DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Indian Railways has identified more than 13,000 employees in its ranks who are on unauthorised leave for a long time and initiated disciplinary action to terminate their services, it said today. The railways had launched a drive to improve performance of the organisation and boost the morale of sincere and diligent employees. The action is part ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is a worried man these days as girls have started consuming alcohol. “I have begun to fear now, because even the girls have started drinking beer. The tolerance limit is being crossed,” said Parrikar, whose coastal state is one of most sought-after tourist destinations. “I am not talking about everyone. I am ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Three soldiers and the daughter of an armyman were injured when a group of terrorists stormed into the Army camp at Sunjawan, on the outskirts of Jammu city, on Jammu-Pathankot national highway. The condition of one of the injured is said to be serious. IGP Jammu told the media person that terrorists involved in the attack are ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Delhi High Court today decided to transfer from the joint registrar to a court the ongoing cross-examination of Arun Jaitley in a defamation suit filed by him against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and five other party leaders. Justice Manmohan said the cross examination of the Union finance minister be done by a single judge of the high court. He ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Facebook is testing a feature that lets users register a negative reaction to comments on the social network platform but it is not the “dislike” button users have long desired. Clicking the downvote button hides the comment for the user who taps it, then asks them to say whether the comment was “offensive”, “misleading”, or “off topic”. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the escape of a jailed Pakistani terrorist, the Union government has categorically asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to review security measures of jail premises and transportation of inmates too. The Union Home Ministry also asked the state government to ensure that no such incident takes place in future and deploy CRPF in prison ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Stock exchanges on Friday said they will immediately stop the trading of indices of Indian securities on foreign bourses as part of a joint effort to stymie migration of liquidity to overseas markets. The decision of the three exchanges — BSE, NSE and Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSEI) — came after Sebi asked them to suspend ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The State Transport Minister Yashpal Arya has directed officials of various departments concerned to work in coordination to bring down the number of road accidents in the hilly regions and plains of Uttarakhand. He expressed these views while presiding a meeting of the State road safety council held in observance of the directions of high court committee ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court today gave a stern warning to those obstructing the ongoing sealing drive in Delhi and said that any interference in the functioning of court-mandated Monitoring Committee would amount to contempt. Observing that “rule of law must be enforced”, the court took a strong note of the committee’s report, which said that during the sealing ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the road accidents, which have become regular features of the state, state police has decided to form Hill Patrol Unit (HPU) on the pattern of City Patrol Unit (CPU) shortly. Initially they would launch one each in Pauri and Champawat. ADGP, Law and order, Ashok Kumar said that enthused over the success of CPU ...