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Kashmir continued to be in the grip of cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point with Pahalgam tourist resort being the coldest recorded place in the valley, a weather department official said Friday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose last night from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius, the official ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In the backdrop of heavy firing and shelling by Pakistan troops this month, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh Thursday visited forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and reviewed the prevailing security situation, a senior Army officer said. Lt Gen Singh, Army Commander, Northern Command, accompanied by White ...

At Indira Gandhi International Airport you will now have to loosen your pocket for scanning of bags. According to the information received, Indira Gandhi Airport will recover 880 rupees on plane of more than 200 seats at the International Airport. The load of which is now coming on the passengers. For this recovery, charge will be charged for the flight ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Noida Authority on Wednesday doubled the penalty imposed on owners of animals and cattle found roaming at public places and roads in the city, officials said. So far, a penalty of Rs 2,500 is imposed on offenders, besides another Rs 1,000 which is remitted with the authority, the officials said. Now, they will be required to ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met the Union Minister Radha Mohan in New Delhi on Friday. Chief Minister discussed the Integrated Co-operative Development Project in Uttarakhand with the Union Minister. He also handed over the proposal of the state in this regard. Union Minister gave in principle apprioval for Rs 3340 crore rupees for the Integrated Co-operative ...

Most parts of Kashmir, including the plains, received fresh snowfall Friday which led to closure of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather road-link connecting the valley with the rest of the country. The MeT Office has forecast intermittent light precipitation for the next 24 hours. Kashmir, including plains of the valley, received fresh snowfall Thursday night which continued till ...

A case of misbehavior against a female IAS officer has emerged in the Saket court complex of the country’s capital Delhi. This incident is of Thursday. A complaint has been registered against a lawyer and his associates in the Saket police station in Delhi on the complaint of the woman IAS officer. According to the information, in the Saket court ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Monday said its online entrance exams will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and will bring more transparency in the system. The JNU students’ union has called the varsity’s move of switching to online entrance tests a “massive scam”, adding that at a time of fund-cuts, it is an expensive exercise. However, Prof Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector-1 ...

Five government employees of Jammu and Kashmir’s rural development department were suspended for dereliction of duty as they failed to maintain office records. Two junior engineers and three village level workers (VLWs) of the rural development department (RDD) were suspended by director Rehana Batol for failure to maintain records and official files besides irregularities, officials said Wednesday. These officials were ...

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category Saturday, but remained on the brink of turning ‘severe’ due to drop in temperature and unfavourable meteorological conditions slowing down dispersion of pollutants, authorities said. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) data showed the overall air quality ...