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Row over Shankaracharya legality resolved
Excommunicated Jathedar speaks up
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Illegal mining continues unabated in Mussoorie
Hema, Jalota to perform
Cops zero in on suspected persons
118 students get scholarships
We will fulfil MCI norms: Mission head
Pant varsity students felicitated
MBA aspirants get tips
Board exams begin on CBSE pattern
SMJN annual function concludes
Jagjeet, Preeti shine in UTU Athletics Meet
SCE register 5-goal victory over DEIT
ONGC museum named after ex-MD
Fee Hike
Decks cleared for construction of flats near Bindal river
MPSC beat Secretariat XI
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Row over Shankaracharya legality resolved
Haridwar, March 6 Notably, the Kumbh administration has decided to give preference and facilities to four major Shankaracharyas namely Jyotish Peeth (Badrik Ashram), Sharda Peeth (Dwarka), Govardhan Peeth (Puri) and Shringeri
Peeth (Karnataka). Also agitating disciples of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand have again entered their camps at Neel Dhara bringing an end to their boycott of festive baths. In the coming days, Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Swami will be coming to Shankaracharya Math situated at Kankhal. With the Akhada Parishad maintaining that it gives due respect to all saints , the issue and demands of certain sections of the saint community for displacing camps of “controversial” saints have taken a back seat. National president of the Akhada Parishad Mahant Gyan Das said no one would be allowed to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of the Maha Kumbh and it was not only the responsibility of the mela administration to ensure a peaceful conduct of the Kumbh but also of the Akhada Parishad. He said as cases pertaining to the legality of certain Shankaracharyas were pending in the Supreme Court, it would not be appropriate to classify them as fake ones. The parishad is of the view that the Kumbh is a festive occasion for all and so no one can be dislodged if he doesn’t violate or disturb the Maha Kumbh atmosphere.
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Excommunicated Jathedar speaks up
Dehradun, March 6 Professor Ragi, who has been barred from doing katha-kirtans, has refused to bow before the directive of the Panth and is doing the same in various gurdwaras of the country. He said the organisers of the congregations in Punjab where he did kirtans had been getting threat calls. He held the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab responsible for playing dirty politics by influencing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Amritsar, to target him and keep him on bay to allegedly manipulate the SGPC elections. He could neither explain the reason of party’s anathema towards him nor as to why he used the official letter head of the Delhi-based body of the Sikhs to write his press statement. He said his remarks pertaining to anti-Sikhism comments written in a separately prepared holy book, the Dasam Granth, at present used by only two Jathedars Kulwant Singh of Hazoor Sahib and Ikbal Singh of Patna Sahib, have been tampered with to present his wrong picture. But, he said he had shown the actual video to the public, which was now supporting him. The former Jathedar said he had been expelled under a well-orchestrated strategy. “Ironically, I have not been permitted to explain my case before the SGPC and barred from singing holy hymns (katha-kirtan). It is under the conspiracy that both controversial Jathedars of Hazoor Sahib and Patna Sahib have been included in the committee of the five members to decide on my matter.” Professor Ragi, who opted for the US citizenship after 1984 riots, has took to the road of struggle and has continued singing holy hymns in various gurdwaras. “I have been singing from the age of five for the past 60 years. My schedule as usual gets packed months before, within and outside India.” He said either the authorities concerned should hear him or he would continue to serve his community as usual. He said he would leave India this month and not be present during the SGPC elections. Nevertheless, the public would vouch for his naivety during voting in the elections.
SAD slams Ragi for defying Takht order
The local unit of the SAD has slammed Prof Ragi for defying the punishment meted out to him by Akal Takht. Bhajan Singh Kala, secretary of the party unit, said Professor Ragi was not allowed to attend any religious function unless he accepted his punishment and got exonerated. He said the Takht had asked its order to be strictly followed by everyone. Supporting Kala were Rajender Singh Rajan, Kalip Singh Jathedar, Malik Singh, Gurcharan Singh Vasu, Harpal Singh Sethi and others.
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Illegal mining continues unabated in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, March 6 When officials of the Forest Department, acting on a tipoff, arrived on the scene, they found miners blatantly digging into the mountain and converting core sand into cemented bricks. The miners fled as soon as the officials, led by Ranger SL Arya, reached the site. The forest officials destroyed the freshly constructed pile of bricks at the site. When they were returning from the site, they were confronted by trade union leader D Bhatt, who questioned the whole exercise. He said poor workers were only constructing their huts which were destroyed in the previous monsoon. Bhatt further said the Forest Department was harassing the poor, but not penalising the rich builders and land mafia who had destroyed Mussoorie by rampant construction. The forest officials, later speaking to The Tribune, said the area was not notified or under any private forest area. Hence, they could not act on it as it was the work of the Mining Department. However, other departments would be notified of the illegal activity going on here. Anger is brewing against the department concerned at the partisan action on the issue.
