Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who has been hospitalised due to dehydration, is recovering well. The 94-year-old thespian was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra on Wednesday due to dehydration and urinary tract infection. “He is doing much better than yesterday. But he will be in hospital today. The doctors here are taking good care of him,” Kumar’s wife ...

Two girls, students of class VI in a private secondary school at Landaura, 8 km from Roorkee in Haridwar district, were stripped by their teacher in class as punishment after they scored low marks in the English test paper. After parents of the students protested, police registered a case against the woman teacher under section 509 (word, gesture or act ...

DAINIK NATION In line with the various government school teachers associations who have decided to oppose the state government’s decision to implement a dress code for teachers, the teaching staff and the teachers of Dhanori area have also shown their resentment. Most of the teachers arrived in the schools without dress code on Tuesday. They even clicked one photograph and ...

DAINIK NATION For the third consecutive day, the water level in river ganga remained close to the danger mark. On Wednesday the water level was recorded 293.50 metres while the danger level is at 294 metres. The river ganga is flowing full spate following the torrential rains in the uphill areas of Uttarakhand. The rains predicted by the metrological departments have set ...

Strange but true that Kedarnath, which has just returned after devastation due to disaster 2013, again struck under the clutches of organised syndicate and it has ascertained by Prime Minister Office (PMO). A person, who could not grease the palm of priests, had to stay for long hour in queue so he lodged a complaint in PMO against the person ...

The Met department today issued a heavy rain alert for Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand for the next 48 hours, warning of possible landslides and traffic blockades in the hills and inundation in low-lying areas. Heavy rainfall is likely in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Chamoli, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh districts during the next 48 hours, Met office director ...

The Reserve Bank today slashed benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent citing reduction in upside risk to inflation, a move that will lower EMIs for home, auto and personal loans. This is the first rate cut since October 2016 and the interest rate is now at 6-year low. In line with record low retail inflation, ...

Nasa is hiring someone who can defend Earth from alien contamination. The full-time role of “planetary protection officer” will involve ensuring that humans in space do not contaminate planets and moons, as well as alien matter infecting Earth. The pay is a six-figure salary, as much as $187,000 (£141,000) a year plus benefits. “Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance ...

The World Bank has said that India is allowed to construct hydroelectric power plants on the Jhelum and Chenab Rivers after secretary-level discussions between India and Pakistan on the technical issues over the Indus Waters Treaty concluded this week in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation. “Both India and Pakistan have agreed to continue discussions over the Indus Waters Treaty ...

The prices of subsidised wheat and rice, given at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg respectively to 81 crore people in the country, will not be reviewed till 2018, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ramvilas Paswan said there was a provision for revision of the prices of food grains every three years in ...