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DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a huge relief to 20 AAP MLAs disqualified for allegedly holding ‘office of profit’ as parliamentary secretaries, the Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the Presidential notification disqualifying them and asked the Election Commission to give them a fresh hearing. “Opinion of Election Commission of India (given to the President of India) dated January 19, 2018, is vitiated ...

Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav has been found guilty in the fourth case of the fodder scam. Today, a special CBI court in Ranchi, linked to the Dumka Treasury, convicted 19 accused including Lalu Prasad. Whereas 12 accused, including former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, have been acquitted. Lalu Prasad Yadav was asked by the ...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to RIMS Hospital in Ranchi. After the advice of the doctors, the prison management has taken this decision. Lalu Yadav may have many types of checkups in the hospital. It is noteworthy that the decision on illegal withdrawal of 3.13 crore rupees from the Dumka Treasury in the fodder scam has still ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Congress president Rahul Gandhi today again trained his guns on the government over the Rafale fighter jets deal, alleging that it had caused a loss of Rs 36,000 crore to the state exchequer even as the Army “begs” for more money. He also alleged that Dassault Aviation, the French company that manufactured the fighter jets, had called ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Disappointed with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, Punjab unit leaders today condemned AAP’s national convenor’s step in unanimous voice, saying his “meek surrender” was “painful and very unfortunate.” They also said that state unit leaders were now facing allegations whether Kejriwal had entered into an understanding with Akali Dal by ...

An FIR has been lodged against Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Atul Johri at Vasant Kunj North Police Station in Delhi for allegedly molesting and indulging in obscene comments on female students. It has been alleged that Professor Atul Johari, Life Science professor of JNU, during class, has been using obscene remarks and comments on female students. Several JNU students were ...

V K Jain, the advisor to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has resigned citing personal reasons and family commitments, days after he was questioned by police in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, sources said today. “Jain has resigned from the post of advisor to the Delhi chief minister citing personal reasons and family commitment,” one ...

Two college students died and three of their friends were injured when a late night joy-ride turned tragic in south Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on Sunday. The police said 19-year-old Diksha Dadu was driving under the influence of alcohol when she rammed into a traffic pole. The accident took place at around 2.45 am. The airbags of the Hyundai i20 car ...

A suspended BJP leader on the run since Saturday after being accused of crushing nine schoolchildren to death with his SUV while drunk has surrendered in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, police said today. Manoj Baitha had become a major source of embarrassment for the BJP, which rules Bihar in alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) as the opposition ...

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued a low danger avalanche warning for high-altitude areas in the state, including the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, and advised people to take precautionary measures. On the basis of information received from Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), low danger avalanche warning has been issued for various high-altitude areas, an official spokesman said. The warning ...