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25.07 / 19:13

Aware Mobile Software Highways cover GPS-based tolling plan faces privacy concerns, delays

NEW DELHI : The government’s plan to implement a GPS-based tolling system on highways to ensure smooth payments and vehicle movement on national highways has triggered privacy concerns, delaying its launch. Officials at the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) are discussing ways to tackle privacy concerns surrounding the proposed tolling system and are seeking legal advice on potential amendments to existing legislation, including the Motor Vehicles Act, to enable technology-based tolling, two people aware of the development said.

25.07 / 16:35

Lowe's Manufacturing Highways tenor Low exits CP issues touch nine-year low as HDFC exits market

HDFC with HDFC Bank is hurting the short term fixed income investors. Fresh sale of commercial papers fell to a new nine year low. The latest Reserve Bank data indicates that in the July 15 fortnight it fell to Rs 26,000 crore as one of the biggest issuers-HDFC is now out of the market.

25.07 / 14:59

Highways CBI CBI arrests Railways Deputy Chief Engineer, NHAI DGM in bribery case

CBI has arrested a Deputy Chief Engineer of Railways, Deputy General Manager of National Highways Authority of India and three others in connection with a bribery case, officials said Tuesday. Deputy Chief Engineer of West Central Railways Sanjay Kumar Nigam, posted at Habibganj, Bhopal and NHAI DGM Ram Rao Dadhe, posted in Katni, for allegedly demanding bribes from a private firm Shreeji Infrastructure India Pvt.

25.07 / 09:45

UPS Citi Provident FIVE Highways Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway: Six categories of vehicles banned from next month

Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, Times of India reported. The report cited a notification from NHAI which states that the movement of high speed vehicles may pose risk to the safety of certain classes of comparatively slow moving vehicles such as bikes, autos, tractors, non-motorized vehicles and others. So NHAI has prohibited six categories of vehicles such as motor cycles (including scooters), three wheelers (including e-carts and e-rickshaws), non-motorized vehicles, tractors with or without trailers, multi-axle hydraulic trailer vehicles and quadri-cycles on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway.

25.07 / 03:33

BLOCK Platform Highways show social Uttarakhand: Road near Nandaprayag on Badrinath NH blocked due to debris pile-up

Pursari on the Badrinath National Highway was blocked due to debris on Tuesday, according to an official statement.Chamoli Police shared the visuals from the spot on social media platforms, showing a huge pile of debris on the road. Further, according to the police, the road was blocked near Navodaya Vidyalaya Peepalkoti on Badrinath National Highway owing to the pile-up of debris.

25.07 / 03:33

Waters Highways Uttarakhand: Ganga flowing above danger mark in Haridwar

Ganga River witnessed a rise in the water level and was flowing slightly above the danger mark in Haridwar, a senior official said. The water level was recorded at 293.25 metres at 9:00 pm on Monday against the danger mark of 293 metres in Haridwar. Meanwhile, the Sub Divisional Officer of Uttar Pradesh irrigation department said that due to rise in the water-level of the Ganga in Haridwar, some districts in Uttar Pradesh can also get affected.

25.07 / 02:29

BLOCK Waters Fighting Remark Highways country rock Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers

Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months. The amendment limiting the Supreme Court's powers to void some government decisions if it deemed them «unreasonable» passed by a 64-to-0 vote after opposition lawmakers abandoned the session in protest, some of them shouting: «For shame!» Demonstrations against the amendment began early in the day with police dragging away protesters who had chained themselves to posts and blocked the road outside parliament.

24.07 / 16:23

Lowe's Twitter Man Waters Highways Inside Lake of Ozarks boat crash: What did Adam Ramirez do? Know about the California man arrested after 8 injured in boat collision

Ozarks, resulting in injuries to all eight people onboard and significant damage to the house, as reported by Missouri law enforcement. The boat's occupants were thrown from the vessel during the crash, which occurred at the 1.5-mile mark of the main channel, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Twitter statement. The tweet stated, «The boat ran aground and hit a house, causing it to overturn and ejecting all eight passengers”.

24.07 / 15:59

Target FIVE Digital Landmark Highways Southern electronic Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine's south

Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow during which one of the aircraft fell near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters

24.07 / 15:39

Align Highways track country cover Achieve road efficiency at minimal privacy risk

India’s adoption of radio frequency ID tags for auto-deduct payments of highway tolls, made a must in early 2021 by the government under its FASTag system, eased traffic bottlenecks at toll plazas across the country. Checkpoint scanners now read stickers on windshields, charge vehicles the listed rate, and lift boom barriers, allowing faster passage than the manual process did. Given the density of our traffic, toll snarls still persist on busy routes, but the wait would have been worse without this automation.

