A three-day cyber security hackathon organized by the US embassy and the Uttarakhand Science Education & Research Centre (USERC) kicked off here on Wednesday. The North India Cyber Security Hackathon is working towards developing solutions focused on security features for various applications that enable e-transactions and public services. Fourteen participating teams will showcase cyber fraud vulnerabilities and suggest possible solutions. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Sciatica pain occurs due to irritation and compression of the sciatic nerve. It happens in the lower back  and later extends to the legs. The Pain can be extremely distressing, affecting the sufferers’ mobility in some cases. It is symptom of an underlying health condition. Sciatica pain vanishes after the sufferer takes rest for a stipulated time ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A 13-year-old student of an elite Gurgaon school, studying in class seven, threatened to rape one of his teachers and her minor daughter in a post on social media site Facebook rattling the institution’s administration. Disturbingly, this is not the only incident of delinquent behaviour that the upscale school. It is faced with as another one of ...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the Punjab National Bank fraud and the Rafale deal. Taking a jibe at the PM, he said that he looked forward to his “sermon” on the issues in his “Mann ki Baat” programme. Rahul also labelled the PM’s programme aired on All India Radio a ...

The Supreme Court today came to the rescue of actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who shot into limelight after her ‘wink’ video went viral, by staying criminal proceedings against her in some states on the grounds that a song from her film allegedly hurt religious sentiments of the Muslim community. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M ...

A bizarre case has been reported from Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh where a man bit off a snake’s head after he was bit by the serpent. A farmer bit off a snake’s hood after the snake had bit him in a agriculture field. Those present nearby rushed him to the hospital. “I’ve never seen such a case in my life,” ...

Uttar Pradesh has signed 1,045 pacts worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore on the first day of the UP investors’ summit, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. “It is a matter of pride for the state that fortune-500 companies are participating in this summit. I want to tell you all that till now we have signed 1,045 MoUs worth Rs 4.28 ...

The Rs 1,384-crore tunnel project has been approved in Uttarakhand as part of the ‘Char Dham’ project to connect Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri. The tunnel will reduce the travel distance from Dharasu to Yamunotri by about 20 km and travel time by about an hour. The decision about the tunnel project was taken at a CCEA (Cabinet Committee on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CBI on Tuesday arrested Vipul Ambani, the president (finance) of Nirav Modi’s Fire Star Diamond, in connection with Rs 11,384 crore fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB), making it the first high profile arrest in the case, officials said. Four other senior executives were also arrested by the agency in connection with two FIRs registered by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Sher Singh Rana (40), the prime accused in the Phoolan Devi murder case, married Pratima of Madhya Pradesh at his ancestral home at Roorkie in Haridwar district today. The wedding ceremony, which was supervised by his mother Satyawati Singh, was attended by close members of the two families. Rana’s family resides at BT Ganj locality of Roorkie. ...