The Running News Where connectivity and roads end, their realm begins. Trying to make sense of a flickering-dying legacy profession
Between the making of the documentary
The Last Run and now lie a dozen and more life-altering months. Narratives of living that would have had to jostle for attention in the pre-pandemic scene and sensibility, bloom better today. Stories of redundancy mean something.
The 37-minute documentary by Anirban Dutta is on
dak harkaras, the Bengali phrase for postal runners. “I have been very interested in postal history, in its workings in even the remotest parts of India and the fact that it is a lifeline for a lot of people,” Dutta tells
Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sounded a warning at a rally near here that voting in favour of the BJP would lead to the return of Maoists and disruptions in normal life in the Jungle Mahal.
The chief minister’s message was aimed at reminding the residents of violence unleashed by the Left extremists in the Jungle Mahal between 2008 and 2011 and how the Trinamul Congress government had brought peace to the region.
“Purulia will not be Purulia or today’s Rupasi Bangla if the BJP comes here. You will see that the Maoists will come again (if the BJP comes to power). The BJP is more dangerous than the Maoists,” Mamata told over two lakh people at Hatmura football ground, 12km from Purulia town.
Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 08:13 IST
A ranking system based on an index of five criteria has been developed to judge the extent of demand for high-speed rail between any two city pairs. 12 more bullet train corridors proposed! Check routes, phasing and more
New Delhi: Indian Railways on Friday unveiled the National Rail plan in an effort to address the inadequacies of capacity constraints and improve its modal share in total freight ecosystem of the country. In its statement, the Ministry of Railways said, A long-term strategic plan called the National Rail Plan has been developed to plan infrastructural capacity enhancement along with strategies to increase the modal share of the Railways.