Infrastructure Push
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Uttarakhand: More tunnelling disasters in store as norms are disregarded amid infrastructure push
Guidelines crucial for safety, which would have helped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse, are being met superficially met for faster completion and cost-cutting.
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Nirmala Sitharaman announces infrastructure projects worth Rs 102 lakh crore for next five years
The Union finance minister said these projects would help transform India into a $5 trillion economy by 2025.
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Centre planning to construct Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to cut down travel time: Nitin Gadkari
A Chambal Expressway connecting Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to the Mumbai-Delhi Expressway is also being planned, the minister said.
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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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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Centre unveils its ambitious BharatMala road development project
It includes an investment of Rs 5,35,000 crore to build 34,800 km of roads and highways over the next five years, the Finance Ministry said.
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Assam: India’s longest bridge was delayed by the previous government, says Modi at inauguration
The 9.15-km-long structure is expected to cut the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from six hours to one hour.
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In photos: Modi will open India’s longest bridge on Friday. Here’s what you need to know about it
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 9.15-km-long bridge on May 26.
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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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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Bhubaneswar, Pune, Jaipur among Centre's first 20 smart cities
Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu said the cities were selected on the basis of feasibility, smartness of the proposal and performance indicators among other factors.
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Gadkari announces road projects worth Rs 10,000 crore in Nagaland
The move is part of the government’s plan to boost the development of the country’s neglected North East region.
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