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Shimla Police today claimed to have busted a sex racket with the arrest of a man and a woman from a guest house in the Himachal Pradesh capital. The police also arrested a customer and rescued a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly brought to the state capital for flesh trade by the woman who ran the racket, an official said. ...

A textbook used by Gujarat board to teach Sanskrit in Class XII has come under fire for stating that it was Lord Ram who abducted Sita and not Ravana. A paragraph on page 106 of the ‘Introduction to Sanskrit Literature’, the book mentions: “Here the poet has brought out a beautiful picture of the character of Rama with his original ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Election Commission today initiated a probe into the large-scale failure of paper trail machines during the May 28 bypoll to Lok Sabha and assembly seats. It has sent two teams to Kairana in Uttar Pradesh and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra to trace the reasons behind high cases of defects and failure in the voter verifiable paper trial ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Tabassum Hasan, whose victory in Kairana has given strength to opposition unity in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2019 general election, today became the first Muslim MP from the most populous state in the 16th Lok Sabha. Hasan (48) defeated her nearest BJP rival Mriganka Singh by a huge margin of 44,600 votes as the Rashtriya Lok ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Three friends in Jaipur have secured the top three positions in the Common All India Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2018, the results of which were announced today. Aman Garg secured the first position with 159 score, whereas his friends Devansh Kaushik and Anmol Gupta came second and third respectively with 157.5 score each. All three prepared for ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BJP today suffered a stunning electoral upset with the joint opposition candidates posting victories in the bypolls for Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly constituencies. Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Tabassum Hasan won the Kairana seat by a margin of 44,618 votes, while Naeemul Hasan of the Samajwadi Party bagged the Noorpur Assembly seat by a ...

Two men have been arrested by the customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 55 lakh at Delhi airport here. The accused had concealed the gold in a chemical paste form, according to a statement issued today by the customs. The duo were intercepted after their arrival from Dubai here on Friday. Detailed ...

Severe heatwave conditions threw normal life out of gear in most parts of Rajasthan with mercury nearly touching 49- degrees Celsius mark in Sriganganagar, a MeT official said. Sriganganagar was recorded the hottest place in the state at 48.7 degrees Celsius followed by 47.6 in Churu, 46.2 in Bikaner, 45.6 in Pilani, 45.5 in Kota, 45 Jaisalmer, 44.9 in Jaipur, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The government has decided to extend Rs 1 lakh to a retired President and Rs 90,000 to a retired Vice-President on account of office expenses every year. This was announced by the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday. The decisions have been taken by amending rules related to the the President’s Pension Rules, 1962 and the Vice-President’s Pension, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today welcomed former President Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to accept an invitation to attend an RSS event, saying it is a “good start” and “political untouchability” is an outdated concept. Gadkari, the Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur, also said the RSS was not Pakistan’s ISI, but an organisation of nationalists. ...