A special CBI court here today convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in the third fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s. CBI judge SS Prasad also found another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and others guilty in the case. Former Bihar minister ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand PCC President Pritam Singh has condemned the comments made by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat regarding suicide threatened by those claiming to be disappointed with the Government system. Instead of opining that suicide threats have become a fashion in Uttarakhand, the Chief Minister should treat the issue seriously and choose his words carefully when commenting ...

The ‘Bharat Parv’ event is being organized by the Government of India at the Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st January, 2018 as part of the Republic Day 2018 celebrations. The prime objective of organizing the event is to generate a patriotic mood, promote the rich cultural diversity of the country and to ensure wider participation of the general ...

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos yesterday during which he talked about “serious” challenges and “grave concerns” facing the world, including terrorism. Climate change and terrorism are grave concerns before the world, Modi said, while asserting that terrorism is dangerous but what is equally dangerous is the “artificial distinction” ...

Bageshwar District Magistrate Ranjana Rajguru has been honored for peacefully completing the 2017 assembly elections and for successful execution of government’s plans. On the day of National Voters Day, the President will confer the National Award to Ranjana. She is the only District Magistrate to be elected from Uttarakhand. District Magistrate Ranjana Rajguru was working as the District Magistrate and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Congress has expressed concern over the slow pace of reconstruction of suspension bridges that were damaged in the Kedar valley during infamous disaster-2013. Addressing to media here at state Congress headquarters on Wednesday, Uttarakhand PCC President Pritam Singh along Kedarnath MLA Manoj Rawat said that reconstruction of a large number of suspension bridges that were ...

India’s oil ministry is pushing for a cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel in the upcoming 2018/19 budget to cushion the impact of rising oil prices on its vast consumer base, two oil ministry officials told Reuters on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who faces elections in key states later this year, and a nationwide election in early ...

The Government of India, the Government of Uttarakhand and the World Bank Board signed in New Delhi, a $120 million Loan Agreement which will help increase access to improved water supply services in peri-urban areas in the State of Uttarakhand. The Agreement for the project was signed by Sameer Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, ...

The CBI has begun a probe into a Rs 487 crore scam related to over valuation of inferior quality of coal imported from Indonesia, which was passed on to NTPC and other power generation companies in collusion with officials. The action of the agency came on the basis of a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence investigation which had shown over invoicing ...

State government is putting more effort on how to generate electricity with garbage. with this state would get final solution of perennial problem of garbage and energy too. As Dehradun along generate 350 tonnes of garbage per day. The first solid waste processing-composting and sanitary landfill disposal plant in the State was inaugurated at Shishambada by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh ...