EV fire: Govt asks electric two-wheeler manufacturers to stop new launches
New Delhi: The government has asked all electronic two-wheeler (e2W) manufacturers to stop launching any new products in the wake of recent battery-related fires occurring inside electric two-wheelers across the country, according to media reports.
40 yr-old man dies in EV battery explosion in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada
Vijayawada: A 40-year-old man was killed and his wife seriously injured when the battery of his new electric bike exploded in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada in the early hours of Saturday, media reports said.
Gadkari urges voluntary recall of EV batches linked to fires
New Delhi: Taking note of several mishaps involving electric two-wheelers in the last two months, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has urged the EV manufacturers to make voluntary recalls of defective batches.
Amid soaring fuel prices, Nitin Gadkari rolls into Parliament in hydrogen-powered car
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday rolled into the Parliament in a hydrogen-powered car amid soaring prices of fuel, which is causing huge disappointment across the country.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi/IBNS: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time.
Several new flyover projects initiated in northeast India
New Delhi/IBNS: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated action for taking up construction of flyovers in northeast India, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
Panaji/IBNS: The proposed viewing gallery on the upcoming bridge on Zuari river in Goa will be a better tourist attraction than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris in France, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said Monday, media reported.
New highways project will increase connectivity in Nashik: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Nashik/IBNS: At present, almost all district headquarters in Maharashtra are connected to the National Highway, and to the new highway projects, the connectivity of Nashik will increase, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Tuesday said.
Nitin Gadkari has shown how power can be used for development: Sharad Pawar
Ahmednagar/IBNS: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has praised Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari for utilizing power conferred on him by his office effectively to carry out development.
Asia's longest tunnel in J&K coming up ahead of schedule
Sonamarg/IBNS: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the Zojila tunnel project, to be Asia's longest tunnel, is a challenging task for the construction company on Tuesday.
Nitin Gadkari emphasises on fixing driving hours for truck drivers of commercial vehicles
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has emphasised on deciding driving hours for truck drivers of commercial vehicles, similar to pilots, to reduce fatigue-induced road accidents.
Govt plans e-highway to minimise travel time between Delhi-Jaipur to 2 hrs
Dausa/IBNS: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the travelling time between Delhi to Jaipur can be reduced to just two hours as the government is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway between the two cities, according to media reports.
Banihal-Srinagar NH stretch among 19 places to have emergency landing facilities
Jammu/IBNS: Banihal-Srinagar road stretch of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will be among 19 other places in the country where emergency landing facilities would be developed to strengthen the country's security.
Rajnath, Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip close to Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan's Barmer
Barmer/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated an Emergency Landing Facility on a National Highway in Barmer district of Rajasthan which shares its border with Pakistan.
Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate emergency landing facility on NH 925A in Barmer today
New Delhi/UNI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a day-long visit to Rajasthan's Barmer district, where he will inaugurate emergency landing facility on National Highway 925A today.