President Donald Trump today vowed to boost US’ strategic partnership with India to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan and called on New Delhi to provide more economic assistance to the war-torn country. Trump, in his first prime-time televised address to the nation as commander-in-chief, laid out his South Asia policy saying a “critical part” of it was to further ...

The Supreme Court would tomorrow pronounce a historic judgement on the controversial issue of whether the practice of ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims is fundamental to the religion. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar had reserved its verdict on May 18 after a six-day marathon hearing during the summer vacation. During the hearing, the apex court ...

On Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the last on the continent to experience it. Historic Charleston, with its cobblestone streets and elegant antebellum mansions, was clearly a-bustle on Sunday, in full pre-eclipse mode. Its restaurants were packed and downtown ...

Putting an end to the long wait, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Taapsee Pannu and the team finally launched the trailer of their upcoming film ‘Judwaa 2’ – the official remake of the 1997 film that had Salman Khan in a double role, romancing Karisma Kapoor and Rambha. To cheer them on were more than 100 real-life twins who were invited ...

Services at public sector banks may take a hit on Tuesday as all unions under the aegis of UFBU have threatened to go on strike against the government’s proposed consolidation move besides raising a host of other demands. Most banks have already informed their customers that functioning of branches and offices will be impacted if the strike takes off. Operations ...

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 ...