1.4 Lakh Users Buy NHAI’s New FASTag Annual Pass On Day One

1.4 Lakh Users Buy NHAI’s New FASTag Annual Pass On Day One

Short summary The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) rolled out the FASTag Annual Pass nationwide on 15 August 2025. By 7:00 pm on day one, around 1.4 lakh users had bought and activated the pass after the launch at roughly 1,150 toll plazas across National Highways and Expressways. The pass is priced at ₹3,000…

Track Reopened, Hope Rekindled: How Assam’s Landslide-Damaged Rail Line Got Back on Track

Track Reopened, Hope Rekindled: How Assam’s Landslide-Damaged Rail Line Got Back on Track

Summary of the NewsTrain services in India’s Northeast were disrupted around June 22, 2025, due to massive landslides in Assam’s Lumding–Badarpur hill section, severing rail connectivity to Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and southern Assam. After six intense days of restoration work involving heavy machinery and multi-agency collaboration, partial connectivity resumed on June 29, with goods and passenger trains like…