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DAINIK NATION BUREAU With the much-hyped BJP’s national president Amit Shah two days long visit to Dehradun inching closer,  the party leaders, including the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, are looking tense  while they are going the whole hog to streamline things. While the party leaders are busy preparing for the slew of meetings Shah is scheduled to hold during ...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will dedicate the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation, at Kevadia in Gujarat on September 17, 2017.The inaugural event, held on the occasion of PM Modi’s 67th birthday on Sunday, will also see the culmination of the fortnight-long Narmada Mahotsav – launched by the Gujarat government to celebrate the completion of the work. The height ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a major breakthrough in the kidney scam Dehradun police have arrested its kingpin Dr Amit Kumar along with two other accused from Haryana on Saturday while they were planning to go to Nepal. Others arrested are Dr Jeevan and a nurse Sarla.  However,  a driver Pradeep alias Billu, another accused of the case, was arrested from Raiwala and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on inquiry report into the Pradyuman Thakur murder case, reveals that Ryan International School’s negligence on multiple counts, the CBSE has sent show cause notice to the school to explain why their affiliation should not be stripped. The enquiry report says that the murder that shocked the nation could have been averted. ‘From the sequence of ...

India’s burgeoning digital economy is expected to provide job opportunities to about 50-70 lakh youth in the country by 2020, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said yesterday. Reiterating the Centre’s commitment towards the country’s growth, Prasad said it is important to have affordable and inclusive technology to ensure growth and prosperity for the masses. Speaking at the Digital ...

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 ...