-Hindustan Times The police on Monday arrested nine persons, including four officials of Oreva group, the company that renovated the BRIdge and opened it for public on October 26 days, four days before it collapsed on Sunday. Morbi: The police on Monday arrested nine persons, including four officials of Oreva group, the company that renovated the BRIdge and opened it for public on October 26 days, four days before it collapsed on...

-The Telegraph Citizens’ participation in policy-making is an important factor in assessing the quality of democracy Within five days of the announcement of Agnipath, the scheme had been amended 10 times, raising the larger question concerning consultation in policy-making. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government has taken a number of policy decisions without public consultation — from demonetisation, which saw 60 changes in 43 days, to GST, which has been...

-The Telegraph Uncle of young migrant worker flying in with body ‘at own cost’ Calcutta: A 17-year-old migrant worker from East Burdwan’s Purbasthali died in Gujarat’s Morbi BRIdge collapse that has claimed at least 134 lives since Sunday evening. Habibul Sheikh, 17, a high school dropout, who went to Morbi to work at his uncle’s jewellery shop 10 months ago, visited the “hanging BRIdge” in Morbi with four other migrant workers from Bengal...

-The Hindu A recent survey on governance and development in the State BRIngs out the importance of the economic plight of the people When Narendra Modi entered the national political arena in 2013-14, he was portrayed as the mascot of the Gujarat model of development. Now, nearly a decade later, do memories of that model resonate with the Gujarati voter? As Assembly elections approach, do the voters of Gujarat still take pride...

-Reuters, PTI/ The Telegraph TV footage showed dozens of people clinging on to the cables and twisted remains of the collapsed structure as emergency teams struggled to rescue them Morbi: The death toll in Morbi suspension BRIdge collapse in Gujarat rose to 130 on Monday with rescue personnel recovering more bodies from the Machchhu river, a police official said, reports PTI. At least 60 people were killed when a pedestrian BRIdge over a...