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A Border Security Force jawan was today killed as Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled Indian positions along the International Border in R S Pura sector of Jammu. “BSF troops are giving a befitting reply,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Jammu, Arun Manhas, said. A BSF personnel died in the heavy shelling. He has been identified as head constable Suresh. He ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Banned notes worth of around Rs 100 crores, which were being used as quilt on bed, have found on Tuesday at a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The police started counting the demonetised cash a little after midnight and, by this morning, had come to a figure of Rs. 97 crore with more to be counted. After a ...

An email requesting non-vegetarians to use “only the tray-type plates meant for non-veg dishes” has raked up a controversy on the IIT-Bombay campus. The mail also said: “Please do not use the ‘main’ plates for non-vegetarian dishes.” The request comes after several vegetarian students complained to the administration of hostel 11 of the institute. “I am getting complaints from many ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Punjab Cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh, who has been under fire from the opposition for his alleged involvement in sand mining auctions, has submitted his resignation as power and irrigation minister to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. “I have given my resignation from the ministry to the Captain Sahib. I gave my resignation personally to the chief minister ...

Aiming to strengthen partnership in the farm sector, India and Israel today said they are working on a five-year plan for cooperation in agriculture and water. A three-year joint programme (2018-20) has already commenced, under which the Centres of Excellence (COEs) are being set up across the country to train farmers about Israeli farm and water technologies. As many as ...

Aadhaar will include face recognition alongside iris or fingerprint scan as a means of verifying users, helping those who face issues in biometric authentication or have worn-out fingerprints, the authority in charge of the national identity card system said today. The face authentication will be enabled by July to help people facing difficulty in biometric authentication due to old age, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised more economic reforms to further improve the ease of doing business in India as he invited Israeli companies to invest here. Speaking at an Indo-Israel business event, he referred to the further opening up of the single brand retail to foreign investment recently as also allowing foreign airlines to buy stake ...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) here today. The two-day workshop is being organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). Underlining the importance of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure,  Rajnath Singh said that it creates opportunities for economic growth and is at ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives Israeli counterpart Benzamin Netanyahu by breaking protocol at the airport on Sunday. Later, they attended a ceremony at the Teen Murti Memorial here to mark the renaming of Teen Murti Chowk as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk. The two leaders also laid a wreath and signed the visitor’s book at the memorial. The three ...

A Pawan Hans helicopter, which was heading to ONGC’s north field with seven persons onboard, went missing off the Mumbai coast today, official sources said. The Indian Navy has deployed a frigate and a surveillance aircraft to locate the missing chopper while the Coast Guard said that “some debris has been located”, but did not elaborate. The chopper, Dauphin N3, ...