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Jaunsar mandal holds sanskriti mahtosava
Protesters burn Tiwari’s effigy; seek CBI probe
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Rang Mahotsava: M’rashtra, Assam artistes perform classical dances on Day II
Nehru was anti-Sanskrit, says RSS ex-chief
Doon Hospital awaits additional ventilators
Cong observes foundation day
Statue of Buddhist scholar installed
Dist Planning Committees not constituted for want of funds
Need for future education to achieve national goal, say educationists
Doon Business School gets excellence award
Bala Krishna carves impression on every piece of wood
16-yr-old hit by speeding vehicle
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Jaunsar mandal holds sanskriti mahtosava
Dehradun, December 28 A total of 12 teams participated in the programme showcasing the cultural similarities of the two regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The presentations comprised lok nritya Harul, traditional folk songs and other dances of the region. The programme was presided over by ONGC Group GM Sunder Lal who said the region had unique cultural heritage which needed promotion. He also presented Rs 2 lakh to the organisation. President of the mandal Maya Ram Joshi said the funds would be utilised for the cultural activities and welfare of the artistes.
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Protesters burn Tiwari’s effigy; seek CBI probe
Dehradun, December 28
They raised slogans like “Ayyashi ke Adde Band Karo”, “Durachari, bharastachari- ND Tiwari, ND Tiwari sarkari awwas khali karo”. After raising slogans, the protestors burnt his effigy. A government house was allotted to former Chief Minister Tiwari in the Forest Research Institute (FRI) campus after the Congress lost power following assembly elections held in February 2007. Later, Tiwari was made the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, but he still occupies the Dehradun house. Awdhash Kaushal, Chairperson of the RLEK, who led the protestors alleged that the various positions held by Tiwari enabled him to illegally occupy palatial properties where crores of rupees were spent in the name of renovation and upkeep of these buildings at the expenses of public exchequer. Demanding a CBI or a judicial inquiry, Kaushal charged that Tiwari during his tenure got an ordinance passed which enabled leaders like him to occupy huge palatial government houses by virtue of holding a post. The demonstrators demanded that such huge drain on public exchequer should immediately be stopped by getting such people evicted. “These leaders are also using many facilities such as water, power and telephone connections and large posse of security personnel to guard their homes which have become a hub of illicit activities. All pension and government perks to such leaders should immediately be stopped,” said Kaushal. He further said if the authorities failed to take immediate action, then a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) would be filed in the high court regarding getting these houses vacated not only by Tiwari but other former Chief Ministers who had followed
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Rang Mahotsava: M’rashtra, Assam artistes perform classical dances on Day II
Dehradun, December 28 Kushbu kadam and Amrita Joshi from Nagpur presented Bharatnatyam and Bhakti dance dedicated to Goddess Durga. Performing prayer to Ma Amba, the duo presented a semi-classical form. It was choreographed brilliantly despite the shortcomings of the stage that did not seem to be meant for staging dance performances. While a local group Darohar Sanskritic Samiti from Dehradun presented a solo dance-ballet presentation. In all, 55 performers participated in the mahotsava. The judge for the show was Videndu Ghosh from West Bengal. |
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Nehru was anti-Sanskrit, says RSS ex-chief
Haridwar, December 28 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank voiced these views at the second Inter-National Nepali Sanskriti Convention here yesterday. Attending the final day of the convention as the chief guest, Nishank sought professing of better relations between India and Nepal as both nations have several similarities and also citizens of both sides have a bonhomie, which emancipates from our culture, religion and roots. Highlighting the religion-cultural significance of Uttarakhand, the CM said India is known for its diversity and now Uttarakhand is getting popular for religious, cultural, health, tradition and natural beauty. Meanwhile, former Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RRS) chief Kuppahali Sitaramayya Sudarshan doubted first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru over the Sanskrit issue. Sudarshan said Nehru disliked Sanskrit as a language and had objected to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s proposal of giving Sanskrit a special national language status. Sudarshan who served as RSS Sar Sangh Sanchalak from 1998-2009 was quite upset over lack of respect and status given to Sanskrit in Congress-led governments after Independence. Earlier too, Sudarshan had termed Nehru as English minded and said British gave preference to Nehru in comparison to the then other national leaders as they wanted a Prime Minister who could protect their interests. Earlier, the Chief Minister and other special dignitaries were felicitated and offered traditional Nepali hats by the organising committee. A total of 11 proposals were passed which focused on various issues inter-related with India and Nepal. They included special monitoring of growing extremism by Maoists, special policies for tackling China’s expansion plans, banning of slaughtering of cows, special quota for Nepali students in India, steps to facilitate better Indo-Nepal cooperation and bonding to various other related issues concerning both countries specially the communities. Present at the function were Shankaracharya Raj Raje Shwaram, Manohar Kant Dhyani, Swami Yatindranand, national and district BJP-RSS leaders and delegates from India, Nepal, Bhutan and other nations. |
