Three Agra road cave-ins after heavy rain, 20 feet deep
Agra has reported three road cave-ins in a week after heavy August rains, with gaps nearly 20 feet deep at Karamyogi Enclave, Moti Katra and Tajganj. This is the second such collapse…
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Delhi records wettest August first week in 16 years
Delhi recorded 127 mm of rain in the first week of August, the wettest such period in 16 years, the India Meteorological Department said. Heavy rain on Friday dumped up to 147.5…
Uttarakhand cabinet clears Ganga Expressway extension to Haridwar
The Uttarakhand cabinet has cleared the extension of the Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Haridwar, approving a memorandum of understanding with Uttar Pradesh. Officials expect the travel time between the two cities…
IRFC to raise $2 billion via ECB for railway projects
State-owned Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) plans to raise $2 billion through external commercial borrowing (ECB), mostly in Japanese yen, to fund business growth in the current financial year. The board has…
US judge drops Adani fraud case, Bernstein says overhang eases
A US judge has approved the dismissal of fraud and bribery charges against Gautam Adani after the Department of Justice said it would not pursue the case, calling it hard to prove…
Bengaluru tunnel road a ‘real estate project’, citizen groups say
Citizen groups have called the Karnataka government's ambitious tunnel road project 'a real estate project in disguise', ahead of the Monsoon Session of the legislature starting August 13. Bengaluru Praja Vedike has…
Katra-Srinagar rail link clears final safety hurdle
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northern Circle, Dinesh Chand Deshwal, completed the statutory safety inspection of the Katra-Srinagar section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) on 7 August. He inspected the…
India plans ₹2 lakh crore border roads, rail projects still on paper
India plans to build more than 5,000 km of border highways over three to five years, with investment exceeding ₹2 lakh crore, Livemint reported citing two people aware of the matter. The…
Centre nods Rs 4,000-crore World Bank-backed Telangana urban plan
The Union finance ministry’s screening committee on Friday approved Telangana’s Rs 4,000-crore urban transformation programme supported by the World Bank. The Telangana government will seek Rs 2,800 crore from the World Bank…
NHAI penalises contractor after Lucknow-Kanpur expressway sinks five times in 20 days
The National Highways Authority of India has issued a notice to declare PNC Infratech Ltd. a non-performer over the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway, which suffered five road cave-ins within 20 days of its inauguration.…
