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CBI arrests NHAI general manager for ‘taking Rs 20-lakh bribe’

CBI

New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI): The CBI has arrested a general manager of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in a bribery case involving an amount of Rs 20 lakh in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, officials said on Sunday. Arvind Kale, who is also a project director, allegedly received the bribe from an employee of a Bhopal-based private company, Bansal Construction Works Private Limited, engaged in the infrastructure construction business, they added. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at five locations in Bhopal and Nagpur, including residential and official premises, and recovered Rs 45 lakh in cash, including

Indian farmers plan march on Delhi in call for higher crop prices

Indian farmers plan march on Delhi in call for higher crop prices

New Delhi, March 3 (Reuters): Indian farmers plan to march to the capital New Delhi on Wednesday as they push their demands for higher crop prices, a protest leader said, after several rounds of failed talks. Farm union leaders are seeking guarantees of state support or a minimum purchase price for farmers’ produce. “On March 6, farmers will come to Delhi from all over the country by train, bus and air,” protest leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal told reporters. He said farmers would also block railway lines across the country on March 10. The protests began in early February with hundreds

BJP releases first list of 195 Lok Sabha candidates; PM Modi to contest again from Varanasi

BJP Press

NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP on Saturday announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fight again from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as it named 34 Union ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani in the first list of 195 candidates. The list also included two former chief ministers — Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh) and Biplab Deb (Tripura) — as well as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who will fight again from Kota in Rajasthan. Chouhan has been fielded from Vidisha and Deb from Tripura West. Union ministers fielded by the BJP through the first list

Health a glaring hole in election discourse, say experts

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Every year, crores of Indians are pushed to the brink of financial ruin by medical emergencies, but as India gears up for the Lok Sabha polls, health remains conspicuously absent from the election discourse, feel experts. Not only are most parties seemingly uninterested in prioritising commitments on health in their poll agenda, even the voter on the street appears to be unaware of healthcare rights, the public health experts say. The result is that election after election, medical infrastructure and services leave a lot to be desired. “Public health issues have traditionally not been a

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