DAINIK NATION BUREAU With hoisting of 90 feet long mast at historic Darbar Sahib the famous Jhanda fair would start on Friday. On Thursday large numbers of devotees from all parts of the country took blessings from Mahant Devendra Dass at the premises of Guru Ram Rai Darbar sahib. He gave Guru Mantra to the group of followers (Sangats) on the day ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dehradun visit to attend the swearing in of the new chief minister on Saturday, Uttarakhand chief secretary S Ramaswamy held a meeting with the senior officers on Thursday to take stock of the preparations for the same.  It is learnt that on his arrival at the Dehradun Airport, PM will be welcomed by Governor Dr KK ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The High Court of Uttarakhand has directed the state government to make arrangement for garbage disposal site in every village and town of the state. The high court has also ordered cleaning drives on Sundays and other public holidays in all the local bodies in addition to which the officials concerned have also been directed to ensure ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Two persons were killed and a boy injured by a tiger in the Ramnagar area of the Corbett tiger landscape on Thursday morning. The forest department personnel reached the site of the incident after some effort were successful in immobilising and caging the male tiger aged about five years. As per the information received, Muradabad (Uttar Pradesh) ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership keeping all in suspense on its chief minister pick for Uttarakhand, the stage is set for the swearing in of the new ministry on March 18 at Parade Ground in Dehradun to be attended by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Informing about the swearing in, the state additional director general of police (law ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dehradun district magistrate Ravinath Raman on Thursday inspected Parade Ground, the venue of swearing in of the chief minister and the cabinet ministers, to be held on March 18. Raman reviewed the arrangements being made for the event with the district officials.  Prime Minister, a host of Union cabinet ministers and the newly elected MLAs aside from a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Apathy on the part of district food and civil supply officers has led to large number of people of the district not receiving sugar on the public distribution system during the Holi festival.  Many of the economically unprivileged people for whom PDS is meant had celebrated a low key Holi as they failed to prepare sweets as per the custom of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In order to provide jobs on the spot to the unemployed youths who have passed BTech on various courses, Employment Fair (Rojgar Mela) will be held at the regional employment office in Dehradun, said the regional employment officer Ravinath Raman. He further informed that the fair will be held under the aegis of employment office and Telecom- ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Despite five days  passed since the result was declared, the Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to zero in on who would be the chief minister with at least three names – Prakash Pant, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Satpal Maharaj-doing the rounds as the front –runners in the  race. However, it is clear that the party high command ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Devotees from different parts of the country and abroad have started congregating in Dehradun to attend the famous Jhanda fair. The fair would commence on Friday when Jhanda ji (flag) would be hoisted at historic Darbar Sahib. On Wednesday, Sangat (devotees) mainly from the states of Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan descended at Darbar Sahib. After ...