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A government teacher, who was roped in for poll duty, has been booked for allegedly clicking a selfie, which he later circulated on social media, while casting his postal ballot, an election official said today. The education department has also issued a showcause notice to Kamlesh Kumar, an art teacher posted in Government Senior School Sainj. Kumar’s vote has been ...

The Union Health Ministry has issued a health advisory in view of the severe air pollution in the city. People have been advised the following: Remain indoors if you have breathing difficulty and try to keep children indoors as much as possible. Avoid morning walk or any other strenuous outdoor activity that increases breathing rate Drink plenty of water and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you were struggling hard to sum up your views within 140 character on twitter account, then twitter has doubled the word limit. With this extension now you can express your views easily. Since 2006 the 140 character was limit but now the limit has increased i.e. upto 280 character. Now it is available for all users ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true, state government is planning to earn more revenue from mining than state excise. For this they may appoint separate regulatory authority in Mining. State gives reason that with this they would earn more revenue than now by plugging all the prevailing loopholes. In this regard state has received a proposal from miner about how he ...

A Delhi court today initiated the process to declare beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya as a proclaimed offender for allegedly evading summons in a FERA violation case. It has now given him the last opportunity to appear before the court by December 18. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take appropriate steps while initiating the process. ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation today detained a Class XI student of Gurgaon, Haryana’s Ryan International School in connection with the gruesome murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur. The detention, which has been made under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (punishment for murder) and Section 25 of the Arms Act, comes as a major twist in the Pradyuman Thakur murder case, ...

A combination of smoke from stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana and moisture turned Delhi, India’s capital city, into a “gas chamber” on Tuesday, prompting authorities to announce a series of preventive measures including a four-fold hike in parking fees and slashing of metro fares. The smog brought down visibility levels, affecting flight and train operations. The heavy air permeated ...

BharatNet, a flagship project of the Government of India to provide Broadband services in rural and remote areas has entered in service provisioning phase. As on 05.11.2017, Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connectivity has been achieved in 1,03,275 GPs by laying fibre for 2,38,677 km. Due to several measures initiated to accelerate the end-to-end connectivity, GPON equipment has been installed in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has appealed all the State governments in the National Capital Region of Delhi to take effective steps for mitigating the levels of air pollution and bring them to acceptable levels. Currently he is in Bonn, Germany to attend 23rd conference of the united nations framework on climate change. He has also requested ...