DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the MIS portal “Sachet” which has been developed for online reporting, data collection and start of rescue works during natural disasters and road accidents occurring in the state at Secretariat on Wednesday. During the review of the work of the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, Chief Minister instructed SDRF to coordinate ...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking removal of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister of the national capital as he was facing prosecution in a criminal case. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said prosecution was still pending in the case and elected authorities cannot be removed like this. ...

CBI Director Alok Verma joined office Wednesday, 77 days after he was sent on forced leave by the central government through a much-criticised late-night order on October 23, 2018, which was set aside by the Supreme Court. The October order sent Verma and his deputy Special Director Rakesh Asthana, booked by the agency on corruption charges, into exile in a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Lok Sabha passes bill to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State Bank of India (SBI) customers holding regular savings accounts with the lender are required to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) to the tune of Rs. 1,000-3,000, according to bank’s corporate website- sbi.co.in. The monthly average balance, which is the average of end-of-day balances in the savings account in a month, varies depending on the location ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Reserve Bank of India has appointed infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani in a committee. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced formation of a high-level panel to assess digitisation of payments in the country. The Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments will be chaired by Nandan Nilekani, the RBI said in a statement. The committee, which ...

There is a two-day strike across the nation including Uttarakhand on the minimum wages, closure of the new pension policy, amendment to the transport policy, and the demands of workers’ organizations against the demands of workers. In this, more than 50 thousand workers of Bank-Insurance, Group C’s Central employees, hotels and factories etc associated with five workers organizations from Uttarakhand ...

The erstwhile Ministry of Welfare had constituted the Expert Committee and on its basis Department of Personnel and Training has issued Office Memorandum Vide No.36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res) dated 9th March, 2004 on the subject “Revision of Income criteria to exclude socially advanced persons/sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs)”. In the Office Memorandum dated 08th ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, setting aside the Centre’s decision to divest him of his powers, but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the CVC probe into corruption charges against him is over. The apex court said any further decision against Verma, who was sent on leave following ...

Veteran filmmaker-actor Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with “early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat”, his son, actor Hrithik Roshan said on Tuesday. Hrithik made the revelation on Instagram, adding his father is set to undergo surgery. “Asked my dad for a picture this morning. Knew he wouldnt miss gym on surgery day. He is probably the strongest man ...