Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated a Truck Parking Terminal at the V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin under the ambitious Sagarmala Project....

The Government of India attaches great importance to fairness, transparency and accountability in public procurement and it has raised the citizen’s expectation in terms of efficiency and outcomes of public spending. The Minister of State for Finance and...

Thirty-four MoUs amounting to about Rs 2 lakh crores were signed in the three day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit that was concluded in New Delhi today. These MoUs were in the areas of port connectivity, Integrated Check Posts (ICP) in the states...

Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan said on Friday that the oil spill off Chennai, following a collision between two tankers on January 28, would be cleared in another two to three days.In a statement in the Lok Sabha, Radhakrishnan said oil booms...

Pon. Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, reviewed the performance of Cochin Port Trust yesterday in a meeting attended by Shri. Pravir Krishn, Joint Secretary (Ports), Ministry of Shipping, Shri. A.V....

Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday slammed the Congress party leaders for speaking in different voices on issues concerning the country's unity and security and on Jammu and Kashmir.The Information and Broadcasting Minister said the Centre and the...

The Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan led the Tiranga Yatra in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu from the 16th to 18th of August 2016. On the first day Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan led the yatra in Vilavancode...

The government on Monday informed parliament that it plans to transport passenger cars from Varanasi to Kolkata by using inland waterways.According to Minister of State for Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan, plans are afoot to start a "Roll-on and Roll-off" (Ro-Ro)...

The Union government is in favour of merging Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) with its parent, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to bring the standalone refinery under one umbrella, said Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday.He...

Work on setting up a big seaport in Colachel in Kanyakumari district will begin once the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu end, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said.Radhakrishnan also feels that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will do well in the May...

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Saturday wondered why human rights organisations, the Election Commission and others are "silent" on the deaths of people at election rallies addressed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa."It is strange why human...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched 'Setu Bharatam' -- an ambitious programme with an investment of Rs.50,000 crore to build bridges for safe and seamless travel on the national highways across the country."The programme aims at making all national...

Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan is hopeful of getting the necessary permission to conduct Tamil Nadu's Jallikattu traditional bull taming sport during next month's Pongal festival.Radhakrishnan, in a letter...

Looking at the ground situation in the flood-hit districts of Tamil Nadu, it was clear that the municipal administrations were not only unprepared to handle the condition but also found lacking in many aspects, union minister Pon Radhakrishnan said on Saturday.Rain...

Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Pon. Radhakrishnan inaugurated an international conference on `Road Safety Scenario in India and Way Forward’ here today. The two-day conference, organized by Indian Roads Congress (IRC), would...

P. Radhakrishnan assumed the charge of Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises here today. On his arrival at Udyog Bhawan the Minister was received by Shri Sutanu Behuria, Secretary of the Ministry and other senior officials. Born on March...