The residents of Patna City are angry after the district administration demolished 40 houses for the Patna Metro project on Wednesday. As per the layout plan of Patna Metro, 76 acres of land at the Pahadi locality is earmarked for the project near ‘zero mile.’
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said during the ongoing Assembly session on Wednesday that the dengue situation was under control in the state because of his government’s timely action. Leader of opposition Akhilesh Yadav countered the claim by asking that who was responsible for the deaths caused by the mosquito-borne disease.
A team of Gurugram Police has arrested a wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh at Amritsar airport in connection with the murder of a Gurugram-based property dealer, Vijay Batra a.k.a. Tantrik, an official said on Wednesday. The arrested individual has been identified as Karan a.k.a. Ali, a resident of Bas Mohalla Hathin in Palwal district.
Alleging that Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude has insulted women from the fields of art, culture and literature over the issue of conferring state awards, noted female actors in Goa have demanded to drop him from the Cabinet. Gaude invited the wrath of the people after the announcement of the names of the 12 recipients of the prestigious Goa State Cultural Awards, with all them being male.
The air quality in the national capital entered into the "poor" category on Wednesday evening with AQI at 297, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). However, the Bawana station recorded PM 2.5 at 478 and PM 10 at 460, in the "severe" category while the CO reached 120, or "moderate".
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday charged PM Narendra Modi with copying the Bihar government on providing jobs to people in the government sector. Asked by media persons at Patna Airport whether PM Modi will give 50,000 jobs to people in the Central government, he said: "Narendra Modi is copying us on jobs. We have given lakhs of jobs in one go and hence he is copying it."