DAINIK NATION BUREAU Despite shortage of staff, recurrence of disasters Uttarakhand has joined the leading state in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA). For the year 2017-18, Uttarakhand has been selected for the award in five categories from different categories of the national award announced under MNREGA scheme. Ironically, MNREGA scheme is based on ...

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual unnatural sex. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed the part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which crimiminalises unnatural sex as irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary. The ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday urged the countrymen to come in maximum number of Kumbh Mela being held in Allahabad next year. Kumbh Mela in Allahabad is going to start from 15th January, 2019 Yogi said, “We are trying to open the door of Prayag Fort where Saraswati exists and for this purpose, we are talking with ...

Hectic life and desk job is one of the biggest reasons for today’s illness. Net and smart phones have also reduced the outdoor activities of people’s lives. Most of the working people like to relax on weekends due to laziness ignore the workout too. According to a report from WHO, due to such lethargic attitude there is a danger of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Narendra Modi led NDA government has outrightly dismissed the Congress demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale deal with France saying: “… to satisfy the ego of an ill-informed gentleman (Rahul Gandhi) it was not an option”. In a bid to educate the council of ministers the top security brass briefed them ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With a view to bring uniformity in the operation of the universities, a meeting to bring a uniform Act for the State Universities by the Uttarakhand government was held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat at Secretariat. Vice Chancellors of all government and private universities of the state participated in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has asked all the District Magistrates to ensure a complete ban on plastic in the state and prevent the use of synthetic drugs as well as monitor the transmission of objectionable messages and rumours on social media. He reviewed the effective efforts being made at district level through video conferencing by all ...

Superstar Salman Khan said on Tuesday that it was not him but his good friend Shah Rukh Khan who was the first choice as the host of popular reality show “Bigg Boss”. The 52-year-actor said Shah Rukh was suppose to replace megastar Amitabh Bachchan as the host after the season three of the show but things could not materialise as ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Quality medical services will be available in the hilly areas of the state. In this regard state government has prepared the blueprint. The work will be done through the Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Project. Rs. 120 crores have been approved for this project of World Bank. Project Governing Body meeting led by chief secretary Utpal Kumar singh ...

In Kanpur, SP city Surendra Das has attempted suicide by eating suspicious substance. IPS Surendra Das, posted at SP Eastern Post, was admitted to the Regency Hospital in the critical condition on Wednesday. Doctors told that the condition of SP City Surinder Das is currently fragile. Surendra Das is a resident of Barauli village of Ballia. His wife Raveena is ...