DAINIK NATION BUREAU Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam have spent their first night in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi and the two VIP convicts were provided “B” class facilities, media reports said on Saturday, a day after their arrest. The National Accountability Bureau officials took Sharif, 68, and Maryam, 44, into custody in the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the S-400 Triumf air defence missile deal with Russia will go ahead notwithstanding the US sanctions on military transactions with Moscow. Referring to CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), under which the Trump administration has imposed sanctions on military deals with Russia, she said it is an American law and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A large number of pilgrims stranded in Gangotri national highway because road blocked due to rain triggered landslide on Friday. The Thursday night rains led to landslide at around 5 am on Friday at Dharasu bend-Nalupani stretch completely halting traffic movement in Gangotri national highway that connects Uttarkashi district headquarters to Gangotri. District and Border Roads Organisation ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik said that instead of working in government mode in sanitation and cleanliness areas, the officers should work under mission mode. He expressed this view while addressing in a workshop on “13th Regional Workshop on Star Rating of Garbage Free Cities” to increase the capacity of urban civic bodies here in Dehradun on Friday. A ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In wake of the fact that administrative officials and employees are busy on account of relief works because of the heavy rains in the state and the problems being faced by common citizens, the state government will file a petition in the Supreme Court requesting to extend the deadline for removal of encroachments. On Friday, Higher Education ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat reviewed the development works in assembly constituencies of Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts through video conferencing at Secretariat on Friday. Mainly the implementation of the Chief Ministers’ announcements was reviewed. In the meeting, Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik, Prakash Pant, MLA Mahendra Bhatt, Surendra Singh Negi, Manoj Rawat, Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash, Radha Raturi, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Congress has alleged that BJP led state government is insensitive towards death and destruction caused by incessant rains in the state. Interacting with media person at congress bhawan, Uttarakhand Congress senior vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana alleged that the BJP of not even expressing its condolences over recent seven deaths in capital Dehradun due to rains. He asserted ...

With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 50 rallies across the country by February next year, covering more than 100 Lok Sabha constituencies, sources said. BJP chief Amit Shah and senior leaders Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will address 50 rallies each, a source said. The source said that the prime minister ...

Despite the strictness of the police administration, the crooks are refusing to be bogged down. After two days of government in Kashipur, as soon as the officials went,  the bike riders shot a business board chairman returning home after closing shop. This caused a stir between the police and traders. The traders admitted the injured to LD Bhatt Hospital. Where ...

The army is contemplating to eliminate all its 62 Cantt areas. This can save about two lakh acres of land and saving hundreds of millions of rupees per year in maintenance. According to a news of the Times of India, the army has proposed to the Ministry of Defense that the military areas within the cantonment can be converted into ...