Lionel Messi is under increased pressure to redeem himself when Argentina face Croatia in Thursday’s pivotal match after eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup to send Morocco packing. France will be looking for a second World Cup Group C win against Peru Thursday while Australia need to bounce back from their heart-breaking defeat to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading close to 50,000 people today in Dehradun to mark the fourth International Yoga Day celebrations while many union ministers are participating in similar events across the country. Addressing the gathering, PM Modi said, “Yoga has emerged as the biggest unifying force in the world.” The Prime Minister reached the venue a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A peak tax rate of 28 per cent plus states levying some amount of local sales tax or VAT on petrol and diesel is likely to be the tax structure when the two auto fuels are covered under the GST regime, a top government official said. The peak GST rate plus VAT will be equal to the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Major Nirala, which has been made on a novel written by former chief minister of UK and Haridwar MP Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, to be released in Mumbai Cineplex on June 24. Ahead of release Dr Nishank released its trailer at Iscon Auditorium Juhu in the presence of film director Arushi Nishank. She said that the movie ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the imposition of Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir is unlikely to have any impact on ongoing anti-terror operations and noted that there was no political interference. General Rawat’s response came after President Ram Nath Kovind approved the imposition of Governor’s Rule in the state with immediate effect earlier ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join thousands of volunteers performing yoga asanas in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun to mark the 4th International Yoga Day tomorrow. The event will be held in the picturesque lawns of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in the lap of the Himalayas. A series of yoga related events are also being organised across the world ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested Ravindra P. Marathe, the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra, in a case of Rs. 3,000 crore fraudulent loans extended to Pune’s DSK Group, an official said here on Wednesday. The EOW has also arrested the bank’s Executive Director Rajendra K. Gupta, Zonal Manager Nityanand Deshpande from Ahmedabad ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A constable of the Railway Protection Force or RPF was suspended after he was seen in a video, touching a woman inappropriately on Wednesday. The constable, Jahangir, was posted at Kalyan police station in Mumbai. In the video, which has gone viral on social media, Jahangir can be seen touching a woman sitting next to him on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU I heartily welcome Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, a popular leader on his arrival in ‘Devbhoomi’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day. I am extremely happy that this time that the “Mahakumbh” of yoga is being held in “Yogbhoomi” of Uttarakhand. More than 50,000 people will be lucky do yoga along with Prime Minister in the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Anukreethy Vas, a 19-year-old college student from Tamil Nadu, has been crowned fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2018 in an extravagant ceremony held here, hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana. Meenakshi Chaudhary, 21, from Haryana was declared the first runner-up while Andhra Pradesh’s Shrey Rao Kamvarapu, 23, stood as the second runner-up in ...