By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 24, 2020 5:02:47 pm Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, October 24, 2020 (PTI). Under fire from the opposition over the BJP’s electoral promise of a free Covid …
Read More »Bihar elections 2020 | Congressional High Command Holds Tight Reins, Message: Go Local
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 24, 2020 5:31:27 pm Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi with Grand Alliance ministerial chief Tejashwi Yadav at a public meeting in Hisua, in the Nawada district of Bihar. (Image source: Bihar Youth Congress / Twitter) AT HIS first rally for the …
Read More »Uddhav Thackeray transfers 13 IAS officials
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | October 24, 2020 1:50:18 am Other IAS officers who have been transferred include AS Ranga Naik (2009), who has been appointed as Joint Executive Director, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation. (Proceedings) Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray transferred bureaucrats on Friday the 13th and appointed them …
Read More »Won’t contest polls until J&K: Mehbooba special status returns
Written by Naveed Iqbal | Srinagar | October 24, 2020 4:36:17 am The head of the PDP, Mehbooba Mufti, addressed her first press conference after being released from 14 months in detention. (Photo Express) Stating that it will have “nothing to do with the elections” until J & K’s special …
Read More »‘Air quality is disgusting’: how Indians reacted to Trump’s comment during the presidential debate
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 23, 2020 1:31:57 pm Americans are ready to elect a new president on November 3. In the final presidential debate before the November 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden touched on various topics, but many Indians reacted …
Read More »Tamil Nadu Covid-19 envelope: Almost a third of Chennai’s population is exposed to the virus
Written by Janardhan Koushik, Shivani Ramakrishnan | Chennai | Updated: October 22, 2020 9:03:01 am A guard checks a woman’s temperature at a temple in Chennai. Photo Express: Srinivas K The results of the second serological survey, which was recently carried out in Chennai to detect the transmission of the …
Read More »In Kolkata’s Md Ali Park, Goddess Durga kills ‘Coronasura’, pays tribute to frontline warriors
Written by Sweety Kumari | Kolkata | October 21, 2020 7:10:42 pm Md Ali Durga Puja pandal at Central Revenue in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) In an attempt to highlight the brave struggles of COVID-19 frontline warriors, a popular Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata has replaced the traditional …
Read More »See: Kamala Harris Dances in the Rain, Twitterati Can’t Get Enough
By: Trends Desk | Updated: October 21, 2020 12:09:02 pm Kamala Harris got dancing during a rainy campaign event in Florida on Monday. (Source: AP / Kamala Harris / Twitter) Kamala Harris, the vice presidential candidate for the US Democratic Party, was seen dancing in the rain as she addressed …
Read More »TRP manipulation case: CBI registers FIR after UP government hands over probe
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 20, 2020 9:07:21 pm TRPs or TV Rating Points of a channel or show are used to measure the popularity of ad agencies that affect prices. Based on a referral from the Uttar Pradesh Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation …
Read More »‘I don’t appreciate language … unfortunate’: Rahul Gandhi on comment on Kamal Nath’s ‘article’
Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called the comment on the “article” made by his senior colleague Kamal Nath about a BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh “unfortunate”, adding that he did not personally appreciate the language used. Speaking to reporters, Gandhi said: “Kamal Nath ji is from my party, but …
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