Nainital

Two teachers of Sherwood College have been sentenced to a year in jail after being found wanting in discharge of their duties during an excursion in which two students were killed after a tractor-trailer they were travelling in overturned, an official said. A group of 42 students had gone to an excursion to Sitawani in Nanital district in 2010. They ...

Due to the decision to waive off surcharge of water and sewer tax by the government, the recovery of the water resources has accumulated. Out of the 12 crore rupees due to the organization in a fortnight, the Jal Sansthan has collected two crore rupees. The water bodies are expected to recover the remaining debt in the next fortnight. On ...

Congress workers burnt the effigy of Prime Minister in Tikonia in protest against FDI. On Friday afternoon, workers under the leadership of Mahanagar Congress President Rahul Chhimwal and Mandi Committee president Sumit Hridayesh raised slogans against the central government. Sumit said that when the matter of FDI in retail came in during the UPA tenure, the BJP came down in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has suggested that the state government bring in a law which imposes death penalty for raping minors, so that it acts as a strong deterrent against such offences. A Division Bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Alok Singh yesterday made the observation, while upholding the death sentence of a man, who was convicted ...

After the decision of shifting the under construction ISBT  in Gaolapar,Haldwani, Congress has issued a challenge against the state government. Leader of the Opposition and Haldwani MLA Dr. Indira Hridayesh said that if the work of ISBT is stopped then she will sit on hunger strike with supporters. In a conversation with reporters on Friday, the leader of opposition has ...

The Uttarakhand government has issued notices to 783 doctors who graduated from Haldwani and Srinagar government medical colleges in the state but violated their bond by not serving in the health department. Notices have been sent to those who have passed out of the institutions since 2003. The notice said that if the doctors fail to comply with the conditions ...

Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed the district administration of Nainital to take action against people allowing the rainy water to sweep through the sewerage system. During his visit to Nainital, the Chief Secretary was told that most of the rainy water instead of being used for recharging the water level at Naini Lake was being allowed to flow ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to draft a law to check child begging and conduct DNA test of children residing with beggars. While hearing a petition on human trafficking, Justice Rajiv Sharma and Alok Singh directed the state government to drafts laws on the lines of the Uttar Pradesh government. We ask to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU State level Volleyball Youth Championships will be held from Dec. 18 to 20 December and the Junior Volleyball Championship on 30 and 31 December at Vikas Nagar, Dehradun.  For the two events, the team of Nainital district will have a trial in Hiranagar Police Yoga Park on December 10. On Thursday, the meeting of the Nainital Volleyball Association ...

In order to repair the city’s traffic system, four boom barriers will be installed in flats grounds and metropol parking. There were three applications in the tender process done online. Due to the lowest quotation, Bareilly’s company Climate Engineering was awarded the tender in about eight lakhs. At the same time, DM has instructed the employees of the company to ...