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Metro connectivity in Haryana’s Gurugram is set to get a major boost with the announcement of a new line connecting HUDA City Centre to Cyber City. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned Rs 5,452 crores for the project. The proposed metro line from the HUDA City Centre to Cyber City in Gurugram will also have a Spur to Dwarka Expressway, Gurugram covering a distance of 28.50 km having 27 stations on the route.

The entire metro line will be constructed as a standard gauge line measuring 1435 mm (5 ft 8.5 inches). The project will be elevated throughout its entire length. The metro connectivity will begin from the existing HUDA City Centre on the Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line and the new stations will include Sector 45, Cyber Park, Sector 47, Subhash Chowk, Sector 48, Sector 72A, Hero Honda Chowk, Udyog Vihar Phase 6, Sector 10, Sector 37, Basai Village, Sector 9, Sector 7, Sector 4, Sector 5, Ashok Vihar, Sector 3, Bajghera Road, Palam Vihar Extension, Palam Vihar, Sector 23A, Sector 22, Udyog Vihar Phase 4, Udyog Vihar Phase 5 and Cyber City.

The leading lights of the movement, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, have resumed their duties in the Indian railways though they have asserted that their stir demanding action against Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh for allegedly sexually harassing several members of their ranks will continue. Their move comes close on the heels of a meeting they had with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Does this mean the government has managed to break the back of the athletes in their quest for justice?Images of the women wrestlers being pinned to the ground and dragged by police personnel on the same day that Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed to male seers in saffron robes at the inauguration of the new Parliament building on 28 May proved to be bad optics for the BJP government at the Centre.

Amid the ongoing barb attacks among the political parties over the train mishap in Odisha that shook the nation, West Bengal leader of the opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said that the accident was TMC's conspiracy. He alleged that the people of TMC, with the help of the police, tapped the phones of both railway officials else how they would know about the conversation between two railway officials. Adhikari also asked why CM Mamata's party is panicking over this incident which occurred in another state.

Slamming the TMC, Adhikari said, "This incident is TMC's conspiracy. Why have they been panicking so much since yesterday when this incident is of another state? Why are they afraid of CBI investigation? These people with the help of the police tapped the phones of both the railway officials. How did these people know the conversation between two railway officials? How the conversation got leaked."

An artificial intelligence (AI) startup Minus Zero, which is based in the Indian city of Bengaluru, unveiled the first self-driving car in the country "zPod". 

“With true vision autonomy coming to the fore, one can make autonomous vehicles a reality, solving major pain points of the mobility paradigm,” stated CEO Gagandeep Reehal at the launch. 

Reehal along with Gursimran Kalra founded Minus Zero in 2021. The start-up raised $1.7 million in seed funds from various investors which included Chiratae Ventures, Snow Leopard Ventures, IIT Mandi and other angel investors.

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia on Monday claimed that the people who are trying to discredit them and force them to give up their fight for justice against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh, were now coming after their jobs.

The statement came on the heels of several reports claiming that the protesting grapplers, including Sakshi Malik, had withdrawn from the stir and rejoined their respective government jobs.

The wrestlers, however, issued a clarification saying they had resumed work as Officer of Special Duty (OSD) in railways but the reports suggesting that they have withdrawn from the protest are just "rumours". According to sources, the wrestlers resumed their respective jobs last week itself.