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DAINIK NATION BUREAU A minor daughter of a Delhi Police personnel was allegedly raped by a juvenile, police said. She told police that her cousin introduced her to the accused, whose father is also a Delhi Police personnel, six months ago and they became friends, he said. Police said the victim lives in a society in Dwarka North while the accused ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of Lakhwar-Byasi multi-purpose project between six states was signed at National Media Centre, New Delhi on Tuesday. Under Lakhwar project, a 204 meter high concrete dam will be built on Yamuna river at Lohari village in Dehradun district. The dam will have water carrying capacity of 330.66 MCM. This ...

A Delhi court today acquitted two men, accused of hijacking a New Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines flight and forcing it to land in Pakistan in 1981. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey granted the relief to Tajinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh. According to the prosecution, on September 29, 1981, the two allegedly hijacked an Indian Airlines flight from New Delhi en ...

Delhi today joined global cities using a common card for commuting in public transport, with Metro smart card becoming a valid mode of payment for travel in DTC and Cluster buses. The Delhi government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) agreed to authorise the Metro smart card as common mobility card for paying fares in DTC and cluster buses. ...

A woman was allegedly set ablaze by three men after she resisted their gangrape attempt. The incident took place in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Monday. The woman has been admitted to the hospital with severe burn injuries. According to reports, the accused persons were harassing the victim for some time. Last week, the victim’s husband went to Tamil Nadu for ...

A disturbing event has come to light in the posh Connaught Place area in the country’s capital Delhi. The girl behind the wheels dragged a homeless woman 100 meters after running over her. Police managed to stop the vehicle. According to the Delhi Police, on the Outer Circle in Connaught Place, at around 9 pm, a student took her SUV ...

Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said here today. Indian troops carried out operations last night after the ceasefire violations. “In retaliatory action to unprovoked ceasefire violations and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration by Pakistan Army ...

The 40th batch of 68 pilgrims — the smallest so far — today left the base camp here for the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, the police said. The pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp in the early hours here under tight security arrangements, a police official said. He said the pilgrims are ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has  requested the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar to provide central assistance to NAAC rating colleges in Uttarakhand like othert Himalayan states, opening of a medical college in Haridwar for betterment of education and start of a professional college in the state. CM met Union Human Resource Development Minister in New Delhi on Thursday. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modil will inaugurate the Investors Summit in Dehradun on October 7. Uttarakhand Destination Investors Summit will be organised in Dehradun on October 7 and 8. Chief Minister Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and invited him for the Investors Summit to be organised in Dehradun. Prime Minister ...