DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has come to the rescue of a government servant who was denied maternity leave for her third child, terming a state government rule to this effect “unconstitutional”. Hearing a writ petition by Haldwani resident Urmila Manish, the single-judge Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma said denial of maternity leave to women for their third ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The government has cleared the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to elevate Justice K M Joseph, who heads the Uttarakhand High Court, to the top court, ending a long standoff with the judiciary. The government has also given its nod to appoint Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Orissa High Court Chief Justice Vineet ...

The UP Public Works Department and the State Property Department have completed the investigation of the losses made by the state’s former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav while vacating the government bungalow. The notice can be sent to him for the compensation. In connection with the previous government bungalow of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, the ...

Apple became the first U.S. company breach the magical $1 trillion mark in market value on Thursday, leading a rebound in technology stocks that helped Wall Street recover losses and took Nasdaq in the green. The company reached the record market valuation when Apple’s stock price briefly hit $207.05 in midday trading, before shares once again retreated. Other tech giants ...

A 22-year-old boy, allegedly killed his 16 year old girlfriend by strangling her in a village in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Inspector Rajaram Dubey, in-charge of Panagar police station of the district, told today that the 16-year-old girl living near Tilgwan was in love with Amit Verman, a resident of Sundarpur. The young man gave the teenager a mobile ...

The body of Janata Dal United (JDU) MLA Bima Bharti’s son was found on the railway track in Patna. The cause of the death is not known at present. Police is involved in the investigation of the case. The dead body has been identified. There are many top executives, including the rail SP on the investigation team. The body has ...

Antiguan authorities have confirmed that Mehul Choksi, the alleged mastermind of the USD 2 billion scam and uncle of Nirav Modi, is in their country, officials said, adding that a move to extradite him will be initiated soon. The communication was received by the CBI in response to their queries seeking whereabouts of Choksi after news of his presence in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU What can you do if your employer does not pay your salary or infinitely delays it? The employer must pay a reasonable interest if a payment, due to the employee, is made late, the Bombay High Court has held. Whether the service contract of the employee provides for payment of interest is immaterial, said the division bench of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Believe it or not but this is true that jawan are not getting food as per their choice. Although officers are getting food as per their wish. It has happened by an order of their head office of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Earlier jawans were getting chhole bhature and other oily food in breakfast but now ...