Dehradun

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State Election Commission will appoint separate observers to monitor election expenditure of candidates for the urban local bodies elections. The election is to be held somewhere in March-April. “Although we have been appointing election observers for bringing about transparency in the elections, this time we will appoint separate observers whose main task will be to monitor the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU chief secretary has categorically asked the police to be polite while dealing with tourist. Taking cognizance on the state Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj’s letter, in which he has expressed dissatisfaction with the arrangement of district administration to facilitate the tourists during tourist season especially new year, chief secretary convened a meeting with home department, tourism and transport department ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As part of the MoU signed earlier between the State Government and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, 84 seismographs have been installed in the Garhwal region while about 100 seismographs are to be installed in the Kumaon region. This will help build a warning system for earthquakes in the seismically active Uttarakhand State. In addition ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Premchand Agarwal has inaugurated the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Information Technology (IT) Committee at State Assembly on Friday.  He has appointed Qazi Nizamuddin and Deshraj Karnwal as Chairpersons of the PAC and IT committees respectively. Agarwal said that both PAC and IT committees are very important committees of the State Assembly and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to suppress the Mission Aakrosh two cops, who had allegedly expressed their view on social media, have been suspended. They claimed that more such suspension order would come if they do so. Although they have written letter the chief minister Trivendra singh Rawat twice i.e. in September and November. In which they have appealed ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Following on the media report that government has imposed ban on the entry of media into secretariat, chief secretary has clarified that he has issued the directive to ensure dissemination of authentic information to media. The Uttarakhand Government has banned the entry of outsiders directly into government offices at the Secretariat. Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh clarifies ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that by purchasing handloom products you honour the labour done by the  poor of the country. He expressed this views while visiting the National Handloom expo held at Parade Ground here on Thursday. Handloom industry provides employment to about 65 lakh people and is second largest employment generating sector ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Government has resolved to complete work on the 899-km all-weather Char Dham road by March 2019. It comprises expanding the existing road and building new tunnels by cutting mountains.  To review the progress report union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari is likely to visit Dehradun on January 8. Meanwhile Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the State Government has removed Additional Secretary Information Technology Arunendra Singh Chouhan from information technology. The change has been made few days after inauguration of CM dashboard so it has raised question mark on it. Although he has been given charge of Additional Secretary Medical Health and family welfare and medical education. Secretary ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Yash Birla Group Chairman Yashovardhan Birla met the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here in Dehradun on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of investment in Uttarakhand in the field of education, health, Ayush, Ayurved Panchakarma and industries. The CM shri Trivendra assured the Yash Birla Group that action will be taken quickly on the ...