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Civic affairs suffering under
BJP: Cong
Computers go missing from ‘madrassas’
Minority Commission vice-president Amir Ahmed Qadri (R) and Aleem Siddiqui, member of State Minority Working Committee, in Roorkee on Sunday. A Tribune photograph |
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Holy man’s fast enters 10th day
Rajaji Park to utilise Gujjar services
Dhasmana for religious tolerance
Govt plans ayurvedic docs in allopathic hospitals
35 students given scholarships
Son’s win inspires man to open sports training centre
U’khand Police win by 83 runs
A batsman plays a shot at the Dehradun District Cricket League at Ranger’s Ground, Dehradun on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Rao Academy triumph
1.5 kg of charas seized
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Dehradun, February 15 It would be for the third time in the past two years that she would be opposing the candidate of the party of her husband. It was rumoured that she would soon be joining BSP to contest for Tehri seat, much to the discomfort of BJP think-tank that has already declared ace-shooter Jaspal Rana as their candidate for the seat. Since both Madhu Chauhan and Jaspal Rana belong to Jaunsar area of Chakrata region, they would be dividing the votes of the region to the disadvantage of the latter. This unique case of “Pati, Patni and the Politics” started during the assembly polls in 2007. Munna Singh Chauhan, a senior BJP leader from Chakrata region of Dehradun district, who himself was BJP candidate from Vikasnagar assembly segment, wanted his wife Madhu Chauhan, who had quit her government job to enter politics, to contest from the adjoining Chakrata segment. However, BJP leadership rejected this. Undeterred, Madhu Chauhan contested as an independent and pushed the official BJP candidate to the third spot, making it easy for the Congress candidate to romp home to victory. The state BJP leaders found it unacceptable and tried to pressurise Munna Singh to persuade his wife to withdraw from the contest, but to no avail. However, he declared that he would not go in for canvassing in support of his wife and would appeal to voters of Chakrata to support the official BJP candidate. Munna Singh had argued that since his wife was an individual entity she could not be forced to withdraw. Madhu Chauhan contested, lost, but Munna Singh made it to the assembly. However, despite being senior and competent he could not make it to the council of ministers of Khanduri government. Later in October, 2008, during panchayat elections Madhu Chauhan contested against the official BJP candidate for the post of Dehradun zila panchayat president and winning it, much to the chagrin of ruling BJP who spared no efforts to win the prestigious post. As the scene shifted to 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Munna Singh Chauhan emerged as one of the strongest contender for the BJP ticket for the Tehri seat. But BJP leaders denied him the same and Jaspal Rana, who is the brother of the daughter-in-law of BJP president Rajnath Singh, was chosen as the candidate. Vijay Bahuguna of Congress holds the Tehri Lok Sabha seat at present. Now, Madhu Chauhan as a BSP candidate would also pose problems for the Congress. There was even talk of Munna Singh quitting BJP, but he has denied the same. However, Munna Singh has neither confirmed nor denied the speculations about his wife joining BSP. “She is a mature politician capable of taking her own decisions,”
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Civic affairs suffering under
BJP: Cong
Dehradun, February 15 Opposition leader in DMC Ashok Verma said while Congress-led UPA included the cities of Dehradun, Haridwar and Nainital in Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission programme, the state government had even failed to submit a detailed project reports to the centre. Referring to sanitation conditions in the city, Congress councillor Verma said the vacancies in the sanitation section of the corporation leading to worsening sanitation condition of the state. Verma also made it clear that the Congress councillors were strongly opposed to increase in taxes both at commercial and non-residential buildings. He also was quite critical of the slum development programme of the corporation accusing the BJP mayor of working on selected slums. He also blamed the BJP of doing little towards implementation of 74th amendment linked to empowerment of Urban Bodies Act. He said the party was only doing lip service to the cause. Senior Congress councillor Arun Balmiki said the corporation’s beautification plans for the city had found little takers. Ashok Verma also said the Congress councillors after submitting repeated memorandums to the Chief Minister, mayor, secretary of urban development and the city chief executive officer will now be staging a gherao of the Chief Minister against complacent attitude of the BJP government and the mayor towards city’s civic affairs. |
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Computers go missing from ‘madrassas’
