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PM to inaugurate Kosi rail mega bridge in Bihar on Friday

8:02 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the “historic” Kosi rail mega bridge through video-conference on Friday and also inaugurate 12 rail projects related to passenger facilities in Bihar, his office said. Modi has either inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of a number of development projects in the poll-bound state in the last few days […]

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

PM to launch flagship fisheries scheme, app for farmers on Thursday

9:13 pm September 9, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally launch the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) on Thursday and also inaugurate the e-Gopala App, a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers. In a statement on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said that Modi will also launch several other initiatives in the fisheries and animal husbandry […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

21 boys from Bihar rescued from traffickers in Kolkata

7:09 pm September 7, 2020

Kolkata: Twenty-one minor boys hailing from Bihar were rescued from a moving bus in central Kolkata‘s Babughat area on Monday when the entire West Bengal is under lockdown, a police officer said. Three persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in trafficking of the boys, he said. “These boys were being trafficked from Bihar’s Samastipur […]

India’s COVID-19 infection tally crosses 42 lakh

4:33 pm September 7, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,613, […]

Rajiv Kumar takes over as election commissioner

3:16 pm September 1, 2020

New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday assumed charge as the new election commissioner. He takes the place vacated by Ashok Lavasa who joins the Asian Development Bank as vice president. Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025. He will preside over […]