More than 300 people from 11 villages of Pauri district will be compensated for the acquiring land like the other districts, which are in the process of the much-awaited Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Project. In view of this, in order to compensate like other districts under the project, policy has been made to increase the circle rate in these villages of Pauri. ...

A new law to improve maternity benefits for women in India’s workforce and encourage them to further their careers is likely to a negative effect, according to a survey report. The law, which makes India the most progressive country after Canada and Norway in enabling women to stay on in the workforce, will probably lead to job losses and discourage ...

The NDA government repaid over Rs 2 lakh crore, including Rs 70,000 crore interest, which was taken as loan through oil bonds by the previous Congress government at the Centre, Union Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. Pradhan’s assertions came as strong retort to the Congress which has been using recent fuel prices hike to attack the ...

Family members of a woman, who underwent a heart surgery at the Max hospital, alleged that she died yesterday due to negligence of the hospital administration. They claimed that the hospital administration let doctors, nurses, other staff and patients’ kin to enter the intensive care unit (ICU) wearing shoes that led to spreading of infection and eventually the woman’s death. ...

Amid tight security, the first batch of nearly 3000 pilgrims today left the base camp here for the annual 60-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas. Advisors to the Governor K Vijay Kumar and B B Vyas flagged off a fleet of 107 vehicles and four motorcycles carrying the pilgrims from the heavily-guarded Bhagwati base ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed the District Magistrates to ensure the disposal of the public complaints with seriousness and in time bound manner. While reviewing the redressal of the online complaints filed on the Samadhan Portal and the Toll Free No-1905 through the video conferencing in the Secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister said that the ...