3 dead, 7 missing as heavy rains batter Guj; hundreds shifted

Incessant heavy showers battered several parts of Gujarat on Monday, inundating low-lying areas, with three persons dying and seven missing in rain-related incidents and hundreds shifted to safer......

27 Indian pilgrims killed as bus plunges into river in Nepal

At least 27 Indian pilgrims, all from Maharashtra, who arrived in Nepal for a 10-day tour were killed and 16 others injured after their bus veered off the highway and fell into a fast-flowing river......

A Small Line Of People Crossed Into India

When I asked Krishna Gopal Sengupta, who had travelled through Bangladesh from Chittagong to Petrapole if the interim government had made any impact at ground level, he said, "it's been only a......

Truck driver injured as bridge collapses in Karnataka

An old bridge across Kali river in Uttara Kannada district collapsed in the small hours of Wednesday, resulting in heavy traffic along National Highway 66, connecting Goa to Karnataka. IMAGE: A......

Rising orders, execution to help road infra companies

Road awards were muted in Q1FY25. Photograph: Kind courtesy National Highway Authority Of India/X But the pace will accelerate with a bidding pipeline of Rs 1.1 trillion (September 2024), mostly......

Banks make beeline for fundraise via infrastructure bonds

Public-sector banks, including Canara Bank and Bank of India, are tapping the infrastructure bond market. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Canara Bank on Tuesday raised Rs 10,000 crore at a......

'FAME must include tractors and LCVs'

'The scheme excludes tractors, light commercial vehicles, and medium and heavy commercial vehicles.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tube Investments of India Chennai-based Murugappa Group-promoted Tube......

Tolls across highways hiked by 5%

Motorists using expressways will have to shell out more from Monday as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to hike tolls across the country by an average of 5 per cent.......

No pothole on road where Rishabh Pant's car met with accident: NHAI official

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant suffered multiple injuries when his car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway on December 30, 2022. Photograph: PTI There were no potholes on the road......

Curfew imposed in Lima; Indian shooters' WC campaign to continue

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ISSF/Twitter Indian shooters competing in the ISSF World Cup in Lima on Tuesday woke up to scenes of protests that caused roadblocks and 'acts of violence' in Peru,......