for transfer of land for the same.
Patna airport director
Posted Date : 21-01-17
NEW DELHI: The fear of being slapped with vigilance cases and spending retirement years as an under trial may be deterring decision-making in public sector undertakings. While Air India chief Ashwani Lohani has long held this belief, he encountered this fear first hand at a meeting with airline e
Posted Date : 21-01-17
NEW DELHI . After India announced its National Civil Aviation Policy, civil aviation secretary R. N. Choubey spoke to Somesh Jha of The Hindu about the rationale behind easing international norms for airlines, plans to connect small airports and opening up skies in a calibrated manner.The Hindu
Posted Date : 19-01-17
NEW DELHI . National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award 10-15 percent more projects this year compared to FY16, said Yudhvir Singh Malik, Chairman of NHAI. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Malik said they look to award closer to 5,000-5,200 kilometres of projects by the end of the fiscal year
Posted Date : 17-01-17
NEW DELHI: The government has decided that Air India will almost double its fleet by adding over 100 aircraft, but without burdening the exchequer with a mammoth debt burden like last time. The airline will grow by leasing aircraft instead of purchasing them — the model adopted by Congress-
Posted Date : 16-01-17
BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), which recently bagged National e-Governance Gold Award from department of administrative reforms and public grievances and ministry of electronics and information technology during the national conference on e-governance, has in a
Posted Date : 16-01-17
GURUGRAM: National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will have to keep the district traffic police in loop before expanding the construction work of three underpasses on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and a flyover on old Delhi-Gurgaon Road. In fact, improvements have been suggested in the NHAI's c
Posted Date : 16-01-17
AMARAVATI (AP): About 44 airports across the country have "high potential" for operations under the ambitious Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) for civil aviation, UDAN, according to a report brought out by apex industry body FICCI has said.
"Based on the geog
Posted Date : 16-01-17
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court consisting of Justice BR Gavai and Justice SB Shukre on Wednesday issued contempt notice to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman and its regional officer for not obeying its order on completion of NH7 towards Pandharkawda side.
Posted Date : 14-01-17
Vijayawada . Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Guruprasada Mohapatra called it a ‘major day’ for Andhra Pradesh’s aviation sector as a new terminal building was inaugurated at the Vijayawada Airport on Thursday. Built at a cost of Rs. 165 crores, it is first such
Posted Date : 14-01-17
Vijayawada. The Gannavaram airport near here will from now on be known as Amaravati airport, as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh (Amaravati) is coming up in Guntur district, according to Civil Aviation Minister P. Ashok Gajapati Raju.
He was speaking at the airport after the
Posted Date : 13-01-17
Vijayawada . A sum of USD 10 billion would be spent in next five years to develop airport infrastructure in India so that the country could become the world’s third largest aviation market in seven years, Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey has said.
As many as 400 unu
Posted Date : 13-01-17
New Delhi . With an intention to ensure the safety of woman passengers, national carrier Air India will reserve two rows or six seats for female commuters.
Air India will soon provide the facility to woman passengers travelling alone without any extra charges, a report publis
Posted Date : 13-01-17
NEW DELHI . The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati along with the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independe
Posted Date : 13-01-17
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CHENNAI, A team of technical experts from the Tamil Nadu government, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and the Chennai Port Trust — will study issues related to re-alignment and changes, if any, on the stalled ?1,815-crore elevated road project from Chennai port to Maduravoya
Posted Date : 12-01-17
NEW DELHI.Days after a FlightStats report ranked Air India is the world’s third worst airlines, the state-owned carrier’s chairman and managing director Ashwini Lohani said that he is committed towards improving the airlines’ punctuality.
Lohani added Air In
Posted Date : 12-01-17
New Delhi. The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari launching the M-Parivahan & E-Challan Mobile Apps, at the 17th meeting of the National Road Security Council, in New Delhi on January 10, 2017.
The Minister of PWD and Transpo
Posted Date : 11-01-17
NEW DELHI: Days after flight data firm FlightStats called Air India the third-worst airline in the world, the latter tweeted a note from Nobel laureate Amartya Sen praising the 'Maharaja' for its "wonderful service". It appears Sen traveled this year from New Delhi to London Hea
Posted Date : 11-01-17
New Delhi. Air India, the country’s state-owned carrier, has been listed as the third worst performing airline in the world in a recent survey by flight data firm FlightStats.
