Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Hyderabad | Updated: December 6, 2020 9:20:35 pm A young man receiving treatment at the Eluru Government Hospital. (Source: ANI) At least 300 people, including several children, some as young as 4, have fallen ill in Eluru, in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, …
Read More »No politics, just agricultural issues – a team oversees the stage, decides the speakers
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 8:36:59 am Diljit Dosanjh at the Singhu border protest on Saturday. (AND ME) More than 500 people sit cross-legged listening to speeches at full volume through two loudspeakers mounted on the top of a tractor as agricultural leaders …
Read More »Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone for the new Parliament building on December 10
Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 7:20:24 am A model of the new Parliament building estimated to cost Rs 971 crore. (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the first stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, and the ceremony will be …
Read More »Farmers harden their stance, government weighs options, House session not ruled out
Written by Liz Mathew, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 7:34:15 am Representatives of the farmers’ unions brought their own food for Saturday’s meeting at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. (AND ME) The CENTRAL government found itself cornered on Saturday with the farmers’ unions once again …
Read More »Those in contact with opposition parties can resign from TMC: Mamata Banerjee
By: Express News Service | Kolkata | December 5, 2020 5:38:40 am Mamata Banerjee. (Archive) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in contact with the Opposition were free to resign from the party rather than weaken it from within, and warned that “anti-party activities” …
Read More »Trump campaign spends $ 8.8 million in effort to revoke the vote
By: Bloomberg | December 5, 2020 12:37:29 pm President of the United States Donald Trump (Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s campaign spent $ 8.8 million on legal challenges for the Nov. 3 election in various states, including $ 2.7 million in legal fees, according to …
Read More »China conducts biological tests to create ‘super soldiers’, says US intelligence chief.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | December 5, 2020 2:48:28 pm Chinese soldiers marching during the opening ceremony of the Sixth India-China Joint Training Exercise Hand-to-Hand Exercise 2016 at the parade field of Aundh Military Camp on Wednesday. Arul Horizon Express Photography, 11-16-2016, Pune China has tested members …
Read More »Sharad Pawar on his ally Rahul Gandhi: He seems to lack consistency
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: December 5, 2020 11:09:26 am Head of NCP Sharad Pawar The chairman of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, said that the former head of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, appears to lack the “coherence” necessary to be accepted as leader by the …
Read More »Anvay Naik suicide case: Raigad police drop key charge against Arnab and two others
Written by Mohamed Thaver, Sadaf Modak | Mumbai | Updated: December 5, 2020 7:49:26 am Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic TV RAIGAD Police, on the 1,914-page charge sheet filed in the Anvay Naik suicide case on Friday, they dropped the charge stating that all three defendants, including Republic TV editor-in-chief …
Read More »Day 8: Borders closed, traffic diverted as farmers keep up the pressure
Written by Sakshi Dayal | New Delhi / gurgaon | Updated: December 4, 2020 11:07:31 am Farmers’ delegation in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. (Express Photography by Tashi Tobgyal) When the farmers’ protest in Delhi-NCR entered the eighth day, several borders, including Singhu, Chilla, Ghazipur and Tikri, remained closed to travelers. …
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