Dehradun

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Polling in Uttarakhand slated on February 15, 23 teams would be dispatched for the polling booths located in the far- flung areas of district by Sunday while 80 such polling teams would head for the plain areas of the same region on Monday. In all, 1622 such polling teams would leave for the polling stations situated in the rest of Dehradun ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to educate the voters, the Uttarakhand Citizen Initiative (UCI) has released a voter’s checklist, claiming it to be a first-of-its-kind initiative in the nation.   Uttarakhand UCI co-founder Manoj Gairola said that as state is gearing up for the fourth assembly elections, it is pertinent to caution the citizens to exercise their vote judiciously. For good governance ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A few days after an outfit championing the cause of the ex-servicemen extended its support to the ruling  Congress,  Uttarakhand Personal Below Officer Rank (PBOR) has lent   unconditional support to BJP in the forthcoming  election due on February 15. While disclosing the outfit’s support to BJP at the latter’s headquarters in Dehradun, its central president Shamsher Singh Bisht ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The 55th raising day of Head Quarter Uttarakhand sub area was celebrated with customary pomp and show on Friday. The day started with a small Pooja at ‘Sarva Dharma Sthal’. A Sainik Sammelan (soldier conclave) was organized at the Doon Sainik Institute.  Speaking on the occasion the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General Balraj Mehta, congratulated all ...

This “Queen of Hills” needs to stretch her arms at times and take it easy after the crowds leave and the revelry is over and done with. This is exactly what it has been doing for some days now as is   evident to the chance visitor who becomes a part of this lazy picture. However, the Valentineseason coincides with our “Basant Ritu” ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true that election fever has subdued the influence of ‘Valentine week’. The ‘Valentine Week’ started on February 7 with ‘Rose day’ and would end on February 14 when Valentine’s Day is celebrated. During this week the lovebirds ensure that the sales of flowers and other gift items zoom but this time with elections around the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A high powered delegation of educationists from France led by Dr Jean Pierre Trotignon, former Ambassador of France to United Kingdom and currently the Executive Director of “N plus I ” arrived in Bidholi campus of UPES today. “N plus I” is a semi-government organization in France which co-ordinates and facilitates all foreign Engineering students pursuing their ...

DANIK NATION BUREAU The governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul has emphasised on growing mushrooms for removing malnutrition among children and women of state. The horticulture wing of Raj Bhawan which has undertaken mushroom growing presented a basket of home grown button mushrooms to Governor on his birthday. The Governor said that mushroom cultivation which is popular and widespread in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Massive security arrangements have been put in place to  conduct Assembly election -2017 peacefully here in Dehradun district. Police forces including 18 companies and one platoon of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF); 12 gazetted officers, 36 inspectors, 283 sub-inspectors, 193 head constables, 1982 constables, 2648 home guards, 442 Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD), 62 forest guards, three companies ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To counter the chief minister Harish Rawat allegation that union government is not supporting uttarakhad government and not releasing state budget sanctioned by the government under constitutional obligation Union Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh apprised the media that government has released several crores rupees to uttarakhand government but they failed to submit utilisation certificate (UC) of the ...