Breaking News LIVE, October 20:
5:00 PM| West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee contributed Rs 2 crore on behalf WB government to Telangana CMRF.
4:55 PM| Two terrorists have been killed in encounter with police and security forces in J&K’s Pulwama district,ANI reported.
4:15 PM| The Punjab Legislative Assembly passed four bills and adopted a resolution against the Centre’s new farm laws on Tuesday.
2:45 PM| Massive fire broke out at Bihar Secretariat in Patna today. 6 fire brigade vans arrived on the spot and efforts are being made to extinguish the fire. Fire broke out at the Office of the Department of Rural Development.
1:10 PM| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 6 PM today.
आज शाम 6 बजे राष्ट्र के नाम संदेश दूंगा। आप जरूर जुड़ें।
Will be sharing a message with my fellow citizens at 6 PM this evening.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 20, 2020
12:45 PM| Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik’s bail hearing to take place today.
12:40 PM| Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the Delhi government will donate Rs 15 crore to the Telangana government for its flood relief efforts.
11:40 AM| Punjab CM Amarinder Singh moves resolution in state assembly against three new farm laws enacted by Centre.
11:00 AM| The Election Commission of India on Monday increased the campaign expenditure limit by 10% for all future elections. The notification came more than a month after the Election Commission (EC) proposed the hike, given the constraints posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The last hike in the expenditure ceiling was before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Candidates contesting elections in Bihar will be the first to benefit from the development as the expenditure ceiling for the state polls is now Rs 30.8 lakh, from Rs 28 lakh.
As the air quality in Delhi continues to deteriorate, a total of 698 paddy stubble burning cases were reported across Punjab on Monday, pushing the total count to 7,105. Tarn Taran reported the maximum number of stubble burning cases at 176. Ferozepur reported 126 stubble burning instances.
Badminton player PV Sindhu has left the ongoing camp for Olympic and has left for London. She has written a letter to the Badminton Association of India and her coach, saying that she will complete her recovery and nutrition in the next two months and return.
India has recorded 75,97,063 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,15,197 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 88.6 percent. Globally, there have been over 4 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.13 lakh people have died so far.
