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Topic: Varanasi

PM Modi to flag off Delhi-Varanasi Train 18 this week, tickets to cost Rs 1,850

PTI -
The Vande Bharat Express, or Train 18, will be flagged off on 15 February. Executive class tickets to cost Rs 3,520

Gadkari promises ‘flying buses’ to connect Varanasi to Allahabad

PTI -
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari announced plans to develop waterways in the Saryu river, and said these would allow travel to Bangladesh via Varanasi.

As PM Modi’s Varanasi celebrates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, its heritage is being razed

Jyoti Malhotra -
Thousands of NRIs gathered in Varanasi to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, but the city's heritage buildings are biting the dust.

Arvind Kejriwal to skip Lok Sabha polls, AAP to field another candidate in Varanasi

PTI -
AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that the party chief will not contest the upcoming polls as he wants to provide special focus to his state. 

Modi wants open defecation-free India but his own adopted village paints a dirty picture

Ruhi Tewari -
Rural Development Ministry data shows Modi's village Nagepur in Varanasi is not open defecation-free, scores zero out of three.

To secure own turf, Modi holds three-day meetings with BJP workers in Varanasi

Ruhi Tewari -
Party sources say it's not about winning the seat but the victory margin, which should remain as significant as 2014 when Modi beat Kejriwal.

HoaXposed: Image of a Shanghai bridge is being shared as bridge in Varanasi on Facebook, Twitter

Vandana Menon -
FB post claims Modi govt has built a new bridge in Varanasi, using a photo of Nanpu bridge in Shanghai. A Facebook post has claimed...

On national highways alone, UP has 226 distressed bridges that need attention

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The UP government wants a regional version of IBMS system to take stock of all the bridges in the state, and then figure out what to do with them.

Last Laughs: Surprising turn of events in Karnataka and the ‘real Congress boss’

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Plugged-In: The race for the chair is still on in Karnataka & contempt plea likely in Babri case

Yashasvini Mathur -
Single largest party BJP falls short of majority in Karnataka, Congress and JD(S) come together: The BJP emerged as the single largest party in...
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What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

Swasti Rao -
India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

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Economy

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

Yuthika Bhargava -
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Defence

SC to take up over 400 SSC officers’ plea seeking post-retirement benefits — ‘breach of Article 14′

Apoorva Mandhani -
The Short Service Commissioned officers are demanding pension and contributory provident funds rights. The plea also questions disparity with Permanent Commissioned officers.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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