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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Information and Broadcasting Ministry today withdrew its contentious press release on fake news after a directive from the Prime Minister’s Office “PIB Press Release titled ‘Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists amended to regulate Fake News’ issued on 02 April 2018 stands withdrawn,” the ministry said in a brief statement. Taking note of condemnation from various quarters, ...

Incidents of stone pelting on buses were reported in north Maharashtra today as several Dalit organisations expresses their concerns over the dilution of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The Dalit groups had called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding restoration of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in its original form. “Protesters ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A newborn, who had been snatched away by a monkey from its mother’s side yesterday at Talabasta village of Banki in Cuttack district, was found dead today inside a well near the house, the police said. The police and forest department officials could not trace the 16-day-old boy during their day-long searches yesterday. The family members of ...

At the Chennai airport with SpiceJet’s air hostess there was an incident that surprised everyone. The airline’s security personnel reportedly stripped searched the air hostesses. The cabin crew alleges that this inspection is going on for quite few days everytime after landing from the flight. Security is even asking them to remove sanitary pads from handbags. There was a complaint ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Accusing the government of interfering in judicial appointments, Justice J Chelameswar, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, has demanded a Full Court on the judicial side to deal with it. “This matter is now ripe for the consideration of the Full Court on the judicial side, if this institution really is to be any more ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dr BR Ambedkar now has a new middle name in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The state government Wednesday, March 28, passed an order after a campaign was initiated raising concerns over the spelling of the Dalit icon’s name. The unprecedented move was initiated by UP governor Ram Naik in December 2017 after he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra ...

A Flipkart delivery boy was stabbed by a 30-year old woman in Delhi for an alleged late delivery of her smartphone which she had ordered. As per reports, the woman had stabbed the delivery boy 20 times as she was “furious” that she did not receive the phone on the promised date. The Flipkart guy, identified as 28-year-old Keshav, was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi again, going into rhyme over the series of leaks, including CBSE board papers, to say that the “chowkidar” was weak. Using Twitter as his platform to attack the government, as he has been doing with clockwork regularity lately, he also used the hashtag BasEkAurSaal , a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government was conducting an internal inquiry into reports claiming that the CBSE Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers had been leaked. A new system would be put in place from Monday to ensure no leaks take place and the government would ensure that there is no injustice, Javadekar ...

The Income-Tax Department on Thursday released a pan-India list of 24 defaulting individuals and companies who owe about Rs 490 crore in taxes to the exchequer but have either gone untraceable or have reported inadequate assets for payment of dues. The department issued an advertisement as part of its name and shame defaulters policy in leading national dailies titled ‘List ...