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DAINIK NATION BUREAU More then 80 persons were arrested while Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel intensified vigil on Sunday in strife-torn Kasganj which continued to be tense today. Explosives were found during house to house searches following which the state police chief said the stringent National Security Act (NSA) would be invoked against the culprits. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Time has not come for any rethink on AFSPA or making some of its provisions milder, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said, asserting that the Army has been taking adequate precautions in protecting human rights while operating in disturb areas like Jammu and Kashmir. Rawat’s remarks assume significance as they come against the backdrop of reports ...

Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Keeping its promise of honouring “unsung heroes”, the government has announced Padma Shri awards for personalities who served the poor, set up free schools and popularised tribal arts globally. Lakshmikutty, a tribal woman from Kerala, who prepares 500 herbal medicines from memory and help thousands of people especially in snake and insect bite cases, is among the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Madras High Court has allowed a 40-year-old convict serving life imprisonment in the central prison in Tirunelveli district to go on a two-week leave for the “purpose of procreation”. A division bench of Justices S Vimala Devi and T Krishna Valli granted the two-week temporary leave to Siddique Ali, an inmate of Palayamkottai Central jail on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A total of 795 Police personnel have been awarded Medals on the occasion of the Republic Day this year.  Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) have been awarded to 107 personnel, President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service to 75 personnel and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 613 personnel. Among the 107 Gallantry Awards, 66 are from J&K ...

The ‘Bharat Parv’ event is being organized by the Government of India at the Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st January, 2018 as part of the Republic Day 2018 celebrations. The prime objective of organizing the event is to generate a patriotic mood, promote the rich cultural diversity of the country and to ensure wider participation of the general ...

The CBI has begun a probe into a Rs 487 crore scam related to over valuation of inferior quality of coal imported from Indonesia, which was passed on to NTPC and other power generation companies in collusion with officials. The action of the agency came on the basis of a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence investigation which had shown over invoicing ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India’s entry into elite nuclear groups in the recent past has reaffirmed the country’s strict non-proliferation commitments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. His remarks come in the backdrop of India becoming a member of the ‘Australia Group’ (AG), a move that is expected to raise New Delhi’s stature in the field of non-proliferation and also help ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union government is going to make amendment in the provision of the Indian Evidence act-1872 shortly. As mobile phone has become basic necessity and the circulation of images and videos have become much easier so government has realized that such images and videos can act as a primary evidence in criminal proceedings. With an objective of incorporating images and ...