Various railway projects are in their finishing phase in Uttarakhand. A new railway line project has been commissioned in Rurki’s Deoband area. The railway line will be 27.45 kilometres long. The projects include revamping stations, increasing train speeds and various other works.

Senior IAS officer Krishna Karunesh has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Noida Authority, replacing former CEO Lokesh M after Yuvraj Mehta, Noida techie who’s tragic death by drowning shift the spotlight on the administration.

When asked about skipping a party meeting on Kerala’s assembly elections, Tharoor said he’d informed the leadership about his unavailability, citing a literature festival and difficulty with constant travel.