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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Rashtrapati Bhavan will now be open for public viewing for four days in a week – Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – from tomorrow (November 23, 2017) between 0900 hrs. to 1600 hrs. except on Gazetted Holidays. Entry and exit for visitors will be through Gate No. 2 (Rajpath); Gate No. 37 (Hukmi Mai Marg); and Gate ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A steady breeze helped keep the city’s air pollution levels in check today, letting people breathe relatively easy on a day thousands took part in the Delhi Half Marathon. The National Air Quality Index (AQI) had a score of 292 for the national capital, which is classified as ‘poor’ by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed concern over some of the dangerous trends that had crept into the newsrooms of both print and electronic media. They needed to be curbed in order to ensure that the pristine role played by the press earlier stood restored. He made this observation while addressing in function organized by the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU “Hunar Haat”, a spectacular platform of Ministry of Minority Affairs where exquisite pieces of Handicraft & Handloom prepared by inmates of Tihar Jail and master artisans from across the country are displayed, was inaugurated at India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan, today. Ministry of Minority Affairs is organising “Hunar Haat” under “USTTAD” scheme at different parts of the country ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has urged Lt Governor Anil Baijal to reconsider the hike in parking charges effected to control alarming pollution levels, holding the move seems counterproductive. In this regard Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has written a letter to LG. In which he has pointed out that due to the hike, people are likely ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To intensify the action against the benami property, the Income Tax Department is matching the “tax profiles” of all property registrations of above Rs 30 lakh under the provisions of the anti-Benami Act, Today Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra said ‘the taxman is also investigating those shell companies and their directors whose operations ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to facilitate the visitors of india international trade fair (IITF-2017), which is going to begin by tomorrow, tickets will be available at 42 Delhi Metro stations excluding pragati maidan metro station , the DMRC today said. The ‘business days’ for the mega fair fall from November 14-17. “For general public, (November 18-27), tickets will ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The police have appealed to the residents of Jammu to install CCTV cameras in their colonies, shops and houses, and at important roads to prevent crime in their localities. Jammu (south) SP Sandeep Chaudhary said that residents have also been asked to keep details of tenants and domestic helps verified by the local police station. “We have ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Supreme Court has sought minority status for Hindus in eight states where the religious community’s population has fallen below 50 per cent, as per census-2011. The plea has sought minority status for Hindus in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Punjab where the population ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the major embarrassment after the picture of Asiya Andrabi picture printed along with women achievers including Chief minister mehbooba mufti on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, Jammu & Kashmir government has suspended an officer allegedly responsible for the banner and ordered a probe in this connection today. Opposition blamed the Mufti government is accountable ...