Nainital

The fourth edition of Governor’s Gold Cup Sailing Regatta, 2017 (Oct 25-27) competition will kick off on Wednesday with all the four participating teams — Nainital Yacht Club, Tamil Nadu Sailing Association and two others preparing themselves for the big show. Among other attractions, drone photography will be used for the first time in the event. Veer Srivastava, commodore of ...

A PIL has been filed in the High Court for taking action against the corrupt officers of Uttarakhand state. The High Court will hear the petition later after Diwali. On behalf of the petitioner, 45 officers of the Sales Tax department (State Goods and Services Department) have been attached in the petition, which also includes an IAS officer. Narayan Singh, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the CBI to explain what steps it has taken to probe the alleged irregularities – running into hundreds of crores of rupees – in the procurement of land for NH-74 in Udham Singh Nagar district. Ironically chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had referred the case to CBI around six months ago. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To review the ongoing work being done on the slope of the Nihal Nullah behind Raj Bhawan, Nainital, Governor Dr KK Paul made inspection of the site. Expresing satisfaction over the ongoing work Dr Paul said that despite the heavy rainfall this year,there was very less soil erosion and sinking of the land there. He saw that ...

A truck carrying flammable LPG cylinders was hit by a technical flaw in the engine and burst into flames. The truck was carrying the cylinders from Indane godown in Haldwani’s Halduchaur and was at Jeolikot near Nainital when the accident happened. The explosion caused the cylinders debris to fall far and wide. Given the danger, about one and a half ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul has categorically said that sports is an essential along with studies for the overall growth of a child. He also congratulated the parents and teachers of the students for encouraging them to play golf. he expressed these views after distributing prizes among the winner of the fifth Governor’s cup inter school golf tournament at Rajbhawan ...

Nainital High Court has given relief to the State Government and Stone Crusher owners and lifted the ban on mining in the 5 km radius of Ganga river. At the same time, gave its consent to the government’s policy on mining in Uttarakhand. While hearing a PIL filed by Haridwar resident Pawan Kumar Saini, the court on December 6 last ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The BJP has stepped up its preparations for the visit of the party’s national president Amit Shah, who is slated to visit Dehradun, for the first time after the BJP was elected to govern the state. While visiting Haldwani on Tuesday, the  Bhatt said that all the district heads and office bearers of the party in the ...

Naini lake will soon get Rs 7 crore to restore its lost glory. The Public Works Department (PWD) has prepared a proposal that seeks Rs 7 crore in funds for the lake under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. The proposal has been sent to the irrigation department which will forward it to the state government and then to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU To be more closer to the people of Kumaon especially BJP workers, Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat heard their grievances at the BJP office in Haldwani on Thursday. During the Janta Milan he received 474 petition and most of grievances were addressed on the spot by the CM in three hours. In his address the CM said ...