Bihar gets boost: NHAI completes 6-lane Ganga Bridge on NH-31, reducing travel distance by 150 km The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) successfully completed the Aunta (Mokama) – Simaria (Begusarai) Bridge Project on National Highway-31. The 8.15 km long project, built at an estimated cost of Rs 1,871 crore, features a 6-lane extra-dosed bridge…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday launched the party’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar, a 16-day march covering more than 1,300 km across over 20 districts. The campaign, aimed at protesting against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list and what the Congress calls “vote chori,” began from Sasaram…
Kathua cloudburst: Mud and debris choke roads, vehicles submerged (Credit: PTI) J&K’s Kathua district witnessed incessant rainfall fall leaving houses, roads flooded and vehicles half-submerged. The downpour triggered a cloudburst, leading to overnight rainfall which claimed seven lives.Visuals emerging on social media show Kathua police station inundated as floodwaters swept across the region.Officials said the…
JAIPUR: In a brazen display of street lawlessness, a 35-year-old man was run over by a SUV driver in full public view on Sikar Road Number 5 under Murlipura police station limits on Saturday. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, police said.Police identified the victim as Chandra Shekhar,…
File photo: Union minister Giriraj Singh, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Congress party’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ campaign has triggered sharp reactions from the BJP, with Union minister Giriraj Singh and party MP Praveen Khandelwal launching strong attacks on the Congress leadership.Speaking to news agency ANI,…
NEW DELHI: A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district has left at least seven people dead and several others injured, triggering landslides, flash floods and large-scale disruption. The incident, which occurred late Saturday night in Jodh Ghati village, washed away roads, damaged homes, and forced authorities into urgent rescue and relief operations.Train services along…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during Bihar rally NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision in the poll-bound Bihar a “conspiracy to steal” in the upcoming assembly elections.The Lok Sabha leader of the opposition, during a rally in Bihar’s Sasaram, claimed that “Vidhan Sabha and…
GURGAON: Unidentified men opened fire outside the residence of controversial YouTuber and Bigg Boss winner Elvish Yadav in Gurgaon’s Sector 56 on Sunday morning, police said. According to officials, Elvish was not at home when the attack took place. Image Credit: TOI The shooting happened between 5.30am and 6am, when three masked men on a…
NEW DELHI: A 39-year-old man has been booked for allegedly raping his mother in Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area after she returned from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, police said on Saturday.The woman, along with her 25-year-old daughter, approached the Hauz Qazi police station and accused her son, identified as Md Firoz alias Suhel, of sexually…
Congress MP Manish Tewari cites ‘trust deficit’ with Election Commission; Akhilesh Yadav presses for reforms (Picture credit: PTI, ANI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is facing mounting criticism from opposition parties, with Congress MP Manish Tewari and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav both questioning the poll body’s credibility in light of allegations…
