A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the tremor had levelled “many” buildings. The shallow 7.5 magnitude quake sparked terror among locals who fled into the streets and raced to higher ground fearing tsunami waves. The disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before lifting ...

Finnish company HMD Global, that sells Nokia smartphones, on Monday announced the availability of Nokia 5.1 Plus for Rs 10,999 in India. The online-exclusive smartphone will be available on Flipkart and the company’s own website from October 1, the company said in a statement. The device comes with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, sports a 5.8-inch notched display, glass body and ...

Growth centres will give new dimension to rural economy Provide increased opportunities for self-employment Help stop migration Growth centre scheme has been started in the state for identified economic activities in specific rural areas, to get the local produce and services identified at the national and international level and to generate large scale employment opportunities at the local level. The ...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan Thursday said he broke several bones shooting for action sequences in “Thugs of Hindostan”, but he went with the flow to honour director Vijay Krishna Acharya’s wishes. In March, his “Thugs” co-star Aamir Khan revealed that the megastar had suffered a shoulder and back injury. “It is not my age to do all this but our director ...

In the NH 74 land compensation scam case, IAS Dr Pankaj Kumar Pandey could not get relief from the High Court. Judge Justice Sharad Sharma refused to hear the anticipatory bail petition in the court. In this case, petition was filed on behalf of Pankaj Pandey. The court refused to listen to the petition and referred the case to the ...

Indian Badminton star Saina Nehwal is going to get married to fellow badminton player Parupalli Kashyap in December this year. According to the Times of India report, on December 16, 28-year-old Saina is going to marry P Kashyap. The report further states that, this marriage will include very close people. However, the information is that the wedding celebration will be ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and R F Nariman held that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery is unconstitutional. “We declare Sec 497 IPC and Sec 198 of CrPC dealing with prosecution of offences ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani called upon Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at his residence on Wednesday. He discussed the proposals related to the investment in the infrastructure projects related to agriculture, communication and tourism apart from energy in the state. Welcoming the proposal, Rawat said that the initiative of investment in the state has been appreciated ...

The Uttarakhand government has doubled the grant amount given to pilgrims traveling to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The people of Uttarakhand who are traveling will now be given a grant amount of 50 thousand rupees from the government. So far 25 thousand rupees per pilgrim were given. On the last day of the assembly session, MLA Surendra Singh brought a proposal ...

A special court Wednesday gave diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the PNB bank fraud case, time till October 30 to file his reply to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea seeking to declare him a “fugitive” under a new law. Earlier, the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court had summoned Choksi before it on September 26 ...