A special CBI court yesterday sentenced five people, including a former Border Security Force DIG, to 10 years in prison in the 2006 Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal. Pronouncing the quantum of sentence in a packed courtroom here, judge Gagan Geet Kaur said the convicts deserved no leniency. The court had held the five guilty on May 30. The convicts ...

After a gap of a decade, there will be no Iftar celebrations at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind has said that Rashtrapati Bhavan being a public building, there would be no religious observances at taxpayer expense. Iftar parties have been traditionally hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan except during the tenure of APJ Abdul Kalam, who was the president ...

Two soldiers were today injured in a militant attack on an Army patrol near the Line of Control in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. “Terrorists opened fire on a link patrol ahead of the fence at the Line of Control in Keran sector,” a Defence Spokesman said in Srinagar. He said two soldiers were injured in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A 48-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant in Laldhang forest range of Pauri district. This was ascertained by a forest officer today. Talking to Dainik nation, Range officer Virendra Pal Singh said that Bhopal Singh, a resident of Nathukhal village, had gone for some work last afternoon to beat no 7 of Laldhang forest ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU For International Yoga Day preparations, under curtain raiser programme a general yoga practice session was held at B.R. Ambedkar stadium at ONGC on Thursday. Swami Ramdev made hundreds of yoga practitioners do yoga in the programme. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Union Minister of state for Ayush Mr Shripad Yesso Naik, Uttarakhand Ayush Minister Dr Harak Singh Rawat, Swami ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After Gagandeep Singh, another jawan become savior of an old age person on Wednesday. The jawan rushed around two kilometers uphill carrying an old age  pilgrim, who had a mild heart attack, on his back and ensured the man received timely medical attention. Sub Inspector Lokendra Bahuguna’s heroic act not only proved to be blessing for 55-year-old Ranjhi ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that Uttarakhand will soon be recognised as Film Destination. On Wednesday, Chief Minister inaugurated the five-day Film Appreciation Course at Suchna Bhawan, Dehradun. Terming it as a historic moment, he expressed gratitude to the FTII, Pune. He said that efforts would be made to organise such courses in all the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Two day CII – UCOST 9th Environment Summit focusing on Eco system service and plastic waste free Uttarakhand concluded today on a successful note. Dr S S Negi Vice Chairman, Uttarakhand Rural Development & Migration Commission while delivering his valedictory session as Guest of Honour said that it is the duty of the society to make ...

In a post on twitter, software company Microsoft has announced acquiring popular code sharing site GitHub. GitHub hosts open-source software projects from countless companies and organizations, including Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Walmart, and the US government. According to Microsoft, GitHub has 28 million users and hosts 85 million codebases. It also hosts proprietary code and internal communications for many companies ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday hiked the key lending or repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent as it announced its second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2018-19. The repo (or repurchase) rate is the rate of interest which the RBI charges to lend short-term loans to the commercial banks. The ...