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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 ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Virtually sounding the Lok Sabha poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at critics of the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections. A few in the state were creating an “atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust” for ‘selfish’ interests, he said addressing a well-attended BJP rally here. He took a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU National carrier Air India has offered air tickets at very affordable all-inclusive rates on its domestic and international sectors in the economy class as its tribute to the nation on the occasion of Republic Day, an airline spokesman said on Friday. The tickets with these special fares will be on sale for three days starting from January ...

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to stay the proposed amendments to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for the accused. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said the pending review petition filed by the Centre against the apex court’s March 20, 2018 verdict and the pleas challenging the new amendments made ...

The Supreme Court Friday decided to examine the Centre’s decision to grant 10 percent reservation in jobs and education to poor candidates belonging to general category. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the central government on various petitions challenging the validity of the Constitution (103 Amendment) Act, 2019, which paved the way ...

Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will be launching three important centre’s set up by Department of Science and Technology (DST), nucleated at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) on 25th January 2019 at IIT Madras in Chennai. The first of these is the establishment of DST –IITM Solar ...