Apart from Air India, the 10 worst carriers list included Air China, Hong Kong Airlines, Philippine
Posted Date : 10-01-17
New Delhi. Air India, often at the receiving end of criticism for its sloppy performance, is yet to be paid Rs 750 crore by the government for flying Very Very Important Persons and defence services. The state-owned airline, which has steadily lost its once dominant market position to private com
Posted Date : 09-01-17
PANAJI: Passengers landing in Goa during the monsoons no longer need to worry about getting wet in the rain, with Goa International Airport, Dabolim all set to get three new aerobridges for the new domestic and international terminal. Airports Authority of India has started preliminary work for t
Posted Date : 09-01-17
NEW DELHI . National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is likely to miss the target for awarding and execution of road projects by a "wide margin", going by the progress so far, domestic rating agency Icra said today.
"Although the pace of execution increased
Posted Date : 07-01-17
NEW DELHI . At present, Air India allows 25kg in economy class and 35kg in business class of free check-in baggage on its flights, which has now been increased to 40 kg and 50 kg, respectively, on Boeing 747 Delhi- Mumbai service, the airline said in the release.
The revised
Posted Date : 07-01-17
VIJAYAWADA . AP-Capital Region Development Authority (AP-CRDA) Commissioner Cherukuri Sreedhar stated in a press release that constructions exceeding 150 metres (equals 40 floors) above the Mean Sea Level (MSL) in Amaravati require the permission of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Posted Date : 06-01-17
NEW DELHI .Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani is a man of rare candour, hardly seen among PSU chiefs. He doesn't shy away from talking of Air India's problems, to the extent of calling it a sick company whose operational profits in FY16, after many years,: Air India has continued to improv
Posted Date : 06-01-17
NEW DELHI . The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the CBI to investigate all the alleged irregularities in the procurement of 111 advanced aircraft by Air India for Rs 67,000 crore between 2004 and 2008, when Praful Patel was the civil aviation minister.
A bench led by Chief Ju
Posted Date : 06-01-17
BhopalMadhya Pradesh government today said it had demanded an air cargo facility at Indore to facilitate exports from the state.
"Indore is the commercial capital of the state. Today, at the meeting of Council for Trade Promotion and Development in Delhi, I urged the Cen
Posted Date : 06-01-17
MANGALURU: The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a special land acquisition officer of NHAI and a revenue inspector on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 and Rs 5,000 for clearing a cheque, at NHAI office. Timesofindia
Posted Date : 05-01-17
PUNE: Experts feel the decision to come up with a new terminal at Lohegaon airport has come too late. Aviation expert and analyst Dhairyashil Vandekar told TOI on Monday that the decision should have been taken much earlier. "Mid-last year, defence minister Manohar Parrikar stated that the a
Posted Date : 04-01-17
New Delhi. Airport Authority of India (AAI) has got green signal for restoration and expansion of the existing runway of Shimla airport at a cost of Rs 105 crore.
Shimla Airport has a table top runway on a mountain close to Jubbarhatti village. No commercial operations are ta
Posted Date : 03-01-17
New Delhi (PTI) Air India plans to add 35 new planes this year as the airline prepares for "consolidation and expansion" by flying to more number of international as well as domestic routes, its chief Ashwani Lohani has said.
Emphasising that the "battle has ju
Posted Date : 03-01-17
NEW DELHI. With the NDA Government set to present its third Budget next month, the Prime Minister’s Office has sought a detailed performance report from flag carrier Air India, which is surviving on a Rs 30,000 crore bailout package from the exchequer. Top Air India management is expected t
Posted Date : 03-01-17
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) broke its own record of highest flight movements in one hour when it handled 82 flights in 60 minutes on November 16.
The Air Traffic Controller (ATC) handled 40 landings and 42 take-offs between 11 am and noon on that
Posted Date : 02-01-17
NEW DELHI.The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurating the Sagarmala Development Company’s office premises, in New Delhi on December 26, 2016. The Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Shri Rajive Kumar is also seen
Posted Date : 27-12-16
Allahabad. The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a “public purpose” while asking the Church of North India Association and NHAI to “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of a church for constr
Posted Date : 26-12-16
New delhi . While the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon start disbursing funds locked up in arbitration to builders, it could take a couple of quarters before bidding for road projects picks up pace. Of the R2,500 crore worth of claims put in by developers, the first tranche o
Posted Date : 26-12-16
NEW DELHI: Donations in small currency notes by devotees in some of the big temples, which NHAI officials termed as "divine help", came to the rescue of the highway authority to meet the high demand for loose change by toll operators during the first week of December.
