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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday announced postponement of a November 22 opposition conclave in Delhi to chalk out details of the proposed anti-BJP front. Emerging from an hour-long meeting with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here, Naidu told reporters that the fresh date for the meeting of non-BJP parties ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU National Security Adviser Ajit Doval interfered in the corruption investigation against CBI number two Rakesh Asthana and did not allow searches that were important to the inquiry, an officer claimed in a petition to the Supreme Court today. CBI officer Manish Kumar Sinha, who was abruptly transferred while investigating bribe charges against Rakesh Asthana, also claimed that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If the BJP is wooing the electorate in the Congress citadel of Amethi through frequent visits by its Union minister Smriti Irani, local MP Rahul Gandhi has kept his promise to local farmers, sending Israeli banana saplings for them. “The local farmers had met their MP during his last visit and talked about scope of cultivating bananas ...

With rising air pollution in India, particularly in the Delhi NCR around Diwali, the air purification industry has grown more than seven times in last three years to around 3.5 lakh units and is expanding to tier-II cities now. During the month of October and in the first week of November, air purifiers markers such as Eureka Forbes, Honeywell, Blueair, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Senior Congress leader and former Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari has urged the Centre and Punjab to work closely for maintaining peace in the state, describing Sunday’s blasts in Amritsar as the Pakistan ISI’s attempt to reactivate the Khalistan file. As someone who lost his father to militancy in Punjab, Tewari said, “The state government and the people ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for information leading to the arrest of the suspects involved in the Adliwal grenade blast. The information can be provided at Punjab Police helpline 181. The identity of the informers will be kept secret. Meanwhile, an NIA team visited the blast site ...

NITI Aayog has constituted the ‘Himalayan State Regional Council’ to ensure sustainable development of the Indian Himalayan region. The Council has been constituted to review and implement identified action points based on the Reports of five Working Groups, which were established along thematic areas to prepare a roadmap for action. Recognizing the uniqueness of the Himalayas and the challenges for ...

Government announced on Tuesday that it will release a coin of 75 rupees on the occasion of 75th anniversary of hoisting of the tricolor in Port Blair for the first time by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The Finance Ministry has issued a notification in this regard. The notification states, ” On the occasion of hoisting of the Indian flag by ...

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and UNICEF India, have come together this Children’s Day, to provide an open platform to young children of India, to contribute towards sustainable development. Celebrating innovation on the occasion of the National Children’s Day, the UNICEF – Atal Tinkering Labs Young Champions Awards were announced today by Dr Rajiv Kumar,Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog and Mr. ...

A 19-year-old athlete allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his hostel room at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in South Delhi, police said Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Palender Chaudhary. Police were informed about the matter at 9 pm on Tuesday by Safdarjung Hospital. Chaudhary was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state by ...