Cold-mix bitumen is used to repair roads where only the top layer has been damaged, said an official from the Highways Department. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Following the intermittent respite from rain this past weekend, the Highways Department was able to fix 241 potholes and patch up 32 damaged locations on 613 km length … Read more
The proposed blockade has been supported by about 30 local commercial vehicle owner and operator associations in Kolasib district. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Truckers and other commercial vehicle operators in Mizoram’s Kolasib district have called for a four-day strike from October 23 to protest the dilapidated condition of National Highway-306, the State’s … Read more
A school bus stuck in a traffic jam on the Outer Ring Road near Bellandur on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The ripple effect of traffic from the Outer Ring Road (ORR), coupled with narrow lanes, has become a major concern for commuters on connecting roads, particularly for school buses, as vehicles crawl along … Read more
Sandhya Vedullapalli, a civic activist, finds it doubly taxing: she has to navigate not only through the dug-up stretches of Anna Nagar’s 9th Main Street but also through civic red tape. “First relaid in January, the stretch is being dug up again, this time for water and sewer connections. The residents had asked the Greater Chennai Corporation … Read more
Capital markets regulator Sebi’s chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday said there is a need to “accelerate” monetisation of government-held assets in sectors such as railways, roads, airports and energy to help funnel investor money into such projects. The career bureaucrat, who headed the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management before being appointed as … Read more
Indian Army personnel repair a damaged bridge over Tawi river, at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu, Friday, August 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Friday (August 29, 2025) began road clearance operations in the Pir Panjal mountain range after rainfall and flash floods caused landslips and blocked connectivity in Rajouri … Read more
Senior advocate R. Pandu addressing a convention of citizens in Ballari on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A public convention was organised by the Ballari Nagarika Horata Samithi (BNHS) at Gandhi Bhavan here on Sunday to highlight long-standing civic issues in the city and demand immediate redressal. The gathering focused on several pressing concerns, … Read more
Schools across Hyderabad reopened on Thursday (June 12, 2025) after the summer vacation. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Hyderabad witnessed a lively transformation on Thursday (June 12, 2025) morning as the summer silence gave way to the familiar bustle of school buses, autorickshaws, and parents hurrying to drop their children off, marking the end of … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy gave suggestions on the construction and expansion of 49 identified roads in Hyderabad, at a review meeting held in the city on Saturday (March 29, 2025). The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy suggested that the construction … Read more
