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The 40th batch of 68 pilgrims — the smallest so far — today left the base camp here for the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, the police said. The pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp in the early hours here under tight security arrangements, a police official said. He said the pilgrims are ...

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 ...

In the matter of Article 35A of the Constitution giving definition of a special status to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and the permanent resident of the state, hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday has been postponed. CJI Deepak Mishra said that the third judge, DY Chandrachud, is not present today, hence the hearing on the case is ...

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 shot dead today when he rammed his car into the residence here of National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and began ransacking the house, police said. The incident took place at Bhatindi this morning when the man, hailing from Mendhar in Poonch district, drove at a high speed and banged his ...

The body of Janata Dal United (JDU) MLA Bima Bharti’s son was found on the railway track in Patna. The cause of the death is not known at present. Police is involved in the investigation of the case. The dead body has been identified. There are many top executives, including the rail SP on the investigation team. The body has ...

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 ...