DAINIK NATION BUREAU DEOBHOOMI DIARY Strange but true, an IAS officer, who has earned closeness to the chief minister office, has outrightly disobeyed his senior’s order. Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) rank officer had called meeting and in which he asked his Personal Secretary (PS) to inform to all his subordinates including Secretary of the department concerned. Following on the order the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday paved the way for the state Forest Department to remove the Rishikesh ashram of goldman Asaram, built on forestland. A Bench of Justice Manoj Tiwari gave the green signal for the removal of the ashram by vacating its earlier order that had stayed the department’s order for the removal of the ...

President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as House Republicans approved a package with his USD 5.7 billion request that is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate. The White House said Trump will not travel to Florida on Friday for the Christmas holiday if the government is shutting down. ...

Benchmark equity indices witnessed heavy selloff Friday after investors booked profits in realty, banking, IT and auto bluechips amid weak signals from global markets. The BSE Sensex plunged 689.60 points, or 1.89 per cent, to 35,742.07, while the NSE Nifty slipped 197.70 points, or 1.81 per cent, to 10,754. The 30-share index ended the week 527.93 points lower, while the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU At least seven labourers were killed, three others injured while another is missing in a landslide near the construction site of the Char Dham all-weather road in Rudraprayag district on Friday, the police said. Taking cognizance on it, additional chief secretray Omprakash has asked their official to conduct safety audit of the all weather road, wherever roads ...

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced results of thefirst ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018 at an event in New Delhi today. DIPP began this exercise from January, 2016.             States have been identified as leaders across various categories such as Start-up policy leaders, incubation hubs, seeding innovation, scaling innovation, regulatory change champions, procurement leaders, communication champions, North-Eastern ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Travel plans for thousands of passengers went awry on Thursday ahead of the Christmas holiday period after one of UK’s busiest airports remained closed for the second day due to a number of drones spotted near its runway, evoking a stern warning from Prime Minister Theresa May. The runway of Gatwick Airport, Britain’s second-busiest after Heathrow Airport, ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has called upon the youth to donate blood and raise awareness about blood donation. The CM has appealed that a unit of blood donated by you can save the life of four persons. There was confusion in the minds of people earlier that donating blood may cause weakness or any other problem but today ...

After completion of six months of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, the state will come under President’s rule from midnight paving the way for the union cabinet to take all policy decisions related to the militancy-hit state. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the proclamation for imposition of central rule in the state, which plunged into a political crisis ...

Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11) successfully launched the communication satellite GSAT-7A from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota yesterday. The GSLV-F11 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at SDSC at 04:10 pm IST, carrying 2250 kg GSAT-7A and about 19 minutes later, injected GSAT-7A into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) of 170.8 ...