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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Weather may spoil the upcoming winter session, which is schedule to happen at Bharadisain between December 7-13, because the area receives snow fall during winter. As we know that Trivendra Singh Rawat led Uttarakhand government has decided to convene winter session in newly constructed assembly at Bharadisain. Even Assembly has issued a notification on it. Ironically the ...

Torrential overnight rains for about ten hours brought this metropolis and neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur to a grinding halt, paralysing normal life completely. Schools and colleges, which are closed since 31 October due to rains, have been shut today as well in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. The Met department forecast heavy to very heavy showers in north ...

A fourteen day joint training exercise “PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017” between the Indian Army and the Kazakhstan Army commenced yesterday with the Opening Ceremony at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh. The joint exercise is aimed at enhancing the military ties between the two countries as also at achieving interoperability between the two armies. The training contingents comprise of platoon strength from the ...

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 ...