The central government has allotted Rs 218 crore to Uttarakhand towards its State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) which is used to provide immediate relief to those affected by natural calamities like earthquake, floods, fire etc. In case of Uttarakhand, which is a special category state, the Centre contributes 90% of total SDRF grant allocation, which is usually released in two ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in ensuring sufficient water supply from Haryana as the national capital stares at a possible water crisis next week. In his letter to the prime minister, Kejriwal said the city has been receiving 1,133 cusecs of water from Haryana since 1996, but recently, for the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Nine devotees were killed and 12 injured when a speeding dumper rammed into a group of pilgrims on a trek to the Purnagiri Temple in neighbouring Champawat district early today, an official said. The pilgrims hailing from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh were on way to the Purnagiri Temple on foot when they were knocked down by the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court today ordered that a floor test be held in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 pm tomorrow to ascertain whether newly appointed BJP Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa enjoys majority in the state. “Let the House decide and the best course would be floor test,” a three judge bench headed by Justice A K Sikri ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Pilgrims suffer between bureaucracy and helicopter service company fight Helicopter Service providing companies had stopped helicopter service and pilgrims, who had gone to Kedarnath, had struck there on Thursday. Seeing delay they raised their voice but administrative officers were seen helpless. During investigation it has revealed that district administration put pressure over a helicopter company to carry ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU DoPT has intimated to the state government that CBI will not investigate NH74 scam. As we know Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had informed to the house that DoPT has accepted the CBI recommendation. After inception of Trivendra Singh Rawat led BJP government CM had come across with anomalies in land acquisition for NH 74. Taking cognizance ...

These days the streets of Dehradun are overflowing with garbage. ‘Swachh Bharat’ slogan has gone for a toss in the city. There is a lack of solid initiative for diagnosing the problem. Now the action to remove striking employees has started, but there is no alternative arrangement for cleaning. The municipal corporation did not do anything special. The NGOs and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for a second time, after an overnight high-voltage legal battle in the Supreme Court. The 75-year-old Lingayat strongman was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan amid loud cheering by ...

In the historical cabinet meeting of Uttarakhand held on Tehri lake, 12 important proposals were discussed. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that several important decisions have been taken in the historic cabinet held at Floating Marina of Tehri Lake. In which the tourism will be given industry status and Veer Chandra Singh Garhwal Swarozgar Yojana will make Tehri will ...

To answer the roll-call, students in Madhya Pradesh will no longer say “Yes, ma’am” or “Yes, Sir” as the government has made it mandatory for them to reply with a “Jai Hind” instead. This step, the state education board said, is to instill a sense of patriotism among the students. Earlier in November 2017, Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Vijay ...