Posted Date : 26-12-16
New Delhi:Augmenting the manpower of CISF– guarding critical infrastructure like airports and assets in nuclear domain– the government has sanctioned raising the strength of the force with 37,000 more troops in order to bolster security at these facilities.
Posted Date : 24-12-16
NEW DELHI. The CISF has ended the one-week trial run at Indira Gandhi International Airport and passengers will have to get the tags stamped again from Friday. However, the move is likely to return post January 26.
Meanwhile, from December 26, the Central Industrial Security
Posted Date : 23-12-16
New Delhi: State-run NHAI has raised a staggering Rs. 5,020 crore through the issuance of debt securities on BSE's electronic book mechanism platform. This was the highest ever mobilisation of debt capital by a PSU through the BSE-Bond platform.
The platform wa
Posted Date : 23-12-16
Surat: The Surat airport has been ranked third in the national customer satisfaction survey (CSS) in western region, carried out by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The survey was conducted for 52 airports across the country. Chandigarh airport and Raipur airport topped the list.
Posted Date : 20-12-16
NEW DELHI. The airlines have now approached the government to make Aadhaar-verified contact details compulsory for bookings of air tickets. This, the airlines say, will enable them to get in touch with .
Posted Date : 17-12-16
MUMBAI, Digital payments platform Paytm has announced partnership with major NHAI toll concessionaries like Reliance Infra, Sadhbav, IRB, MEP, L&T and GMR to enable cashless payments at all state, national and city toll plazas.
With the partnership, commuters across the c
Posted Date : 15-12-16
New Delhi. Within 24 hours of striking cyclone “Vardah”, the Airport operations at Chennai Airport were resumed at 0545 Hrs IST of 13.12.2016. Operations were under suspension for nearly 22 Hrs w.e.f. 09.15Hrs IST of 12.12.2016.
On receipt of weather warning from Indian
Posted Date : 15-12-16
New Delhi.Airports Authority of India (AAI) has implemented Instrument Landing System (ILS) – Category-III B at its Jaipur and Lucknow Airports. The implementation of above system at these airports has made them equal to IGI Airport, Delhi in terms of standards of landing facilit
Posted Date : 12-12-16
Bathinda,. New Civil Air Terminal at Bathinda Airport dedicated to the nation and launch of first Alliance Air flight for Delhi-Bathinda-Delhi Sector by Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Minister of Civil Aviation.in the presence of Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing I
Posted Date : 12-12-16
BHUBANESWAR: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will invest Rs 200 cr to make the Biju Patnaik International Airport here commercially viable by 2019."The money will be used for making a parallel taxiway, expanding the runway and constructing a new air traffic control tower. Besides, ther
Posted Date : 10-11-16
New Delhi, Nov 9 : Reversing its earlier decision, the government on Wednesday suspended fee collection at all toll plazas on national highways till the midnight of November 11.
Posted Date : 10-11-16
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued Letter of Award (LOA) for development of Takoli-Kullu section of National Highway 21 in Himachal Pradesh under phase IV - B of National Highways Development Projects (NHDP).
The NH-21 traverses through Chandigarh, Punjab, H
Posted Date : 08-11-16
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is working on a project to provide toilet facilities with proper water and light at all 370 toll plazas located on National Highways within the next three months under Swatch Bharat Mission.
The Minister of Road Transport and High
Posted Date : 05-11-16
Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal visited Rajasthan Barsingsar Project of NLC India Limited, Bikaner, on NOvember 3 , 2016. The Minister was accompanied by Dr. Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD and Directors of NLC India Ltd.
Posted Date : 05-11-16
New delhi A major step was taken towards ensuring safety of bridges in the country, when the Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) in New Delhi today. IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of
Posted Date : 04-10-16
New Delhi: In the presence of Shri P. Udayakumar, Director (Planning & Marketing) NSIC, an MoU was signed on 21.09.20 between Shri Paramjeet Singh, General Manager- SG (BD), NSIC and Shri Sunil Ku ...
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