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DAINIK NATION BUREAU As Maharashtra struggled today to remain calm during a third consecutive day of caste tension, the government and the Congress exchanged angry accusations in parliament over the alleged targeting of Dalits. Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress alleged that anti-Dalit violence is increasing and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the caste clashes in Maharashtra is astounding. He ...

Several towns and cities in Maharashtra were on edge today as Dalit protests against yesterday’s violence in Pune spilled over to capital Mumbai, with agitators damaging scores of buses, and disrupting road and rail traffic, officials said. Clashes between Dalit groups and supporters of right-wing Hindu organisations during the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in Pune district had ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Upset with the poor infrastructure in government school, state education minister has decided to donate his one month’s salary to improve basic infrastructure of the government schools. Even officer have announced to donate their one day’s salary for the same purpose. School principals may also give their one day salary for the same. Moreover, education minister Pandey ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Parliament has cleared the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill. The Rajya Sabha approved amendments to the legislation that bars owners of defaulting firms from bidding to buy back assets when they are auctioned as part of the bankruptcy proceedings. Already cleared by the Lok Sabha, the Bill sailed through with comfort in the Upper House despite ...

The contentious bill that criminalises instant triple talaq among Muslims, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha today. The bill, which makes instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, was passed by the Lower House last week. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) ...

Six flights were cancelled and over 60 delayed due to fog at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here this morning. Nearly 40 domestic and 26 international flights were among those delayed. According to the Indian Meteorological department, general visibility improved to 200 metres at IGI as compared to zero metres the past two days. The runway visual range (RVR) was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The ministry of tourism has advised all states and union territories to identify tourist spots which are prone to accidents and erect signs warning visitors of the dangers involved in taking selfies at such locations, the government said today. In his reply to a question uploaded on the Lok Sabha website, K J Alphons, the minister of ...

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country have got more autonomy in their functioning with restricted government’s role in their functioning and power to award degrees instead of diplomas to their graduates, according to a new law. President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017, yesterday, and it has now become ...

Clear water bodies dotted with 10,000 seaplanes, ‘floating cities’ in the form of ocean cruises and electric vehicles zipping on dedicated highway lanes — that’s the future as envisioned by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. For the ‘go-getter’ minister at the helm of affairs to overhaul the country’s infrastructure, India has the potential to realise all this and much more. “I ...

The Mumbai civic administration has cracked down on restaurants and started razing unauthorised constructions, in the wake of a fire at a rooftop pub in central Mumbai’s Lower Parel which snuffed out 14 lives. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took action against at least five eateries and restaurants following yesterday’s fire at Kamala Mills compound. A BMC official confirmed that ...