Guwahati, Aug 6 (IANS) The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of a four-lane access-controlled Guwahati-Tezpur Corridor on National Highway-15, a major infrastructure project expected to enhance connectivity between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh while reducing travel time, improving road safety and boosting economic activity across the region.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has turned up the heat on the construction agency over a string of gaps and lapses on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway and has taken action against the concessionaire and several officials of the agency, including the project director.
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday advised the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to accelerate the pace in the fresh investigation it is conducting into the R.G. Kar rape and murder case on the court's order.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday urged the Opposition, especially Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, to allow the two Houses to function so that Union Home Minister Amit Shah may address them, a demand being raised by the protesting leaders themselves.
Srinagar, Aug 6 (IANS) Even when Jammu and Kashmir's Maharaja Hari Singh acceded all parts of his domain to India, the tribal invasion, sponsored, aided, and assisted by Pakistan, divided the erstwhile state into two parts, and the forcibly occupied areas of the state like Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, and Baltistan came to be known as parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir is increasingly being viewed through the lens of infrastructure development, connectivity, tourism, investment and economic growth rather than the political and security challenges that dominated discussions for decades, as per a report.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) As the nation observes the seventh anniversary of the constitutional changes effected on August 5, 2019, the two contrasting tales -- one of development and the other of widespread havoc, both pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC), take the centrestage.
Taipei/New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Guests from government, academia, business community, and media attended 'Chai Pe Charcha with Taiwan 2026' hosted by Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) in India in collaboration with National Chung Hsing University (NCHU).
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to enhance mutual trust and advance defence industrial and technological cooperation during the ongoing fifth India-Russia Army Land System Sub-Group (ALSSG) meeting being held in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders on Thursday criticised the All India Imam Association President Maulana Sajid Rashidi over his remarks on Kanwariyas, saying it was wrong to label an entire community in such a manner.
