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The cases of rape against girl child are increasing in the country. A Gangrape case has surfaced from Rewari, a recipient of the President’s Award in Haryana was allegedly the victim. The girl was abducted when she was returning from coaching. Police have started investigations by registering this case. According to the police, the girl was preparing for the railway ...

The government banned 328 medicines containing combinations. The list includes common medicines like painkiller Saridon and skin cream penderm. The Ministry of Health says that these are medicines which do not benefit people’s health. They have been banned in the public interest. According to media reports, the production, marketing and sale of these drugs has been stopped with immediate effect. ...

The President of India has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. He will assume the office of Chief Justice on 3rd October, 2018 after the retirement of the current Chief Justice, Justice Dipak Misra. Born on 18th November, 1954, Justice Gogoi was enrolled as an advocate in 1978. He practised in the Gauhati High Court ...

In view of the importance of water resources management in India, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has instituted National Water Awards with the objective to encourage all stakeholders to manage their water resources efficiently and create a water consciousness in the country. The entries for National Water Awards 2018 are now invited in 13 categories ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday extended the house arrest of five rights activists who were arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case till September 17. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud adjourned the hearing on the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar and four others to September 17 after it ...

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is absconding with crores of rupees loan from India’s banks, gave a big statement on Wednesday, outside a London court that he had met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before leaving the country. Mallya said that he wanted to resolve the matter with them but due to objections of the banks the matter could not be ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday rubbished Vijay Mallya’s claim of having met him before fleeing to London in 2016, saying he never gave him an appointment after becoming a minister in 2014 but the fugitive liquor baron misused his position as an MP to accost him once in Parliament. Terming Mallya’s offer to settle overdue loans of ...

Earthquake tremors were felt in six states of India in a span of five hours on Wednesday. Earthquake occurred in parts of Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Haryana, West Bengal and parts of Jammu and Kashmir. On earthquake tremors, people in these states came out of buildings and panic spread. There is no news of loss of life anywhere so far. The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As many as 35 journalists were detained Tuesday after they tried to forcibly enter the office of Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar, the police said. The journalists, representing small and medium size local newspapers, had gone to meet the CM to raise the issue of changes made in the state government’s advertisement policy, police said. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Allahabad High Court Tuesday told police they could not arrest four people booked for assaulting a Dalit woman and her daughter without following the CrPC provisions endorsed by the Supreme Court in an order in 2014. Though the case was registered under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as well as under IPC ...