Dehradun

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A total of 39, 393 postal ballots of service voters and government employees deputed on election duty for State Assembly election- 2017, were received in various districts by February 25, said Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Radha Raturi on Saturday. The polling was held on February 15 and its counting would happen on March 11. As per press ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A bureaucrat who automatically gets shifted to work under the election commission (EC) once the election model code of conduct (MCC) comes into force, is under stress  because he was sacked from his post but another officer who had allowed violation of the model code of conduct is still enjoying his post. An officer who was posted in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Expressing concern over the drop in polling percentage in the General Assembly Election-2017, the state PCC Kishore Upadhyay also referred to past instances  of postal ballots being manipulated to the benefit of a particular political party in the state. A Congress delegation had called on the state election officials and had submitted a memorandum seeking transparency and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The parents united to save the Kendriya Vidhyalaya (KV), Forest Research Institute (FRI) and now decided meet with the union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Prakash Javdekar  on Thursday. The parents are apprehensive about future of their wards as FRI is pulling its hands off from the operation of the school. Vijay Giri, who is spearheading the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On the occasion of platinum jubilee of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), many programmes were organised at the cluster office of the bank here on Sunday.  A blood donation camp and a road show were highlights of the day. The programme was formally inaugurated by the General Manager (GM) of Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN), B L ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To meet the criteria laid by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the administration of the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) has started the recruitment drive against  vacant faculty positions. The college would organise walk-in interviews of applicants for 54 posts of senior residents (SR), junior residents (JR) and tutors on Monday, February 20. The college has also ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The month of February attracts a large number of visitors to the Assan Barrage and Wetland, one of the most scenic sites of Doon valley. On the occasion of the World Wetland Day students of many colleges and schools of the valley visited the Assan Barrage and Wetland located  to the west of the valley . The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After inaugurating the state’s first cyber crime training centre at STF Uttarakhand’s office here in Dehradun on Saturday, the state DGP MA Ganapathy said that now onwards, every police station of the state would have at least one cyber-trained officer to deal with the cyber crimes. With this training centre, state police have become self -reliant in providing training ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU As examination fever is on so students usually take undue pressure, which made impact on their performance, Dehradun- based psychologists have cautioned the students against taking extra pressure on the count of the exams. She advised that instead of tension they should focus on planned preparations. Senior Psycologist Sangeeta Khullar advised the students to follow a normal ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand  is set to have fresh rain/’snow spell for three  days  starting from February 19  after the state has a long period of dry spell with the mercury on the rise. Informing this, the Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh said that the spell would be moderate to heavy on Monday, adding that Dehradun would have rains on the day. As ...