Mumbai: Amidst the ongoing fracas over the land acquisition bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today met Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray to urge him to support the Centre over the contentious bill.Thackeray, who has been

Mumbai: Notwithstanding the stiff opposition to the land bill, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the Narendra Modi government was not on the “back foot” on the issue but conceded there may have been a

Mumbai: As news reports about his having enjoyed the hospitality of the Essar group during a trip to Europe triggered a row, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he had visited a yacht belonging

New Delhi/Mumbai: Union Transport Ministe Nitin Gadkari was today at the centre of a controversy over reports that he and his family spent two nights on a luxury yacht owned by Essar group in the

New Delhi: As the opposition to the land acquisition law including from its allies grew, Government today said it is open to accepting “good” suggestions and insisted that the new measure was pro-farmer and pro-poor.Road

New Delhi: Aiming to spare the general public from levy at highways, the Government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February.“We will cancel toll at around

Ahmedabad: BJP leaders and ministers were here today to attend the wedding of party president Amit Shah's son Jay, even as the Delhi poll results trickled in.Those present at the wedding organised at the YMCA

New Delhi: Government is looking forward to develop the road network in the naxal affected areas to avoid insurgency. Road ministry reportedly is seeking an aid of Rs. 12,000 crore from the home ministry as

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said AAP is a “confused party of defused netas” as he asked the people of Delhi to vote for BJP saying that the city's pace of development will

Faizabad: In comments that could kick up a row, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government at the Centre is of ‘Ram bhakts'(devotees) and those who shout ‘Jai Shri Ram' slogans.Gadkari, a senior BJP

Lucknow: Road projects worth Rs 50,000 crore would be started in Uttar Pradesh by the year-end, Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today.He said the length of national highways in the state was

Faizabad: Interlinking the development of villages with development of roads, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs 50,000 crore by the end of this year for construction of roads in Uttar

Basti (UP): Waterways development will be the top priority for NDA government due to its lower fare cost compared to rail and road transport, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said here today.“Development of waterways will

New Delhi: Keen on promoting water transport to propel economic growth, the government has set an ambitious target to convert 101 rivers across the nation into waterways, union minister Nitin Gadkari said."Promoting waterways is the

New Delhi: A whopping investment of Rs. 5 lakh crore would be made in the road sector in the coming five years, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said.“In five years, there will be investment of Rs.

New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has convened a chief ministers' conference of eight states haunted by Left-wing extremism to resolve bottlenecks in speedy implementation of road projects being executed

New Delhi: Kerala will be the first state to be fully covered by broadband connectivity under the national optical fibre network (NOFN) project, which aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats across the nation by

New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has suggested banks to offer loans for ports and shipping projects at concessional rates."I have proposed to the Finance Ministry to talk to banks for more flexibility towards

New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today called on President Pranab Mukherjee regarding an Ordinance that will pave the way for plying of E-rickshaws on roads of national capital region.  Gadkari explained

Haridwar: The Centre today announced a financial assistance of Rs 1300 crore to construct 890 Km of roads for Uttarakhand's famous Chardham yatra.The announcement was made by Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari