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DAINIK NATION BUREAU VK Shashikala, the live-in-aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been enjoying VIP facilities in jail, a query under the Right to Information Act has found. The 59-year-old, who is serving a four-year jail term after being convicted in disproportionate assets case, had managed to get many of the privileges she was not entitled ...

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik, will inaugurate the 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on the ‘Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products; Advancing global collaboration’ being organized from 23-25 January, 2019 in Goa. The organizers of the forum are the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, under the Ministry of AYUSH. International drug regulators dealing ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Senior Congress leader and Minister D K Shivakumar Saturday said all ministers in the party including him were ready to step aside from the cabinet in the interest of the party to accommodate those MLAs who aredissatisfied. “We are loyal soldiers of the party. When Dharm Singh government was there I was kept out of the government ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The head of a 56-year-old woman was smashed and severed after hitting an electric pole when she leaned out of the window of a rashly-driven bus to vomit here in Madhya Pradesh Friday, police said. The incident took place near Diamond crossing here and the victim was identified as Asha Rani, who was travelling from Satna district ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Railways is planning to replace its passengers trains with MEMU ones for regional connectivity in the golden quadrilateral as it is expected to reduce journey time and de-congest high traffic routes, a senior official said Friday. The Golden Quadrilateral, which connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, comprises the most congested routes on the rail network. “With ...

The spiritual capital of India – Varanasi or Kashi, is all set to welcome over 400 NRI guests participating in PBD 2019 starting next week. People of Kashi will host the stay and care for more than one thousand five hundred NRI guests in their homes under Kashi Atithya scheme. These guests will get to experience essence of ‘Atithi Devo ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A thick blanket of fog covered the National Capital Territory this morning. All departures from Delhi Airport were on hold from 5:30 am to 7 am today and most of the arrivals were also hit due to poor visibility and bad weather. Train services have also been affected with 10 trains to Delhi running late due to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Self-styled ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a journalist in 2002. The three others who were convicted along with Ram Rahim in the murder last Friday have also been given the life term by a special court in Haryana’s Panchkula through video conference this evening. They are ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court has eased the rules for dance bars in Maharashtra, striking down stringent laws imposed by the state. The top court said dance and liquor can go together. A provision mandating that dance bars in the state should be 1 km away from religious places and educational institutions was cancelled by the court, saying it ...

Earthquake shocks in Andaman and Nicobar islands are reported. According to the information, tremors of magnitude 6.0 have been felt here. According to the initial information, there is no news of any kind of damage. The News Agency said in reference to the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) Director, SPS Chenoi, that no special increase has been ...