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Purvanchal Expressway inaugurated by PM: All you need to know about the 341-km-long mega infrastructure project
Trendingdesk •The expressway, which will have 22 flyovers, seven major bridges and six toll plazas, was constructed at a cost of Rs 22,500 crore
Bharatpur: Three dead in road accident on the Jaipur-Agra national highway
•The victims were changing a punctured tyre of a truck on the highway when the accident happened
Govt likely to extend deadline of 31 December for mandatory use of FASTag on national highways
Trendingdesk •The FASTag is a sticker that has an integrated radio-frequency Identification (RIFD) barcode linked to registration details of respective vehicles.
Assam, Mizoram engage in letter war over boundary disputes as blockade on National Highway enters fourth day
•The Assam government alleged that the police in Mizoram are setting up 'bunker-like structures' inside its territory
Security forces on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway monitor movement of government vehicles after inputs about possible terror attack
•Security forces are keeping a strict vigil on the movement of government vehicles at Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after receiving a recent alert by intelligence agencies.
Amarnath Yatra: Langar committees set up sheds along National Highway to provide food, medical aid to pilgrims trekking to shrine
•Langar committees have constructed sheds at various points along the National Highway to provide facilities to pilgrims going for Amarnath Yatra such as food, shelter and medical aid. They have also established washrooms as well as set up boarding and lodging facilities and CCTV cameras have also been installed in the tents. According to government officials, the rush at Amarnath Yatra has increased this year in comparison to the past couple of years.
Indian Air Force airlifts 170 stranded people from Srinagar to Jammu amid heavy snowfall, avalanches along highway
•The Indian Air Force on Saturday deployed C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift aircraft to transport 170 people stranded in Srinagar to Jammu. The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed due to heavy snowfall in the state.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Odisha on Saturday, will lay foundation stone for three national highway projects
•Narendra Modi will do a 'Bhoomi Pujan' for three National Highway projects of nearly 200 kilometres in Baripada in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.
Narendra Modi to inaugurate national highways, inland waterways project on Ganga in Varanasi tomorrow
•After inaugurating the infrastructure projects, Narendra Modi is also likely to address a public meeting at Varanasi's Wajidpur village.
Tamil Nadu Police arrests four men for abducting and killing P Chidambaram's kin near Vellore
•A knitwear exporter, a relative of senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, was abducted and killed by a three-member gang, the police said on Wednesday.