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Four persons were arrested Tuesday after police lodged an FIR against over two dozen people for rioting and murder in connection with the violence here, officials said. As many as 27 people have been named in the FIR, registered around 3 am, while cases have been lodged against 50 to 60 unidentified people, they said. A police inspector, who had ...

The effect of fall in crude oil prices in the international market remains in the domestic market. Petrol and diesel prices were cut on for the consecutive 13th day on Tuesday. Petrol in Delhi was reduced by Rs 21 paise and diesel by 29 paise on the 13th day. After this cut, the petrol was selling for 71.72 and diesel ...

Thousands of farmers from across the country started to converge in Delhi on Thursday for a two-day protest rally to press for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce. Farmers, from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and other states, will march on four different routes in the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Madhya Pradesh, where the Congress is trying to defeat the three-time winner BJP, saw a spike in turnout in today’s assembly elections. Mizoram, which the BJP is trying to wrest from the Congress, saw a considerable dip. From 72.7 per cent in 2013, the provisional figure for Madhya Pradesh was 74.6 per cent. The corresponding drop in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has categorically said that no dialogue with Pakistan unless and until it desists from terrorist activities against India. She said a day after Islamabad said it would invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the SAARC summit. She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative was not linked to the dialogue process with Pakistan. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Do you have driving license ? if yes then be ready to exchange your driving license with new one. Currently most of the people are using laminated driving license and now it is going to be outdated. New driving license would have QR code, which will have detailed information about you and your vehicle’s fitness too. Even ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Finer details emerging on restructuring of the 13.50-lakh strong Army indicate that the force’s strength is likely to be brought down by 1 lakh, the downsizing including cutting down the authorised number of officers by around 4,500. As modern technology takes charge and several defence operations get automated, most modern armies have been going in for “right-sizing”. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Upset over SBSP leader Om Prakash Rajbhar’s remark that seers of Ayodhya were raking up the Ram temple issue for their “livelihood”, the VHP on Thursday demanded removal of the minister from the UP cabinet. The temple will be constructed and hurdles like Rajbhar will be taken care by ‘Ram bhakts’ like Hanuman, said Sharad Sharma, media ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Rivals Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah may team up to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir along with the Congress, sources said today, adding that talks between the three parties are “at an advanced stage”, in order to stymie the BJP’s attempts to take power after engineering defections. The Congress leadership has reportedly approved a ...

41 foreign delegates from 18 countries to participate in the Mart from 22nd – 24th November 2018 The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the Department of Tourism, Government of Tripura and the North Eastern States is organizing the “International Tourism Mart” in Agartala, Tripura from the 22nd to 24th November 2018. The event will be held ...