Delhi

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has  requested the Union Minister Prakash Javadekar to provide central assistance to NAAC rating colleges in Uttarakhand like othert Himalayan states, opening of a medical college in Haridwar for betterment of education and start of a professional college in the state. CM met Union Human Resource Development Minister in New Delhi on Thursday. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modil will inaugurate the Investors Summit in Dehradun on October 7. Uttarakhand Destination Investors Summit will be organised in Dehradun on October 7 and 8. Chief Minister Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and invited him for the Investors Summit to be organised in Dehradun. Prime Minister ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Delhi University released its seventh cut-off list for admission to undergraduate (UG) courses with many off-campus colleges declaring the availability of seats in science and commerce streams. Students in the general category can apply for BA(Hons) Economics in Kamla Nehru College, Aryabhatta College, Daulat Ram College and Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. Seats are also available ...

A man was electrocuted to death while repairing an air-condition at a mall in south Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, police said today. The deceased was identified as Sarwar Ali, a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, they said. He was rushed to Safdarjang Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The body was sent for post-mortem, the officer said, adding that ...

The Delhi Women Commission has freed 39 Nepalese girls from a hotel in the capital, allegedly being taken for smuggling in Gulf countries. The commission said on Wednesday that Nepali girls were rescued from a hotel located in Paharganj on Tuesday night. They were brought there on the pretext of getting a job and were locked in the hotel. According ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Delhi government today approved a proposal of its Social Welfare Department to do away with the requirement of Aadhaar and linking bank accounts with the 12-digit biometric identity for availing of welfare schemes such as old-age and other pensions. A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the proposal delinking Aadhaar and social welfare ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A 26-year-old man’s throat was allegedly slit by two men, over a love triangle, the police said today. The accused were arrested within 12 hours of the incident being reported, they added. On July 27, the police were informed about an injured man lying in Sector 19, Dwarka. He was taken to a hospital where he was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A crucial bill seeking to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years was taken up for discussion by the Lok Sabha today. The bill seeks to replace the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21, following an outcry over the rape and murder of a minor girl in ...

The water level in Yamuna river has crossed the danger level in Delhi following water discharge from Haryana’s Hathnikund Barrage and continuous rainfall. The river is currently flowing at 205.06 meters, which is 0.23 metres more than the danger level. The Delhi government has already issued an alert. The Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the city government has made ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The GST Council has pruned the 28 per cent slab by cutting tax rates on 191 goods over the last one year, leaving just 35 items, including AC, digital camera, video recorders, dishwashing machine and automobiles, in the highest tax bracket. There were around 226 goods in the 28 per cent category when Goods and Services Tax ...