The Sri Lankan government is to prepare and present a national policy for the private transport sector by the end of the year.

The Obama administration will push back the release of the most ambitious proposal ever for automakers to improve fuel efficiency of their passenger cars, sport utility vehicles and pickups.

Toyota Motor Corp and Ford Motor Co will work together to develop hybrid trucks and SUVs that will be ready for market by the end of the decade, the two companies said on Monday.

Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor said on Monday that they would jointly develop a gas-electric hybrid fuel system for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles aimed at keeping larger models affo

Hundreds of trucks circled Australian parliament on Monday in a protest against government plans for a carbon tax, but the truckers fell far short of their ambition to gridlock the capital in suppo

Big tractor-trailer trucks will have to get 20 percent more miles per gallon by the 2018 model year under the first-ever fuel economy rules for heavy vehicles, announced Tuesday by President Obama.

Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) in its meeting on Wednesday proposed to impose octroi on transportation of iron ore that is being transported via Quepem municipal area.
QMC chairperson and all the councilors present for the meeting unanimously decided to impose 2% Octroi on iron ore.
The council has taken the decision based on the petition by Quepem Taluka Mining Affected Peoples Front (QTMAPF).

Avanindra Mishra |TNN

Jaipur: The elevated road at Shipra Path and New Sanganer road has also been included in the amended proposal of the Bus Rapid Transit System.

Air Pollution is caused by a number of pollutants emanated from various sources. Under sound air pollution control strategy the detailed analysis and assessment of all the pollutants having detrimental effects on human health and environment is required.

KOCHI: The Elephant Lovers Association has protested against the unauthorised use of elephants by circus companies in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

In a letter to the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, they said that elephants were being transported in lorries violating the Wildlife Protection Act.

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