DAINIK NATION BUREAU The State of Uttarakhand received 51.1   mm rainfall in the winter which is considerably less that the  normal of 97 mm. The state has experienced a minimum of 47 per cent deficient rains as compared to normal. The 51.1 mm rainfall was received between January 1 and February 22 this year. All the 13 districts of the state have received below the normal ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The three-day International Conference on “Nano on Energy & Water” (NEW -2107) organized under the aegis of Department of Research and Development in University of Petroleum & Energy Studies UPES concluded on saturday. In his inaugural address the Chief Guest Prof Ashok Misra- Chairman, BoG, IIT Roorkee added another dimension to Prime Ministers ‘Make in India’ theme ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Four days have passed since the double murder of two women in Haldwani with the police yet to ascertain the identity of the guilty. SP City Haldwani Jaswant Singh said that six teams have been formed and deployed to work on this case. In course of investigation team members got some vital clues and they are working on ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Harish Rawat has categorically said that by participating in polling more than men, women have forced me to give emphasis on women welfare projects. Their participation will be promoted in future as well. He also appealed to their party workers to live on ground reality so don’t make imaginary promises because congress has left that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A total of 39, 393 postal ballots of service voters and government employees deputed on election duty for State Assembly election- 2017, were received in various districts by February 25, said Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Radha Raturi on Saturday. The polling was held on February 15 and its counting would happen on March 11. As per press ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A bureaucrat who automatically gets shifted to work under the election commission (EC) once the election model code of conduct (MCC) comes into force, is under stress  because he was sacked from his post but another officer who had allowed violation of the model code of conduct is still enjoying his post. An officer who was posted in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Come Shivaratri and the city is hued in the colour of saffron by Kanwadias who come from various parts of the country for fetching holy water of the Ganga river in pitchers to be offered on Shiva Linga. It is not only the pilgrims who visit Haridwar city but even the city residents who are influenced by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On a day when a second tiger was reportedly found dead on Wednesday, the state forest department has become alert and enhanced patrolling and vigilance following information about suspected poachers out to poach tiger in the Corbett tiger reserve in the state. Sources state that the authorities had received information from confidential sources about some armed poachers ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Amid anxious wait for the outcome of the assembly elections which would be declared on March 11 and reports of neck to neck contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, Karnprayag assembly constituency located in Chamoli district has become a cynosure of all eyes. The election of this constituency was postponed due to death of Bahujan ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Expressing concern over the drop in polling percentage in the General Assembly Election-2017, the state PCC Kishore Upadhyay also referred to past instances  of postal ballots being manipulated to the benefit of a particular political party in the state. A Congress delegation had called on the state election officials and had submitted a memorandum seeking transparency and ...