With no full-fledged medical college, emergency cases must be rushed to Kozhikode, about 70 km away. Priyanka Gandhi promises action, but people worry about focus on national issues.
The Congress candidate for Wayanad bye-election further said that the Modi govt aims to remain in power 'by dividing people, spreading hatred, and oppressing democratic institutions'.
Priyanka is in poll fray after her brother Rahul vacated this seat. Both LDF & BJP are highlighting absence of Gandhi scion & long-pending local issues that remain unresolved.
This is the 1st time Priyanka's contesting polls herself. She filed her nomination papers after a massive roadshow in Kalpetta. Bypolls were announced after Rahul decided to vacate seat.
India's third-longest tunnel road is set to be completed by 2028, but concerns have been raised over its feasibility & execution in region that was hit by landslides in July.
The WWA, in its report, said that the landslides that killed at least 350 people in Kerala were a direct result of extremely heavy rain within a very short period of time.
Hundreds sleeping in their homes in Kerala's Wayanad were awakened by a rumble on the night of 30 July. What came next were devastating landslides. From ground zero, ThePrint pieces together events of that night with eyewitness accounts, expert views and data.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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