24.07 / 12:23

UPS Highways stage Kanwariyas injured in accident in UP's Pilibhit, other pilgrims stage blockade

Pilibhit-Haridwar National Highway, police said. The accident took place in the Amaria area here when the duo's motorbike collided with another motorbike, Circle Officer Prateek Dahiya said.

24.07 / 09:11

FIVE Parke Highways Heavy rains wash away part of Badrinath highway, pilgrimage disrupted

Kamera was washed away on Monday following heavy overnight rainfall, disrupting the pilgrimage to the Himalayan temple. The route will remain closed for Badrinath pilgrims for two-three days, according to an official statement issued.

24.07 / 06:41

BLOCK Highways Updates Uttarakhand rains: Yamunotri, Badrinath Highway blocked due to falling debris. Top updates

disaster management official of Uttarkashi, Devendra Patwal, said that due to the boulders falling continuously for the last three days, the traffic on both sides of the road has come to a complete standstill. "Significantly, due to this, there has been a break on the Yamunotri pilgrimage, leaving many commuters including pilgrims and locals passenger stranded," the official said. "Big boulders fell off from mountains on Monday morning further exacerbating the woes of commuters," the official said.

24.07 / 04:23

UPS CEO Mobile Highways TikTok country Focus on China dominated Biden-Modi meeting in Oval office, reveals official

Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden during their meeting at the Oval Office last month spent a “plurality" of their time having discussions on China and its leader Xi Jinping, according to a senior administration official familiar with the discussion. As reported by PTI citing a senior administration official on conditions of anonymity, “In the Oval Office meeting between Modi and Biden, a plurality of that time was just spent talking about China...

24.07 / 02:13

Citizens Waters BEAS Highways Warning Himachal Pradesh: Chamba DDMA issues advisory amid rain warning

District Disaster Management Authority on Sunday issued an advisory for the citizens. The advisory said, «1. Avoid visiting hilly areas and places prone to landslides and heavy rainfall.

23.07 / 23:33

UPS Citi BLOCK Waters Action Highways Kanwariyas pelted with stones amid procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly

A group of kanwariyas were pelted with stones as they undertook a procession through Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. The incident took place near the Shahnoori mosque in Jogi Nawada area on Sunday with around 12 people admitted to the hospital with injuries. The situation sparked a protest in the area with the kanwariyas demanding action against their attackers.

23.07 / 18:21

UPS FIVE Platform Highways social Manipur violence: Woman injured in firing attack

A woman from Terakhongsangbi Laithel Maning Leikai was injured in one of the attacks. Police and Central forces have immediately rushed to the areas and controlled the situation and repelled the miscreants.Manipur police’s Cyber Crime branch on Sunday registered a case for spreading false news with intent to cause injury, damage to his reputation and create serious breach of law and order, officials said.

23.07 / 16:07

Highways country Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people

Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighbouring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides. Shafiullah Rahimi, the ruling Taliban's appointed spokesman for Afghanistan's State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, said Sunday that at least 31 people were killed, 74 were injured and 41 others were missing. Flash floods hit the capital, Kabul, the Maidan Wardak and Ghazni provinces.

23.07 / 15:01

UPS Citi Man Waters Highways Southern Orange Heavy rains lash many parts of Karnataka, allaying fear of drought

Karnataka, especially the coastal and southern region, brought hopes of a good harvest for farmers staring at a drought-like situation due to inadequate rains in the last two months. According to Meteorological Department, there were heavy rains as southwest monsoon was active over the state and rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka, south interior region and at many places over northern areas. There was very heavy rainfall in several parts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Udupi and Kodagu districts.

23.07 / 09:43

Citi Waters Extreme Highways Orange Flood waters recede in Junagadh, 3,000 people shifted to safer places; IMD issues 'orange' alert for Gujarat

It also predicted heavy to very heavy rains at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall in Devbhumi Dwarka, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Valsad districts in the next 24 hours. Junagadh city recorded 241 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Sunday, causing waterlogging in several parts, leaving damaged cars piled on each other and carcasses of cattle swept away in flash floods, officials said. Two national highways, 10 state highways and 300 rural roads were closed in Gujarat on Saturday due to flooding, and the traffic resumed at places where water receded, they said.

23.07 / 09:39

UPS Manufacturing Highways Honda country end Why India must change the way it taxes high-end cars

₹12 lakh in purchasing-power-parity (PPP) rupees – a tad less than the entry price of a full sedan from Maruti or Honda in India (not the sub-four-metre ‘compact’ sedan that’s unique to India). Instead, a Mercedes C300 in India starts at over ₹65 lakh. The reason? Taxes.

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