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An app that allows voters to rate and review their political representatives and aims to foster political accountability and transparency among leaders was launched here today. Aptly called Neta app, which was unveiled by former President Pranab Mukherjee, the technology platform will let users rate their MLAs and MPs and is being billed as an instrument to gauge voter sentiment ...

Country’s largest lender State Bank Of India (SBI) is yet to recalibrate 18,135 automated teller machines (ATMs) even after 21 months of demonetisation, an RTI query has revealed. The recalibration is a process, in which the cassettes in the ATMs that hold cash are modified to suit the size of the currency. Madhya Pradesh based RTI activist Chandrashekhar Gaud had ...

The relatives of a husband should not be roped in cases of matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths unless specific instances of their involvement in the crime is made out, the Supreme Court has held. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao also cautioned the courts to be careful in proceeding against “distant relatives” of the husband ...

The 85-day long agitation at Manipur University was called off today by the protesters in the interest of students, Manipur University Students’ Union president M Dayaman Singh said. The students of the university had been demanding the removal of Vice-Chancellor A P Pandey and constitution of an Independent Enquiry Committee to look into the allegations of administrative and financial lapses ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of flood due to heavy rain Kochi Airport has been closed for operation with immediate effect on Wednesday. Official says now it would reopen by August 29 when water would recede.

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Facing allegations of getting undue benefits from the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has sent legal notices to several Congress leaders asking them to “cease and desist” from levelling such charges, which was promptly dubbed by the party as evidence of a “nexus between the BJP and the corporate world”. The Congress leaders said ...

Recruitment’s were made for 80 posts of accountant in Goa government and 8,000 candidates took part in this recruitment examination, but surprisingly none of these passed in this examination. On condition of anonymity, a senior official said that all graduate candidates had to get minimum 50 points out of 100 to pass this examination, but no one was able to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of upcoming ‘Destination Uttarakhand: Investors Summit, which is scheduled to happen between October 7-8, 2018, state government led by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat organized a roadshow in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Wednesday. The investors summit will be organized at Dehradun. State Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh addressed the roadshow. ...

DAINIK NATION BAUREAU State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has relaxed the claim settlement and documentation process for the flood victims in the deluge-ravaged Kerala, including waiving off death certificates and delayed premium payment fees. The rain fury, the worst since 1924, began on August 8 and has left 223 dead as of today and forced over one million ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The UAE has pledged $100 million for flood-battered Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Tuesday, adding “a new Kerala” needed to be built following the widespread destruction. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), home to hundreds of thousands of Keralites, has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that it would be providing $100 million (Rs 700 crore) for ...