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A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day today along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district. Constable Bijender Bahadur was on duty at forward point along the fence in Arnia sector along the IB when Pakistani Rangers resorted to mortar shelling and small arms fire at about 0020 hours ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The National Green Tribunal  has outrightly rejected the Centre’s plea seeking modification of its order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR. The Tribunal noted that emissions from diesel vehicles is carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24 petrol vehicles or otherwise 40 CNG vehicles. A bench led by Justice Swatanter Kumar government’s ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all schools affiliated to it to do psychometric evaluation of their employees. The circular which came in the wake of the brutal murder of a 7-year-old student at Ryan International, Noida, stated: “Schools must get police verification and psychometric evaluation done for all the staff employed. Such verification and evaluation for ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe have jointly laid down the foundation stone for India’s first bullet train, which is being constructed between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, here in Ahemedabad. In his address Abe said that Indo-Japan partnership is special, strategic and global too. This would give fillip to make in india project as ...

After renaming ‘Mughalsarai’ railway station as ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar’, Uttar Pradesh government may soon rechristen Allahabad as ‘Prayagraj’, its ancient name. An indication to this effect was given by the office bearers of All India Akhara Parishad (AIAP), an apex body of Hindu seers and saints after their meeting with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath here on Tuesday. The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU One of the kidneys of two donors out of four arrested by the police in connection with the kidney racket were found to be missing when the health department team conducted their medical examination on Tuesday. The ultrasound of the four donors was carried out at the associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC). One kidney ...

The government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018, said informed sources. Sources said that linking of Aadhaar and mobile is being done as per the orders of the Supreme Court passed in February this year in the Lokniti foundation case and all SIM cards have to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Indians especially Delhities could live four years longer in average if its air quality meets world health organization (WHO) standards. This has been claimed by Energy Policy Insitute, of Chicago (EPIC), which has prepared Air quality life Index  (AQLI) after through research. They said that if Delhi’s foul air is cleaned up and made to meet the ...

Two top officials of the Ryan International School were arrested today and the acting principal detained for questioning following the gruesome murder of a seven-year-old student on campus, even as the victim’s father moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe. The police claimed that evidence from the scene of crime had been tampered with and said they would bring ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Police has busted a kidney transplant racket with the arrest of a middleman in Dehradun district. The racket was unearthed when two persons from Kolkata were being packed off to Delhi without being paid the amount they were promised in lieu of one kidney each, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti said. The racket was being run ...