Dehradun

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On the day of polling in the Karnprayag Vidhan Sabha constituency with one day left for counting of votes cast in the Vidhan Sabha election 2017, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay averred that one of the striking aspects of this election was the negative campaigning and the amount of money pumped into the campaign ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Four days left for the counting, the state director general of police MA Ganapathy asked the district police chiefs on Tuesday to deploy security forces in  adequate strength at the counting venues to ensure peace during the process. While polling was held for 69 seats on February 15 the election to Karnprayag constituency would be held on March 9. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Mission Sarvodaya, a Dehradun Police initiative aimed at involving the communities to crack down on cyber crimes, crimes against women, drug menace and others, was launched at police lines in Dehradun on Saturday. Director general (vigilance) Anil Kumar Raturi along with a host of senior police officers was present on the occasion. Besides, thousands of students from schools and colleges ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Personnel of the City Patrol Unit (CPU) which has elicited both praise and censure since its establishment will have their performance evaluated.  PHQ SSP Nivedita Kukreti said that police chiefs of the districts where the unit has been working have been asked to submit reports on its performance. The CPU personnel whose performance would be found below par would ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Vasantotsav, meant to celebrate the advent of the spring, was initiated at Raj Bhawan premises on Friday with the Governor Dr KK Paul planting a sapling. However, the two-day annual spring festival would be formally inaugurated on Saturday.  While talking to the media persons, the Governor said that the objective behind the celebration is not just displaying flowers but ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU There is a definite need of industrial growth in utilisation of medicinal and aromatic plants sector, agricultural crops, vegetables and fruits specific to mountains through food processing units, technologies and expertise. The Uttarakhand governor Krishan Kant Paul said this after inaugurating the 11th Science and Technology Congress of Uttarakhand being organised by the Uttarakhand State Council for ...

Affirming that lack of clarity in the contracts signed between the government departments and the contractors is leading to many important projects hang fire for a long time, Engineer BCK Mishra, director (operations), Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL), who is also the brand ambassador of Project Management Institute (Northern India Chapter), said on Friday that the contracts must be comprehensive that includes all ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU With the state police top brass remaining anguished over the alleged  lock-up death  of a minor boy, tagged to an elopement case in Kashipur, many of them  say that  the guidelines framed by the police headquarters, meant to streamline policing in tune with the  norms, are having few  takers among the force. “We are yet to come to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The state’s principal chief  conservator of forests Rajendra Kumar flagged off a group of artistes to launch the Vanagni Suraksha rally aimed at generating public awareness regarding various aspects of forest fires. According to information provided by departmental officials, the 14-member group flagged off by the PCCF from the forest department headquarters in provisional state capital Dehradun ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A team of doctors of Kailash hospital here performed a successful facial reconstruction surgery on a victim of bear attack. Bimla Devi (53 years) a resident of Paithani village in Narayanbagad area of Chamoli district was mauled by a bear on January 14 this year when she had a chance encounter with a bear. Bimla Devi managed ...