Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, today launched the Swajal pilot project at Village Bhikampura, Karauli, Rajasthan. Besides ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to every household round the year, the project would also generate employment. Uma Bharti urged the people to own the project that will be started soon. She reminded that it is the ...

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking facility for the convenience of members using EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in addition to the existing web facility already available at EPFO’s website www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR. The facility on e-KYC Portal has further added a new feature to link UAN ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU There could be some more delay in bringing actor Sridevi’s body back to India, with the Dubai police telling the Indian Embassy that “another clearance” is awaited. India’s envoy to the United Arab Emirates Navdeep Suri said the embassy is working closely with local authorities to expedite the release of the actor’s body so that it can ...

Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was today named captain of the IPL side Kings XI Punjab, which also has Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle in their ranks. Ashwin has two IPL titles during his eight-year stint with Chennai Super Kings and has also played for Pune Supergiants. I feel honoured to be trusted with the responsibility of leading such a talented ...

Bollywood actor Sridevi died of accidental drowning in her hotel bath tub, the Dubai government said today. The Dubai police, it said on its official Twitter handle, has transferred the case to the “Dubai Public Prosecution” which will carry out regular legal procedures followed in such cases. “Following the completion of post mortem analysis, Dubai police headquarters today stated that ...

After receiving a clutch of complaints that schools are detaining students on pre-board test result, the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) strictly ordered affiliated schools not to detain students from appearing for the boards. The board issued an advisory to all schools asking them to follow examination byelaws in letter and spirit. CBSE has warned the schools saying that ...

The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card. A bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ketkar, however, directed the Maharashtra government to look into the grievances of technological glitches faced by residents of the state in the digitisation of their ration card, and subsequently, ...

Last night, Shivani Bansal daughter Harish Bansal, a student of MBBS 2013 batch, committed suicide in her room of senior girls hostel in Srinagar Medical College, hanging from a scarf on the fan. The deceased hailed from  Jaspur in Udhamsinghnagar. Srinagar Kotwal Narendra Bisht told that at around 12 midnight last night, a student was not receiving a phone call ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Vasantotsav, which has become the most popular and waited annual  event over the past few years, concluded  successfully this evening at Raj Bhawan. The Governor, at the concluding ceremony of the festival, gave away prizes to —winners (first, second and third prizes) of various competitions organized as part of the spring festival. (The list of winners is attached ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Union Minister for water resource Uma Bharti has categorically said that union government would implement the Uttarkashi model across the country. the model creating employment through a drinking water and waste management project. After visiting Uttarkashi town for the launch of a drinking water project, ‘Swajal’, and a waste management project under the Swacch Bharat Mission, ...