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…
NEW DELHI: Security forces detected movement of suspected drones in multiple forward areas along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts on Sunday evening, officials said.All the flying objects were seen coming from the Pakistan side and returned after hovering over Indian territory for a…
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…
“You people eat dogs, cats, pigs and all your animals, right?” This was a question Riba says she was repeatedly asked because she hails from the Northeast. Working at a high-profile firm did little to shield her from stereotypes. Friends, colleagues and acquaintances routinely questioned her food habits, appearance and even language. ‘Called Minor Matter,…
PM at Somnath pride: Prime Minister Modi took part in the Shaurya Yatra at the Somnath Temple. After prayers at Somnath, PM Modi, in his address, said past invaders failed to erase India’s faith. He praised ancestors’ sacrifices and asserted the temple’s survival as proof of India’s enduring strength. US-Iran Tensions: Iran warned US bases,…
NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday reiterated his demand for conferring the Bharat Ratna on former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying he would formally write to the Government of India to press the demand.“He should indeed be given Bharat Ratna. What is the problem? I will also write…
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat during an event marking the official launch of songs of the film Shatak, chronicling the 100-year journey of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday likened the organisation’s growth to that of a tree rising from a seed,…
NEW DELHI: Congress student wing NSUI staged protests on Sunday against the VB-GRAMG scheme in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow and Varanasi, with protesters raising slogans against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In Lucknow, NSUI workers demonstrated against the scheme and were detained by security personnel, visuals shared by ANI showed. Police…
Disasters don’t just cause infrastructure losses, cripple economies, or claim lives. They shake something far deeper, that is, the very fabric of human existence.Each disaster leaves scars that statistics cannot fully capture silent grief, disrupted childhoods, fractured communities and lives permanently divided into “before” and “after”. Homes swallowed by raging floods erase decades of memory….
NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday took a jibe at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar amid a growing push to honour him with the country’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.RJD MP Sudhakar Singh said that despite being ill, Nitish Kumar has served as Bihar’s chief minister for 20 years, which makes him…
