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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 ...

A complaint has been filed against singer and reality TV show judge Papon for kissing a minor girl. In her complaint, Supreme Court lawyer Runa Bhayan has mentioned about a video where the singer is seen celebrating Holi with the contestants of the TV reality show. Towards the end of the video, he kisses a minor girl after applying colours ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India has been ranked 81st in the global corruption perception index for 2017, released by Transparency International, which named the country among the “worst offenders” in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia Pacific region. The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, placed India at the ...