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DAINIK NATION BUREAU As many as 41 security personnel, including 20 policemen, were killed and 907 others injured in militancy-related and stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir valley this year, officials said today. Giving details, the officials said 39 security personnel, including 17 Army personnel, 20 policemen and two CRPF personnel, were killed and 96 others injured in militancy-related incidents in first ...

The water level in Yamuna river has crossed the danger level in Delhi following water discharge from Haryana’s Hathnikund Barrage and continuous rainfall. The river is currently flowing at 205.06 meters, which is 0.23 metres more than the danger level. The Delhi government has already issued an alert. The Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the city government has made ...

Militants have abducted a policeman from his home in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Special police officer (SPO) Mudasir Ahmad Lone was abducted by the militants from his home at Chainattar village last night, a police official said. Security forces have launched an operation to rescue the abducted policeman, he said.

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Girls of a government-funded shelter home here have alleged that one of their fellow inmates was beaten to death and buried at the premises of the facility, and several were raped. Following the allegations, the Bihar Police has launched a probe and dug up the grounds of the shelter home, but are yet to find the body. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The GST Council has pruned the 28 per cent slab by cutting tax rates on 191 goods over the last one year, leaving just 35 items, including AC, digital camera, video recorders, dishwashing machine and automobiles, in the highest tax bracket. There were around 226 goods in the 28 per cent category when Goods and Services Tax ...

A 35-year-old e-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death in southeast Delhi area yesterday by two men after he allegedly passed lewd comments about the sister of one of the accused, the police said. The deceased was identified as Jagdish. The accused, Aamir (24) and Zakir (19), were on their way to Dakshinpuri after meeting the former’s sister, Deputy Commissioner of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Lok Sabha would take up debate on opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government brought by the TDP and opposition parties, with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan admitting the notice. “The House will take up the debate (on the motion) on Friday, July 20th. The discussion will be held for the full day, followed by voting on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court has dismissed the state government’s petition seeking extension of anti-encroachment deadline. Instead, it has asked the government to approach the high court. With this rejection one thing is clear that state cities would be free from encroachment in next few weeks. Facing criticism from the public, its own MLAs and the Opposition on the ...

A woman lawyer was allegedly raped by a senior advocate in his chamber in South Delhi’s Saket court, police said on Sunday. The victim, in her statement to the police, said the accused, who was in an inebriated condition, sexually assaulted her in his chamber which was in the same complex where she worked, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Romil ...

A case of gangrape of a 15-year-old 10th class student in a private school in Parsagarh, Ekma police station in Saran district of Bihar has come to light. In all 18 people including the school principal, teachers and students have been charged. This shameful event of gang rape lasted seven months. The police arrested the principal of the school, a ...