Dr SK Varun Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and commemorates the time when the Holy Quran was revealed to Muhammad. The month-long (29–30 day) fast is obligatory for all healthy Muslims who have reached puberty, and is a time for spiritual contemplation and seeking nearness to God. Followers must refrain from eating and drinking ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU BS Yedurappa, who had taken oath as chief minsiter of karnataka, has resigned from the government with immediate effect. As we know that he was sworn in as chief minister of karnataka on May 17 by the governor despite knowing that congress and JD(S) alliance government has achieved magic figure i.e. 114. Even he had asked the ...

A Gujarat government official has claimed that he is Kalki, the tenth incarnation of Vishnu, and can’t come to office because he is conducting a “penance” to “change the global conscience”. Thanks to his penance, the country is getting good rains, said Rameshchandra Fefar, superintending engineer with the Sardar Sarovar Punarvasvat Agency or SSPA, in reply to a show-cause notice ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today kickstarted work for Zojila tunnel, Asia’s longest and strategic bi-directional tunnel, to provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. The prime minister who is on a day’s visit to all the three regions — Leh, Kashmir and Jammu– of Jammu and Kashmir also attended the closing ceremony of the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of ...

The Supreme Court today ordered live telecast of the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly where Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has to prove his majority. The floor test is scheduled for 4 pm. “Live broadcast of floor test will be the best possible way to ensure transparency in the proceedings,” a bench comprising justices A K Sikri, S A ...

A Union health ministry team was in Dehradun recently to survey different health facilities so that a state-of-the-art virology laboratory can be set up here. One operational, this will be the first such facility in Uttarakhand. The proposed lab will bring Uttarakhand in the Influenza Surveillance Laboratory Network (ISLN) of the country. Currently, 21 such laboratories are running in the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In order to motivate the people, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat  initiated the work of digging pits for plantation under Mission Rispna to Rishiparan at Kairavan Village near Rajpur, Tapobhumi and Mathorwala-Daudwala. Rispana to Rishiparna a social movement Chief Minister said that the rejuvenation work of Rispana and Koshi will not be confined to these two ...

The benchmark Sensex slumped 300 points to end at 34,848.30 today on across-the-board selling amid political uncertainty in Karnataka and negative global cues. The broader NSE Nifty too cracked below the 10,600-level. No let-up in selling by foreign funds and surging crude oil prices in global markets dragged down the key indices. Investors remained on the sidelines amid doubts whether ...

Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi has earned over Rs. 56.95 crore in the first week of its release, reports trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Raazi emerges a winner, does remarkable business in Week #1. It emerged as the fifth highest *Week 1* of 2018,” tweeted Taran Adarsh on Friday. Raazi, which is the story of a Indian spy married to an Pakistani army ...

Four civilians and one Border Security Force (BSF) constable died and 12 others injured after Pakistan troopers once again resorted to ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir’s n RS Pura, Bishnah and Arnia sectors on Friday. The attack comes days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s impending visit in the state. Pakistan Rangers heavily shelled villages and Border out Posts (BoPs) ...