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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the second phase of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) inaugurated 70 new model degree colleges, eleven professional colleges, one women university and more than 60 higher education institutes of Entrepreneurship and innovation through video conferencing by pressing the remote button at Srinagar(Jammu and Kashmir) on Sunday. This included two new model degree ...

Twelve persons who arrived at Sanganer Airport here from Malaysia were held by the police due to fake entries in their passports, officials said. “There were some fake entries in their passports. On information by immigration officials, 12 persons were held upon their arrival. They all came in an AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning,” SHO of Sanganer ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the budget as the budget for New India which will energise the nation. In a series of Tweets and the statement after the presentation of interim budget 2019-20, PM said that over 12 crore farmers and their families, over 3 crores middle class tax payers professionals and their families and 30-40 crore labourers will ...

A Mirage 2000 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed at the HAL Airport here Friday killing a pilot on the spot and leaving another critically injured, police said. “The body of one of the pilots is completely charred while the second pilot is in a serious condition,” a police officer at the HAL Airport police station said. The HAL, ...

Interim Budget 2019-20 was presented in Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways & Coal, Piyush Goyal. Besides having a major Scheme for the farmers, it provides tax sops and sets the Developmental Agenda for the years to come. A New Deal for 12 Crore Small and Marginal farmers with direct income support, a path breaking ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday once again refused to stay amendments to the SC/ST Act that restored the no anticipatory bail provision and said all matters including the Centre’s review petition will be heard on February 19. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said the issue requires hearing in detail and it will be appropriate if all matters ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal to bring General budget on February 1. This has been disclosed by an official while interacting with media person unofficially. They have been told by the finance minister to print general budget in place of vote on account on budget speech. With this decision they have been going to break the tradition. ...

In Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar, there was a major accident on Monday. Here the Jaguar fighter aircraft of IAF has crashed. This incident happened in the morning near Hatimpur. The residential area is near the spot of the accident. Just before the crash, the pilot saved his life by jumping off from a parachute. As soon as the fighter plane crashed ...

Acknowledging its made-in-India status, the Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18 as Vande Bharat Express, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said Sunday. The train is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160kmph. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off the train soon. The 16-coach train, built in 18 months at ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CBI has transferred the Investigating Officer (IO) of the ICICI Bank loan case, claiming a “discreet inquiry” pointed to “information leak”. The transfer was made a day after the CBI registered an FIR in the case after searches on January 22. The agency’s move, however, has drawn criticism from Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who called it ...