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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said though the Supreme Court has not stayed its September 28 decision, permitting all women to offer prayers at the hill shrine at Sabarimala, his government would take a final call on the issue after consulting legal experts. Speaking to reporters here, Vijayan said the state government would take legal advice on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAUThe Supreme Court Tuesday refused to stay its verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple but agreed to hear in open court on January 22 a batch of review petitions in the matter. The review petitions against the September 28 verdict were taken up ‘in-chamber’ by a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan ...

The Cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’ over Westcentral and adjoining Eastcentral & South Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 1130 hrs IST of today, the 13th November, 2018 over West central and adjoining East central & South Bay of Bengal near latitude 13.5°N and longitude 86.6°E, about 690 km ...

A Delhi court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of journalist Upendra Rai, arrested in a money laundering case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal denied the relief to Rai, saying the allegations against him were serious. The court took note of the submissions made by ED’s special public prosecutors N K Matta and ...

The Election Commission of India today announced the launch of its newly designed website at https://eci.gov.in . The completely revamped website features a streamlined and simplified design, improved functionality, and enriched content areas which will help visitors to make well-informed decisions regarding their election-related matters. The new website has been built keeping users in mind. The streamlined user interface provides ...

A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot “mistakenly” pressed the ‘hijack button’ when it was taxiing for take-off, sources said. The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after “satisfactory” security checks, they said. While there was no immediate official reaction, the sources ...

The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel slammed the state government over poor pre-monsoon preparedness and asked its Public ...

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday inducted three major artillery gun systems, including the M777 American Ultra Light Howitzers and the K-9 Vajra, into the Army. The third gun system inducted is the ‘Composite Gun Towing Vehicle’ for towing some of the existing guns in service with the country, while K-9 Vajra is a self-propelled artillery gun. The induction ceremony here ...

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the following: “In-principle” approval for leasing out six airports of AAI viz. Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru for operation, management and development under Public Private Partnership (PPP) through Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC). Constitution of an Empowered Group of Secretaries headed by CEO, NITI Aayog ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has created three new regiond to reduce the burden of growing schools. Uttar Pradesh has now two regions. This has reduced the scope of Dehradun, Panchkula and Delhi region. Board secretary Anurag Tripathi has issued the notice. There were ten regions of CBSE so far. In the year 2013, CBSE had established Dehradun ...