Landslides caused by rain has killed two people in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. A man from Samkot who was in the Khari, came to pull out a dead body from a gorge died due to stones falling from the hill. At the same time, due to heavy rains in Madkot, a man fell into a ditch when his foot slipped and ...

The EU Withdrawal Bill, the British government’s central legislation to pave the way for the country’s exit from the European Union by March next year, today officially became law in Parliament. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told MPs that the bill had received Royal Assent, which involves Queen Elizabeth II’s final approval required to make it an Act of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As part of Golden Jubilee celebration Wadia Institute of Himalyan Geology had organised Science exhibition, which was inaugurated by its Director Dr Meera Tiwari. In which WIHG’s each group has showcased their scientific activities through posters, samples, instruments. In the Geophysics counter there were information not only about earthquakes, subsurface imaging, earthquake precursor studies, and geodetic investigations but ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A Delhi court has rejected a man’s plea to set aside an order directing him to pay Rs 15,000 as monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and son in a domestic violence case, saying a man is duty bound to maintain his family. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar II upheld a magisterial court order directing the man ...

 DAINIK NATION BUREAU Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family on the 43rd anniversary of imposition of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India was “turned into a jail for the selfish personal interests” of that family. Addressing a meeting organised by the BJP to mark the Emergency anniversary, Modi said the day needs to be observed to re-dedicate oneself ...

According to Patanjali officials, Baba Ramdev had received a request from the London museum for a statue a few months back. It required persuasion to some extent before he agreed to the proposal. Ramdev’s statue will join a long list of world-renowned figures from the fields of politics, sports, entertainment etc which are already inside the museum which attracts thousands ...

From March next users may find it difficult to retain their number while porting out from one telecom network to the other, as per media reports. A report in the Economic Times said that two companies –MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions and Syniverse Technologies –that carry out Mobile number portability (MNP) services in India have written to the Department of Telecommunications ...

Army Major Nikhil Handa exchanged more than 3000 calls and messages since January with the officer’s wife he is accused of murdering, it was revealed in court on Monday. Shailja Dwivedi, the wife of another major, was found at the Delhi cantonment area on Saturday with her throat slit and signs of being run over. Major Handa, arrested from Meerut ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he wants to renegotiate a “ridiculous” water supply agreement with Singapore, the latest sign of fraying ties between the neighbours since last month’s shock election. The 92-year-old returned for a second time as premier after his opposition alliance scored an unexpected victory at the polls, toppling a long-ruling coalition that Mahathir himself once ...

The Monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 18 and end on August 10 with the triple talaq bill among the legislative items topping the government’s agenda. The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters in New Delhi. The Cabinet Committee of Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, ...