DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Trump administration has approved a deal to sell six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to India for $930 million as well as Hellfire and Stinger missiles to bolster the country’s ability to defend its homeland and deter “regional threats”, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The Pentagon’s notification to the Congress comes ahead of the first 2+2 dialogue ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh reviewed the Prime Minister Awas Yojana-2022 for providing houses to everyone. Presiding over the State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee in the secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Secretary issued instructed to provide benefit to the beneficiaries soon. He said that by year 2022, every homeless person in the state has to be provided a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Minister of State (Independent Charge) Co-operatives Dr Dhan Singh Rawat held a meeting in connection with Fourth International Yoga Day event, at his chambers in Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday. He said that the fourth International Yoga Day was indeed a matter of pride for the state. Everyone should do yoga and stay disease free. The education department of Haridwar and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Film Director Narayan Singh met the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at CM residence on Wednesday. Narayan Singh expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister for the good support of the state government for the shooting of the movie “Batti Gul Meter Chalu” at Tehri. Movie “Batti Gul Meter Chalu” is scheduled to be released on August 31, 2018. He said that there ...

Arvind Kejriwal and three Delhi ministers were seen sitting in couches and working their phones in photos tweeted on Tuesday morning, after they spent the night at the Lieutenant Governor’s Raj Niwas in protest. One of the ministers, Satyendra Jain, has launched an indefinite fast. The chief minister, his deputy Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai and Satyendra Jain had gone to ...

The condition of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was admitted to AIIMS here with urinary tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection and kidney issues, was stable today, the hospital said. The 93-year-old leader was admitted to the hospital yesterday. In a statement, the AIIMS said, “His condition is stable. He is responding to treatment and is on injectable ...

Ten new iconic sites, namely, RaghavendraSwamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); Hazardwari Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); VidurKuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand); Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, J&K); Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh); ImaKeithal/market (Imphal, Manipur); Sabarimala Temple (Kerala); and Kanvashram (Uttarakhand) have been taken up under Phase III of the flagship project Swachh Iconic Places ...

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un signed a “very comprehensive” document after their historic summit today, with the US president saying that the process of denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula will begin “very soon” and the North Korean leader promising to leave the past behind. The two leaders had a one-on-one meeting, with translators only, followed by an expanded meeting including ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the government was contemplating linking driving licences with Aadhaar cards to end forgery of driving licences. “Talks are on with Union Minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari to link driving licences with Aadhaar cards. It will help in nabbing rash drivers who even after an incident ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Congress President Rahul Gandhi will face trial in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker after a magistrate court here today framed charges against him. Gandhi pleaded not guilty in the case. The 47-year-old Congress leader arrived at the magistrate’s court in Bhiwandi at 11.05 am amid heavy security cover and ...