Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway and laid the foundation stone of over 100 road projects during an event in Gurugram on Monday. The 8-lane high speed expressway is also India’s first elevated highway which will improve the flow of traffic and ease congestion between Delhi and Gurugram on the National Highway – 48.

Before the launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inspected the model of the Dwarka Expressway. PM Modi said the traffic between Delhi and Haryana will change forever after the launch of the new Dwarka Expressway.

He said today the country has taken another big step towards modern connectivity. He said he was happy to dedicate the Dwarka Expressway to the country. More than Rs 9000 crore have been spent on this exprerssway. PM Modi said this modern expressway will work to shift gears not only in vehicles but also in the lives of the people of Delhi-NCR.

He congratulated the people of Delhi-NCR and Haryana for this modern expressway. He said he gave the people many good wishes. The 19 km long Haryana section of the 8-lane Dwarka Expressway has been built at a cost of around Rs 4,100 crore and includes 2 packages of 10.2-km-long Delhi-Haryana Border to Basai Rail-over-Bridge (ROB) and 8.7 km-long Basai ROB to Kherki Daula. It will also provide direct connectivity to the IGI Airport in Delhi and Gurugram Bypass.

According to reports the expressway is the country’s first elevated urban expressway and the first single-pillar flyover with 8 lanes. The entire stretch is being being built at a cost of about Rs 9000 crore. The high speed expressway starts from Shiv-Murti on the Delhi- Gurugram Expressway, and ends near the Kherki Daula Toll Plaza, passing through Dwarka 21 in Delhi, Gurugram border, and Basai.

Nine close associates and aides of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, who is under suspension, have been called by the CBI to appear before the agency on Monday, according to officials.

The nine people are suspected by the agency of being involved in the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and of inciting the public to attack the team during their raid of Sheikh’s premises at Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. They have been asked to appear at CBI office, Nizam Palace, Kolkata.

According to sources, Sheikh, whose involvement in the attack is being investigated, is being held by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till March 14.

Three cases associated with incidents on January 5—when ED officials were attacked by a crowd estimated to number in the thousands—have been turned over to the CBI. These incidents are related to the agency’s ongoing investigation into an alleged ration distribution scam, which has resulted in the arrest of a former state minister.

In addition to attacking an ED team that was conducting a raid on Shahjahan’s Sandeshkhali house in relation to the purported ration scam, Shahjahan and his men are also charged with extortion, land grabs, and sexual assaults of women.

On February 29, Sheikh was taken into custody by the state police, following a directive from the high court permitting the arrest of Sheikh by the CBI, ED, or West Bengal police. The High Court decided on Wednesday to give the CBI custody of Shahjahan, the main accused, and the case related to the attack on ED officers, along with a contempt notice to the CID. The state police engaged in a game of hide and seek in this situation, the court added.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the State Bank of India’s plea seeking more time to furnish the details of Electoral Bonds to the Election Commission and ordered the country’s biggest bank to submit the same by the business hours of March 12, Tuesday. The top court also ordered the Election commission panel to put the information on its website by 5pm, March 15.

The State Bank of India has been asked to submit details of the bonds including the name, date and denominations. The country’s biggest bank will also reveal details of the bonds which were redeemed by the political parties, including the details of encashment and denominations.

Harish Salve who was appearing for the SBI said that while SBI could simply comply with the February 15 judgement by disclosing available information, it needs more time to match the information of donor details with the political parties. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said what they are saying is that there are 2 different information silos and rematching them would require significant efforts.

He said they had simply directed plain disclosure. The Chief Justice of India asked the SBI what progress it made on matching in the last 26 days. He said there should be a degree of candour from the SBI and they should reveal the extent of work done by the top bank.

Salve said that in hurry to give details, there might be some mismatches and the SBI might make mistakes. He added this might create havoc and SBI might be sued. The Supreme Court bench which comprises of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra said that SBI being the number 1 bank in India is expected to handle the task.The Supreme Court has directed for disclosure of KYC details, amount of bond. The apex court has also directed for disclosure on donations received by political parties.