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The Ministry of Railways is having a rethink on flexi-fares and bringing in a dynamic pricing system that will help increase occupancy and enhance revenues, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today. Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha, he also said his ministry was planning a major overhaul of the obsolete signalling system currently being used and to introduce latest ...

A 14-year-old girl ended her life after authorities at the private school where she studied allegedly didn’t allow her to attend classes for not paying the fees, police said. The girl, a Class IX student, allegedly hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Malkajgiri area on Thursday evening. She was feeling humiliated after she was asked to ...

A 12-hour bandh called by the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHCO) began in parts of Nagaland today amidst tight security. The bandh has been called against an official notification for the February 27 Assembly poll despite a general appeal for solution of the Naga political problem before the elections. While the bandh was being peacefully ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Motivated by the success of various schemes to check black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that the government will continue to take more such initiatives in the future to deal with the menace. Presenting the Union Budget 2018-19, he said that an excess amount of about Rs 90,000 crore was collected by the government in ...

 DAINIK NATION BUREAU The salaries of the President and the Vice President have been increased to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh per month respectively, in a rectification of an anomaly. Announcing the hike in their salaries in his Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the emoluments of the President, the Vice President and the Governors were last ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said India is expected to register a growth rate of 7.2-7.5 per cent in the second half of the current fiscal and is on way to becoming the 5th largest economy of the world. While unveiling the Budget 2018-19, he said, India has grown on an average of 7.5 per cent ...

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain has been arrested for allegedly spying and sharing crucial information with a woman on WhatsApp and Facebook. The accused was posted with Air Headquarters in New Delhi. The spying was unearthed during counter-intelligence surveillance conducted by the IAF’S Central Security and Investigation team. “The IAF Central Security and Investigation team discovered that the ...

The third Scorpene class submarine constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited for the Indian Navy, was launched today, 31 January 2018 by Mrs Reena Lanba, President Navy Wives Welfare Association after the recitation of Sanskrit shlokas from the Atharva Veda and traditional ceremonies associated with the launch of naval platforms. She also named this submarine as ‘Karanj’ and wished her ...

The government is planning to abolish all posts which have been vacant for more than five years, and has directed all ministries and department to submit a comprehensive report on the matter. In an office memorandum, the Finance Ministry said it had asked all ministries and departments to submit an action-taken report regarding abolition of posts vacant for more than ...

An eight-month-old baby girl has been raped allegedly by her cousin in the Indian capital, Delhi. The girl is reportedly in a critical condition at a local hospital where she was brought in on Sunday. Police told the media that they had arrested the 28-year-old accused, described as a daily wage worker. Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal, who ...