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DAINIK NATION BUREAU   A total of 634 candidates including independent candidates are fighting for 70 seats for ongoing Uttarakhand assembly election. Now people will vote for these candidates on February 15. 51 candidates have withdrawn nomination from 10 out of 13 districts of Uttarakhand. Among those not contesting the poll now, six candidates withdrew their nomination from 10 different ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   Taking action against the rebels who are in the election  fray as Independent despite the party high command’s efforts to persuade them to withdraw,   BJP has suspended as many as 20 such rebels including two SHailendra Singh Rawat and Suresh Jain who have been contesting election on congress ticket for six years. Besides, BJP has also ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to corner the chief minister Harish Rawat, who has made election tough by jumping into election fray from two seats i.e. Haridwar Rural and Kichha of Haridwar and Udhamsinghnagar districts respectively, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to address public rally in Haridwar on February 10. BJP national president Amit Shah is going to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   While presenting the union budget-2017-18, the Union Finance Minister  Arun Jaitley reduced the rate of taxation from existing 10 per cent to 5 per cent for individual assesses between income of Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs. This would reduce the tax liability of all persons below Rs 5 lakh income either to zero (with ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   In a significant step to cleanse the system of funding of political parties the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said that the political party can receive maximum donation upto Rs. 2,000 in cash from one person. Proposing steps towards transparent funding of political parties, the FM proposed that banks will issue Electoral Bonds to enable donations ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   On Friday Uttarakhand experienced snow fall and rain in patches.  The higher reaches received snowfall while plains reported rain. Fog also enveloped vast stretches of the plains. Mercury dipped again after the cold condition abated a bit before the wet spell started. However, the Met officials said that things would be dry in the plains of the state while ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Showcasing his full show of strength through roadshows and Jan sabhas on Friday, the CM Harish Rawat filed his nomination as a Congress candidate from Haridwar rural Assembly seat. Inspite of tall claims made by the Congress leader, winning this Assembly seat would not be a cake walk for Rawat since other parties have held a strong hold ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In view of the Meteorological department’s warning of heavy rain/snowfall in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh, Tehri, Dehradun and Haridwar districts on January 26,  Uttarakhand government has issued an advisory to all the district magistrates to take necessary steps and to put the officials on the alert mode for plunging into relief and rescue operations in case disaster ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   On the occasion of 68th Republic day, the Nation’s military prowess and achievements in different fields, state-of- the-art defence platforms, its diverse cultural and social traditions, and the government’s emphasis on self-reliance and indigenisation were showcased before the public at Rajpath on Thursday. This year’s Chief Guest in the parade was Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   Dissidents of congress are flexing their muscle against the two titans of the state party – chief minister Harish Rawat who is the poster boy of the ruling party for the poll-bound state and the Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay who has been trying hard to steer the party to victory has lent the February ...