DAINIK NATION BUREAU The President Ramnath Kovind has appointed five noted personalties as governor of state on Saturday. As per the official communique-Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd.) has been appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh; Satya Pal Malik as the Governor of Bihar; Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Tamil Nadu; Prof. Jagdish Mukhi as the Governor of Assam ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Governor  Dr KK Paul and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat have expressed grief at the death of actor Tom Alter, who passed away in Mumbai. Expressing grief at the demise of the renowned actor, the governor said he was not just an acclaimed actor but also a writer who had authored several books. It was in ...

Joshimath: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that people living along the China border were the country’s “strategic assets”, and directed the frontier guarding force ITBP to ensure that they did not migrate as this would put India’s security at risk. Addressing locals and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops at the 1st battalion camp here, Singh said the border population ...

More than 144,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on popular tourist island Bali, but officials Saturday urged evacuees who live outside the immediate danger zone to return home. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August, causing fears it could erupt for the first time since 1963 and triggering ...

Congress leader P Chidambaram today criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move “which will kill everything else”, and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety. The former finance minister’s comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai’s suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22 ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If u wish to visit Uttarakhand for char dham yatra especially Kedarnath then don’t wait and visit as soon as possible because Badrinath Kedarnath Temple committee (BKTC) has announced that the shrine will be closed by October 21 while Badrinath shrine will be closed for the winter season by November 19. With these closure annual char dham ...

In a bizarre case, the body of a newborn boy was found in the washroom of the labour room in the obstetrics and gynaecology wing of Doon medical college hospital on Thursday morning. More than 24 hours have elapsed but there has been no clue about who dumped the body or about the infant’s parents. What is more surprising is ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Actor Tom Alter, who was fighting with advanced cancer, has died in Mumbai on Friday night. He was 67. A statement released on behalf of his family said, “It is with sadness we announce the death of Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shree, and our dear husband and father.” Alter was taken to Saifee Hospital earlier ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on comments of Ex-Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has explained to the nation that what finance ministry has done since he took charge of the ministry. He said that to bring transparency and fairness in the tax administration Income Tax Department has taken various initiatives in the last 2-3 years. Highlighting ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Under the ongoing “Swachhata Hi Seva” (SHS) campaign, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has installed Sanitary Napkin Vending and Disposal machines in the three ladies washrooms of North Block. Women employees have appreciated this effort and said that on the occasion of Navratri government has taken good initiative and will help women too. K Kipgen, Joint ...