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Giving pace to the ambitious 508 km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor project, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Friday said that it has opened technical bids for 28 steel bridges and 88 km of viaducts between Vadodara and Ahmedabad in which eight companies participated including a consortium of Indian and Japanese companies. ....

Using a combination of moderate heat and high relative humidity, researchers were able to disinfect N95 mask materials without hampering their ability to filter out viruses, including Covid-19. ....

A day after the Election Commission announced the dates for the Assembly elections in Bihar, the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday urged the poll panel to increase voting hours by one hour and insurance to voters in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.....

West Bengal Home Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary to the state government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday. ....

The Delhi High Court will from October 5 hear on day-to-day basis the ED and CBI appeals against the acquittal of the accused in the 2G spectrum case.....

The Maharashtra-based Shiv Sena will soon take a decision on contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, party MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut said here on Tuesday. ....

Following the "Tamanche" remarks of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the RJD has reacted sharply and said that BJP leaders are making a "mockery" of unemployed youth of Bihar. ....

After a long huddle at BJP President JP Nadda's residence, BJP's Bihar prabhari Bhupendra Yadav said that the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will fight the Bihar assembly polls together next month. However, it is learnt that while the BJP and JDU have reached a consensus, the LJP is still not on board. ....

The Delhi Police on Friday cautioned against any gathering around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC. ....

A total of 269 million viewers -- an all-time record in the IPL history -- watched the matches in the opening week of the 13th IPL, according to a Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India-Nielsen report. Eleven million more viewers watched each match compared to the 2019 IPL.....