By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 19, 2020 8:03:09 am The 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper caste men in Hathras on September 14 and later died at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on September 29. CONTRADICATING the Uttar Pradesh police claim that …
Read More »Explained: The Features of the Next International Airport in Noida’s Jewar
Written by Maulshree Seth, edited by Explained Desk | Lucknow | Updated: December 18, 2020 6:29:02 pm A model design of Jewar Airport (Source: Delhi Noida International Airport via Twitter / @ dr_maheshsharma) Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath has given the go-ahead to the name, design and logo of …
Read More »SC issues a notice to Kunal Kamra and Rachita Taneja on the grounds for requesting contempt proceedings against them
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 5:11:21 pm Kunal Kamra had refused to retract his controversial tweets against the Supreme Court or to apologize for them. On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notices to Kunal kamra and Rachita Taneja for reasons of contempt for …
Read More »Hathras case: CBI accuses four defendants of gangrape and murder
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 3:13:14 pm File photo of police deployed in the Dalit women’s village of Hathras. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday released its charge sheet against four defendants in the alleged gang and murder case of a …
Read More »Almost 70% of Indians are not willing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a study
By: Express News Service | Pune | Updated: December 18, 2020 3:04:30 pm A vaccine for Covid-19 may be available in India early next year. (Getty Images / Archive) At least 69 percent of Indians hesitate to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus, according to a study conducted this month …
Read More »West Bengal: Trinamool exodus continues as another MLA leaves the party
Written by Atri Mitra | Kolkata | Updated: December 18, 2020 1:33:27 pm The Suvendu pass is likely to open the floodgates for an exodus from the TMC to the BJP on multiple levels across the state. (Image used for representation purposes) One day after the former Minister of Transport …
Read More »Haryana: with limited influence from farm equipment, common man drives farmers’ protest
Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 18, 2020 1:03:37 pm An elderly farmer shouts slogans as others listen to a speaker as they block a main road during a protest on the Delhi-Haryana border (AP photo) Despite the limited presence of agricultural unions in the state, Haryana …
Read More »DAC agrees to proposals worth Rs 28,000 crore, two of them for surveillance
Written by Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 8:33:51 am Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. The DEFENSE Procurement Council headed by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday approved seven proposals worth 28 billion rupees, two of which are aimed at boosting the forces’ surveillance capabilities. While …
Read More »Ten economists write to Tomar and mention reasons why the Center should repeal the “ faulty ” farm laws
By: Express News Service | Jalandhar | December 18, 2020 9:23:19 am The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. (Archive) Amid unprecedented agitation against the Center’s agricultural laws by farmers across the country and particularly in the country’s capital, 10 economists from various universities have written to the Union Minister …
Read More »Now on stands: a newsletter for farmers
Written by Somya Lakhani | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 8:55:25 am The protest site on the Singhu border in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha) IT WAS a few nights ago that the idea for a newsletter in Hindi and Punjabi was born inside …
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