DAINIK NATION BUREAU Two army men went missing after a snow avalanche hit army post in Nowgam sector of Kupwara district today, reports said. According to the sources, two army men of 20 Dogra came under the avalanche. Sources said that the army has launched a rescue operation to trace the missing men. Earlier, three soldiers of the Indian Army ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you have not linked your account with Aadhar then don’t worry because Union government is likely to extend its deadline. Earlier deadline for linking Aadhaar with other financial investments/instruments was December 31. It has been cleared from the amendment in the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules made via a notification on December 12. The amendment removes the ...

Over 14 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) have been linked with Aadhaar till now, official sources said today. With this, about 41 per cent of PANs are now linked with Aadhaar numbers. There are about 33 crore PAN cards, while Aadhaar has been issued to about 115 crore people. “Over 41 crore PANs have been linked with the Aadhaar till ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To prepare policy/ working guidelines for introducing contract/lease/cooperative farming in the state, uttarakhand government has constituted a seven member committee today. The committee will be led by Secretary Horticulture S Pandiyan and will have experts from the horticulture and other fields. The members will focus on framing guidelines for promoting cultivation of herbs and tea in the ...

McAfee today announced further collaboration with Samsung to support the back-end for Samsung’s newly pre-installed Wi-Fi protection, Secure Wi-Fi on the Galaxy Note8, in the U.S. and Europe. With the pre-installed application, Galaxy Note8 users will benefit from increased privacy while on the go, enabling them to experience the digital world with greater confidence. Per a recent McAfee survey, 58% ...

Two laborers aboard a JCB died after the vehicle fell in a gorge near Dharasu in Uttarkashi district. Both of them were employed by a contractor, who were heading towards Chinyalisaur for road construction work. The accident occurred at around 7:30 in the morning. Two laborers taking JCB from the camp of contractor Devraj Thakur, created in Brahmkhal, were going ...

In a major blow to consumers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that hotels and restaurants are not bound by the maximum retail price (MRP) when they sell bottled mineral water and packaged food items. The court rejected the government’s argument that overcharging for pre-packed or packaged products was an offence under the Legal Metrology Act, which attracts a fine ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union government has imposed ban on condom advertisements on television. They can’t air such advertisement between 6 pm to 10 pm after declaring the commercials were “indecent” viewing for children. While the move has been welcomed by conservative groups, some people have slammed the government for winding back decades of progress on sexual health and education. As ...

British Airways on Tuesday said they are returning to near normal schedules after 150 British Airways flights were cancelled in United Kingdom and Europe due to bad weather conditions. “Following the adverse weather conditions across the UK and parts of northern Europe on Sunday and Monday, we are returning to near normal schedules,” said a statement by British Airways. Flights ...