DAINIK NATION BUREAU Fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, a key accused in the Rs. 14,000-crore PNB fraud case, can’t return to India as he is afraid of “getting lynched”, his lawyer told the court. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has dismissed the claim as “irrelevant” and said if he felt there were “security threats”, he should have filed a police complaint. Another objection ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city. No tsunami arrived and there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries. The US Geological Survey ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true, Indian bank customers will have to spend more to do banking. Certain services may be costlier as banks may ask customers to pay more for free services like chequebooks and ATM cards but also increase charges across the board to pay a retrospective tax. It is going to happen because the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) refused ...

In the Basti village of Kapokot assembly area, more than 225 people who attended a marriage ceremony have fallen sick due to food poisoning. From children, to the elderly all were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. The former legislator of the area and the gunner of the district panchayat president also fell ill due to food poisoning. The team of ...

A day after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remark on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a senior Punjab minister Saturday sought his resignation from the state cabinet. The resignation demand came even as Sidhu backtracked on his claim in Hyderabad that he attended the groundbreaking ceremony in Pakistan for the Kartarpur corridor after Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked him to go. “Rahul ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that their government wants a creative partnership from youth and students in policy-making. We have to believe in our youth and their ability. Our youth is the future and strength of the country. Generation gap with new generation can be bridged by having a better coordination and communication. Referring to the thoughts ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Central Water Commission Chairman S Masood Hussaini has said that all technical issues related to the long-awaited Pancheshwar dam in Uttarakhand had been resolved between India and Nepal. The dam to be made on the Mahakali river in Champawat district is likely to address power and irrigation needs of the two neighbours. The multi-purpose project has been ...

Public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) Friday said its board has approved raising up to Rs 300 crore on a private placement basis through globally accepted Basel III complaint bonds. “The board of directors of the bank, have by circular resolution. approved the raising of tier II capital by issue of tier II Basel III compliant bonds for an ...

The people of Kumaon region will not have to run the state capital Dehradun now to solve the problems of the Chief Minister’s level. A Chief Minister’s office is being opened in Nainital for Kumaon division. Chief Minister’s newly elected Secretary Rajiv Rautela will sit in this office regularly. This office has plans to be open-to-all for 24 hours. This ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Supreme Court Secretary General Ravindra Maithani, along with two others Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, were appointed judges of the Uttarakhand HC on Friday. Harnaresh Singh Gill, whose name was pending with the government for two-and-a-half years, was also appointed as an additional judge of the Punjab and Haryana HC. Sources said Gill’s appointment came days after the Supreme ...