The Supreme Court on Friday allowed nine hill districts and seven tehsils falling in hilly areas of the state to open liquor shops on highways. A three- judge bench comprising chief justice J S Kehar, Justice YV Chandrachud and Jutice Nageshwar Rao granted the exemption following the state government’s plea of seeking parity with another hill state Sikkim where the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat asked the power department officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the state while   conducting  a review meeting  with the state power department officials, including  those dealing with alternate energy, in  the secretariat on Friday.   He asked the alternate energy department officials to fetch revenue to the tune of Rs 200 crore in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true that more than one lakh litre illegal liquor seized by the agency from Haridwar in the last six months. The statistics received from the police and department reveal how the liquor mafia has developed their roots in the district over a period of time. Ironically the seizure happened due to election year because enforcement ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU HARIDWAR Presiding over the Raksha Sutra programme organised by BJP in Sewa ashram on Friday, the state urban development minister Madan kaushik said that Raksha bandhan festival gives message of love and bon-homie amongst people. He further said that BJP government was determined to work for the welfare of women. Many women centric welfare schemes were being run ...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s car was pelted with stones today during his visit to this flood-affected town but he escaped unhurt, police said. Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Neeraj Badgujar said a man threw stones at Gandhi’s car, breaking its rear glass when he on his way from Lal Chowk to the helipad in Dhanera. Gandhi escaped unhurt, he added. ...

Another sex racket has been busted in the police which had been tarnishing the image of the holy city of Haridwar. Three girls, who were forced into prostitution, were rescued. Two people, who were running the sex racket from a posh colony in Kankhal area was also arrested. They used social media platforms to attract clients and girls were sent ...

Over 500 residents of Nainital took out a protest march in the city alleging inaction by the municipal corporation and the district administration against menace of stray dogs and monkeys. Holding placards that carried statements like ‘Kutte Bandaron Ko Karo Pyaar, Par Hum Par Na Ho Atyachaar’ (Love dogs and monkeys, but do not torture us), students and citizens marched ...

Usually in Uttarakhand, the incidents of cloudburst occur in mountainous areas, but on Thursday, heavy downpour was witnessed in Dehradun. There was no loss of life or property reported in this, but the streets of the city were transformed into a pond. Due to heavy rains, the DM of Dehradun has announced holidays in all schools till 12th Friday. Meanwhile, ...

An Army Major and a jawan were killed while another was injured as militants opened fire on a search party in Shopian district of Kashmir, officials said. Major Kamlesh Pandey, Sepoys Tanzin Chhultim and Kirpal Singh were injured in the firing by militants at Zainapora in Shopian district during a cordon and search operation launched by security forces, they said. ...

A senior Maharashtra officer caught on tape quoting a price of four crores to facilitate a housing project despite violations has been sacked by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Radheshyam Mopalwar was heading the department that is building the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, the Chief Minister’s pet project. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was removed after an audio clip said to be ...