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In a major success, security forces Friday shot dead six Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants during an encounter in forest area of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “In one of the most successful operations this year, six Lashkar militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Wagahama area of Bijbehara in Anantnag district,” a police spokesman said. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On a day of hectic political developments, Governor Satya Pal Malik this evening dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly following rival claims to form the government. The Governor passed an order dissolving the Assembly in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Section 53 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. The dissolution followed rival ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A man threw chilli powder at Arvind Kejriwal outside his office in the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday, an attack the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) described as “politically motivated” while asserting that the BJP is hatching a conspiracy in collusion with Delhi Police to attack the chief minister. Even as the man behind the attack – Anil Kumar ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Establishment of the Delhi School of Public Health and the Delhi School of Public Policy, a DU campus in Najafgarh and a hostel for foreign students are among a slew of initiatives to be undertaken by the Delhi University, vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi announced at the 95th convocation on Monday. This year, the university awarded degrees to more ...

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Rs 8,000 crore has been earmarked for completion of all developmental projects which have been hanging fire for decades for want of adequate resources. He directed the administration to gear up for completing the projects within the set time frame. “Rs 8,000 crore has been earmarked for completion of all such projects ...

Private trains can run on the track of Delhi Metro. The central government is working on this plan to rescue Metro from the financial crisis. A new formula has been made under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. Under this, it can be given to the private company to hire and run the Metro coach. Officials believe that without the ...

A 30-year-old man was booked for allegedly bursting firecrackers in east Delhi despite a Supreme Court ban on selling and burning of old stock, the first such case to be registered since the restrictions were enforced. Police were informed on November 1 by a neighbour of accused Damandeep that the latter was bursting old firecrackers, they added. The neighbour told ...

Workers — skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled — in the city will get raised wages from this month under the Delhi government’s minimum wages rules notified in March this year, AAP minister Gopal Rai said Thursday. Talking to reporters here, the Delhi labour minister said unskilled worker will get a total of Rs 14,000 this month, which includes three months of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The India International Trade Fair will be held, between November 14-27, on a smaller scale as only one fourth space compared to previous editions will be available for exhibition at Pragati Maidan, organisers ITPO said Tuesday. The shortage of exhibition space is due to the construction work being undertaken for the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre Project. The fair ...

A Clean Air Week would be organised from 01 tob 05 November, 2018 in collaboration with the Government of Delhi and the four major NCR cities to control the air pollution. For this, 52 teams have been formed to ensure compliance and safety and take quick action. The teams will be jointly flagged off by Union Minister for Environment, Forest ...