Seamless connectivity imperative for recovery from pandemic in South Asian's BBIN sub-regionThis will make the movement of their goods as well as people resilient to future shocks but will also increase the sub-region's transport a...
26 Feb, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates national highway projects in Nagaland"Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 15 National Highw...
04 Dec, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
Under Act East Policy, Manipur focuses on development to fight insurgency challengesManipur will become the centre of the Act East policy, Army chief General Bipin Rawat told a group of journalists who visited the state rec...
06 Nov, 2018, 08.45 AM IST
ADB okays $346 mn loan to upgrade Karnataka highwaysThis is ADB's second funding to Karnakata, whose per capita income is higher than the national average and has lower unemployment and pover...
08 Dec, 2017, 07.08 PM IST
Dispatch fuel by train, Tripura asks Railways"We have submitted a memorandum to the Railway Minister on Sunday charting out eight demands including dispatch of fuel," Transport Ministe...
02 Aug, 2016, 04.53 PM IST
Japan may back 10 Northeast highway projectsIndia is likely to get the backing of the Japanese International Cooperative Agency, from which India has sought a soft loan of Rs 15,000 c...
05 Apr, 2016, 04.26 AM IST
Rajasthan hopeful of getting nod from ADB, WB for road projectPublic Works Minister Yunus Khan said nod from ADB for loan worth Rs 1,899 cr for 5 highways in Kota, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Ajmer divisions...
22 Sep, 2015, 03.58 AM IST
NHAI global arm to build roads in Iran, Sri Lanka, Nepal and BhutanNHAI International will be a set-up outside the existing ambit of NHAI and will have its offices in several countries. It will work as a co...
17 Sep, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
New Silk Route? China plans Kunming-Kolkata railway linkThe 3,000 km line would be part of Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor to boost trade.
18 Jun, 2015, 06.16 AM IST
Punj Lloyd bags Rs 666 crore contract for the Asian Highway project, shares up 4.6%This is a cooperative project for improving transport facilities in 32 Asian nations and providing road links to Europe, it said in a state...
18 Nov, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
Punj Lloyd surges over 8% on Rs 666 crore order winThe company has bagged EPC highway contract for 90.586 km of the Asian Highway Network, a co-operative project for improving transport faci...
18 Nov, 2014, 09.54 AM IST
Ministry looks to Japanese funds for highway projects in North EastThe ministry will seek assistance from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan's official financial assistance arm, for...
18 Dec, 2013, 05.31 AM IST
China opens $962 million border railway with KazakhstanThe rail line is expected to ease the burden of the Alataw trade pass, where the first China-Central Asia railway traverses.
22 Dec, 2012, 04.50 PM IST
- India inks $ 432 million loan agreements with ADB
Of this, $ 300 million loan will help the MP government to upgrade about 1,000 km of State highways in the eastern and west central parts o...
15 Jun, 2011, 08.52 PM IST
Asian highway has a long way to goThere is a need for pragmatic reappraisal to first develop and upgrade the arterial international routes.
04 Dec, 2010, 05.20 AM IST
- Trade within Asia key to growth now
Against the backdrop of slow recovery in the developed world, repayment crisis led cuts in government spending and protectionist moves in m...
11 May, 2010, 04.15 AM IST
- NHAI likely to get $400 mn loan from ADB next month
The National Highways Authority of India today said it is negotiating with the Asian Development Bank for a $400-million (about Rs 1,800 cr...
06 Nov, 2009, 04.15 PM IST