The Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state government to form a special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to look into the alleged gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Uttarkashi district. Taking suo motu cognisance of the recent incident, which has led to a wave of protests in the state, a division bench of Justice Rajiv ...

A woman was allegedly set ablaze by three men after she resisted their gangrape attempt. The incident took place in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Monday. The woman has been admitted to the hospital with severe burn injuries. According to reports, the accused persons were harassing the victim for some time. Last week, the victim’s husband went to Tamil Nadu for ...

The United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees today said its members will go on mass casual leave on September 4 and 5, pressing their long-pending demands over pension related issues. According to a press release, United Forum today held a silent demonstration near the RBI office here which witnessed the participation of various leaders. “To express deep resentment ...

A disturbing event has come to light in the posh Connaught Place area in the country’s capital Delhi. The girl behind the wheels dragged a homeless woman 100 meters after running over her. Police managed to stop the vehicle. According to the Delhi Police, on the Outer Circle in Connaught Place, at around 9 pm, a student took her SUV ...

Three people were injured in the firing incident outside the underground station in London. The London Metropolitan Police tweeted, “Police officers are on the spot in the site of incident at Kingsbury on Monday, this incident is not related to terrorism, three injured have been taken to a hospital, there is no danger to anyone’s life.” A Metropolitan Police spokesman ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court today said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud has set aside the Election Commission’s notification allowing NOTA option in the ballot papers for Rajya Sabha polls. The top court had questioned ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Madras High Court has ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education to publicise in media that stringent action would be taken against institutes not following the board’s ‘no homework’ rule for class 1 and 2 students. Justice N Kirubakaran passed the order on a plea by advocate M Purushothaman seeking direction to the CBSE to follow ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of Bakrid 2018, will be celebrated in India on August 22 2018, state government has made elaborate arrangement to avoid any untoward incident. The festival, which will be celebrated by followers of Islam all around the world, is also known as Eid al-Adha that literally translates to “Feast of the Sacrifice”. Bakrid is also known ...