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India endorses Blue Economy in sustainable, people-centric manner: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that 'Blue Economy' is very crucial for India's economic development, adding that India endorses the growth of the Blue Economy in a sustainable, inclusive and people-centric manner
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Punjab CM seeks Gadkari's intervention for clearance of road projects
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday sought the personal intervention of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari for expeditious clearance of road projects related to the historic towns of Sultanpur Lodhi, Bat
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Jalaj Srivastava is IWAI chairman
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 19 (ANI): Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed the chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). The IWAI comes under the Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, currently headed by
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Focus should be on improving quality of roads at low cost: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the mission of his ministry is to build high-quality roads at low cost.
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National permit vehicles can now ply without two drivers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways has announced that the national permit vehicles can now ply without two drivers.
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Ropeways, cable cars future of Indian transport: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the country needs futuristic technology for developing its transport sector. He has suggested that ropeways, cable cars, funicular railways can be very useful means of transport
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No plan to privatize profit-making industrial units: Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for India's largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard here and said that the central government has no plans to privatize profit-making industrial units in the c
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We’re a rich nation with poor population: Nitin Gadkari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said India is a “rich nation with a poor population” as those who ruled the country earlier benefitted their own families.
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Sabarimala protest: KSRTC to not conduct its services today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to not conduct its services on Thursday a day after one of its buses was allegedly vandalised during a protest against the entry of women in Sabarimala Temple.
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Uma Bharti retracts claim of informing Gadkari about GD Agarwal's health
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Thursday expressed shock over environmentalist G. D. Agarwal's death on twitter, adding that she had anticipated the same and had earlier alerted Union Minster for Road Transport and Highways Niti
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KSRTC suspends driver for letting Langur take wheel
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) driver was suspended after a video of him allowing a langur to take control of the steering wheel went viral.
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Gadkari urges farmers to make biofuel to replace petrol, diesel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Durg (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged the farmers here to make ethanol and use it as a replacement for petrol and diesel.
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