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Doon Hospital awaits additional ventilators
Dehradun, December 28 While the state government has got the ventilators on loan for the swine flu unit of Rishikesh Hospital for the Kumbh Mela period, Doon Hospital is still waiting to get additional ventilators. Lack of ventilators has even tied the hands of the hospital medical staff treating H1N1 patients as most of the patients in critical state have been referred to higher centres. The hospital authorities say Doon Hospital has two ventilators that are being used at the Operation Theatre and the isolation ward and hope to get four more from the Director, General Health, for which the tendering process is on. However, one anesthetist from Doon Hosptial and three other hospitals will be deputed for Kumbh duties and be getting H1N1 training at stipulated centres in New Delhi. Along with the anesthetists, eight medical officers of general duty will also undergo training. In addition, 50 medical officers will be trained on December 30 and 31 at Dehradun and Haridwar. |
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Cong observes foundation day
Dehradun, December 28 He said the Congress had a history of sacrifices and always believed in serving others “Congress leaders like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the betterment of society. You must follow the ideals set by our leaders,” Arya said. Leader of Opposition Harak Singh Rawat, in particular, appealed to the youth and women to take the party to new heights. He also hoped success to the party in the 2012 assembly elections. Congress MLA, Lakshman Chowk, Dinesh Aggarwal said the Congress had always believed in serving the poor and downtrodden. Suryakant Dhasmana recalled the contribution of late Indira Gandhi and other leaders towards strengthening of the party among poor and unprivileged sections. Former Congress MLAs Mantri Prasad Naithani, Subodh Uniyal, Shoorveer Singh Sajwan and Narendra Bhandari were prominent speakers. |
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Statue of Buddhist scholar installed
Dehradun, December 28 Revered by all Buddhist sects, Atisha, the great teacher, is credited with reviving the Buddhist tradition in Tibet in the 11th century. The statue was installed on Saturday amid much fanfare. It was not easy to install the mammoth statue. Carved out from marble, the 2.5-tonne statue was brought from Jaipur to Dehradun. After several hours of efforts, Atisha was settled into the final destination. Gonpo Thartse at Manduwala, who supervised the proceedings, said while bringing the statue was itself tough, its installation was equally arduous. He said there was a persistent demand on the part of followers of Buddhism towards the installation of the statue. Dehradun that has a substantial number of followers is home to a community of nearly 15,000 Tibetan refugees. The Dalai Lama is also a regular visitor to this place. The city has a number of monasteries and Buddhists from Arunachal, Ladakh and other parts of the country who come to Dehradun for Buddhism studies. |
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Dist Planning Committees not constituted for want of funds
Dehradun, December 28 The situation has come to such a pass that the Central government has stopped making financial allocations for the past three years putting a rider that unless the DPCs are constituted not a penny would be released, compounding matters for the state that is already under great financial strain due to the enhanced payments that have to be made to the employees, as per the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations. “There is a major opposition to the creation of DPCs by the MLAs who are afraid that the devolution of power to the grassroots would weaken their positions, as the funds would directly reach the committees. No wonder the DPCs have not been constituted and the panchayats are hard pressed for funds. Usually amount in the range of Rs 15 crore to Rs 18 crore is released by the central government for DPCs,” said Shiv Prasad Devli, vice-chairman, district panchayat Dehradun. The role of the committees is to prepare annual plans, projects and schemes among other things. In addition, grants made under Backward Region Grant Fund (BGRF) by the central government too has been stopped in the absence of constitution of DPCs. Annual outlay for Tehri, Champawat and Chamoli totalling to Rs 15 crore remained underutilised last year. “The development activities are getting hindered in the absence of funds. We get a yearly grant of Rs 2.5 crore most of which goes towards the pension of the employee of the panchayat,” said Madhu Chauhan, Chairman of Dehradun district panchayat. The BRGF is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. The fund aims to supplement and converge existing developmental inflows into identified districts, so as to bridge critical gaps in local infrastructure and other development requirements that are not being adequately met through existing inflows. The problem in Uttarakhand is multi-dimensional, despite nine years of the creation of state, it has failed to enact the State Panchayat Act and continues to hold elections as per the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Act. Uttar Pradesh too has constituted the DPCs by bringing an amendment, but the Uttarakhand has not followed suit. |
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Need for future education to achieve national goal, say educationists
Dehradun, December 28
