By: Express News Service | Mumbai | December 15, 2020 9:36:49 pm Lead attorney Aabad Ponda said they feared Mumbai police would arrest Goswami and other channel employees, and therefore sought interim measures until the next hearing on the case. On Tuesday, the Maharashtra government assured the Bombay High Court …
Read More »Explained: Why are AIIMS nurses protesting?
Written by Ashna Butani, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 6:21:24 pm Members of the AIIMS Nurses Union raise slogans during their indefinite strike in New Delhi (Photo PTI / Atul Yadav) (PTI15-12-2020_000098A) Around 5,000 AIIMS nurses have been in indefinite strike since Monday …
Read More »Recognized refugee colonies in Bengal, no need to fear NRC, NPR or CAA: Mamata Banerjee
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 6:10:52 pm West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (Archive) While addressing a rally in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that refugee colonies have been recognized in the state and that no one should fear …
Read More »‘I’m Indian first, then Bengali’: Suvendu criticizes TMC’s ‘insider-outsider’ debate
By: PTI | Haldia | Updated: December 15, 2020 8:21:49 pm Suvendu Adhikari. (Archive) Amid speculation about his next political move, disgruntled Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari appeared to approach the BJP on Tuesday while criticizing the TMC on the internal-external debate and said that those coming from other states …
Read More »UP government opposes journalist Kappan’s bail in high court, notes ‘SIMI links’
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 2:02:40 am Siddique Kappan (wearing cap), secretary of the Kerala Union of Worker Journalists, and three other people who were detained with him were brought before a court in Mathura. (PTI) Opposing a petition from the Kerala Union …
Read More »Returning to Punjab from the Delhi border, two farmers died and eight were injured in an accident
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 3:58:28 pm A group of farmers standing on trucks raise slogans during the ongoing protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws, on the Singhu border in New Delhi. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) At least two farmers died …
Read More »Chennai: 183 infected with Covid at IIT-Madras; CM orders statewide tests at colleges
By: Express Web Desk | Chennai | Updated: December 15, 2020 2:07:11 pm Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan at the IIT-Madras campus on Monday (Express Photo) At least 79 residents of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the number of …
Read More »Anna Hazare writes to Tomar: ‘It will launch a hunger strike if agricultural problems are not solved’
By: Express News Service | Pune | Updated: December 14, 2020 8:01:47 pm Hazare had started a hunger strike over issues such as the appointment of Lokpal and the improvement of farmers’ incomes on January 29, 2019. (Archive) Activist Anna Hazare, who has repeatedly expressed her solidarity with farmers protesting …
Read More »Doctors Point to Deadly Covid-Related Yeast Infection After Ganga Ram Hospital Detects 12 Cases in 15 Days
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 15, 2020 9:25:56 am Symptoms are numbness of the face, a blocked nose on one side, or swelling of the eyes or pain. ENT surgeons take samples for culture and begin definitive medical treatment that could prevent medical loss. Doctors …
Read More »Farmers Protest: Haryana Police Say Over 60,000 At Borders – Unsustainable Situation
Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 15, 2020 8:39:00 am When contacted, Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava said, “We have made preparations that if we need to seal the borders, we should be able to do it. As of now, the borders have not been sealed to avoid …
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