Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | November 29, 2020 4:45:39 am The entrance to a tunnel that was discovered near a BSF outpost in the Samba sector last week. WHEN SECURITY forces tracked down a GPS device recovered from the four Jaish terrorists who were shot and killed …
Read More »Karnataka: Yediyurappa Political Secretary NR Santhosh hospitalized after alleged suicide attempt
By: Express Web Desk | Bangalore | Updated: November 28, 2020 10:51:38 am Santhosh is the grandson of Yediyurappa’s sister and was appointed political secretary of the CM in May this year. (Source: Twitter / NRSantosh) Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s Political Secretary NR Santhosh, who is also his great-nephew, …
Read More »AG Refuses Consent to Initiate Contempt Against Bhushan, Says Expressed Regret over Tweets About CJI
By: PTI | New Delhi | November 28, 2020 10:12:21 pm Attorney General KK Venugopal (Archive) Attorney General KK Venugopal has refused consent to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets criticizing the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde receiving a special helicopter from …
Read More »Murthal dhaba provides free food to protesting farmers and wins hearts
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 28, 2020 7:07:15 pm A video of farmers eating in the famous dhaba is being widely shared online. (Source: Amrik Sukhdev, IYC / Facebook) Facing water cannons, tear gas and winter cold, as thousands of farmers moved to the national capital …
Read More »Fadnavis: Arnab and Kangana cases point to abuse of power by Maharashtra government
By: Express Web Desk | Mumbai | November 28, 2020 2:01:07 PM Former Prime Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis. (Archive) Former Maharashtra chief minister and opposition leader in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday the Supreme Court order in the case against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and …
Read More »Farmers take refuge after the border clash
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: November 28, 2020 11:01:33 am Farmers clash with security personnel at the Delhi border at Singhu on GT Karnal Road on Friday. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna) Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana, seeking the repeal of recently enacted farm laws …
Read More »GDP shrinks 7.5% in the second quarter; manufacturing recovers, the service sector is the most affected
By: ENS Economic Bureau | New Delhi | Updated: November 28, 2020 9:25:44 am While this is the case in most world economies, what might be of concern is that, even with a lower rate of contraction compared to the first quarter, the Indian economy remains one of the worst …
Read More »J&K polls begin today, women stand up for hope in Anantnag
Written by Naveed Iqbal | Anantnag | Updated: November 28, 2020 7:29:09 am Election officials in the Anantnag district on Friday. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi) There are no election signs on the 120km stretch from Srinagar to Larnoo in Anantnag. Until the town of Dandipora appears and a banner …
Read More »CJI Bobde: technological dependence during Covid-19 has led to a new inequality
Written by Dipankar Ghose | New Delhi | Updated: November 27, 2020 8:32:36 am CJI Bobde said that “very early”, the Supreme Court realized that the effects of the virus had the “potential to threaten the rule of law itself and completely block access to the justice system.” Chief Justice …
Read More »Stan Swamy, 83, waits as he passes the ball into his straw and straw
Written by Sadaf Modak | Mumbai | November 28, 2020 4:45:43 am But Swamy’s defense team says their wait for the two items, which have been in their possession as “an integral part of their basic needs” for the past few years, continues. A REQUEST for access to his own …
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