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A local court has quashed non-bailable warrants issued against Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rana, BJP MLA Sangit Som and BJP MP Bhartendu Singh in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The NBWs were issued on November 15 following permission from the state government to prosecute them. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Madhu Gupta yesterday quashed non-bailable warrants against four persons–Rana, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Five-time BJP MLA Jairam Thakur has been declared as the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh after he was elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday. He would sworn in as new CM on December 27. The decision was taken at a meeting of BJP MLAs. Thakur’s name was proposed by Suresh Bharadwaj ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has strengthened itself by creating more Border Outposts (BOP). It happened after the Dokalam standoff with China. Addressing the border guarding force during its 54th anniversary parade here, the minister said the SSB not only guards India’s border with Nepal and Bhutan, it also takes ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU More than 30 people killed and several others injured when a bus fell into the Banas river from an 100-foot high bridge in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed condolence to the affected families. The bus was ferrying passengers from Lal Soth to Sawai Madhopur, about 65 km away. It was being ...

An eight-year-old girl from Kondhwa was repeatedly raped over the last five months by an 18-year-old boy and four minors who live in the vicinity of her house. The incident came to light on Thursday when the girl’s father took her to a doctor after she complained of pain in the stomach. After conducting a medical examination, the doctor informed ...

Sachin Tendulkar found himself on a different pitch on Thursday when the former India opener and captain was greeted by vociferous sloganeering when delivering his first speech as a Rajya Sabha MP. Members of the Opposition shouted “BJP sharam karo” as sloganeering continued in the Upper House of Parliament on the fourth day. Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 11 am ...

Indian Railways on the path of modernization through widespread technological and infrastructure upgradation Contribute to ‘Make in India’ and ‘Skill India’ and help generate large scale employment Foster innovative entrepreneurship and support start-up India initiative Use of latest pedagogy and technology applications: Envisioned to be a best-in-class institute which will use latest pedagogy and technology applications to provide high-quality education ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK’s Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi have been acquitted by a special CBI court, freeing them of all charges made against them in the 2G spectrum scam, which was the biggest scam of the UPA era. The Court said that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any of its charge, said ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If things move in right direction then Army officer would retire late in coming years. As the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has directed the union government and the Army to increase the retirement age of Army officers by two years. With this increase you bring them at par with similarly placed officers in the Navy. Disposing of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true, the RBI may withdraw Rs 2,000 notes or stop printing high denomination currency in coming days. it has been revealed in a report of SBI Research. Analysing the data presented in the Lok Sabha recently with the one provided by RBI in its Annual Report earlier, the SBI Eco-flash report says “we observe that ...