skip to content
Parliament in Covid: Alternate workdays, sheets to separate rows
August 8, 2020 12:17 IST

Parliament is expected to meet in September for the first time since March. According to the plan, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will take turns to work -- either as morning and evening shifts.

Aurangabad industrial belt, aurangabad factories, aurangabad industrial belt jobs, midc, aurangabad jobs, indian express news
August 8, 2020 04:06 IST

The industries are gradually reopening under a strict government protocol to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, but with no demand yet, production is still slow. Companies are finding it hard to pay existing staff

uddhav thackeray, mumbai ganesh Chaturthi, mumbai coronavirus latest update, mumbai coronavirus ganesh festival, mumbau ganesh festival special trains, mumbai city news
August 8, 2020 16:34 IST

The state's nod comes as a response to a letter sent by the Central Railway (CR), which had sought the government's view, as rail officials were receiving appeals for such trains from public representatives.

August 7, 2020 12:57 IST

InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, reduced its employee costs by 14.8% during the quarter, compared with the same period last year, while net revenues from operations fell 92% year-on-year during the quarter.

Rahul Gandhi, S Jaishankar, Rahul gandhi on Modi, Narendra modi, Indian express news
August 7, 2020 07:19 IST

Eliot Engel, the Democrat Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Michael T McCaul, Republican Ranking Member of the panel, have written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to acknowledge the “serious security and counter terrorism concerns” in the region.

August 7, 2020 07:15 IST

740 tonnes stored in Chennai since ’15, Customs says disposal being worked out

August 7, 2020 07:04 IST

Covid hits NREGS staff, returning migrants not keen on unskilled work

Winter here, no thaw in India-China talks, another round soon
August 7, 2020 07:48 IST

When contacted on Thursday, the Defence Ministry spokesperson declined to comment on why the document had been pulled from the Ministry’s website. Based on what the document said, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “lying”

ahmedabad hospital fire, ahmedabad covid hospital fire, ahmedabad covid hospital fire deaths, ahmedabad news, indian express news
August 7, 2020 07:26 IST

Calling for justice, Shiraj Mansuri, younger brother of another victim, Arif Mansuri (42), a resident of Vejalpur, told The Indian Express, "We have lost our family member. The government should bring out the real reason behind this incident."

RBI inflation report, RBI
August 7, 2020 02:24 IST

The central bank kept the repo rate (rate at which banks borrow from the RBI) unchanged at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate (rate at which banks deposit excess funds with the RBI and earn interest on it) at 3.35 per cent.

Shrey Hospital fire, Covid-19 patients, Ahmedabad news, Gujarat news, Indian express news
August 7, 2020 07:26 IST

Ahmedabad Shrey Hospital Fire: Following the incident, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) ordered a fire safety audit of the 72 Covid hospitals in the city. Twenty were inspected on Thursday, with many found lacking NOC.

J&K sarpanch shot dead, Qazigund sarpanch shot dead, kashmir sarpanch shot dead, kashmir militants sarpanch shot dead, J&K news
August 7, 2020 01:25 IST

The last attack, on Tuesday, was also in the same area, on BJP sarpanch Arif Ahmad. He remains critical. A senior police officer said Sarpanch shot in Kashmir, police move several to secure camp Khanday, 45, stayed in a camp under security with several other sarpanchs.

August 6, 2020 05:26 IST

Drawing a parallel between the Ram temple movement and India’s struggle for freedom, Modi said that just like August 15, August 5, too, will stand as a powerful symbol for the “sacrifice and commitment” of generations.

coronavirus, coronavirus in kolkata, covid 19 in kolkata, kolakata coronavirus lockdown, mamata banerjee, kolkata religious places, kolkata religious places opening date, indian express news
August 7, 2020 07:49 IST

The chorus was an invocation of Ram and underlining of religious co-existence and plurality.

narendra modi, uddhav thackeray, mumbai monsoon, mumbai rains, mumbai flooding, mumbai weather forecast, imd mumbai weather forecast, indian express news
August 6, 2020 04:48 IST

Breaking its "all-time" record of the highest 24-hour rain in August, the Colaba observatory recorded 293.8 mm rain ending at 8:30 pm on Wednesday -- highest in 46 years. The Colaba observatory was set up in 1841, while the archive data is available from 1974.

EC frowns on J&K L-G talk of election timing, says poll decisions its ‘remit’
August 6, 2020 07:10 IST

Sources close to the LG said he had been concerned with “the lack of accountability among civil servants and bringing public servants under pressure to get work done.”

August 7, 2020 08:33 IST

Modi, on both Article 370 and the Ram temple, has, to the Sangh, underlined what electoral power can achieve and, in the process, reinforced his political credibility like no other leader in the BJP. And this, largely on his own terms.

Winter here, no thaw in India-China talks, another round soon
August 6, 2020 11:22 IST

Two days after the talks were held, the high-powered China Study Group (CSG) reviewed the Chinese proposal Tuesday and asked the Army to convey that the proposal of “mutual and equal” disengagement at Pangong was “not acceptable” to India.

Narendra Modi, ayodhya ram temple, ram temple foundation stone, vijay rupani, nitin patel, rss, indian express news
August 6, 2020 03:30 IST

In a video message, the CM Vijay Rupani said that the foundation stone laying ceremony will be recorded in golden words in the history. “Five centuries of penance and faith have materialised today with the ‘bhoomi pujan’ of Ram Lalla’s temple

ayodhya, ram temple bhoomi pujan, ram temple pujan timing, ram temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ram temple foundation stone today, indian express
August 5, 2020 07:05 IST

Frozen in time ever since the dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid found its way to the courtroom and the temple movement gathered steam, Ayodhya is weary of its past and present.

LK Advani, Ayodhya temple bhoomi pujan, ram temple, ram temple foundation stone ceremony, Advani on Ram temple, indian express
August 5, 2020 07:21 IST

LK Advani said, “Sometimes significant dreams in one’s life take a long time to fruition, but when they are finally realised, the wait becomes very worthwhile. One such dream, close to my heart is now getting fulfilled."

Before anniversary of split, J&K sarpanch shot at, Farooq calls parties for a meeting
August 5, 2020 12:06 IST

Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has called a meeting of mainstream political leaders at his residence on Wednesday. The meeting, however, is unlikely to happen as most of the political leaders are still under house detention.

August 4, 2020 07:31 IST

Sources said that two weeks after AIIMS began enrolling participants, the institute has screened more than 80 volunteers, but only 16 have been recruited.

goa forest, Mollam forest stretch, goa raipur power line, Mollam news, goa news, indian express
August 4, 2020 10:44 IST

Rs 1,500-crore power transmission network for supply from Chhattisgarh to Goa, a 400kV line crossing the Western Ghats through Karnataka.

sushant singh rajput suicide case, rajeev masand film critic, mumbai police, mumbai news, latest news
August 4, 2020 11:08 IST

Vinay Tiwari, Superintendent of Police, Patna City (Central), was sent to Mumbai to monitor the investigation by a Bihar Police team, which is probing an “abetment to suicide” case on the basis of a complaint filed by the actor's father in Patna last week.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Weather
Edition
Install the Express App for
a better experience
Featured
Trending Topics
News
Multimedia
Follow Us