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DAINIK NATION BUREAU A French news website has added a fresh twist to the Rafale deal by questioning as to how Anil Ambani-led Reliance got into a joint venture with Dassault Aviation. Citing internal documents from Dassault — the makers of Rafale — the website ‘mediapart.fr’ reported: “A senior management figure of the French group (Dassault) told staff representatives that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union minister Prakash Javadekar Thursday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of lying to people at his election rallies, asserting that an untruth does not become the truth even if it is spoken loudly. Javadekar’s remarks came a day after Gandhi addressed a public rally in Bikaner city in the run-up to the assembly election in Rajasthan on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Sikh women in Chandigarh have been exempted from wearing helmets, the Home Ministry said Thursday. The decision has been taken following a representation to Home Minister Rajnath Singh from Sikh bodies. The Home Ministry has advised the Chandigarh administration to follow the notification issued by the Delhi government giving an exemption to Sikh women from wearing protective ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Sharpening its attack on the Narendra Modi led NDA Government in the ongoing Rafale deal controversy, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is corrupt and he should resign if he can’t explain his role. “The truth has come out. The Indian PM is corrupt. He gave Rs 30,000 crore of the Indian ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Cyclone Titli has made landfall in Odisha near Gopalpur, the weather department said today. People in coastal areas of Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh are preparing to face the full onslaught of Cyclone Titli. ‘Titli’, which means butterfly in Hindi, has been categorised as a “very severe cyclonic storm”. People in five coastal districts in Odisha are ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In further trouble for the embattled Amrapali Group, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered sealing of nine properties where the documents related to 46 group companies are kept. Promoters Anil Kumar Sharma, Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar later moved the court seeking to be kept in custody in a guest house but the court said that the ...

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has vacancies in the post of nursing officer. A total of 2 thousand posts of nursing officers will be admitted. Those selected will be appointed in AIIMS Bhopal, AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Patna and AIIMS Raipur. The last date for applying for these posts is 29 October 2018. If you are interested in applying ...

There was a major rail accident in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning. A total of 9 bogies of New Farakka Express derailed in Harchandpur near Rae Bareli. In this accident 7 people have died while many others are  injured. The Anti-Terrorism Squad is also going to investigate the incident. Ashwini Lohani, chairman of the Railway Board, has ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to provide details of the decision making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in a sealed cover but clarified that it does not want information on pricing and technical particulars. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, also made it clear ...

Sixteen Naxals, five of them suspected to be involved in a deadly attack on a CRPF team last year, were arrested from Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said Monday. There were two women among the arrested ultras, they added. The arrests were made Sunday from a hill near Minpa village under the Chintagufa police station limits by a joint team ...