Latest National Highway 44 News & Updates

Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) In a major step towards modernising Haryana’s revenue administration and strengthening institutional capacity building, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved the establishment of the Haryana Revenue Training Academy at Umri in Kurukshetra district. The project will be developed at an estimated cost of around Rs 100 crore on 14 acres and is expected to serve as the state’s premier training centre for revenue officers and field-level functionaries.Financial Comm…

Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) Punjab Police have arrested a man from Pathankot town on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, officials said on Thursday.During questioning, the accused Baljit Singh revealed that the entire operation was being directed by a handler operating from Dubai. For espionage, he was given a sum of Rs 40,000.This was the third trans-border espionage module busted by the police in less than a month.In the latest case, Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village,…

Bhopal, May 6 (IANS) Two persons were charred to death in a car they were travelling in when it lost control and crashed into an electric pole in Madhya Pradesh’s Dabra district. The devastating accident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday near the “Arru T-junction” on National Highway-44 in the district. The victims were returning from a marriage function, and the collision triggered a massive fire that engulfed the moving vehicle within moments, leaving two occupants trapped inside wh…

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) A private travel bus was gutted in a fire in Telangana’s Medak district in the early morning hours of Monday. There were no casualties, said officials.The bus coming to Hyderabad from Medak caught fire on the National Highway 44 near Masaipet in Medak district around 4 a.m., police said. There were no passengers in the bus at the time of the mishap. The driver and another person, who were in the bus, immediately got off after noticing the fire. Police said no one was…

Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Two persons were charred to death after a refrigerator exploded at a house in Telangana’s Nirmal town, the police said.The incident occurred late on Saturday night in the Mahalakshmiwada area of the Nirmal district headquarters, about 200 km from Hyderabad.The fire broke out after the refrigerator exploded due to a suspected short circuit.A man and a woman were trapped in the flames. They sustained critical burn injuries and were rushed to the district headquarters ho…

Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said 480,000 electronic challans were issued in the past year for over-speeding vehicles on National Highway 44 from Kundli in Sonipat to Shambhu in Ambala. He said the government has installed 128 advanced cameras on the highway. ​ Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a two-day national seminar on ‘Road Safety Solutions’, organised by the Indian Roads Congress and the Public Works Department, here, the Chi…