The derailment of the Puri- Haridwar Utkal Kalinga Express near Muzaffarnagar resulted in cancellation of three train services, including Ambala-Delhi- Ambala Intercity Express and Haridwar-Puri Utkal Kalinga Express, commencing journey tomorrow. Apart from this, six other trains, which commenced journey today, have been diverted, the railway ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the 14521/14522 Ambala-Delhi- Ambala Intercity ...

A six-member special investigation team (SIT) led by additional superintendent of police (ASP) Devendra Peencha has initiated investigation into the alleged Rs 16-crore wheat seeds scam of Uttarakhand Seeds and Terai Development Corporation Ltd (USTDC).   US Nagar senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sadanand Date constituted the SIT late last night, almost 20 days after chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that  his government is all set to establish quality control laboratory for honey in the state  while  announcing the promotional funds meant for those engaged in honey bee farming being doubled to make it  Rs 50 lakh.  He said this while participating in a workshop on ‘Uttarakhand honey bee farming-current situation ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand state police would be the first in India to purchase under- water drones with an estimated cost of Rs three lakh for each. The device would bring photograph from under the water, helping the police to conduct rescue and relief operation in the rivers. Informing, the state director general of police Anil K Raturi said on Saturday that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Secretary (In-charge) Urban Development, Radhika Jha instructed all the District Magistrates that list of the demand of individual toilets to be made available to the Directorate of Urban Development, Dehradun by completing the survey of the demand of personalized domestic toilets in all the 92 Local Bodies in the state before August 31. Jha said that community ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dehradun-Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat  has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and injuries in the  accident of 18477 Kalinga Utkal Express bound for Haridwar which  occurred  at Khatauil near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh following derailment of ten coaches on Ghaziabad-Saharanpur Section of Delhi Division of Northern Railway on Saturday evening. This aside,  he sent a medical team to the ...

The Centre is tackling the Kashmir issue with all seriousness and “good results” have been visible in the last two-three months, BJP president Amit Shah said today. On the border standoff with China in Dokalam, he said the government has already made its position clear. “The BJP government is effectively tackling the Kashmir issue and good results have come in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A book on the nation’s evolution over the past seven decades by  noted Dehradun-based writer Roshen Dalal  launched by Puffin Books on the occasion of independence day, 2017. The book  is a well-researched account of the nation’s evolution over  the past seven decades. It captures snippets of each of these 70 years through important events in various areas ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CBSE workshop on Classroom Management for Teachers was concluded at DPS, Dehradun on Saturday. The resource persons for the training session were Neera Chopra (Retd Principal and an eminent education analyst) and Savita Chadha (Principal, Delhi Public School, Meerut). In which 55 delegates from 24 renowned schools of Dehradun participated. The Chief Guest for the inauguration ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The first day of the three-day long Dehradun Fashion Week and Lifestyle Show 2017 commenced at Hotel Solitaire. The show stopper of the evening was ‘Jana na dil se door’ fame Actress Priyanka Kandwal. She during the show walked the ramp for Dehradun based designer Reena Kaur. Under the banner of Sinmit Communications, Dehradun Fashion Week and ...