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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Commenting on Kapil Sibal’s appeal in the apex court to defer hearing in the Ramjanambhoomi dispute till General election-2019, BJP national President Amit Shah asked Rahul Gandhi to clear the Congress stand on it. Alleging the Congress have double standard on the touchy issue Shah said BJP wants to end the matter as soon as possible. Shah asked ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A day after Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav, who was disqualifed from the Rajya Sabha,  reiterated  on Tuesday that he would intensify his fight to save democracy. Yadav tweeted “I am disqualified from the Rajya Sabha as the ‘mahagathbandan’ which was formed to defeat the NDA in Bihar and after 18 months to break it and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court will commence on February 8, 2018 its hearing on a batch of petitions challenging a 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit that had divided the disputed Babri Masjid site between the Nirmohi Akhara, Lord Ram deity and the Sunni Waqf board. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Ashok ...

As Mumbai braces for Cyclone Ockhi, areas near the metropolis witnessed a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed today as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early today, police said. The weather department has forecast intermittent rains in Mumbai and suburbs in the next ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As Gujarat nears the first phase of Assembly polls, all eyes are set on two temples that epitomise “the pride and power of the Patidar community” and exercise considerable influence among members, political analysts feel. The Khodaldham Temple in Rajkot district, built by the Leuva sect of Patidars, and the Umiya Dham temple in Mehsana district of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After four years again the Uttar Pradesh Police is running after buffaloes,which were stolen by someone from MLA’s farm house, these days. Two buffaloes – a mother and a calf – were stolen from a farmhouse of BJP MLA from Hargaon in Sitapur, Suresh Rahi, the police said today. An FIR was filed in this connection by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Acting legend Shashi Kapoor died in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Ambani Hospital on Monday. He was 79. His nephew, actor Randhir Kapoor, disclosed to media that Shashi Kapoor, who had been in a wheelchair for years, had been suffering from a kidney ailment and had been undergoing dialysis. “Yes he has passed away. He had kidney problem since several ...

The Madhya Pradesh assembly on Monday unanimously passed a bill that will see rapists of girls 12 years or below being hanged till death. The move comes after the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Cabinet approved the bill last week. Called Dand Vidhi (Madhya Pradesh Sanshodhan) Vidheyak, 2017, the bill will be sent to the Centre and will need the assent of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you get upset with your inflated electricity bill and worried over the depleting ozone layer due to excessive use of Ac then don’t worry because scientists are busy in research to find out its permanent solution. In this regard IIT, Roorkee has joined hand with the scientist of UK university. They have been jointly working on ...

The government has begun a project to develop six nuclear-powered attack submarines which will boost the Indian Navy’s overall strike capabilities. The project comes at a time when the country is witnessing China’s naval build-up and its increasing military manoeuvring in the Indo-Pacific region. The initiation of the ambitious project was confirmed by Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, who ...