Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
Here's your weekly digest of the most weird, true and funny news from the across the world.
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Uttar Pradesh Police had on Sunday arrested the three accused -- Naresh (25), Bablu (22) and Rais (28) -- and detained a dozen others after launching a massive hunt for a gang of dacoits suspected to be behind the highway crime.
Normal life remained paralysed for the second consecutive day in the 13 districts of the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the state following the bandh call by Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers and YSR Congress against the tabling of the Telangana bill in Lok Sabha.
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'Every opportunity, every disappointment, every rejection, every accolade...' 'Everything has contributed in shaping my character and my choices and who I have become.'
'It was a deliberate conspiracy. The mob targeted large houses, burning down ACs, fridges, almirahs and furniture.'
Instead of being a facilitator, each political formation has only tried to be an ATM for freebies, feels Veena Sandhu
Air that people breathe in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.
'If you batted an eyelid and drifted the vehicle a little, you'd certainly hit the unsteady rocks and meet your end. Or so it seemed.' 'By the way, did I tell you that we were cruising at approximately 12,000 feet and above?'
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob.
'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly.'
Raja Sen feels Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer is an unwarranted, atrocious remake.
The central bank says that PSU banks need to generate more internal capital and that the government should cut stake.
Raja Sen confesses to not being able to stop raving about the spectacular La La Land.
From mass layoffs to acquisitions, here's how the Indian start-up industry kept us on our toes.
'Sudhir Mishra takes us into the dreams and fears of our politicians, into their self-deceiving pitches, and he shows us their demons and angels,' says Sreehari Nair.
Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.
Witnesses describe the chaotic scenes following bomb attacks on the airport and a metro station in the Belgian capital.
Though it's been just five years at the helm, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is fighting severe internal dissidence and would crumble like a pack of cards if it loses, says Devanik Saha.
In India, it is fighting a pitched battle against Ola.
The real challenge, says Subir Roy, is to go for something affordable whose quality is just right.
From the Syrian civil war to the Ukrainian crisis to the terror unleashed by the dreaded Islamic State, there was no lack of news in 2014. In this five-part series,rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world.
'When the forensics have collapsed, approver is clearly proved to be a liar from the beginning to the end... Does the prosecution genuinely believe that we ought to remain in judicial custody despite showing that their own story is not being corroborated by evidence, for another 192 witnesses?'
A group of Adivasi women are using organic produce grown on their farms to change our perception of healthy eating.
If you, like so many of us, are a workaholic, you better start working out super quick. Fitness expert Brinda Sapat has these suggestions.
Martand Singh, the master of weaves, took India to the world.
Harnoor Channi Tiwary who recently moved to Mumbai is now exploring the outskirts of the city!
The Budget touches a few highs and lows as far as personal finance is concerned, and one needs to be aware of them in order to optimise on one's investment plans.
Undaunted by Sachin Kengar and Yogita Desai's deaths, scores of small children in Maharashtra brave the scorching, unbearable, heat to draw water from unguarded wells.
Thousands of police personnel have been deployed across the state to maintain law and order.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week.
'As the night wore on, we could hear insects, see fireflies and slowly, the stars took over the naked sky.' 'For those of us who spend the largest part of our lives in a cement jungle and wake up to machine sounds, this was music.'
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week
'I have strong reasons to believe that Accused number 4 (A4) Pratim Mukerjea with the assistance of other persons, including Accused no 3 (A3) turned approver Shyamwar Pinturam Rai may have conspired and abducted my daughter Sheena in 2012 and made her untraceable and subsequently destroyed evidence.'
There were incidents of stone-pelting and burning of vehicles and sundry items at various places in protest against the police action.
Sujatha Gidla's scathing observations about Mahatma Gandhi and other highlights from Jaipur Literature Festival 2018.
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