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Providing relief to a large number of class 10 students who will be appearing for board exams next week, the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) has decided to grant a one-time relaxation in passing marks. This new rule is only for current batch students, the pass mark criteria have been kept at overall 33 per cent. There will be ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, was today arrested by the CBI in connection with its probe in the INX media case, officials here said. Karti was taken into custody by a team of CBI officials at the Chennai airport on his return from the United Kingdom, they said. After completing necessary formalities, the ...

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking facility for the convenience of members using EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in addition to the existing web facility already available at EPFO’s website www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR. The facility on e-KYC Portal has further added a new feature to link UAN ...

After receiving a clutch of complaints that schools are detaining students on pre-board test result, the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) strictly ordered affiliated schools not to detain students from appearing for the boards. The board issued an advisory to all schools asking them to follow examination byelaws in letter and spirit. CBSE has warned the schools saying that ...

The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card. A bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ketkar, however, directed the Maharashtra government to look into the grievances of technological glitches faced by residents of the state in the digitisation of their ration card, and subsequently, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Narendra Modi led NDA government has decided to allow private developers to come up with affordable housing ventures on the premises of as many as 600 railway stations across the country. The move is part of Railway Ministry’s ambitious station development programme which also envisages malls, shopping arcades, indoor games facilities and even space for socio-cultural ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Nine children of a Government primary school were crushed to death by a speeding vehicle when they were crossing the highway in front of the school at Dharampur under Meenapur block in north Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Saturday. In this tragic incident, 24 children were left injured. They were rushed to SKMCH in Muzaffarpur where four of ...

In a shocking incident that came to light from Odisha, a wedding gift received by a newly wedded couple exploded. The explosion cost the lives of two people including the groom. The incident occurred in Patnagarh, Balangir district in Odisha. In the incident, the grandmother of the groom also lost her life. The groom succumbed to his injuries while he ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Election Commission today announced that biennial polls to 59 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on March 23, following which the BJP’s strength in the Upper House is expected to rise. Fifty-eight of the Rajya Sabha seats will be falling vacant in April while a by-poll to fill a seat from Kerala will also be held ...

A horrifying incident has been reported from Unnao in UP. An 18 year old girl has reportedly been burnt alive by goons. The girl belonged to a minority community. Given the sensitive nature of the crime police has deployed in the area. Given the seriousness of the incident, SP Pushpanjali herself came to the spot for an inspection. Police said ...