Linking Mokama in Patna district with Begusarai and reducing the travel time to half to just about 1.5 hours, the project is a crucial link between North and South Bihar.

A case of alleged child abuse has come to light at a gurukul in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, where a teacher-cum-warden is accused of branding two children with a hot iron rod to “discipline” them for bed-wetting, officials said on Thursday.

The Gangotri National Highway is currently blocked near Dharasu Purana Thana and Sonagad. In addition, the Yamunatri Highway is impassable near Kuthnaur and Naradchatti, according to the Uttarkashi Police.