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Big infra boost! 74 tunnels to be built at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore to strengthen India’s highway network – Times of India

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced an ambitious plan to construct 74 new tunnels across India, covering a total distance of 273 kilometers. Road Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed that this mega project, aimed at bolstering the country’s highway network, is estimated to cost around Rs 1,00,000 crore and will be executed over…

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‘Clear message to …’: Swati Maliwal slams Sunita Kejriwal over her post on Bibhav Kumar – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal strongly denounced Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Wednesday for her post expressing “relief” at the release of Bibhav Kumar, who was accused of assaulting Maliwal.Sunita Kejriwal had shared a picture of Bibhav Kumar, captioning it as “day of relief,” which prompted Maliwal’s strong reaction….

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‘Will highlight this in poll manifesto’: Pawar calls for West Bengal-like anti-rape bill in Maharashtra | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that the state of Maharashtra should also advocate for an anti-rape bill similar to the one passed by West Bengal assembly, which seeks capital punishment for rape convicts, adding that the party will “highlight this point in the poll manifesto as well.”“Maharashtra should consider replicating…

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Lab-grown cotton startup can make clothes greener, more ethical – ET Retail

Representative Image Ginning, blowing, carding, drawing, roving, spinning, weaving, dyeing, cutting, sewing, ironing, shipping and trucking — all the steps it took to turn some cotton bolls into your T-shirt. Those processes also contribute the most to the planet-warming impact of the clothing fiber. Growing cotton bolls itself sucks up huge amounts of water, pesticides…

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Rahul Gandhi meets wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia as speculation grows over Haryana poll bids | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia on Tuesday amid speculations that the wrestlers might be nominated as party’s candidates in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.The Congress party shared a photo of the meeting on its official social media account. The Congress…

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Makers of Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’ move Bombay HC seeking its release | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises, co-producer of Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film “Emergency” on Wednesday filed a petition in Bombay high court to seeking a direction to the Central Board of Film Certification to issue the film’s certificate.The petition claimed that the censor board has arbitrarily and illegally withheld the censor certificate of the film. As…

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‘Ignored sacred duty’: Kiren Rijiju targets Mamata amid anti-rape bill row, shares old letter | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and accused her government of neglecting crimes against women in the state.Amid row over anti-rape bill in Bengal, Rijiju shared a letter from November 11, 2021, addressed to the West Bengal government, requesting the establishment of Fast Track…

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