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KKR, has acquired four road assets from Macquarie India in a deal worth ₹3,000 crore. Earlier, Adani Road Transport had agreed to acquire these road assets for ₹3,100 crore, but terminated the deal last month citing «unsatisfactory conditions». Highways Infrastructure Trust (HIT) will acquire Gujarat Road & Infrastructure (GRICL) and Swarna Tollway (STPL), the InvIT said in a filing with stock exchanges.

By Jesse Winter

Due to an out-of-control wildfire that has crossed the border from the US stae of Washington, authorities have issued an evacuation order for the Canadian town of Osoyoos and its surrounding district. According to the British Columbia Wildfire Service, the wildfire, called Eagle Bluff, is approximately 4 kilometres (2.49 miles) from Osoyoos.

hit four other cars going towards the Bathinda side. The injured have been admitted to the hospital," SHO, Ravindra Singh said. In other news from Punjab, the Vigilance Department of the state nabbed a junior engineer for accepting a bribe of ₹70,000.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced the cancellation of an Amber Alert issued for a 2-year-old boy late Saturday night. The child was reported to be found safe, and authorities took a 41-year-old suspect into custody early Sunday. The Becker Police Department also confirmed the child's safe return to his family but refrained from providing immediate details on the circumstances of his recovery or the arrest of the suspect.

Dutch authorities say high winds in the North Sea are delaying efforts to tow a burning cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars to safety off the coast of the Netherlands

riders have raised concerns about the safety of some types of vehicles, and about whether they legally qualify as e-bikes. Here's what's known about e-bikes and their risks.What is an e-bike? The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency responsible for regulating the safety and sale of low-speed electric bicycles, defines an e-bike as a two- or three-wheel vehicle that has pedals and an electric motor. The motor must be rated below 750 watts, which is roughly twice the power that a professional cyclist can generate. The rider can use the pedals or the motor, singly or in combination. With the motor alone, the bike must not be capable of going faster than 20 mph on a level surface. State laws govern where e-bikes can be ridden, the minimum age for riders and other rules about how the vehicles are used. To meet federal regulations, bicycle manufacturers have developed a three-tier classification system for e-bikes.

Inspector Jagbir Singh who was posted in the security unit lost his life in a dreadful accident on Rohtak Road, near Madipur metro station. Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Vichitra Veer said the accident took plave in the early hours of the day on the Rohtak Road wherein a Ciaz car was hit by a truck from behind.

Telangana on July 31 to assess the damage caused by floods in the state following the recent heavy rains.The team will be led by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Advisor Kunal Satyarthi and will consist of representatives of ministries/departments of Agriculture, Finance, Jal Shakti, Power, Road Transport and Highways and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). The central team is being dispatched to Telangana on the instructions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a release from the office of Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.

The Netherlands' coast guard says that salvage crews dealing with a cargo ship loaded with cars that has been burning for more than two days off the northern Dutch coast boarded the vessel for the first time as heat, flames and smoke eased

The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the fleet would average about 43.5 miles per gallon in real-world driving

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says that Sri Lanka's strategic location in the Indian Ocean makes it a key partner in realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

National Highway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj is severely damaged in several places, news agency ANI has reported. Meanwhile, the monsoon has so far claimed 187 lives since its onset on June 24 in Himachal Pradesh, the State Disaster Management Authority said on Saturday. -In Dharamshala, a loss of over ₹6 crore has been estimated due to rains only which may increase further as reports are yet to come from many departments.

Nitin Gadkari set to visit the flood-affected areas of Kullu and Manali in Himachal Pradesh on August 1, the Congress and the BJP sought to claim credit for it, triggering a war of words. Leader of opposition and BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said that the Union minister would visit the state on his request.

North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said. Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said.

Jaipur where many areas faced waterlogging on Saturday. Rains have been pounding the district since Friday night, leaving many areas around Sikar Road and Jal Mahal submerged.

Badrinath National Highway (NH-7) has been washed away due to the rise in the water level of the Lambagad drain owing to the heavy showers since late Friday night in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Saturday. According to Chamoli Police, 50 meters of the highway have been washed away following incessant rainfall.

By David Shepardson

By David Shepardson

Manipur's Moreh which witnessed heavy firing between security forces and miscreants. A senior official in the state government said, «additional forces were rushed but women protesters blocked the movement of security forces after a report of alleged assault on two women. The state government is sending more forces as there are inputs that armed people from Myanmar have sneaked in.» Moreh, just 4 km to the west of Myanmar's largest border town Tamu, saw largescale violence on Wednesday and Thursday.

home ministry sources. An analysis of 85-day data reveals that the first spike was seen from May 3-6 in which 59 people were killed, the second was from May 25-31 in which 28 people died and the third was from June 12-29. The ethnic violence has killed nearly 150 people, injured over 500 and displaced more than 50,000. The sources claimed that prices of essential commodities didn’t overshoot because the Centre ensured goods supply and security of highways. The blockades in the past were much severe, the sources said, adding: “In 2011, when the blockade lasted for 123 days, petrol prices had skyrocketed to Rs 200 and LPG cylinders to up to Rs 2,000 in the black market”. After the July 19 viral video, Manipur Police arrested five suspects. The home ministry has ordered a CBI probe into the incident and requested the Supreme Court to transfer the trial of the case outside Manipur.