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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union government is going to make amendment in the provision of the Indian Evidence act-1872 shortly. As mobile phone has become basic necessity and the circulation of images and videos have become much easier so government has realized that such images and videos can act as a primary evidence in criminal proceedings. With an objective of incorporating images and ...

In a horrifying incident, a seven- year-old boy was brutally attacked and mauled to death by half-a-dozen stray dogs in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, the police said today. Vikki, a son of a migrant labour from Uttar Pradesh, was attacked by the dogs while he was returning home from a near- by market in Amarkot village under Paonta sub division, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a shocking incident, a woman principal of a private school in Haryana’s Yamunanagar town was shot dead on Saturday by an agitated Class 12 student who had been rusticated. Principal Ritu Chhabra was shot at thrice allegedly by the student in her office at the Swami Vivekanand Public School in Thapar Colony of Yamunanagar town, around ...

A seven-year-old was allegedly stabbed by a senior girl student. He is now at the trauma centre of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow. The boy got deep wounds on chest and stomach but is now reportedly out of danger.According to the victim’s statement a ‘didi with boy-cut hair’ took him to the bathroom on the second floor, slapped ...

India on Thursday test fired its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V, which can reach targets as far as Beijing. The firing took place from the Abdul Kalam Island facility off the Odisha coast. A Defence Ministry official said the pre-induction test of the highly sophisticated and world class game-changer missile was successful. Developed by the Defence Research ...

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 ...