DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has announced constitution of two eco task forces for plantation and environmental conservation in Himalayan region while inaugurating the two- day “Sustainable Mountain Development Summit” in Dehradun  to mark Himalaya Day on Saturday. It was organised by planning department of the state. He further said that 200 ex-servicemen would provide their services in ...

WhatsApp rolls out two new feature for both Android and iOS users. One of them is the Picture-in-Picture video calling feature and the second one is the text status update. To recall, both the features were earlier available for the beta users, but now WhatsApp has pushed out both the features to stable builds. WhatsApp has been rolling to several ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true that if you see mobile tower hanging with the help of hot air balloon then don’t be surprised because this would be normal picture of Uttarakhand especially in remote areas in coming days. To give fillip to digital India, which is slogan or motto of Narendra Modi Led NDA regime, government has decided to ...

The GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is meeting here today to discuss the quantum of cess to be hiked on luxury and mid-size cars, among other issues. Ahead of the meeting, Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Y Ramakrishnudu said that he will highlight various demands that the state had made earlier. “After the implementation of GST, as per ...

The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that ravaged southern Mexico on Thursday was the largest to shake the country in nearly a century. Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But Thursday’s temblor is a reminder that even larger quakes — while rare — do occur. Scientists say it’s possible ...

The Ministry of Civil Aviation today unveiled rules to tackle on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by passengers. Briefing the media in New Delhi today, the Minister for Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the new rules will allow for the formation of a national, No Fly List of such unruly passengers. He said the promulgation of the No ...

A team of forensic experts today inspected the so-called ‘gufa’ (cave) at Dera Sacha Sauda where its rape convict head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh allegedly used to sexually exploit women. The ‘gufa’ was inspected by the forensic experts from IIT Roorkee as part of sanitisation of the sprawling ‘dera’ campus here, an official of the Haryana government said. According to ...

Ten persons, including a gardener, conductors and drivers, were detained today for the murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International School, police said. The Class 2 student was found with his throat slit in a washroom in the school building in Sohna area here around 8.30 am. “We have detained 10 people, including a gardener and drivers and conductors. ...

The Allahabad High Court will deliver on October 12 its verdict on an appeal filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging the CBI court order convicting them for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A division bench comprising Justices B K Narayana and A K Mishra today reserved its judgement on the appeal filed by the ...

Shraddha Kapoor has started training for her role in the Saina Nehwal biopic with the ace badminton player. Saina posted a picture with Shraddha, who joined her and coach Pullela Gopichand for a training session today. “Today’s badminton practice session … Gopi sir , @ShraddhaKapoor and me #Biopic” Saina captioned the photo. “Saina” will be directed by Amol Gupte, who ...