The initiative of conducting student union elections in the state by Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat, Minister of State for Higher Education, has been successful. This year, all the degree colleges in the state will hold elections on September 8. Higher education director Dr. JC Ghildiyal has issued orders to all the principals. There are 101 political post-graduate colleges, 50 non-government ...

The Modi government has decided to increase the DA of the Central Government employees and pensioners. In the Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, dearness allowance (DA) has been increased by 2 percent. After this increase, the DA has become 9%. The benefit of this increase will be given to 1.10 crore Central Government employees and pensioners. At present, the Central ...

RJD president and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad today surrendered before a special CBI court Ranchi on expiry of his provisional bail. Prasad, who reached Ranchi from Patna yesterday, was directed by the Jharkhand High Court to surrender before the CBI court by August 30. After his surrender before Judge S S Prasad, RJD chief’s advocate Prabhat Kumar said his ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The already arduous security checks at India’s airports are set to become a notch more irritating for flyers. Commuters will now be asked to place everything in the x-ray basket, including wallets, mobile phones, pens, chargers or any other electronic devices for an added layer of screening. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), has recently started taking extra ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A minor daughter of a Delhi Police personnel was allegedly raped by a juvenile, police said. She told police that her cousin introduced her to the accused, whose father is also a Delhi Police personnel, six months ago and they became friends, he said. Police said the victim lives in a society in Dwarka North while the accused ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On Wednesday incessant rain have made severe dent on uttarakhand people’s life. In morning six people died in Tehri district’s landslide and in late night two people died due to landslide in chamoli district. As we know that weather department had forcast heavy to heavy rain would occur and it happened accordingly. Although rain was happening but ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand government to check illegal constructions in Haridwar forest division and formed an oversight committee for the same, after a plea alleged rampant violations of forest laws. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel formed the oversight committee comprising Justice U C Dhyani, principal chief conservator of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Indian women’s hockey team made its first Asian Games final in 20 years, outlasting three-time champions China 1-0 in a fiercely-contested battle here today. Gurjit Kaur’s strike from a penalty corner in the 52nd minute was the difference between the two sides, in a match that lacked the quality of a high-profile semifinal. Nonetheless, the erratic ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Six dead out of Eight people buried in landslide debris in Kot village of Tehri district on Wednesday. Governor and CM have expressed grief and asked administration to provide all necessary help to the victims family. As per the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), landslide debris buried one residential building in Kotgaon village about three kilometres from ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With the RBI announcing that almost all the demonetised currency notes have returned to the system, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge today said the note-ban has failed and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be ready to face “punishment”. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that 99.3 per cent of the scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 ...