Delhi

DAINIK NATION BUREAU NITI Aayog released today a comprehensive Health Index report titled, “Healthy States, Progressive India” at a function in the capital today. The report ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance with respect to each other. The report was released jointly by the CEO, NITI ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU All coaches of the Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto trains will soon have four CCTV cameras each to ensure passenger safety, a railways official said. Twenty-three pairs of Rajdhani, 26 pairs of Shatabdi and 18 pairs of Duronto trains would have the facility, he said yesterday. “All Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto train coaches are to be fitted with ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Delhi High Court today upheld the conviction of seven Uttarakhand policemen for the infamous Ranbir Singh fake encounter that took place in Dehradun in 2009. At the same time, the high court set aside the conviction and life term of 11 other policemen who were also held guilty in the fake encounter case. A special CBI ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A lawyer’s remark that ‘nari narak ka dwar hai’ (women are the gateway to hell) today drew the ire of the Delhi High Court which warned him of stern action. The statement was made by the lawyer who was representing a Delhi-based ashram of Virender Dev Dixit, facing a CBI probe for allegedly confining women and girls. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State Social welfare minister Yashpal Arya said that to wipe out manual scavenging system cent percent and disposal of human waste and garbage state government needs central assistance. For this state wants to set up waste treatement plant with modern technique. He was attending the national survey on manual scavenger, which was organized by social justice and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The national capital has been brought under a ground-to-air security cover in view of the Republic Day celebrations and the visit of 10 ASEAN leaders for a high-profile summit here, a senior police official said today. Thousands of armed personnel have been keeping a tight vigil for Republic Day in Delhi and in border areas of the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday described President Ram Nath Kovind’s order disqualifying 20 of its MLAs for holding offices of profit is unconstitutional. It is dangerous for democracy. The president today accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs. Madanlal, one of the 20 disqualified MLAs, said all hopes hinge upon the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party for holding offices of profit. A notification issued by the law ministry quoted the president as saying that in the light of the opinion expressed by the Election Commission (EC), the 20 members of the Delhi ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Seventeen people are feared dead after a fire ripped through a two-storey factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana industrial area this evening, a Delhi Fire Services official said. The police have so far confirmed nine deaths in the fire. The official said, the blaze, which started from a firecracker factory, has been brought under control. The rescue operations are underway ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Supreme court has upheld the Delhi high court’s decision on Friday. In which rape victim was challenging the court verdict that had acquitted the Peepli live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui of the rape charges. A bench comprised of Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara has rejected her plea on the ground that the High court has “extremely well ...