DAINIK NATION BUREAU Actor and film producer Arbaaz Khan has told the police he lost more than Rs 2.75 crore in betting on IPL matches, sources said on Saturday. Khan was summoned by the anti-extortion cell of the Thane police in the morning for questioning over his links with bookie Sonu Jalan, who was arrested last month. Police sources said Khan ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A girl was washed away in a flash flood while two children were rescued in Uttarkashi and a school was damaged in Pithoragarh district due to heavy rain on Friday evening. The District Mitigation and Management Centre (DMCC) said the children were washed away in a flash flood in Gangtadi village falling under Barkot Tehsil of Uttarkashi. ...

Shimla Police today claimed to have busted a sex racket with the arrest of a man and a woman from a guest house in the Himachal Pradesh capital. The police also arrested a customer and rescued a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly brought to the state capital for flesh trade by the woman who ran the racket, an official said. ...

In the Secretariat, a big disclosure has been made in giving jobs to the youth. The accused and the victims of the fake encounter were released shortly on the instructions of an officer. Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has ordered an inquiry into the whole matter. On Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm, four youths reached the nearby office to make ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Afghanistan will take on Bangladesh in a three-match T20 series starting here June 3, dividing their focus ahead of the historic Test debut against India in two weeks’ time. While the dates of the Afghanistan’s inaugural Test against India were announced back in January, the series against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After Delhi, Chandigarh and Lucknow, Dehradun has been selected as the venue for national function of International Yoga Day. Preparations for the function to be held at from 6 am to 8 am on June 21 has started. Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh held a meeting in this regard at secretariat on Friday. The representatives of Patanjali Yogapeeth, Dev ...

India’s joint operation with Nepal army started in the military sector of Pithoragarh. This time the drill has been named ‘Suryakiran 12’. During this ten-day exercise, the teams will practice under the joint strategy of dealing with terrorism in the mountainous regions of both the countries. The exchange of information between the two armies will also be shared during this ...

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday gave an in principle nod to pay arrears to the tune of Rs 217 crore to sugarcane farmers. Of the total arrears amounting to Rs 440 crore, Rs 223 crore was earlier paid. He directed finance secretary Amit Negi to hold a meeting with officials of sugarcane department to chalk out a work ...

Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu today said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent. “I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation,” Sanjita told PTI. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and discussed bilateral ties. Modi, who arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit, also called on Singapore President Halimah Yacob. After his arrival at the presidential palace Istana, he was accorded a ceremonial welcome. “Prime Minister Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome on his arrival at Istana – ...