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to go on strike Van Gujjars postpone agitation City bus service for Haridwar during Kumbh Autumn Fest PWD engineers caught taking bribe Mela works not satisfactory, says SP ex-chief Police to hold Jan Sadbhawna Diwas Uttarkashi bypass: CM orders release of Rs 10 cr Forestry has witnessed major changes: Expert Public-private partnership opposed Swamiji sheds light on Vedas
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Koshiyari addresses UN assembly Dehradun, November 6 Focusing his address on the designated topic of “International Drug Control”, Koshiyari reiterated India’s commitment to the implementation of the declaration. “India’s resolve to fight the menace of illicit drugs remains steadfast,” Koshiyari said, adding that the India supports a balanced approach that relies on the destruction of illicit drug crops while at the same time providing alternative means of livelihood to the farmers adversely affected by such destruction. Koshiyari described drug trafficking as more of a transnational crime and one of the main sources of financing terrorist activities. “It cannot be tacked individually or in isolation. Bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation has to be recognised as a key element of any strategy to effectively combat this problem,” Koshiyari said. He also extended India’s unwavering commitment to working closely with the international community in eliminating the world drug and attendant problems, including narco terrorism and the financing of terrorism through drugs. Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna also had the opportunity among Uttarakhandis to address the UN assembly in the recent times. |
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Ex-CM reaches out to workers in10 dists Dehradun, November 6 He said the party workers were not demoralised as they were after the Lok Sabha debacle in May this year. BJP party legislators, led by former Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, had raised a banner of revolt against General Khanduri leading to his removal. Asked about the absence of party legislators at his meeting throughout the state, Khanduri replied that he himself was surprised. About his decisions being reverted by the present government, General Khanduri pleaded ignorance, stating that he would look into the matter. On his own assembly segment Dhumakot getting merged into another in the new delimitation and announcement of Chief Minister RS Nishank to contest from the Srinagar Garhwal assembly segment in the next assembly polls, he retorted that his segment remained in Uttarakhand only. According to BJP sources, the whirlwind tour of the former Chief Minister is seen as an outcome of an intense internal struggle of supremacy between him and Nishank, as both of them represent the Garhwal region. |
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staff to go on strike Haridwar, November 6 The employees are complaining of neglect on the part of the state government to their demands and are asking for pay band in sync with the central government employees as per the Sixth Pay Commission norms. Chief convener of the UFMSA Jata Shankar Srivastava said despite repetitive reminders, nothing had been done in this regard and thus we had to follow the strike path to bring to government’s notice their long-pending demands. “From Haridwar, we are trying to make it a successful one and we are in constant touch with the employees,” said Srivastava. Collectorate Ministerial Association’s secretary Vimal Pratap Singh said after the strike and reaction of government to it, we would chalk out the future course of action. Kumaon nigam staff threaten stir
Nainital: Employees of the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) have threatened to launch an agitation from November 20 if their long-pending demands are not met by the state government. The employees are seeking that the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission be made applicable to them as well since the state government has already announced the benefits for its employees. President of the Sanyukt Karamchari Mahasangh of the KMVN Dinesh Gururani has stated that the state government should also regularise those employees who had been working on daily wages and contract for several years now. The third demand spelt out by the employees is that the construction unit of the KMVN be declared a construction agency. Meanwhile, the authorities at the KMVN say application of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations would mean an additional burden of Rs 3.60 crore every year and as of now the KMVN is laying emphasis on increasing its revenues so that it can provide additional benefits to its employees. |
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Van Gujjars postpone agitation Dehradun, November 6 Yamkeshwar Block pramukh Prashant Badoni claimed he was calling off the agitation on the assurance of the Rural Development Minister who had assured him that he would take up the matter with the Rajaji National Park authorities within a couple of days. As many as 21 families of Van Gujjars had threatened to enter the Gohri Range today, alleging that they have been forcibly evicted by the park authorities. Park sources had maintained that these Van Gujjars were forcibly trying to enter the national park and they had pledged opposing it tooth and nail. Rajaji Park Director SS Raisaily, at a press conference held a few days ago, had categorically stated any act of these 21 Van Gujjar families entering Gohri Range would be purely an encroachment and would be dealt with sternly. He had also held that he strongly believed in bringing Rajaji Park Gujjars into the mainstream of society. |
