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Telangana has released Rs 2,278.14 crore for the Adilabad joint user airfield, but the fine print matters before anyone plans...

The Kosi-Mechi link project in north Bihar is running at 8.5 per cent physical progress on its main canal contract...

Andhra Pradesh has finally put money behind a barrage that sat stuck for the better part of five decades. The...

Uttar Pradesh has cleared four greenfield expressways in a single cabinet sitting, and the combined scope is large enough to...

Ground work on the Umroi (Shillong) airport runway extension is due to begin within weeks: the tender is complete, the...

The Cabinet has cleared a third and fourth railway track between Ballari and Guntakal, and for contractors the headline number...

Here is the DesiMachines desk round-up for 24 Jul 2026 — the live tenders and developments that matter to anyone...

India has 5,580 km of national high-speed corridors physically under construction right now, out of 10,389 km awarded so far....

Here is the DesiMachines desk round-up for 22 Jul 2026 — the live tenders and developments that matter to anyone...

Here is the DesiMachines desk round-up for 21 Jul 2026 — the live tenders and developments that matter to anyone...

Monday closed with no big machine launch and no new central Cabinet clearance, but three state-level road and plant pipelines...

Odisha rural road projects just got a funding line that runs to 2029-30: Rs 32,067 crore, cleared by the state...

India’s construction equipment market is running two speeds at once this week: retail demand is soft, but the machines keep...

Three threads ran through India’s construction-equipment week: fresh highway money from Delhi, a demand forecast that points sharply upward, and...

India’s machine buyers just got a long-range demand signal worth reading. A new report from the Confederation of Indian Industry...

The Cabinet cleared two elevated highway corridors in Varanasi on 15 July, worth Rs 25,445.96 crore between them. For equipment...

The pattern is hard to miss this month. Inside two weeks, two equipment makers have put fresh money into building...

Last updated: July 2026. If you are pricing a new excavator or backhoe this quarter, the numbers around the machine...

LiuGong has more than doubled the size of its Indian factory, and for anyone shopping for a wheel loader or...

Two threads ran through India’s construction-equipment market this fortnight: a fat public-works pipeline, and a steady push to build more...

ACE and Japan's KATO have put ₹200 crore and a Haryana plant behind their crane joint venture. What it means...

Key facts The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two NHAI corridors worth Rs 14,114.81 crore on 1 July...

Key facts India CE sales fell ~2% to 1,36,995 units in FY26 (from 1,40,191 in FY25), per ICEMA (data released...

Key facts Komatsu India (KIPL) and SMFG India Credit (SMICC) launched a dedicated excavator finance scheme on 5 June 2026...

Key facts HD Construction Equipment launched a new 20-ton Develon-brand crawler excavator, unveiled to dealers at its Pune, India plant(announced 24 Jun...

Key Facts: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) won a Rs 2,977 crore contract from NMDC to build buffer stockpiles and...

Key Facts GHV Infra Projects has won a roughly Rs 213 crore order for railway maintenance and freight infrastructure in...

Key Facts Patel Engineering, with a JV partner, received a Rs 126.37 crore Letter of Acceptance for the Tasgaon Lift...

Key facts: UltraTech Cement has deployed 45 electric heavy-duty trucks with partner Energy In Motion for clinker haulage in north...

Key Facts Madhya Pradesh’s state cabinet, chaired by CM Mohan Yadav, approved a revised Indore Metro cost of Rs 19,472.29...

Key Facts Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stones for six national-highway projects worth Rs 3,214 crore at Shillong on...

Key Facts: Ranjit Buildcon is the lowest bidder (L1) at Rs 383.98 crore for the elevated civil package of Lucknow...

What did RVNL win? RVNL received a Letter of Acceptance worth Rs 967.92 crore (incl. 18% GST) from East Coast...

What did Godrej launch? Godrej Enterprises Group’s Material Handling Equipment (MHE) business launched what it calls India’s first Multi-Ion battery...

Key Facts: Volvo Trucks India launched the Volvo FMX Edge, a purpose-built off-road mining dump truck, on 26 May 2026...

Key Facts Ammann India has launched the CPB36, its first truck-mounted concrete boom pump, under the Ammann Elba brand (first...

A fleet-doubling bet on India’s rental demand MT&T Rentals, an India-focused Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) specialist, has announced a...

Afcons Infrastructure has received a letter of award from Vadhvan Port Project Limited for the construction of a 10.14-km breakwater...

The global mining equipment market is projected to reach US$194.2 billion by 2033, with growth led by electrification and automation,...

UCO Bank and Tata Hitachi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between the lender and the construction...

Doosan Bobcat India has launched a dedicated operator training programme for its skid-steer loaders, targeting one of the construction sector’s...

Mumbai Metro Line 2B has cleared a major construction milestone, with crews lifting and placing a 252-tonne steel span across...

The Centre has approved a Rs 1,663 crore development project for the Kollam-Theni national highway, an upgrade linking Kerala’s coast...

Patna Metro’s Blue Line recorded its seventh tunnel breakthrough on June 10, with TBM-04 completing roughly 681 metres of downline...

JSW Infrastructure has won a 30-year public-private partnership concession to develop and operate a 0.93 million TEU container terminal at...

The Union Cabinet has approved Phase 2A of the Ahmedabad Metro: a 6.032 km corridor connecting the network to the...

Larsen & Toubro signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government on June 10 committing Rs 186 billion...

The Zojila Tunnel achieved its main-tunnel breakthrough on June 9 at the eastern portal near Minamarg in Ladakh’s Kargil district,...

Afcons Infrastructure received the letter of award on June 9, 2026 from Vadhvan Port Project Limited (VPPL) for a 10.14...

Resurgent Mining has launched operations at Gainwell’s Saoner mining project, a ten-year contract targeting 10.62 million tonnes of coal output,...

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launched the BHAVYA Portal on June 8 to coordinate development of 100 industrial parks under a...

The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 9,585 crore, two-year scheme to replace old trucks and buses registered in Delhi-NCR,...

Caterpillar has introduced its next-generation 6040 hydraulic mining shovel, a 400-metric-tonne-class machine aimed at large mining and bulk-earthmoving fleets. The...

New Holland Construction has expanded its battery range with the 2.5-metric-tonne E25X, joining the 1.5-tonne E15X launched in 2023. The...