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DAINIK NATION BUREAU A constable of the Railway Protection Force or RPF was suspended after he was seen in a video, touching a woman inappropriately on Wednesday. The constable, Jahangir, was posted at Kalyan police station in Mumbai. In the video, which has gone viral on social media, Jahangir can be seen touching a woman sitting next to him on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Jammu and Kashmir was today placed under Governor’s rule for the fourth time in the last one decade after the BJP withdrew support to its alliance partner PDP, prompting Mehbooba Mufti to resign as the chief minister. A Home Ministry spokesman said “the President has approved imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect.” ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The growing resentment in the party cadre and its traditional voters in Jammu & Kashmir and elsewhere is the key reason for the party’s decision to pull out of the coalition government in the state, sources said. The party’s core support was unhappy and the cadre dispirited over the PDP-BJP government’s inability to deliver on its agenda ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The three-year Jammu and Kashmir government, wracked by bitter political feuds and worsening security challenges, collapsed today with the BJP pulling out of its alliance with the PDP setting the stage for yet another round of governor’s rule. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav made the surprise announcement after the party high command summoned its Jammu and Kashmir ...

At least two persons were killed, while around four people were critically injured in a fire at two hotels in Charbagh area in Lucknow, police said. The fire broke out at the two hotels in Charbagh’s Doodh Mandi area around 6 am, they said. “Two persons have died, while four to five others were admitted to a hospital with severe ...

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), for the third successive time, received an order of Rs 8 crore from Air India for the supply of amenity kits consisting of Khadi herbal beauty care products for its international passengers.The amenity kits include Khadi hand sanitizer, moisturizer lotion, handmade soap, lip balm, Khadi rose face wash and essential oils. Giving this ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi for anti-Narendra Modi tirade, Union Minister Arun Jaitley questioned the Congress President’s wisdom saying that it has to be acquired through learning and cannot be inherited. The Congress party has become “ideologyless” because its “only obsession is a person called Narendra Modi”, Jaitley said in a Facebook post. Gandhi has been ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Trump administration has approved a deal to sell six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to India for $930 million as well as Hellfire and Stinger missiles to bolster the country’s ability to defend its homeland and deter “regional threats”, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The Pentagon’s notification to the Congress comes ahead of the first 2+2 dialogue ...

Ten new iconic sites, namely, RaghavendraSwamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); Hazardwari Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); VidurKuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand); Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, J&K); Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh); ImaKeithal/market (Imphal, Manipur); Sabarimala Temple (Kerala); and Kanvashram (Uttarakhand) have been taken up under Phase III of the flagship project Swachh Iconic Places ...