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City bus service for Haridwar during Kumbh Haridwar, November 6 During the Maha Kumbh and Ardh Kumbh, various parking lots are set up on the city outskirts and vehicles are stopped there only, posing transportation problem for people. But now, 120 city buses will be plying from these parking lots to the city ferrying people. The routes that these city buses will ply on are Haridwar-Dehradun, Haridwar-Rishikesh,Haridwar-Bahadrabad, Rishikul-Roshanabad, Rishikul-Shivalik Nagar, Rishikul-Jatwada Pul, Rishikul-Chandighat and Gauri Shankar Deep-Chandighat. |
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Day II: Folk singer Rana enthrals Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, November 6 His rendition of the most popular song ‘Tyar pahar myar pahar’ drew massive applause from both the young and old alike. Rana performed under the banner of Highlander Sanskritik Samiti along with a host of other folk artists, including Indu Harbola, Kaushal Pande and Gautam Suniri. Harbola’s number ‘Mohana’ was also a big hit with the audience, a large number of which were tourists who did not understand Kumaoni but enjoyed the rhythm. The performances by the folk artistes set the mood for an evening of comedy and dance by the personalities from Bollywood and the television industry on a chilly night that saw the audience turning up in full numbers to enjoy the performance that continued till almost midnight. Bollywood divas Meghna Naidu and Sonawar Kabeer danced to the beats of popular item numbers compelling those amongst the audience to shake a leg as well. They danced to the popular songs of Omkara, namely ‘Beedi jaliyele’ and ‘Namak ishq ka’ besides the famous ‘Kajarare’ from the movie Bunty aur Bubli. The audience was regaled by a performance from noted television comedy artistes Bharti Singh and Suresh Albela. They presented a range of mimicry and parodies of film songs making the audience laugh with the pun intended in their dialogues. They attacked both the upper middle class for its tendency to show off and the government of the day as well in its failure to address the genuine needs of the citizens. The day also saw a highly appreciated performance from the Nav Pag Nupur Kala Kendra, Bhawali. The event has been getting tremendous response from the audience.
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PWD engineers caught taking bribe Dehradun, November 6 According to Vigilance officials, assistant engineer Rajnish Kumar and junior engineer Mahipal Baaseda were caught at their office. Mahipal is a native of Haridwar and the other is a native of Pitthoragarh. They told the officials that their commission in every project was already fixed. As much as 3 per cent goes to assistant engineer, 2 per cent to junior engineer while 1 per cent each goes to superintendent engineer, executive engineer and office, they alleged. In charge of Vigilance, Brijender Juyal, told the media that Raja Ram Agarwal had complained to them on November 4 that
the engineers at the PWD had demanded a bribe of over Rs 1 lakh for registration of a construction company, which he
is opening along with his partner in Badkot. He alleged that junior engineer demanded Rs 75,000 to send his file to the assistant engineer.
The complainant alleged that the latter also asked for Rs 90,000 from him. Later on, both engineers settled for Rs 60,000 and Rs 45,000 as their respective bribe amount. Director of the Vigilance awarded the team with Rs 10,000. Furniture shop owner commits suicide
A 44-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his furniture shop at Brahmawala in Patelnagar here this evening. The police said he had 10 children and was finding it difficult to make both ends meet. According to the police, the incident came to light at 5 pm when
his wife went to the shop. She found the shop closed from inside and after knocking it for sometime
she peeped in the shop from the window. She spotted her husband hanging to the ceiling fan. She, in fear, raised alarm and people there gathered outside the shop. They took the body to Doon Hospital. The doctors declared him brought dead. The postmortem will be done tomorrow. The deceased has been identified as Kurban Singh. He
was running furniture shop in Brahmawala. Friends of the family said his shop wasn’t doing as good as it used to be. Due to this he had been under constant stress for long. Meanwhile, the police didn’t know of the incident of suicide in its area even after hours. It was only when media informed them they came to know of it. |
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Mela works not satisfactory, says SP ex-chief Haridwar, November 6 Terming Kumbh works as unsatisfactory, Ambrish said the mela administration was not able to carry out works and projects on time as well as maintain their quality. Terming the present Kumbh preparations as slow in comparison to previous ones, he raised concern over a successful hosting of the mega fair, which is renowned worldwide. “Crores of people will be visiting here during the Kumbh and it’s our duty and responsibility to see that the fair gets successfully completed,” said Ambrish. He said despite Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank during his two visits to Haridwar coming down heavily on officials of all departments associated with the Kumbh works, yet there was not much change in their working. “Hundreds of crores are being spent on these works and yet it’s no hidden fact that how much is being spent in reality,” remarked Ambrish, casting doubts on the misuse of funds. To bring people’s and
state government’s attention to the issue, Ambrish and his supporters will be staging
a demonstration on November 12 in the city and will demand a clarification from the
mela administration. On the sugarcane issue, Ambrish said farmers were quite angry with both the central and state governments. “Farmers are perturbed by the central government’s FRP rule while the state government