Roorkee, February 15 The computer programme, started under the aegis of the 'Muslim Education Mission' (MEM) during the previous ND Tewari regime to modernise ‘madarssas’ and bring these on par with mainstream schools by adequately providing computers, is now showing signs of coming to a grinding halt. The fact was stated by the Uttarakhand Minority Commission vice-president Amir Ahmed Qadri after making a surprise visit of all government-approved ‘madrassas’ of the region two days ago. Qadri said, “During inspection, I found around 60 to 70 computers missing on the pretext of repair from several madrassas. On inquiry, I came to know that these computers went missing immediately after installation." Besides, many computers were found nonfunctional at several madrassas resulting in the defeat of the purpose of the mission, added Qadri. Around 185 madrassas are being run in the state to provide religious and vocational education to the Muslim students. "Under the MEM, computers were provided only to 25 government approved madrassas. Each madrassa was given four to five computers according to its strength of students," said Qadri. "Muslims are facing a lot of problems as most of us are not well-educated. Providing computer education was a progressive step to strengthen the base of our children but due to vested interests of some 'maulvis' and leaders, the mission is being hampered", said Qadri. Qadri, who was accompanied by Aleem Siddiqui, member of the state minority cell of the BJP, during his visit to madrassas of Laksar, Manglore, Landaura, Rampur, Padli, Teliwala, expressed happiness over the increase in number of Muslim girls in educational institutes. "At every madrassa, I found almost an equal number of girls and boys. This is very positive sign," said Qadri. Qadri underlined that he would submit his report to the Chief Minister at the end of February. |
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Holy man’s fast enters 10th day
Haridwar, February 15 The stone-crushing plants are being operated illegally in the areas of Ajitpur and Missarpur, which are causing threat to the environment. Despite several complaints to the administration nothing has been done as yet. The agitation is drawing attention and support from various sections of the society. Magsaysay award winner and Waterman, Rajendra Singh came to extend his support for
the cause. Advocates Arun Bhadoriya and Arvind Kumar Srivastava who joined the agitation by observing a one day fast said that such agitations were the need of the hour. While Magasyasay awardee Rajendra Singh has described the agitation as a people’s movement for people’s cause and urged the society to support the movement. The others present at the agitation were Ashish Ahluwalia, Puran Chand Kashyap, Ashwani Kumar, Sanjay, Ashish Mishra, Harish, Rahul Sharma, Radha Pant, Babli Sharma, Lucky, Sumedha, Madhu, Vimla Joshi, Mayank and village head Jagjitpur Yashpal Singh. |
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Rajaji Park to utilise Gujjar services
Haridwar, February 15 With temperatures rising, the fire season would soon commence and chopping of grass and shrubs would become a major problem for the forest department. However, as the Gujjars have been living in the area for years, their services would now be utilised for this purpose. Earlier, contractors used to outsourced workers. According to Rajaji National Park director SS Rasailly, authorities here have decided to employ Gujjars during the fire season for which proper wages would be given
to them. On the other hand, Gujjars are enthused by the project. They feel the move would once again get them closer to the forests where they have dwelled for years. “We felt sidelined after being rehabilitated, but this project has brought us into the mainstream again” said Mahipal, a Van Gujjar, who lives in a colony at Chila range near Bhimgoda barrage. Forest warden IS Siddiqui said in the first phase, Gujjars have been given work in the Haridwar range, Motichur range, Chila range and Chillawali range, which has resulted in more
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Dhasmana for religious tolerance
Dehradun, February 15 Congress media incharge Suryakant Dhasmana, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said the country’s strength lies in the unity and urged the people to understand its importance. He emphasised on the need to show respect and tolerance for the other religions and culture. Expressing his anguish over the way Raj Thackrey had treated the north Indians at Mumbai, he said such kind of people seemed to have lost their sanity and were engaged in dividing the country for their political agenda. He also made some sharp comments on the political parties who were involved in exploiting religious sentiments for political gains and termed such parties as Kalnemi Demon who pious from outward appearance but allegedly carry a hidden agenda. Dhasmana also praised the working of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the centre. Another speaker Devender Singh Sethi said all people should come together to root out communalism from the country and the state. |
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Govt plans ayurvedic docs in allopathic hospitals
