Dehradun

General public visiting the office of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun faced problems as the entrance of the office was locked by agitating Asha workers on Thursday. Shouting slogans against the state government and CMO of Dehradun, the Asha workers assembled outside the office in the morning and placed a lock on its entry.  The state President of Uttarakhand Asha ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The newly elected BJP legislators appeared ecstatic after taking oath in Vidhan Sabha premises on Tuesday. Summing up the atmosphere senior BJP leader Munna Singh Chauhan and MLA from Vikasnagar said, “I had a privilege of being a part of many legislative assemblies both in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh but the enthusiasm shown by the members today is ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Meteorological centre has forecast light rain/snow at isolated places, especially in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Light rainfall/snow has been reported from the higher mountainous reaches like Kedarnath and Uttarkashi over the past 24 hours, said Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh.   Met department further said that the maximum temperatures were below the normal to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of swearing- in of the chief minister at Parade Ground, the Dehradun police have drafted a traffic plan and some routes have been changed in the state capital on Saturday. No heavy vehicle would be allowed to enter the city while the vehicles on emergency services will reach the city via Dudhali. Much before the arrival ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Senior BJP leaders and the state administrative officers on Friday visited Parade Ground, the venue of the swearing- in of the new chief minister and the cabinet ministers, to be held on Saturday. The senior leaders from the saffron party who inspected the ground included Dharmendra Pradhan (minister of state – independent charge), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Party state in-charge Shyam Jaju and State ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The examinations of Uttarakhand board started on Friday with general Hindi examination of class XII.  The examination of the Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP)- the Uttarakhand Board- was organized at 1319 centres across the state. The Secretary of the USVP, Manoj Simalti told that the examination started on a good note as not even a single case of any ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay congratulated Doiwala MLA Trivendra Singh Rawat for being elected the head of Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party on Friday. In his statement issued to the media, the PCC chief said that the manner in which the BJP rushed to form its government in states it had not achieved a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dehradun visit to attend the swearing in of the new chief minister on Saturday, Uttarakhand chief secretary S Ramaswamy held a meeting with the senior officers on Thursday to take stock of the preparations for the same.  It is learnt that on his arrival at the Dehradun Airport, PM will be welcomed by Governor Dr KK ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dehradun district magistrate Ravinath Raman on Thursday inspected Parade Ground, the venue of swearing in of the chief minister and the cabinet ministers, to be held on March 18. Raman reviewed the arrangements being made for the event with the district officials.  Prime Minister, a host of Union cabinet ministers and the newly elected MLAs aside from a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Apathy on the part of district food and civil supply officers has led to large number of people of the district not receiving sugar on the public distribution system during the Holi festival.  Many of the economically unprivileged people for whom PDS is meant had celebrated a low key Holi as they failed to prepare sweets as per the custom of ...