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Firstpost Editor's Picks: AgustaWestland case, row over The Accidental Prime Minister, Pulwama encounter; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •The ED on Friday told Delhi's Patiala court that the prime accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, Christian Michel, has named "Mrs Gandhi".
Conrad Sangma hits back at Rahul Gandhi, says Meghalaya govt making 'all efforts' to rescue trapped miners
•Sangma-led NPP's ally in the state, the BJP, also said the Meghalaya government is doing its best under the chief minister's leadership to bring the victims out of the rat-hole mine in East Jaintia Hills district.
Rahul Gandhi calls on Narendra Modi to save trapped miners in Meghalaya instead of 'strutting about' on Bogibeel Bridge
Fp Staff •Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to focus his attention from "posing for cameras" to the 15 miners trapped in a 370-foot-deep illegal coal mine in Meghalaya.
'Who will remember me?' says Deve Gowda on being left out of Bogibeel Bridge inauguration; ex-PM had laid foundation stone
•Former prime minister HD Gowda had laid the foundation stone for the Bogibeel Bridge project he was in office in 1997.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Assam before Bogibeel Bridge, KCR's third front dreams, Delhi pollution levels; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •While many parties have accused KCR of working in tacit understanding with the BJP to defeat Congress, it will be impossible for Stalin or Mamata to be associated with a grouping that has BJP in it.
Committed to curb corruption, says Narendra Modi at Bogibeel bridge inauguration in Assam, cites extradition of Christian Michel to India
•Talking about infrastructure, Prime Minister Modi said that his government in the last four years has built three bridges over Brahmaputra river that is equivalent to the number of bridges made in 60-70 years after the independence
Narendra Modi inaugurates Bogibeel Bridge in Assam: Railroad project likely to play crucial role along India-China border
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's longest rail-cum-road 4.94 kilometre-long Boghibeel bridge on Tuesday. The Bogibeel Bridge, which was a part of the Assam Accord and sanctioned in 1997-1998, is likely to play a crucial role in defence movement along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.
Memoirs of ferry rides: Brahmaputra and a trip down memory lane to Assam's Sonari ghat before the Bogibeel Bridge
Dowerah •The Bogibeel Bridge will, indeed, create history, but it won't wipe away the memories of all those like me who traversed across the banks on boats.
Bogibeel bridge: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'gift' to nation may be bogged down by trouble with land rates
Sanjib Baruah •It has been widely reported that Modi will inaugurate the around Rs 4,800-crore bridge on 25 December.
Railways to seek more funds for pending projects
Fp Archives •Referring to projects in the North East, Kharge said there are total 10 national rail projects in the region and the requirement is around Rs 600 to Rs 700 crore.