Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and six others accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast will stand trial on stringent terror charges, a special NIA court today ruled in the politically-sensitive case that raised speculation of saffron militancy. However, Special NIA judge S D Tekale dropped organised crime charges against them under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime ...

US-based athletic footwear brand Skechers has taken India’s top online marketplace Flipkart to court after it was revealed that some third party sellers were selling counterfeit products of its brand online. Earlier police had conducted raids at seven warehouses in Delhi and Ahmedabad to recover fake merchandise from sellers Retail Net, Tech Connect, Unichem Logistics and Marco Wagon who are ...

Coordinated action to combat stubble burning, commissioning studies and launch of a hotline and an app to report violations are some of the measures in the 12-point draft plan formulated by a high-level task force to combat air pollution in the NCR region. The draft action plan also calls for formulating a journey planner app which integrates the Metro, the ...

The BJP didn’t exactly apologise, but it said today that PM Narendra Modi didn’t mean to question his predecessor Manmohan Singh’s commitment to India when he accused him of colluding with Pakistan. The BJP also said it holds Singh and former vice president Hamid Ansari “in high esteem”. “PM in his speeches didn’t question, nor meant to question the commitment ...

In protest against the expansion of the municipality Bardahat Uttarkashi, villagers encircled the collectorate by constructing a human chain on Tuesday. The villagers encircled the Collectorate for half an hour. During this period, no employee, officer and police personnel were allowed to go in or out. At the same time, there was a demand for repeal of the mandate of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath strolled the Chief Minister House along with Chief Minister  Trivendra Singh Rawat and Deputy Chief Minister of UP Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday. They worshiped in the temple established in the premise of CM House and also fed jiggery to cows  in cow ranch. He appreciated the natural beauty and clean environment ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU All those account holders of the erstwhile banks which were merged with State Bank of India (SBI) have to get cheque books bearing the new IFSC code by December 31, 2017. The earlier deadline set by SBI was September 30, 2017. New cheque books The account holders of banks such as Bharatiya Mahila Bank, State Bank of ...

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Tiger Zinda Hai is having a dream run at the box office. In just four days of its release, the film has become a strong contender at the box office, smashing one record after the other. This film has collected Rs 151.47 crore till now. Not only is its opening collection is the second ...

Shrugging off the temporary setbacks from demonetisation and the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), India’s economy has still caught up with that of France and the UK and will have overtaken them both to become the world’s fifth largest economy in dollar terms in 2018, a new report said today. According to statistics produced by Centre for ...

Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde has hinted that Constitution which contained the word “secular” would be amended. Venting out his ire against the “seculars” at a public function in Koppal district on Sunday, Union Minister of State for Employment and Skill Development said, “Seculars do not know what their blood is. Yes constitution has given that right to say ‘we ...