DAINIK NATION BUREAU The lone bridge linking Uttarkashi to the China border collapsed today, disconnecting dozens of villages and causing inconvenience to daily commuters, especially school-going children and teachers. The makeshift Gangotri bridge collapsed around 6 am when two trucks were crossing it, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Chauhan said. No one was hurt in the incident, he said. According to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The first few hours of polling in the final phase of the Gujarat elections has witnessed very few voters due to variation in the temperature. As per the EC only 10 percent voting was recorded in two hours, an official said, adding that the process would pick up as the day progressed. There were several complalints made ...

Bollywood actor, writer and director, Neeraj Vora, known for films such as “Satya”, “Phir Hera Pheri” and “Daud”, today passed away after being in coma for over a year. He was 54. Vora died in a hospital early this morning, confirmed sources close to the actor. His demise was also confirmed by actor Paresh Rawal, who worked with him on ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated naval submarine INS Kalvari to the nation. In a ceremony in Mumbai, he expressed his gratitude to France and the workers responsible for building the vessel, which is the first of six Scorpene-class submarines in the Indian Navy. Touted as India’s deadliest submarine, the attack submarine was indigenously built at Mazgaon Dock Limited ...

Pradeep Negi, an economics, social science and computer science teacher at Government Inter College BHEL Ranipur in Haridwar, has been shortlisted for the annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018 from over 30,000 nominations and applications from 173 countries around the world. “It is unbelievable. I am proud that I have been chosen as one of the top 50 teachers. ...

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% ...