Bihar is ready to shift gears in road upkeep with a “pothole prize” that a minister has touted as a first in the country, reports Kshitiz. The Nitish Kumar-led govt is set to roll out “Gadha Batao, Rs 5,000 Pao (spot a pothole, get Rs 5,000)”, a reward-based road maintenance scheme from Feb 15. Under…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces launched a massive search operation after intelligence agencies detected satellite communication by suspected terrorists near the border in Rajpura area, in Jammu’s Kanachak sector, on Sunday.The communication was traced to a Thuraya satellite device around 3pm, and its GPS location was tracked, said officials. “Soon after, a joint…
CISF paves way for seamless transfers between RRTS Namo Bharat & DMRC at New Ashok Nagar Metro Station NEW DELHI: Passengers transfers between Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Namo Bharat with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will now be seamless at the New Ashok Nagar Metro Station. An integrated passenger movement corridor was formally…
VARANASI: Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday condemned the police’s brutal lathi charge on NSUI’s “Save MGNREGA” protest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi. In a post in X, Ramesh criticised the BJP government, calling it “trouble-engine government” rattled by peaceful, democratic protests.Ramesh wrote, “In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency…
First India-assisted Bailey Bridge opens in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka NEW DELHI: The first Bailey Bridge built under India’s assistance package to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka has been opened for traffic, restoring a key road link between the island nation’s Central and Uva provinces, the Indian mission in Colombo said on Sunday.The 100-foot bridge was constructed by…
File photo: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has fast-tracked four large-scale drainage projects to address chronic waterlogging across the national capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Sunday.“The Drainage Master Plan has been designed keeping in view Delhi’s geographical conditions, recurring waterlogging, increasing population pressure and the need for future-ready…
Punjab government preparing youth for competitive exams through Mission Pragati: CM Mann BATHINDA: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said the state government is making focused efforts to prepare the youth for future competitive examinations by providing free academic and physical training under Mission Pragati.Interacting with students at the district library here, Mann…
Bandi Sanjay Kumar; Asaduddin Owaisi NEW DELHI: Union minister and former Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday said no woman has ever held a decision-making post in the AIMIM, reacting to a statement by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi that India would one day have a burqa-clad woman as its prime minister.Also Read |…
File photo: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday questioned the BJP-led Centre’s nationalist credentials, accusing it of inviting Chinese companies to invest in India despite security concerns following Operation Sindoor, and of remaining silent over what he described as repeated insults by US President Donald Trump.Addressing…
‘Why did she go there?’: How the onus of safety keeps falling on women “Only when Sitaji crossed the Lakshman rekha was she kidnapped by Ravan,” BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said in 2013, invoking the mythological boundary as a warning for women to stay “within limits” to avoid being abducted by “Ravanas”.The remark was widely…