DAINIK NATION BUREAU Incessant rain across the state threw normal life out of gear on Saturday. All schools remained shut in Dehradun as the district administration had declared a holiday on Saturday. As per the state disaster management authority, the Rishikesh-Gangotri national highway (NH-108) had remained blocked since morning due to debris falling in Maneri and Naytala. While the Rishikesh- ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, a review meeting with the law officers in the Honorable Courts was organised at CM residence on Saturday. Chief Minister said that such meetings should be organized in the future as well for having a better coordination between the government and the advocates. Instructions were issued to comply with the suggestions received ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Despite incessant rain, Slum dwellers in large numbers along with Congress workers gathered at the Parade Ground from where they proceeded towards the Chief Minister’s residence. The police stopped the crowd from proceeding further at Hathibarkala, Dehradun, which also resulted in minor skirmishes. In his address, state Congress president Pritam Singh asserted that the Congress would not ...

The water level in Yamuna river has crossed the danger level in Delhi following water discharge from Haryana’s Hathnikund Barrage and continuous rainfall. The river is currently flowing at 205.06 meters, which is 0.23 metres more than the danger level. The Delhi government has already issued an alert. The Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the city government has made ...

Incessant rains affected normal life across Uttarakhand today, especially in the hilly areas, where a number of roads were blocked due to landslides and schools remained closed. Jollygrant received a maximum of 145.1 mm of rains, followed by Rishikesh 132.4 mm, Purola in Uttarkashi 110 mm, Roorkee 106 mm Mussoorie 99.5 mm and Dehradun 98.6 mm, the Meteorological (MeT) office ...

Militants have abducted a policeman from his home in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Special police officer (SPO) Mudasir Ahmad Lone was abducted by the militants from his home at Chainattar village last night, a police official said. Security forces have launched an operation to rescue the abducted policeman, he said.

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With an aim to increase awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis as a major global health issue Sanjay maternity centre observed World Hepatitis Day, on July 28. The theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day is “eliminate hepatitis”. Dr. Sujata Sanjay, obstetrician and gynecologist, said that the jaundice outbreak was a man-made problem. It could be prevented only by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A woman lodged a police complaint here today against her husband, accusing him of raping her and forcing her into unnatural sex, police said. The Gurgaon police lodged an FIR against her husband under IPC sections 376(2)(n), 377, 34, 406, 495 and 506 at a women’s police station and also booked her father-in-law in this connection. “We ...

US President Donald Trump said the American media was “dying to see” him make mistake, as he continued his public criticism of the press a day after the White House barred a reporter from attending one of his events. “Look at all those cameras. All those cameras, every stop I get all these cameras. This never happened to (former president ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today hailed the All India Motor Transport Congress’s decision to call off its strike. Talking to the media here, Gadkari said he and the finance minister were in constant discussions with the transport unions in this regard. “People were facing problems due to the transport unions’ strike. Today we had success (in ...