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Hema, Jalota to perform
Hardiwar, March 6 Chief Secretary, Tourism, Dr Rakesh Kumar said the department wanted to showcase the cultural diversity of both Uttarakhand and India in the Maha Kumbh and these cultural events will be a major attraction for the audience. For this, a separate platform will be created from where artistes from all over would perform. Invitation has also been sent to bhajan samrat Anoop Jalota, Bollywood Sufi singer Kailash Kher and a variety of renowned artistes for performing in the cultural event, which will span for a whole month.
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Cops zero in on suspected persons
Haridwar, March 6 Credentials of 131 suspected persons from Bangladesh have been verified while 150 persons from Nepal living in Haridwar have been zeroed in on. So far the highest number of cases of suspected persons hailing from various states of the country sent for verification is from Uttar Pradesh numbering 600. As many as 250 suspected persons from Bihar have come under
police scanner. The verification drive will continue till the Maha Kumbh is over.
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118 students get scholarships
Dehradun, March 6 Chief guest Trivendra Singh Rawat, Minister of Agriculture, inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. He also presented scholarship cheques to 118 students on their passing-out ceremony. The minister appreciated the diligent participants as well as their mentors, who guided and trained them to give the best performance with prowess. Parents of the students also witnessed the event.
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We will fulfil MCI norms: Mission head
Dehradun, March 6 The controversy erupted after the MCI decided to impose a ban on admissions in 22 medical colleges in the country that did not fulfill its guidelines and one private medical college located in Dehradun, too, found mention in the list. While interacting with mediapersons, Mahant Devinder Dass of Guru Ram Rai Darbar and head of the Shri Guru Ram Rai Education Mission that runs the institute said: “There are minor deficiencies which are being taken care of. We will be sending a complete report within the next 15 days and are sure to get the MCI approval in time for the new academic session,” said Dass. It may be mentioned that the MCI had ticked off 22 medical colleges for having incomplete infrastructure, negligible faculty positions and failing on other norms. Among the list of 22 medical colleges, where ban has been imposed on new admissions, two colleges are in Uttar Pradesh, one in Uttarakhand and the rest in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and other states. Mahant Devinder Dass said they would be increasing 100 seats from the next session. “In fact, we have already sent a proposal to the state government and the expansion of seats may be run on the public private partnership mode. The institute at present has 50 seats. We will not face any problem in running 100 more seats,” said Dass. The institute is also planning to offer PG courses to students who undertake a few years of rural service among the villagers.
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Pant varsity students felicitated
Nainital, March 6 The students had represented the university in national inter-university debate and national inter-university sports events and brought laurels to the university. In his interaction, Dr Bisht motivated the students and told them that they were budding talents who had made the university proud. He also thanked all Deans and Directors of various departments present at the interaction session for supporting the students at every level. Head of Agriculture Communication Department Dr B Kumar expressed satisfaction over the university students displaying good skills in technical spheres, along with other soft skills, which are essential in today’s world. Associate Prof Dr SK Kashyap, who had coordinated the event, asked for more participation every year. The students were awarded certificate of appreciation, along with prizes. The students felicitated for their achievement were Shreena Keshwani, Vineeta Sayal, Ashutosh Bhakuni, Mamta Rautela, Nikhilesh Joshi, Vibuti Bahuguna, Goldi Tewari, Gorvit Gupta, Pulkit Rastogi, Kishore S Parihav, Devendra Singh Thapa, Mohit, Parul Chauhan, Grijesh Mahera, Priyanka Dwivedi, Poonam Joshi, Akansha Malkani and Neha Upreti.
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MBA aspirants get tips
Dehradun, March 6 Sixteen B-schools such as the IWSB, Ghaziabad, ICBM Hyderabad, BSD, Greater Noida, MILE, Pune, BIMM, Pune and many others participated to closely interact with aspirants. “Career Launcher is acting as a facilitator to provide the aspirants under one roof an opportunity to sit for group discussions and personal interviews for some of country’s best B-schools and accomplish their goals,” said Amit Goel, event convener.
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Board exams begin on CBSE pattern
Mussoorie, March 6 A student, Rajkumar from a nearby village, said earlier they had to start early on foot from their home to reach the examination centre, but after the introduction of the CBSE pattern they were much relieved. More than 200 students sat in the Board exams at the seven centres around the town. Ghanand Inter-College Principal Kehra said from this year the CBSE pattern was being followed with the grading system even for practical exams. Police personnel were posted outside every centre to avoid and untoward incident.