has still not fixed sugarcane rates, which is quite baffling,” said Ambrish. Meanwhile, on political front, still Ambrish is undecided over joining any political party. |
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Police to hold Jan Sadbhawna Diwas
Roorkee, November 6 The four-day event is being held on the direction of DGP Subhash Joshi. During the event, the senior officials would hold meetings with the business class, students, senior citizens, women and common people to ask about their problems. “Discussions would be organised to get the feedback from the public about police system. Despite that, we would also invite suggestions from all sections of society to improve the police system in the area”, said SP (Rural) Ajay Joshi. To minimise the crime, top class liaison between police and the public is very important, said Joshi adding that the police will try not only to improve its image among public but also win hearts of common man during the event. — TNS |
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Uttarkashi bypass: CM orders release of Rs 10 cr Dehradun, November 6 The Chief Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, during his interaction with the Director-General, Border Roads Organisation, Lieut-Gen MC Badhani, held that the state government was working according to vision 2020, thereby ensuring a speedy construction of works, including four-laning of Char Dham routes. The Chief Minister reminded General Badhani that Uttarakhand had two international borders and thus strengthening of road network warranted paramount importance. He said the construction of roads in border areas was to the strategic interest of the country. The Chief Minister also assured the BRO of all possible help in its activities. Dr Nishank also assured the BRO of land allotment for its office at Bhatwari and Chham and also at Pitthoragarh for regional office. The Chief Minister, during the meeting, also directed the Secretary for immediate release of Rs 10 crore linked to the construction of the Uttarkashi bypass. The Chief Minister also took up the issue of under-construction Mana Bhairavghati-Nilang Nagar Jarad road. He also took the stock of progress regarding Tawaghat-Ghatiyabagad, Ghatiyabagad to Lipulekh, Munishiyari-Bugadeeyar-Milam and Gunja-Kuti-Aulikong roads. Dr Nishank specifically asked the BRO Director-General to ensure that the tourists and locals did not face unnecessary problems due to the construction activities. General Badhani held that the BRO would shortly establish a recruitment centre in the region to provide employment opportunities to locals. He put forward the land concerns of the BRO before the Chief Minister. BRO’s chief engineer, Brig JK Narang, was also present. |
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Forestry has witnessed major changes: Expert Dehradun, November 6 On the final day, both scientists and industrialists addressed lectures on various aspects inked to industrial development and environment conservation in the state. Taking part in the deliberations, scientist of pathology division Dr YP Singh spoke on industrial development and environment conservation in respect to Uttarakhand. Referring to annual wealth in the forests, he said while herbs had been extracted rampantly from the forest areas, there had been little efforts towards coming with production of herbs as crops. Dr Singh held that the forestry had witnessed major changes over the years. Manoj Srivatava from Babha Atomic Research Centre and Dr P Soni from Forest Research Institute were other prominent speakers on the occasion. The Himalayan Environment Studies and Conservation Organisation and Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology played an assisting role in the conduct of proceedings. |
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Public-private partnership opposed
Dehradun, November 6 In a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister and submitted to District Magistrate Dehradun, Parivartan Party members alleged that the state government sells off the state natural resources to private hands. “The locals are being deprived of rights over these resources,” said Rajiv Kothari, one of the signatory to the memorandum. He said the
Parivartan Party would not allow this injustice with the people of the state. Apart from participation of locals in the development activities, other issues raised in the memorandum includes making Gairsen, permanent capital of Uttarakhand. Vijay Pahwa, Prabaht Dandriyal and Mukesh Bahuguna were other prominent signatories to the memorandum.— TNS |
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Swamiji sheds light on Vedas Dehradun, November 6 Swamiji said society was made up of individuals and everyone was searching for happiness, even animals and plants wanted to be happy. He gave the mantra of happiness, saying that knowingly one should not disturb the happiness of others. “We should not deprive others of their happiness to make oneself happy. From here, start the first lessons from Vedas. People generally think that Vedas speak about spirituality and gods. It is not exactly like that,” he said. In fact, Vedas speak about human aspiration and how to become happy. The next stage is that of sacrificing your happiness to make others happy. In the process, you acquire more happiness than what you had earlier, he added. The talk was followed by a short interactive session in which Swamiji answered the questions posed by the audience. |
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Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshiyari has joined the list of proud Indian MP even as he addressed the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday night.
