DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, where polling is due on November 9, Uttarakhand BJP leaders have been assigned task to canvass for BJP candidates there. It has begun with Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat’s address in Jabbal, where BJP has fielded Narendra Bragatta, today along with other BJP leaders. Several cabinet ministers including Prakash ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti on Monday said multiple factors including the weather had come into play when deciding why to hold elections in Himachal Pradesh earlier than Gujarat. In an exclusive interview to ANI, Jyoti said political parties and the state administration in Himachal Pradesh had requested the Election Commission to organise the polls before ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Simple precaution can prevent you to become victim of cyber-crime said an expert of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) while addressing to media, which was organized to educate the media about the nitty-gritty of digital payment, in a workshop here in Dehradun today. The customers should make ensure that they are alone while using the ATM ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj opened the new chancery complex of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka today on the last day of her Bangladesh visit. Swaraj lit a candle to mark the opening of the huge complex at Dhaka’s Baridhara diplomatic enclave while the High Commission was previously operating from a house in Gulshan area of the city. During ...

WhatsApp group calling is on its way, going by the code spotted in the latest beta version for the iPhone app. While group voice calling for WhatsApp is pretty much confirmed due to multiple references, there is only a single mention of group video calls for the platform. Nonetheless, it will be a worthwhile addition to the app, which has ...

New Zealand batsmen showed clinical efficiency in a tricky chase to spoil Virat Kohli’s milestone match with a comfortable six-wicket victory over India in the opening One day International, here tonight. For the ‘Black Caps’, young gun Tom Latham (103 no) and senior pro Ross Taylor (95) batted with lot of purpose, chasing down a target of 281 in 49 ...

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar lashed out at BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao over his remarks that most Indian film stars have “very low IQ and very low general knowledge”. “How dare you, sir?” Akhtar tweeted and tagged the BJP leader.And to all film people in his ranks… Here’s what he thinks of you. Shame sir,” the actor wrote. Akhtar’s comment was ...

The pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand will no more include an arduous 16-km trekking stretch as the authorities are all set to construct a road till Bhyundur considerably reducing this distance. Under the present arrangements, pilgrims who come to Govindghat, the gateway to Hemkund Sahib, take their vehicles up to Pulna, which is at a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has released a book namely ‘Khwabon ke khat’,  written by an IPS Tripti Bhatt in the presence of noted poet Dr Hariom Panwar & Aseem Shukla and noted actress Shabana Azmi and DGP AK Raturi here in Dehradun today. Ironically the IPS Bhatt is currently posted as SP Chamoli. Appreciating her effort, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to a resounding victory in a snap election today, winning a mandate to harden his already hawkish stance on North Korea and re-energise the world’s number-three economy. Abe’s conservative coalition was on track to win 311 seats in the 465-seat parliament, according to a projection published by private broadcaster TBS, putting the blue-blooded nationalist ...