The educational activity must be envisaged with innovations and democratic values. The functions of future schools must be superseded in regard to time and space. School education, rather, must be regarded not as the end, but as the fundamental components of the total educational activity, which includes both institutionalised and out-of-school education. This was the opinion of eminent educationists in the seminar on “Future schools and future teachers” held at ICFAI University here today. IFS Principal Secretary, Ministry of Forest, Nagaland, Dr SC Deorani (retd) was the chief guest at the seminar. In his welcome address, Dr Deorani emphasised on the training of budding teachers to meet the future classrooms which are full
of numerous challenges and pleasant opportunities. ICFAI College of Education Dean Dr DK Giri gave the keynote address. He focussed on sensitive training for teachers, breaking of isolation between teacher and education institution and schools, future schools for disabled, continuous comprehensive evaluation, XI Plan on education, curriculum development, comparative education, etc. Director of Times World School Dr Lalit Kumar Saxena emphasised on behaviour modification techniques of prospective teachers before they take of teaching as a profession. Condemning physical and mental punishment in schools, he valued upon democratic way of teaching. Students nicely participated in the interaction process in cleared their doubt. Chairman, Trinity College of Education and former principal of Himjyoti Public School, Sangeeta Agarwal speaks on curriculum development, pedagogy and constructive classroom for future schools. Officiating Principal of Indian Public School Kamala Bahuguna stressed on rigorous training of future teachers through the latest teaching models and value education curriculum. Assistant Professor from the Pestle Weed College of Education Dr DK Diwedi said teaching was a profession of sacrifice
and devotion. Giving many examples from the Indian philosophy, he emphasised on the complete training programme for teachers with latest technologies. Principal of Indian Academy, Dehradun, Neelam Sharma said collaborative learning and cooperative learning were two cornerstones of effective teacher education programme. In the end, Dr Giri presented the mementos to the speakers. |
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Doon Business School gets excellence award
Dehradun, December 28
While building an overall personality of the students, the institute emphasised on creating specialised skills in each student so that they get best jobs in the corporate world. “It was in 2008 that we planned to perform outstandingly and we lived up to our expectations. It is for the first time that any private institute of the state has been recognised at the national level for imparting the high class management education,” said Chairman of the school Mohit Agarwal, at a press conference here today. However, with focus on making the school as one of the premier business schools of India, the institute has been able to arrange a large number of companies for recruitment of students, who will be passing out college in 2010. Many of these students have multiple offers while being in third semester itself. The institute claimed that there would be more companies as per the ration of students. Special extra classes were conducted from time to time and extra emphasis was laid on the computer adaptability of the students. “As academicians, our role is to provide the right environment for the students to be the future leaders. At our school we have tried to bring in the world-class practices of the best business institutions and apart from having contacts with universities abroad, the school management shortly plans to announce some more tie-ups in the near future,” added Agarwal. Director Dr SR Sharma, founder SK Agarwal, other faculty members and students were present at the function. |
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Bala Krishna carves impression on every piece of wood
Dehradun, December 28
From animal figures to deities, every piece stands unique and speaks volumes about perseverance and talent of these artists. “We are in to this business for the past 30 years and have been coming to Dehradun for the past 10 years. People here are very fond of collecting antique pieces,” said Bala Krishna, artist. Various designs are made purely out of imagination and after cutting wooden pieces through machines, there is an outline done by pencil and then finally with the help of tools, carving takes place. However, where big panels take almost two to three months, small pieces get ready in a few days. “We are a team of 25. We create pieces which are attractive and last for a lifetime,” said Krishna. “I purchased a pair of horses from this stall. These are perfect for my lobby area,” Radhika, a visitor. Krishna has travelled to major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Chennai, Agra, Udaipur and Jaipur and feels elated to receive so much love and recognition from people. From miniature to big pieces in the form of wall hangings, pillars and swings worth Rs 30,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh can effortlessly revamp the look of interiors and outdoors. “This art form is very difficult to execute, but I am glad that people and government has given us due credit to showcase our innovative work across the country,” added Krishna. |
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16-yr-old hit by speeding vehicle
Dehradun, December 28 Indrapal, uncle of the victim, has lodged a complaint with the Sahaspur police and a case been subsequently registered. Ukraine resident arrested
The Uttarakhand Police arrested a Ukraine resident in Rishikesh when he was found to be without a passport, visa and other documents. CNG kit explodes; six hurt
Nine workers of DD Motor Workshop located at Patel Nagar got injured when a CNG kit of a car got burst on Sunday. The car, a Maruti 800, had been sent to deal with the problem of gas leakage from the CNG kit. While the mechanics were busy working on the car, sparking took place in the engine that caused the incident. |
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