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Come April 2019, names of all arms licence holders – new or old – will be included in a national database and they will be issued a unique identification number (UIN), according to the Home Ministry. The move is aimed at keeping a tab on authorised private gun holders, many of whom are often found involved in crimes and celebratory ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A makeshift tent collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in West Bengal’s Midnapore district today, injuring at least 20 people, a police official said. The tent, officials said, was erected next to the main entrance of the rally venue to shelter people from the rain. Many enthusiastic BJP supporters were seen crowding inside the tent during ...

A big news related to the world famous Tirupati Balaji Temple of Lord Venkateswara located in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh came out. It is being told that for the first time in history, the temple of Lord Venkateswara is being closed for 6 consecutive days. According to the information, this famous temple will be closed till 6 P.M.on August 9 to ...

Government think tank Niti Aayog is working on a proposal to replace LPG subsidy with cooking subsidy in order to extend the benefits to people using piped natural gas and biofuels for cooking purposes, a top official said today. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said subsidy should be applicable for all fuels that are used for cooking. At present, ...

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to apprise it as to whether petrol and diesel can have an equal pricing for four wheelers and private cars after the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) said pollution from diesel vehicles was a cause of concern. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta suggested that the government could contemplate ...

Gold coins belonging to the 12th century have been found during earth-digging for a road construction in Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon district, officials today said. A pot containing 57 gold coins, a silver coin and a gold earring was unearthed on July 10 during the construction of a road between Korkoti and Bedma villages, district collector Neelkanth Tekam said. Korkoti Sarpanch Nehrulal ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the S-400 Triumf air defence missile deal with Russia will go ahead notwithstanding the US sanctions on military transactions with Moscow. Referring to CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), under which the Trump administration has imposed sanctions on military deals with Russia, she said it is an American law and ...

The army is contemplating to eliminate all its 62 Cantt areas. This can save about two lakh acres of land and saving hundreds of millions of rupees per year in maintenance. According to a news of the Times of India, the army has proposed to the Ministry of Defense that the military areas within the cantonment can be converted into ...

A fire drill conducted in a private college in Coimbatore went horribly long in which a 19 year old girl  student lost her life. Though a net was held by students on the ground, the girl hit the sushade on the first floor. The bizarre disaster preparedness drill took place on Thursday at the Kalai Magal Arts and Science College ...

In the case of mass suicides in New Delhi’s Burari 11 people of the same family had died mysteriously. On Wednesday, the post-mortem report of 10 people was found in this case, where police theory seems to be proven to be true. Based on the post mortem report, the police say that 10 people have been killed by hanging. There ...