Kolkata: West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi on Thursday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led government over the flyover collapse in the city that so far has claimed 14 lives. A large chunk, including girders, of the under-construction Vivekananda Flyover in the city’s Posta area collapsed crushing people and vehicles.Continue Reading

Ranchi: School management committees are bringing sweeping changes across rural Jharkhand’s educational institutions and mindsets of people. Under the provisions of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, every state-run middle school (from Classes I to VIII) is supposed to have the committee, but in reality few did before the Right to Education Act,Continue Reading

Hyderabad: A 125-foot statue of BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, will stand in the heart of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister Naidu, who wants to develop Amaravati as a tourist attraction given its ancient connection with Buddhism, has now decided to develop aContinue Reading

Thiruvananthapuram: A Catholic archbishop in Kerala has called for a change in the conduct of the legislative assembly in the southern Indian state. Chaos during proceedings prevents the house from discussing crucial issues affecting the state and the whole process becomes a waste of public money, bemoaned Archbishop Maria SoosapakiamContinue Reading