DAINIK NATION BUREAU Giving emphasis on rejuvenation of old mango orchards, Uttarakhand Horticulture Minister Subodh Uniyal  said  the state had the potential of becoming a major mango fruit-producing state if old trees were replaced with new hybrid  varieties. “We have to increase our production. As of now in Uttarakhand, around 36, 422 hectare of land is under mango production, which ...

Government think tank Niti Aayog is working on a proposal to replace LPG subsidy with cooking subsidy in order to extend the benefits to people using piped natural gas and biofuels for cooking purposes, a top official said today. Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said subsidy should be applicable for all fuels that are used for cooking. At present, ...

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today supported the Centre’s idea of holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, saying it would save time and money. Talking to reporters in Chennai, he also backed the proposed Rs 10,000 crore greenfield Chennai-Salem eight-lane highway, being opposed by some quarters, and said such big projects should be taken up for the development of ...

France became the FIFA World Cup champions for the second time after a gap of 20 years. They  defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The first France goal came off a Croatian’s header. The second was scored with the aid of the Argentina referee, and became the first video-assistant-reviewed goal in World Cup history. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the media reports that the Uttarakhand government is charging for helicopter services from the disaster affected people in Pithoragarh, state government has issued clarification on Sunday. They clarified that the news is completely misleading. In view of the possibility of heavy rains and on the instructions of the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Governor Dr KK Paul has launched the Kakrighat Prakalp Adarsh Gram Yojana and Vivekananda Gyanvriksh Chhatravriti at Kakrighat in Almora on Sunday. The programme was organized by Ramakrishna Kuteer and Vivekananda Sewa Samiti . He distributed school bags and other study material to students of 13 local primary schools and two inter colleges. He announced that Rs.one lakh ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As part of Harela festival, Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul planted saplings of less sweet species ( Pusa, Surya, Lalima and Arunima) of mangoes at Raj Bhawan on Sunday. He directed  the horticulture department to make available such  saplings to the people. Greeting the people of the state on Harela, the governor said that this festival was important both  due ...

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to apprise it as to whether petrol and diesel can have an equal pricing for four wheelers and private cars after the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) said pollution from diesel vehicles was a cause of concern. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta suggested that the government could contemplate ...

A youth from Delhi who had come to Dehradun with friends,drowned in the water during a dip at Sahastradhara. The police recovered his dead body about one kilometer from the scene. According to Rajpur police station, the rescue team arrived at the spot and started investigations as soon as the information about the drowning of the youth was reported. The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU More than 300 women thanked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat for his decision to bring in a law proposing death penalty to accused of raping minor girls at his official residence on Saturday. In his address Chief Minister Rawat said that Uttarakhand has a separate identity of  ‘Dev Bhoomi’ in the country and in the world ...