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DAINIK NATION BUREAU With the BJP set for an impressive win in the Karnataka assembly poll, its leaders described the victory as an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development agenda and claimed that people had rejected divisive, toxic and negative agenda of the Congress. According to the Election Commission figures, the BJP is heading in over 112 seats and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Self-styled godman Asaram was today convicted by a court here for raping a teenager at his ashram near here in 2013. Special Judge (SC/ST court) Madhusudhan Sharma delivered the verdict in the Jodhpur Central jail premises. Further details area awaited. The victim had said in her complaint that Asaram called her to his ashram in Manai area ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Elated with the successful implementation of the NCERT prescribed books in CBSE schools, the Uttarakhand schools education department is contemplating enforcing the same in the ICSE and ISCE-run board private schools. Meanwhile the ICSE schools were exempted from the government’s NCERT books directives. However, Uttarakhand education minister Arvind Pandey said he would bring a proposal in the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Untimely rain has destroyed the standing crop and crops which were stored for dry, and weather department has forecasted that more rain would occur in coming days. The wet spell would continue for some more days as a fresh western disturbance is approaching the Western Himalayan region which would trigger rain from April 14. Metereological department Director ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The High Court has ruled that sex with wife without her consent does not amount to rape if she is above 18 years of age. The Gujarat High Court’s observation comes in response to a petition filed by a doctor seeking quashing of an FIR of rape registered against him by his wife. The doctor’s wife had ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Haridwar MP and former CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’s daughter Capt Dr Shreyashi Nishank has joined the Army Medical Corps. She will be posted at Military Hospital at Roorkie in Haridwar district. Sharing his feelings on Facebook and Twitter, Pokhriyal Nishank said he felt greatly honoured that his daughter had joined the Army Medical Corps as an officer. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Happiness & joy could be seen on the faces of children from Chamoli’s district’s far-flung border villages of Ghes and Himni when they interacted with  Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat  on a projector screen through video conferencing. CM talked to the children using internet services, which reached Ghes and Himni villages’ a couple of days back only. He ...

The Union Minister for Human Resources and Development, Prakash Javadekar today said that in a major boost for research and innovation in the country, the Central Government has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1000 crore for the phase two of the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India programme. In a statement in the Visitor’s Conference held in New Delhi ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Centre and the Uttarakhand government to show cause why the ongoing work on the Char Dham highway project to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of the state, should not be stayed. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim sought responses from the Ministry of Road Transport ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Beware while buying traditional sweets like Gujiya and Burfi touted as Desi Ghee preparations are quite popular among people on Holi, because adulterated items are being used during its preparation. The presence of adulterated food items has gone largely unchecked in the markets even as purchases of such items rise during festive occasions like Holi. Although the ...