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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Negating the view  of most of the political commentators who opined that the  13 Congress turncoats who switched to BJP  few months before the election would prove liabilities for the party, supposedly staring at imminent defeats,  most of the  rebels have registered victories in their respective constituencies by impressive margins. However, two of them tasted defeat. The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Accepting defeat after the result was declared,  Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat submitted his resignation to the Governor Dr KK Paul at Raj Bhawan on Saturday. Before tendering his resignation, Rawat said that he had accepted the defeat in all humility. “Entrusted with the responsibility in the wake of the disaster 2013, I tried my best to provide ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Counting of votes in all the 70 seats of Uttarakhand Assembly election would be held at 15 places across the state on Saturday, said Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Radha Raturi on Friday. She said that all preparations related to counting of votes have been completed. “In all, 15 counting venues have been fixed across 13 districts of the state. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Most of the exit polls aired on several television channels on Thursdayevening, projecting a saffron sweep in Uttarakhand, have enthused the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers so much so that they in started distributing sweets among themselves and pasting  thanks-giving posters celebrating the  ‘impending’ victory on the walls of the residential buildings hours before the counting ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Holi festival may be a week away, but the holy city Rishikesh has started to be hued in the colour of the festival on Tuesday, the concluding of the 29thInternational Yoga Festival.  As many as 1200 yoga enthusiasts and practitioners who had gathered from 101 countries & six continents smeared one another with the colour of Holi. Soaked ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In course of  the high- profile review meeting on Pancheshwar multipurpose project proposed on Mahakali river (known as Sharda river in India) as convened by the chief secretary S Ramaswami on Tuesday,  the ecological assessment and environment management project (EMP) was  presented. It is learnt that the Union ministry of  environment, forest and climate change has approved the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Widespread rain/snowfall activities are forecast for both Garhwal and Kumaon regions Uttarakhand for at least four days starting from March 8.  Informing, Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Bikram Singh said on Mondaythat the rain and snow of moderate intensity are likely to lash several places in Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts. Besides, light rain/snowfall might occur in the remaining districts ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a piece of good news for Uttarakhand, the  Jollygrant Airport, which is  seeing operation of 12 flights a day while ferrying around eight lakh passengers per year,  has been certified  as  one of cleanest airports of the country, clearing decks for its being developed as an international airport in the coming days. This was disclosed during ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking serious cognisance of lack of implementation of the earlier orders to work towards preventing Ganga contamination and environmental damage caused by polythene in Uttarakhand, the Uttarakhand high court in Nainital has summoned all the 13 district magistrates of Uttarakhand. The district magistrates have been directed to appear before the high court with all the relevant documents ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On the penultimate day of the campaigning for the prestigious Karnprayag Assembly seat- the election of which was rescheduled on March 9 following the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party  candidate-reached a fever pitch on  Monday with the state top guns of all the  parties in the contest trudging through the nook and corner of the constituency.  The ...