Infrastructure Woes
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Bihar bridge collapse: Construction firm gets show-cause notice, engineer suspended
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the incident occurred due to poor quality of work.
Scroll Staff
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Road-widening projects in Himalayas for Char Dham pilgrims could be a disaster in making
Scooping out trees, soil and rocks from the hillsides will make slopes unstable and cause landslides.
Seema Sharma
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How can governments make Bengaluru more liveable? By putting pedestrians first
Pollution, traffic and a host of other concerns can be resolved.
Vimal Simha
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Bullet train project violates Japanese investor’s guidelines, claim Gujarat environment activists
The Japan government has invested Rs 88,000 crore in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor.
Aarefa Johari
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80,487 trees and counting: Bullet train will dent mango, chikoo exports, say Gujarat’s fruit farmers
The proposed high-speed rail line cuts right through South Gujarat’s prosperous Agri Export Zone, and farmers are not happy.
Aarefa Johari
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‘Why part with good land for a bullet train we won’t ride?’: South Gujarat farmers rise in protest
In Valsad and Navsari districts, project-affected villagers say the land acquisition process has been insensitive, non-transparent and often illegal.
Aarefa Johari
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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From Parsis to Adivasis, Mumbai’s metro project faces heat from citizens
The Metro 3 line will connect South Mumbai to the northern suburbs, but all is not well along the route.
Aarefa Johari
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Colombia: 10 workers die after bridge they were constructing in Chirajara collapses
The 450-m structure was meant to be part of a highway connecting Capital city Bogota with Villavicencio in the east.
Scroll Staff
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To fix India’s flailing public health system, health sub-centres need to be improved first
Health sub-centres are the first points of contact between people and the public health system. But many sub-centres need to do much better.
Kanika Sharma
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Crossing a bridge is a matter of blind trust. In India, is that trust misplaced?
The highways authority, Border Roads Organisation, railways and Public Works Departments in different states manage around 200,000 bridges.
Rahul Bhatia
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Not just Kolkata: Seven structures have collapsed every day in the last five years
The highest number of deaths was owing to the collapse of structures like flyovers.
Rakesh Dubbudu, IndiaSpend.com
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Why the Kolkata flyover collapse is a warning for India’s infrastructure industry
IVRCL's books contained warnings about its precarious state.
M Rajshekhar
The Field
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: Indian women’s team beat Singapore to inch closer to quarter-finals
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India tour of Bangladesh: Focus on T20 World Cup preparation after moving on from last year’s drama
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians