Gorakhpur: A Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed on Monday in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district, making it the third accident by this twin-engine aircraft in the last seven months.
Day: January 29, 2019
Messy Uri road irks commuters
The Srinagar-Uri highway is in a shambles and the state administration has failed to restore it, local residents say.
Highway expansion plan goes awry
In the past three years, mere 15 percent work has been completed on four-laning of the Banihal-Ramban stretch of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, even as the deadline for the project is ending this year.
Z-morh tunnel work in crisis
The work on the 6.5-km-long Z-morh tunnel on the Srinagar-Kargil highway, which was halted in July last year after the executing agency ran into financial troubles, is likely to miss the 2020 deadline.
Will Mughal road tunnel ever be a reality?
A proposal to construct a tunnel on the historic Mughal Road and make it an all-weather route has not seen any progress for the past eight years despite repeated assurances from the government of India. From the National Conference-Congress government to the PDP-BJP dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir, the successive regimes in the state have […]
Work on Srinagar-Banihal road sees no end
Despite facing cost escalation of over Rs 116 crore and four-year delay, the widening work on arterial Srinagar-Banihal road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the world is yet to be completed.
IFFCO Chowk Underpass: Solitary petrol pump in way of Gurgaon mega project might finally go
Work on the right-turn underpass at Gurgaon’s IFFCO Chowk, that has been held up because of an HPCL petrol pump in its path, may soon begin again, with the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) allotting a new site for the pump on Monday.
Jet Airways seeks shareholder nod for converting existing debt into equity
In an attempt to stay afloat, Jet Airways has sought shareholder approval to issue new equity and convert existing debt into equity among other things at a special general body meeting, indicating that banks are likely to convert part of the debt into equity.
Sky monopoly: Direct flights on 188 of 392 routes run by single players
Increasing competition, rising costs and a growing market have prompted India’s airlines to pursue a strategy of operating routes in which only one player in the fray runs direct flights — they account for nearly half of around 392 routes in India, latest data show.
Iran to build gas pipeline, rail link to boost Chabahar port infrastructure: Officials
Close on the heels of the launch of a new shipping route connecting three Indian ports with Chabahar, Iran is eyeing the construction of a gas pipeline and a railway link to Zahedan to boost activities at the strategic port, Iranian officials said on Monday.
MC, AIT reluctant to take up Rego Bridge reconstruction
The Municipal Corporation (MC) and the Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) appear to be washing their hands of re-construction of Rego Bridge which has outlived its life.
‘Powerless’ for 2 months, residents of Gurugram’s Parsvnath Exotica appeal to CM
For nearly two months since the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) disconnected the power supply for five residential towers of Parsvnath Exotica in Sector 53 on Golf Course Road, the residents of these towers have been depending on diesel generators for their electricity needs.