infrastructure projects

New Delhi, April 8 Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday directed the MCD to strengthen waste management and cleanliness systems, warning against delays and lapses in civic services.Gupta posted on X that at a review meeting on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) works, a series...

Potassium fertilizers. Addressing the media in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the estimated budgetary requirement for the 2026 monsoon season would be approximately 41,533 crore rupees.He explained that this decision would ensure the availability...

Jaipur, April 8 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the HPCL-Rajasthan refinery at Pachpadra on April 21, a project that is expected to redefine the economy of western Rajasthan and become one of the largest integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complexes in the country.The...

New Delhi, April 8 Over four lakh "smart" streetlights are set to be installed across the national capital in the coming months by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), officials said.The lights, largely based on LED technology and equipped with remote monitoring systems, will be rolled...

Jammu, April 8 The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged a massive backlog in the finalization of accounts of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and autonomous bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, with a large number of accounts remaining outstanding as of March 31, 2024.The CAG urged the...

New Delhi, April 7 The Fair Trade regulator, CCI, on Tuesday approved Advent International's proposal to acquire a 14.3 per cent stake in Aditya Birla Housing Finance Ltd.This development came after the boards of Aditya Birla Capital and Aditya Birla Housing Finance, in February 2026, approved...

Chandigarh, April 7 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal stated on Tuesday that the party would formulate a program to assist distressed farmers whose standing crops had been damaged across 1.25 lakh acres, as they had been completely abandoned by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

Kannur (Kerala), April 7 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday responded to his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy as the verbal war between the two leaders escalated.In response to earlier remarks made by Reddy at a press conference here, the veteran Marxist leader said that a...

Bhubaneswar, April 6 – Senior Sasmit Patra, a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and Rajya Sabha MP, wrote to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Monday, seeking his immediate intervention to ensure that the proposed Metro Rail project, initiated during the previous...

Azamgarh (UP), April 6 Launching a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party for "confining development to Saifai" (the Samajwadi Party's stronghold), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, and Jaunpur were never part of their (Samajwadi Party's)...

Mumbai, April 6 Internet service provider Tata Play Fiber has partnered with IBM to build an AI-ready enterprise data lakehouse, using the global tech major's Watsonx platform.This will unify 25 disparate data sources into a single, scalable environment to enable advanced analytics, strengthen...

Bengaluru, April 6 GBA Chief Commissioner, Maheshwar Rao, on Monday asked officials to begin towing operations starting April 7 to remove abandoned vehicles that have been parked on city roads for several months.He also instructed officials to procure one pothole-filling machine for each city...

New Delhi, April 6 The government has set a base construction period of 12 months for highway projects valued up to ₹300 crore and 18 months for road construction projects costing between ₹301 and ₹500 crore.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) said on Monday that the base...

Raipur/New Delhi, April 6 – Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is scheduled to hold crucial high-level meetings in the national capital on Tuesday, as the focus shifts towards the holistic development of the Bastar region in the "post-Maoist era".CM Sai is scheduled to arrive in New...

New Delhi, April 6 Diamond Power Infrastructure announced on Monday that it has secured an order worth ₹100.54 crore from Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd for the supply of cables.The order will be executed from April 2026 to February 2027, according to a regulatory filing.The total value of the...

Hyderabad, April 6 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy performed the 'bhumi puja' (foundation-laying ceremony) for development projects worth Rs 225 crore at the Goddess Saraswathi temple in the Nirmal district on Monday.Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, along with other...

Mumbai, April 7 Infrastructure projects in the Delhi-NCR region, such as the Noida International Airport, are expected to boost the professional audiovisual hardware market in North India, which currently accounts for 40-45 per cent of the total pan-India market, exhibition organizer Informa...

Kannur (Kerala), April 6 As the Kerala Assembly elections campaign enters its final phase, the ruling LDF on Monday released its progress report, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan claiming that around 97 per cent of the promises made in 2021 have been fulfilled.Releasing the report at a...

Kathmandu, April 6 – India's Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, met with Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation.Khanal was appointed as Nepal's Minister of Foreign Affairs after Balendra Shah, the leader of the Rastriya Swatantra...

Thanjavur/Pudukottai, April 5 Tamil Nadu currently stands as the leading state among India's developing regions, boasting a significant growth rate of 11.19 per cent, despite a significant lack of support from the BJP-led central government, Deputy Chief Minister Udhyanidhi Stalin said on...