Nitin Gadkari
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Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be almost complete in December, says Nitin Gadkari
India | Dec 13, 2022, 07:03 PM ISTThe expressway between Delhi and Mumbai would be almost complete in December. With this, the distance between the two cities can be covered in 12 hours, Nitin Gadkari said.
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15-year-old government vehicles will be scrapped: Nitin Gadkari
Business | Nov 25, 2022, 04:58 PM ISTScrapping of govt vehicles: This is a big change as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and rice-producing parts of the country, where burning of rice straw causes pollution.
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‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our God’: Gadkari’s attempt to settle controversy over Guv’s remark
India | Nov 21, 2022, 07:41 PM ISTTrouble for Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been mounting over his remarks on Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as MLA from the ruling party came forward demanding his ousting from the state.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari approves Rs 68,000 crore worth of road projects in four Northeast state
India | Nov 09, 2022, 11:20 PM ISTUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari in Assam: Among various road projects announced by the Gadkari, there is an elevated 38-kilometers-long corridor project in Kaziranga National Park for Rs 6,000 crore.
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‘MasterChef...’: Jairam Ramesh takes jibe at BJP over Nitin Gadkari's praises to Manmohan Singh
India | Nov 09, 2022, 05:07 PM ISTUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari surprised everyone by heaping praises on Congress veteran and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recognizing his effort to reform the Indian economy in the 1990s.
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Gadkari heaps praises on Manmohan Singh: 'India indebted to former PM for economic reforms'
India | Nov 09, 2022, 10:20 AM ISTThe Union minister said, the economic reforms started by Singh as the finance minister in 1991 gave a new direction to India as it ushered in a liberal economy
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'Delhi will be traffic jam free...': Union Minister Nitin Gadkari explains Centre's plan
India | Nov 08, 2022, 09:41 PM ISTMinister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the pollution issue can be solved in stakeholders come together keeping politics aside.
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Nitin Gadkari promises ropeways, clean energy projects for poll-bound Himachal Pradesh
Elections | Nov 08, 2022, 04:35 PM ISTTalking about shortage of petrol pumps and gas stations here, Gadkari said the government will try to bring an electric mobility system.
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NHAI infra trust to have 1500 km of assets by 2025; launches Rs 1500-cr NCD
India | Oct 13, 2022, 10:19 PM ISTThe trust has 636 km of operational national highways with it now across eight sections, which will touch 1,500 km over the next three years.
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Nitin Gadkari announces projects worth Rs 7,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh
India | Oct 08, 2022, 11:47 PM ISTAfter the inauguration of the 81st session of the Indian Road Congress (IRC), Gadkari said a total of Rs 5 lakh crore will be invested on roads in Uttar Pradesh before 2024, an official release said.
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Buckle up! Now, alarms for seat belts even in the back seats
India | Sep 21, 2022, 04:25 PM ISTSeat belt alarm or safety-belt reminder means a system dedicated to alerting the driver when the driver and all other front-facing seat occupant(s) do not use the safety belt.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari asks auto makers to be quality centric, not cost centric
Auto | Sep 15, 2022, 06:48 PM ISTThe union minister has suggested that automobile manufacturers can offer some discounts to people for new purchases of vehicles against scrapping of old ones.
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Govt conducting pilot projects to replace toll plazas with automatic number plate recognition system
Business | Sep 13, 2022, 06:46 PM ISTGadkari said that the government is now looking at two options -- a satellite-based toll system where the GPS will be there in a car and the toll will be directly subtracted from the passenger's bank account and the other option through number plates.
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Watch | Road safety ad shared by Nitin Gadkari starring Akshay Kumar draws ire for 'promoting dowry'
India | Sep 13, 2022, 07:01 AM ISTRoad safety ad: In the advertisement, Akshay Kumar plays a police officer at a wedding, talking to the father of the bride, about the number of airbags in a car.
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Centre working on developing electric highways powered by solar energy | Details inside
India | Sep 12, 2022, 04:49 PM ISTAn electric highway generally refers to a road which supplies power to vehicles travelling on it, including through overhead power lines.
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Multimodal transport system vital for India to become $5 trillion economy in 5 years: Gadkari
Business | Sep 09, 2022, 08:17 PM ISTAddressing the 41st meeting of the Transport Development Council (TDC) at Bengaluru on Friday, he opined that the Centre and the states will have to work together over the next five years to transform the transport sector if the country wants to achieve a $5 trillion economy.
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How building of highways can create lakes. Gadkari has an answer
India | Sep 08, 2022, 02:54 PM ISTThe 'Mission Amrit Sarovar' was launched on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24, 2022 as a part of celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with an objective to conserve water for future.
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Wearing seat belts will be compulsory for all passengers in car: Nitin Gadkari
India | Sep 07, 2022, 12:23 AM ISTUnion Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that wearing seat belts will be compulsory for all the passengers in a car.
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'Would rather drown in a well': Nitin Gadkari's response to advice on joining Congress | VIDEO
India | Aug 29, 2022, 10:15 AM ISTNitin Gadkari on Congress: Notably, Nitin Gadkari was recently in news when he was dropped from his BJP's parliamentary board.
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Nitin Gadkari bats for qualitative reforms in functioning of local self-government bodies
India | Aug 27, 2022, 11:57 AM ISTGadkari called for improving the standard of Detailed Project Report (DPR) of management consultants hired for municipal works.