Dehradun

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Governor Dr KK Paul today administered the pledge for cleanliness to the officials and staff of Raj Bhawan at a programme held at Raj Bhawan under the Swachhta hi Sewa mission. Speaking on the occasion,he said we must adopt cleanliness as a “sanskar” in life. Like we keep our homes clean, we must also keep our colonies, ...

Hundreds of gram pradhans across Uttarakhand protested on Monday demanding implementation of guidelines of Panchayati Raj Act 2016 and enhanced pay and perks. In Dehradun, several hundred pradhans and their supporters from nearby villages gheraoed the secretariat, resulting in major traffic snarls and inconvenience to commuters. The pradhans had first protested in July this year, voicing for their demands by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj has said that rural tourism will receive a terrific boost under the Department of Tourism’s Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rozgar Yojana. The scheme had been launched with an eye on promoting home-stays in rural areas. Villagers will be offered grants and loans for developing their home-stays located in the heart of villages.   ...

Uttarakhand State Badminton Association secretary BS Mankoty said that the junior number one player Lakshya Sen will lead the Indian team in the World Badminton Championships in Indonesia from October 9 to 22. In this, Dhruv Rawat, Unnati Bisht, Aditi Bhatt and Sneha Razvar from Uttarakhand have been selected in the Indian Badminton Team. Secretary said that Unanti Bisht is ...

Three more accused in the kidney murder case were arrested by the police. These include the medicine supplier of Gangotri Charitable Hospital, Gujarat’s agent and the wife of the hospital’s director Rajiv Choudhary. So far, eight accused, including Kidney Purchase gang gangster Amit and his brother Jeevan, have been arrested. Police Superintendent Rural Sarita Dobal told that Abhishek Sharma, resident of  ...

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was set up to probe fake certificates and degrees of government teachers, has recommended registration of FIR under section 420 (cheating) against four teachers in Dehradun who hold degrees from unauthorized educational institutions. In its report to the education department, the SIT has recommended strict action against the teachers identified as Neelam Pandey, Kamlendra ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to facilitate the freedom fighter, state has government has decided to allow free boarding to the assistant of the freedom fighter and widows of late freedom fighters too in the Volvo buses run by Uttarakhand Government . According to the directions of CM Trivendra Singh Rawat,  Principal Secretary Shri Anand Vardhan has issued an ...

For the first time in its 14-years of history, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) is going to hire 127 women conductors for its fleet of over 1,150 buses. As of now, women conductors have never been hired through direct recruitment by UTC since its formation in October 2003. According to UTC officials, only 42 women conductors have been appointed on compassionate ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A video went viral on Tuesday in which  an additional district judge from Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh was seen losing her cool and slapping a policeman in uniform in Premnagar area.   Circle officer Chandra Mohan said that Premnagar police had called two rival student groups  from a local college to the police station to thrash out an understanding.   “Incidentally, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh has categorically said that their BJP chief minister Trivendra singh rawat has no control over his party leaders and government too. He also lambasted the state government on decisions taken regarding the expansion of limit of urban local bodies and formation of a commission instead of a strong Lokayukta. ...