Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India has placed a lot of emphasis on improving the functioning of Public Distribution System in the country through automation of Fair Price Shops, computerization of Supply Chain Management and enforcement of provisions of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 regarding oversight and grievance redressal in partnership with States/UTs. In continuation of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The first day of the winter session witness uproar over Congress MLAs demanded for discussion under Rule 310 on numerous issues, including expansion of local bodies, capital status for Gairsain and deteriorating law and order situation in the state. As House began, Congress MLAs demanded  to  have discussion on the issue. As we know that state government ...

The Supreme Court today took on record the final report submitted by a supervisory body appointed by it to look into the closure of 241 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said it will examine it. The bench said it will examine on December 11 the report filed by the advisory body, comprising former apex court judges Justices J ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Earthquake has shaken Uttarakhand today at around 8.50 pm. It is being said that it was around 5.1 richter scale but its epicenter was around 90 kilometer away from Rishikesh and around 30 meter beneath the earth. It was nearby Rudraprayag district, which had devastated due to deluge in the year 2013, so people are looking tense. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Cabinet meeting, which was called by the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at Bharadisain a day ahead of winter session,  concludes. It is being presumed that cabinet has taken or discussed issue either higher education or cooperative because minister of state Dr Dhan Singh Rawat attended the meeting. Although no official briefing was made by the government ...

A herculean effort from Dhananjaya DeSilva backed up by some gritty batting by the Sri Lankans helped the hosts salvage the Delhi test against India. Continuing with 3 wickets down from late last evening, Sri Lanka had their backs against the wall before DeSilva dug in to score a determined century and deny India another win over the islanders. Skipper ...

The Bombay High Court today upheld the validity of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA). A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and Rajesh Ketkar pronounced its judgement on a bunch of petitions filed by by real estate developers and individual plot owners, all challenging the constitutional validity of the Act that was brought into effect earlier this year. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  kept repo or key lending rate unchanged at 6 per cent amid inflation concerns. This was announced by RBI while disclosing the monetary policy committee report public today. The central bank reiterated that it is maintaining a “neutral” stance in monetary policy. Five members of the monetary policy committee voted to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A newborn, who was found alive after being declared dead along with his twin and handed over to his parents in a plastic bag by an Max hospital Delhi has died after a week of treatment. On November 30, the twins were being taken for burial when a movement in one of the packages shocked the family. ...

An Islamist terror plot to assassinate British Prime Minister Theresa May has been foiled by the country’s security services who arrested two men in connection with the scheme, media reports said today. Two men were arrested last week following a joint operation by MI5, the UK s counter-terrorism security service, and police. The two men have been arrested on suspicion ...