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Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN

New Delhi: Commuters heading for holy shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamnotri besides Haridwar and Rishikesh can now hope for a better travelling experience from Delhi. Uttar Pradesh government has invited request for qualification (RQF) of constructing a 5.5 km long elevated expressway at Modinagar at a cost of Rs 400 crore. The road network is going to be one of the longest networks on any National Highway in the country.

Atul Thakur | TNN

Saharsa: Kripanand Thakur of Forbesganj is a very worried man. His mother, 75-year-old Maya Devi, is still stuck in Pratapganj block of Supaul.

Although the distance between Forbesganj and Pratapganj is only 35 km, Kripanand took 24 hours in traversing Katihar, Khagaria and Saharsa to reach Raghavpur

After more than a month, Brahmaputra starts receding
Prabin Kalita | TNN

Guwahati: After wreaking havoc since July 22, Sunday brought in a sense of relief for the flood-ravaged Assam. The mighty Brahmaputra and it major tributaries have started showing a receding trend.
The second wave of floods has left 14 persons dead and displaced over 30 lakh people. Ten people died in the first spate of deluge.

Yet another lot of trees, 1,523 to be precise, are proposed to be axed as part of the Delhi Government

New Delhi: The MCD fears the cases of dengue will be rising to a great extent in the city in the coming days due to the sporadic rain.
Its field staff was at work this weekend for the first time this season. It might be working other weekends also this month if the number of cases reported over the week rise drastically. Till Saturday, 136 dengue cases had been reported with one death taking place in the Delhi Cantonment area. Significantly, only 20 cases of dengue had been reported in the city for the same period last year.

Though 629 water bodies have been named for revival, there are still many which don

Hopes To Build On Aussie Help At Vienna Talks
Sachin Parashar | TNN

New Delhi: Having successfully wrested a waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group, India is preparing to press Australia to supply uranium to its reactors, hoping to build on Canberra

Panel Of 4 To Report In A Week, Mamata Flip-Flop Delays Truce
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kolkata: Hope flickered, seemed to have been extinguished and then resurfaced

London: People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top UN expert said.

Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told the Observer that people should start by having one meat-free day per week then cut back further.