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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for introduction in the Parliament. It is a part of the efforts of the Government to encourage institutional arbitration for settlement of disputes and make India a centre of robust Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. Benefits: The Amendments in the Act ...

Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s aide Farooq Takla, wanted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was arrested here today by the CBI after he arrived from Dubai, the agency’s spokesperson said. Incidentally, just a couple of days ago media reports had surfaced that Dawood was keen to return to India. Mustak Mohammad Miya alias Farooq Takla, was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Virtually putting the Modi government on notice, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today demanded that the Centre honour the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 and come out with a clear stand on the state’s demands in the next two-three days. At the same time, he admitted for the first time that the 14th Finance Commission had ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In another first for women, 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in the border guarding force, ITBP. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force is the last of the CAPFs to induct women officers in combat roles after the government first allowed it to enroll them in 2016. Prakriti, who goes by a ...

Karnataka lokayukta Vishwanath Shetty was injured when a complainant stabbed him in his Bengaluru office on Wednesday, police said. Shetty was out of danger and the accused, Tejaraj Sharma, had been arrested, Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy said. According to reports, Justice Shetty was stabbed at least three times by the attacker, identified as Tejas Sharma, while he was hearing ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Noted criminal lawyer Shyam Keswani has categorically said fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is reportedly “keen to return to India” but with certain preconditions. Although the conditions are not acceptable to the Indian government. Interacting with the media outside the Thane Court, where he represented Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar (the absconder don’s brother) in an extortion case, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari will launch a mobile App and Toll-free Emergency number for Highway users tomorrow in New Delhi. Sukhad Yatra mobile application has been prepared by National Highways Authority of India, NHAI, to empower the Highway user. The key feature of the app includes ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Senior NDPP leader Neiphiu Rio was today appointed the new chief minister of Nagaland by Governor P B Acharya and would be sworn in here on March 8, a Raj Bhavan source said. Acharya, in a letter to Rio, asked him to prove his majority on the floor of the House on or before March 16, the ...

 DAINIK NATION BUREAU Tripura BJP president and newly-elected MLA Biplab Kumar Deb was today unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party in the state, Union minister Nitin Gadkari announced. Deb, whose name was proposed by party MLA Sudip Roy Burman in the meeting, will be the new chief minister of Tripura, Gadkari said. BJP’s poll ally, the Indigenous People’s ...

The Lok Sabha today was adjourned till noon following vociferous protests by Opposition members over the Punjab National Bank fraud and other issues while those from NDA ally TDP continued to raise their demand for a special package to Andhra Pradesh. Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan made obituary references, members from the Congress, TRS and other parties as well as ...