Dehradun, February 15 “We have been overwhelmed by the Western thought that has prevented us from creating a conducive climate for drafting the Indian specific medical practices that give importance to Indian experiences,” said Suresh Joshi. He was speaking at the inaugural function of the national conference on Bhartiya Swasthaya Chintan held today at the community hall of Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy. He said the RSS initiated an exercise of organising Swasthya Chintans in Madya Pradesh and Rajasthan and “now it is the turn of Uttarakhand, where for the next two days we would be discussing several issues about health and medical practices,” said Suresh. He said practitioners of modern medicine view the world as one big laboratory seeking validation for everything but in the Indian context there were several cures and remedies that did not require validation. They were in use since ancient time that, too, with good results. “We are not propagating blind faith but would like the country taking a lead in promoting holistic health and promoting new research,” he added. State Health Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said the Swasthaya Chintan would offer opportunities for all those in the business of health taking stock of the situation. “We need to address issues of health as changes in lifestyle has proved detrimental to the health of our children. Today children and youth are getting afflicted with diabetes and there are several diseases that have taken root due to stress of modern living, we need to address these problems,” said the minister. While in his address Keshave Desi Raju, principal secretary, health and medical education, said the state was still battling with manpower crisis and the pressure on the existing staff was immense. “Despite our best efforts, the state is facing severe shortage of doctors and paramedical staff. Against the demand of 21,000 medical staff there are just 12,000 government appointees. “As a solution, the Health Department is now appointing ayurvedic doctors in allopathic hospitals,” Raju said. He said the workshop would provide an opportunity in giving a new direction to the health activities in the state. |
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35 students given scholarships
Dehradun, February 15 Congress MLA Dinesh Agarwal, chief guest, recalled the contribution of the manch towards holding general mathematics examinations for the benefit of the children. He said it was important to make the children learn to live in a competitive environment. The students of Tasvim Institute of Music and Fine Arts also staged a kathak dance and a Krishna Bhajan, which was highly appreciated by the audience. The chief guest also presented scholarships to as many as 35 students apart from handing them medal and certificates. These scholarships were decided though the means of mathematics entrance examination held by the organisation here on November 2. Earlier, Tarun Veer, founder president of the manch, spoke on the activities of the manch. He said their organisation had been providing scholarships to the bright students of Dehradun for many decades. |
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Son’s win inspires man to open sports training centre
Dehradun, February 15 There were around 300 skaters from five countries that included Nepal, Bangladesh, Bangkok and Thailand. Kanish’s victory inspired his father to open Doon Sports Academy in Dehradun. “I am not a affluent man by fate in spite of this I decided to do something for my son as he is a talented child. “I was unware of his talent until he won the gold medal at an international event.” Kanish is studying in KV ONGC in class IV and started skating three years back . He had been under rigorous training under the guidance of Arvind Gupta, who is also a secretary of Roller Skating Association of Uttarakhand. Nautiyal started with roller skating, badminton, chess and karate training at the academy but now he is planning to add table tennis, lawn tennis along with classical and western dance training at the academy. Ajit took a loan of Rs 10 lakh for bringing up this academy. “I did not know much about roller skating before but now I want to focus on this academy on promoting games. |
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U’khand Police win by 83 runs
Dehradun, February 15 Batting first, Uttarakhand Police looked in good nick as they scored freely of the bowling of the Kashipur team. Yogender of the Uttarakhand Police gave a good start to their team smashing 62 runs off 56 balls. Ashish Joshi supported him well on the other end and made a dazzling 89 runs accelerating the team’s run rate. In his inning of 89 runs, he hit 11 fours. He helped his team register a massive 255 runs in 35 overs. The total of 256 runs proved a difficult task for the Kashipur team as the team was all out just for 172 runs. Kashipur’s lower order batsman Vipin was the top scorer for their team with 27 runs. For Uttarakhand Police’s Navneen bagged five wickets in his seven-over spell. Dhanraj and Lalit supported him well on the other end to take two wickets each. |
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Rao Academy triumph
Dehradun, February 15 Batting first, Rao Cricket Academy scored 206 runs. Ashish was the top scorer for their team with unbeaten 54 runs followed by Deepak who made 31 runs. For Little Young Star Club, Giri and Ajay were pick of the bowlers with three wickets each. Chasing 206 runs, Little Young Star Club fell short by 23 runs as their whole team was all out for 183 runs. For Young Star team Sahil and Sankar bagged three wickets each. |
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