The proposal for the elevated Light Metro, meant for Thiruvananthapuram
and Kozhikode, will be placed before the board of Kerala Monorail Corporation Ltd. (KMCL) that meets here on Friday. The KMCL board, chaired by Chief Minister
Oommen Chandyis all set to give approval for the Detailed Project Report of
the Rs.6,728-crore project prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in
place of the scrapped monorail.
Two
days after show of strength by his supporters in Nagpur, Union Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asserted that he would not be a
hurdle to the elevation of State BJP
president Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister. Denying rumours of “differences”
between the two, Mr. Gadkari reiterated that he was not in the running for the
chief minister’s post. His comments came after Mr. Fadnavis met him twice, once
at the former’s residence and later at the party office in Nagpur, in less than
four hours.
Development
economist Jean Dreze, along with hundreds of protesting MGNREGA workers,
observed “Black Diwali” at a village in Muzaffarpur district on
Thursday. For over a fortnight, the workers have been organising a dharna
demanding payment of dues. Professor
Dreze reached Mahant Manihari Panchayat Bhawan under the Kurhani block and sat
on the day-long dharna.
A video of a pair of duelling, dancing American priests studying in Rome
has gone viral, following the footsteps of a now-famous Italian nunwhose Alicia
Keyes-esque voice won her a singing contest and a record contract.
The United States’ supposed grand strategy to thwart the rampaging
Islamic State (IS) is seemingly in a shambles. Reports
indicate that IS has not only foiled the U.S.-led attacks thus far, but has
also perpetrated massive defeats on the Iraqi army. What’s more, the Syrian
rebel coalitions that were working closest with the U.S. are also apparently
beginning to turn against America.
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