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Centre tables Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in Lok Sabha

Opposition members Manish Tewari, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Saugata Roy and N K Premachandran forced a vote on the introduction of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill

Heavy investment needed in health, education sectors: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said there was need for heavy investment in the health and education sectors in the country.

Development works will be carried out without bringing in politics: Gadkari

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that development works, be it in Maharashtra or India, will be carried out without bringing in any kind of politics. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of two National Highway projects in Sangli, the Union transport minister said he considers himself an "ambassador of Maharashtra" and feels that the state should emerge on top in the country. "In the last seven years of my tenure, I got an opportunity to execute development works worth Rs 5 lakh crore in Maharashtra. I was in port, shipping, water resources, MSME and road transport (as a minister), but I always considered myself an ambassador of Maharashtra and feel that the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj should prosper and flourish," Gadkari said. If any state should emerge as number one, it should be Maharashtra, he said. The minister further said that development works will be carried out without bringing in any politics and assured that the demands put .

Oil prices up due to Russia-Ukraine war: Nitin Gadkari on fuel rates hike

Nitin Gadkari justified the hikes in fuel prices, thrice in the last four days, saying the oil prices had gone up within the international market owing to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war

Over 1 mn EVs registered, 1,742 charging stations operational: Gadkari

According to Gadkari, Rajasthan (122), Uttar Pradesh (90) and Madhya Pradesh (77) have maximum number of fee plazas

EVs to cost same as petrol-run vehicles in two years: Nitin Gadkari

EV sales in India rose 162 per cent in the last year, said MoRTH last week, citing the latest available data.

Cost of EVs to be at par with petrol-run vehicles in 2 years: Gadkari

Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said rapid strides in technology and green fuel will reduce the cost of electric automobiles, bringing them at par with petrol-run vehicles in next two years

Delhi-Mumbai, other key expressways to be completed by December: Gadkari

Earlier, the minister had reportedly said the govt plans to increase the speed of construction to 50 km per day

BJP MP calls Gadkari 'Spiderman' for building web of roads across country

BJP MP Tapir Gao on Monday praised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, calling him a 'Spiderman', and said he has built a web of roads across the country.

BJP will come to power in Maharashtra on its own: Devendra Fadnavis

'I want to tell the Maha Vikas Aghadi (coalition) government that we will not stop speaking out against your corruption irrespective of how many cases you file against us,' he said

Raised Rs 8,361 cr from highway monetisation in FY22, Gadkari tells RS

This is about 64% of the targeted revenue of Rs 13,000 cr for the current financial year that comes to a close in two weeks

Highway construction gains pace, 8,045 km constructed till Feb-end

Current pace works out to 24.08 km a day, compared with the targeted 40 km/day, or 14,600 km for the full year

Nitin Gadkari launches green hydrogen-based fuel cell EV Toyota Mirai

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday launched green hydrogen-based advanced fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), Toyota Mirai

Hydrogen pilot only the beginning, want to become energy exporter: Gadkari

Launching India's first green hydrogen pilot project, the minister said it can be the cheapest fuel, electrolyser policy in the works

Govt will implement Rs 7,500-crore scheme to tackle road accidents: Gadkari

India does not have a very good record on road accident front and registers the world's highest deaths due to it at 1.5 lakh every year, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

India's first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur my dream: Gadkari

Gadkari on Tuesday said making India's first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur is his dream.

Auto cos will begin manufacturing flex-fuel vehicles within 6 mths: Gadkari

Flex-fuel, or flexible fuel, is an alternative fuel with a combination of gasoline and methanol or ethanol

Govt targeting construction pace of 50 km/day for NH, says Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the government is targeting a pace of 50 km per day for national highways' construction in the country, and expressed hope that the pace in the current fiscal year will be higher than that in 2020-21. Addressing 'ET Global Business Summit' virtually, Gadkari said the government is giving highest priority to developing the road network near the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. "Now, we want to go up to (construct) 50 km per day (highway)," he said. The pace of national highway (NH) construction in the country touched a record 37 km per day in 2020-21. The road transport and highways minister said, this week he has signed a file to award contracts for construction of 1,000 km highway. Gadkari said due to COVID-induced disruptions, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) faced some problems. "But still for this ...

Indian exporters sitting on large orders after Ukraine conflict: Gadkari

Indian exporters are sitting on large orders as the Russia-Ukraine conflict has sharply increased logistics costs, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. He said exporters are concerned over availability of containers and port-related issues. "Because of these complications, the industry is not being able to take advantage of such large exporter orders, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways said at a virtual session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry-Eastern Region. According to Hellenic Shipping News, worldwide shipping costs have increased 30 per cent year-on-year. Gadkari said the country has to reduce its dependence on crude oil, which is the need of the hour for the industry, and opt for alternative fuel like green hydrogen. The minister said the Centre is in the process of setting up 35 multi-modal logistics parks (MMLP), which would help the Indian exports sector become more competitive in the international market. Gadkari said the MMLPs .

Ashok Gehlot asks Gadkari to declare 50 state highways as national highways

This will strengthen the infrastructure of the state and the areas connected with these roads will develop rapidly, he said