By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 14, 2020 7:25:23 pm Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and Justice NV Ramana Calling it “abject interference in the administration of justice,” the Delhi High Court Bar Association on Wednesday condemned the letter written by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS …
Read More »Police cover of the Tanishq showroom in Kutch
By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Updated: October 15, 2020 12:28:32 am The “apology” sign taped to the door of the Tanishq showroom AFTER a group of men allegedly broke into a Tanishq showroom in the Kutch town of Gandhidham, following backlash on social media to a company ad …
Read More »The center knew about decomposition technology, it takes sincerity, says CM Kejriwal
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: October 14, 2020 10:25:38 am Kejriwal said governments should stop the blame game and work together to tackle the problem of burning crop residues. Launching the Pusa decomposer trial for stubble management on around 700 hectares of farms in Delhi, Chief …
Read More »Explained: Auction Economics – What is it?
Written by Udit Misra | New Delhi | Updated: October 14, 2020 9:32:11 am Robert Wilson, left, and Paul Milgrom wear masks while posing for a photo in Stanford, California (Andrew Brodhead / Stanford News Service via AP) On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded this year’s Sveriges …
Read More »Akbar vs Ramani: two years later, the court says the case is not under its jurisdiction
Written by Anand Mohan J | New Delhi | Updated: October 14, 2020 7:48:05 am Ramani had made allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against Akbar, who sued her and resigned from the Union Council of Ministers. AFTER two years of hearing a criminal defamation case brought by former Minister …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Elections: As BJP Footprint Grows, Nitish Kumar Slips Into Muslim Base
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: October 14, 2020 8:29:47 am The degree of Muslim alienation from the Modi-led government in the Center threatens to infect Nitish. (Proceedings) During the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, a Muslim voter in Siwan explained why they did not care that the JD …
Read More »Allahabad HC questions the denial of rape by an official, says cremation violated the rights of the victim and the family
Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | October 14, 2020 4:40:51 am A 19-year-old Dalit girl was attacked, allegedly by four upper caste men in Hathras, UP. In photo: Security in the area (Express photo by Vishal Srivastava) DE Question the police who claim that the 19-year-old Dalit woman from …
Read More »The Tanishq episode shows that today’s secularism has become a power play
Written by Ishita Sengupta | New Delhi | Updated: October 13, 2020 8:45:34 pm The ad has been taken down after facing outrage from social media. (Source: Anubha Bhosle / Twitter) A new advertisement for Tanishq opens on a celebratory note: people decorating a house with lights and flowers. The …
Read More »As #BoycottTanishq is trending online, the jewelry brand removes the ad; Twitterati asks why
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 13, 2020 1:30:52 pm The company has now removed the ad from all of its platforms. Titan Group’s jewelry brand, Tanishq, has removed a television ad after calls to boycott the brand for representing an interfaith marriage. For its recent campaign …
Read More »Elections in Bihar: only 21 of 70 seats decided, suspense grows in Congress over RJD plans
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 13, 2020 9:46:39 am Tej Pratap posted this photo on Facebook, “of receiving the RJD symbol for Hasanpur seat” from mother Rabri Devi, adding “Miss You Papa”. He fought for the last time since Mahua. More than a week after …
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