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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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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‘Cannot micromanage EC,’ says Delhi High Court on plea seeking FIR against PM Modi for hate speech
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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: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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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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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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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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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra shows a spark in season opener
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth
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Delhi court frames sexual harassment charges against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals