Gandhinagar/Mundra, June 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday approved Rs 629 crore for the four-laning of six key roads in Gujarat’s Kutch district, a move aimed at improving rural connectivity, easing freight movement linked to Mundra Port, and supporting tourism in the region. The approval forms part of the state government’s broader effort to upgrade important road corridors across Gujarat.According to the state government, the investment will be used to widen and improve a …
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Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Telangana Police’s anti-drugs wing EAGLE Force has busted an international drug smuggling syndicate involved in trafficking hydroponic cannabis (OG weed) from Thailand to India with the arrest of 10 key accused, including kingpin Hemang Pramod Keluskar of Mumbai. The accused belong to various states, with most of the key accused hailing from Mumbai.The Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) said on Thursday that the investigations following the arrest of t…
Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday called for a “two-coast strategy” to drive India’s next phase of industrial growth, asserting that the east coast will play a defining role in the country’s economic expansion. CM Majhi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, made the remarks while addressing industry leaders during his visit to Mundra Port and other industrial facilities on Wednesday.“India’s growth cannot remain one-sided. The next pha…
New Delhi, April 227 (IANS) The Iranian coast guard fired shots towards a Togo-flagged chemical tanker, MT Siron, which was boarded by individuals, including Indian sailors, at the Shinas Outer Port limits in Oman on April 25, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways revealed on Monday. The vessel was near other ships when the Iranian Coast Guard intervened and fired warning shots, Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Director at the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, stated during an inter-mini…
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) A family in Sri Ganganagar has been going tense after reports emerged that a Merchant Navy officer from the district is stranded aboard a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions. Local Member of Legislative Assembly Jaideep Bihani on Thursday has written to Prime Minister PM Modi and Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, urging immediate diplomatic efforts. In a video message, he stated that an Indian ship has been detained, on which Sanjay Mahar is serving …
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that 14 Indian ships have exited Strait of Hormuz safely in the past few weeks while 14 still remain in the Persian Gulf. “We have 10 Indian ships which have exited Strait of Hormuz safely in the last few weeks. We have 14 Indian ships which are still in the Persian Gulf,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal while addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi on Thursday.Tensions continue in and around Strait …
New York, April 22 (IANS) Iran on Wednesday attacked a ship in the Strait of Hormuz that was on its way to Mundra Port in India, hours after US President Donald Trump announced an indefinite ceasefire.It was one of the two ships that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) announced it had attacked and taken over, according to the government-run PressTV.IRGC-N identified the ships it attacked as the MSC-Francesca, and the Epaminodas, PressTV said (although it spelled it as “Epaminoda…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday announced a series of highway development and infrastructure projects for six states — Odisha, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan — valued at Rs 3,200 crore to improve connectivity, road safety, and boost regional economies.In Odisha, an allocation of Rs 447.11 crore has been approved for the upgradation of the 103.52-km Kurumpuri–Raj Khariar section across NH-353 and NH-59, spannin…
Ahmedabad, April 3 (IANS) Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Friday set an ambitious target of handling one billion tonnes of cargo for Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) by 2030 on the occasion of the flagship company celebrating its landmark achievement of surpassing the 500 million tonnes mark.”Let this evening not be remembered only as the moment we celebrated 500 million tonnes. Let it be remembered as the moment we paused to renew our belief and set our sights on the next horizon. One billion t…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Nearly 3 lakh metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is currently stranded at the Strait of Hormuz, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said on Tuesday.During a key briefing, the senior government official said that multiple vessels carrying LPG are unable to move due to the situation in the crucial shipping route.He explained that six ships are currently stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, with each vessel carryin…