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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Jammu and Kashmir Police have released a girl, who was arrested a day before Republic day from south Kashmir on the suspicion of being a “suicide bomber”. An 18 years old Pune girl was handed over to members of her family, who were camping in Srinagar, after the police found nothing incriminating against her. Sadiya Anwar ...

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 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the youth to stay away from the scene of encounter between security forces and militants. Her appeal came after a youth died yesterday in clashes between security forces and protesters near a site of encounter in Chaigund village of Shopian district. Expressing anguish, Mufti described the death of ...

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 ...

The Cross-LoC bus service resumed through Poonch district today after being suspended last week, despite the ongoing skirmishes along the Line of Control (LoC) and the India-Pak border. Nine people, including five Jammu and Kashmir residents, returned to India, while 20 used the service to go back to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a senior official said. Last week, on January 18, ...

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 ...

Patna will soon be amongst the few major cities along river Ganga to have 100 percent sewage treatment capacity to ensure that no waste water gets discharged into the river. The National Mission for Clean Ganga has put in place a comprehensive sewage management plan for the city, that will replace its existing, defunct system with one that will take ...