In his 32 years of experience in IAS, the new Defence Secretary has held various important portfolios in the Central Government as well as the Andhra Pradesh government. Prior to his current assignment, Giridhar Aramane was Secretary, of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
The PWD of Uttar Pradesh has cancelled the leaves of department officers for November as CM Yogi had given an ultimatum to make the state pothole free by November 15.
As many as 30 people were injured after a car collided with a truck in the Zabul province of southern Afghanistan. Road erosion and careless driving are one of the major reasons for traffic accidents in Kabul.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed grief over an accident in which a vehicle crushed the Warkari (pilgrims), heading towards Pandharpur on the Sangola-Miraj road for Kartik Yatra.
Puducherry Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan and Home Minister Namachivayam on Monday flagged off the solidarity run on Puducherry Beach Road on the occasion of National Unity Day. Over 500 students took part in it.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has cancelled all his programmes, including the scheduled roadshow in Haryana's Adampur, for the upcoming bypoll in the assembly seat, in the wake of the collapse of the bridge in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening, in which over 130 people were killed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a three-day tour to Gujarat and Rajasthan has decided to cancel his roadshow to be held in Ahmedabad on Monday in the wake of the Morbi cable bridge collapse incident in which over 60 people lost their lives.
In this report, CareEdge Ratings has analysed the imminent shift in the mode of freight movements from roadways to railways and the underlying factors facilitating the transition. A dedicated freight corridor will boost the modal shift from road to rail, the rating agency reported.
Jaishankar and UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee special meeting and discussed the Ukraine conflict and the Indo-Pacific.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of a 15 kilometres long 6-lane CC road construction in Kolar locality of Bhopal on Saturday.