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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Rapists, who had raped their sister’s 10 year old daughter, were sentenced to life imprisonment till their death by a court today. With this order court has sent message that no more leniency to rape accused. The two rapist, among whom the younger one impregnated the girl, have been asked to pay a fine of Rs 3.05 ...

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act. The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar and the counsel representing the petitioner sought an urgent hearing, saying similar pleas were already listed for hearing before the apex court tomorrow. Karnataka-based Mathew Thomas has moved the top ...

A 27-year-old woman was burnt alive allegedly by her brother-in-law at a village here after she resisted his attempt to rape her, the police said today. The incident took place last night when Neelam, a widow, was alone at her house in Labhari, they said, adding that she died on the spot. The police said that the woman’s father has ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU At least 20 people died and dozens were burned as a boiler exploded Wednesday afternoon in the newest power generating unit at a state-run NTPC plant in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The number of dead and injured may rise as many are believed to be trapped inside the unit. Many of the injured have suffered severe burns. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India defeated New Zealand by 53 runs here at Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi on Wednesday to bring up their maiden win against the Kiwis in T-20 Internationals. India’s opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan (80 from 52 balls) and Rohit Sharma (80 from 55 balls) blasted identical half tons to set the tone with a 158-run record opening stand ...

“Nivesh Bandhu” An Investor Facilitation Portal to be Launched during World Food India 2017 Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal chaired the Press Conference detailing about the activities to be undertaken in the World Food India 2017 Expo, here today. As India gets ready to host its biggest food event aiming to transform the food economy and ...

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to place before it details regarding 1,581 cases involving MPs and MLAs, as declared by politicians at the time of filing their nominations during the 2014 general elections. The apex court asked the government to apprise it as to how many of these 1,581 cases have been disposed of within one year and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court has sought minority status for Hindus in eight states where the religious community’s population has fallen below 50 per cent, as per census-2011. The plea has sought minority status for Hindus in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab where the population ...

In a bid to expedite the execution of work, which has been witnessing since arrival of new chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, state government has reshuffled 16 IAS including additional chief secretary today. Additional chief Secretary Ranbir Singh has been given additional charge of Forest and Environment and Additonal chief secretary Omprakash has been given additional charge of Civil aviation ...

SUNIL KUMAR In a bid to prepare blue print for the development of the state, which is going to complete its 18 years, Trivendra Singh Rawat led Uttarakhand government is going to organize a mind boggling session ahead of state foundation day here in Dehradun. In which National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Ajit Doval, Chief of Army staff Gen ...