DAINIK NATION BUREAU Punjab Cabinet minister Rana Gurjit Singh, who has been under fire from the opposition for his alleged involvement in sand mining auctions, has submitted his resignation as power and irrigation minister to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. “I have given my resignation from the ministry to the Captain Sahib. I gave my resignation personally to the chief minister ...

Aiming to strengthen partnership in the farm sector, India and Israel today said they are working on a five-year plan for cooperation in agriculture and water. A three-year joint programme (2018-20) has already commenced, under which the Centres of Excellence (COEs) are being set up across the country to train farmers about Israeli farm and water technologies. As many as ...

Aadhaar will include face recognition alongside iris or fingerprint scan as a means of verifying users, helping those who face issues in biometric authentication or have worn-out fingerprints, the authority in charge of the national identity card system said today. The face authentication will be enabled by July to help people facing difficulty in biometric authentication due to old age, ...

The annual Magh Mela also known as “Badahat Ka Tholu” kick started at the Azad Ground here on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday. The event now organized every year by the zila panchayat and local administration dates back to many centuries when traders from Tibet participated in the fair and exchanged goods. Hundreds of devotees in the district ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Tomato crops in several parts of the state has been damaged due to inclement weather. Now farmers are looking towards government for help. Other vegetables have also been affected by the frost. After light showers in December last year, rains have eluded the state so far. Meanwhile Agriculture Minister has asked the district officers to assess the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Alaknanda resort, which is situated at Haridwar and was one of the dispute between UP and Uttarakhand, has been amicably resolved. This has given major boost to the Trivendra Singh Rawat led BJP government because the matter was one of the dispute between UP and UK. Chief Minsiter Trivendra singh Rawat said that it is a big achievement ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A 30-year-old man shot dead outside the Rohini court premises on Monday. The gory murder was captured by CCTV cameras which showed four men alighted from a car and intercepted the man, identified as Ravi Bhardwaj while he was standing outside a road side eatery shop near Rohini court. At least 25 rounds of bullets were fired ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Following on the instruction of cabinet minister Subodh Uniyal, the Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash has formed an inquiry committee for delay in construction of a road in Rishikesh. The committee has been deadline to conduct enquiry and submit their report within one week. The construction of the road between Kailash Gate-Muni Ki Reti in Rishikesh is pending ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised more economic reforms to further improve the ease of doing business in India as he invited Israeli companies to invest here. Speaking at an Indo-Israel business event, he referred to the further opening up of the single brand retail to foreign investment recently as also allowing foreign airlines to buy stake ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to facilitate the investors state government has introduced sms service. with this facility whosoever apply on single window system then their information would be updated on the mobile of department concerned. In which head of department would get SMS alert of the application in next four days and concerned secretary would get sms within ...