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SMJN annual function concludes
Haridwar, March 6 At the prize distribution ceremony held later, meritorious students were awarded certificates. Earlier, the function was inaugurated by a local legislator and state Cabinet minister Madan Kaushik who urged students to take part in extra-curricular activities.
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Jagjeet, Preeti shine in UTU Athletics Meet
Dehradun, March 6 Result: In men’s category, in 200m Ravi Verma of the DIT team came out with an outstanding performance to win gold. Girija won silver, whereas Neeraj had to settle for bronze. In 4x400m, the DIT team went on to clinch gold, the GRD team settled for silver and the SBS team won bronze. Akshay Bajaj won gold in discus throw, Kaural Dev of GRD settle for silver and Gaigui had to satisfy with bronze medal. In javelin, Bhupender Nautiyal of GEIT won gold, Chandermani of DIT settle for silver and KS Bisht won bronze. Lata Joshi won gold for the DIT team in 100m sprint for girls, Anjali had to settle for silver and Sanchita of Shivalik went on to claim bronze. In 800m Preeti Khatri clinched gold for the DIT team, Akankasha of the HIPR team won silver and Ruby Pant of Shivalik went on to win bronze medal. In 4x400m, DIT did it again by winning gold, the Shivalik team was second, whereas the UIT team was third.
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SCE register 5-goal victory over DEIT
Dehradun, March 6 After taking an early lead in the match, Rahul Gusain scored his second goal in the 26th minute of the match. The second goal boosted the moral of the team and they scored their third goal in the 33rd minute through Kunal Rawat making 3-0. In the second half, Pankaj further accelerated the scoring for the team and scored two goals in the 56th and 59th minutes making it 5-0 for his team. In the second match, the HIPR team defeated the SGRR team 1-0. Chandan Bisht scored for his team in the 13th minute of the match making it 1-0. Thereafter, none of the team scored any goal and the HIPR team won the match with an ease. Day’s third match was played between the SBS team and the HCEM teams. The SBS team dominated the game. The team scored its first goal in the 7th minute of the match through R Aswal. Barely 18 minutes later, Ashish Badoni scored the second goal in the 25th minute making it 2-0. In the end, the SBS team won the match with an ease.
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ONGC museum named after ex-MD
Dehradun, March 6 Raha, who remained ONGC Chairman for five years from May 2001, had left a lasting impress on the ONGC. He was greatly instrumental in boosting ONGC’s global standing and had made successful efforts to convert it into an integrated oil giant. He was instrumental in setting up of the oil museum. A team, headed by MR Rao, was sent abroad to study some of the famous oil museums in the world. Dr AK Balyan, Director (HR), was entrusted with the job of ensuring the successful completion of the museum on schedule. Noted museum curator from Mumbai Sadashiv Gorakshkar was given the job of conceptualising the entire project, while the National Council of Science Museums was asked to give shape to that dream project. President APJ Abdul Kalam had inaugurated the museum in 2006.
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Youth Cong burns effigy of management
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Mussoorie, March 6 Bisht alleged that the English-medium schools had raised the fee deliberately to keep the medium away from the reach of these schools. He further said most of the schools were indulging in profit making and ignoring the basic reason of providing quality education to the poor. MPG College president Nitin Dutt supported the cause and said parents were reeling under immense financial pressure due to the rampant hike in the fees by the school management here and these schools were not interested in forming a parent-teacher association here. The activists also said if these institutions continued with the policy then they would be forced to start a massive movement against them soon. The school management was not available for comment. Women Congress president Bharosi Rawat, Traders Association secretary Javed Khan, Sandeep Agrawal, Dhanvir Singh Kumain, Shivaraj Bisht, Sunil Panwar, Rais Khan, Pratap Mall and others were present on the occasion.
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Decks cleared for construction of flats near Bindal river
Dehradun, March 6 Not only this, Mayor Vinod Chamoli said ownership rights would also be given to nine slum colonies which would be developed around the banks of the Bindal river over the years. Under this scheme, the kutcha houses would be repaired. Be it new or old repaired houses, all of them would be equipped with basic amenities of proper lights, drinking water, toilet facility and connectivity to road. A retaining wall around the river and a 9-m wide road would also be provided along with a pathway. It was the Central Urban Development Department, the nodal agency of state government, which had presented the case to the Central government. With this, the banks of the Bindal river which look ugly due to haphazard eruption of slums around it will be developed on the model of the Sabarmati river in
Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
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MPSC beat Secretariat XI
Dehradun, March 6 Opener TH Khan and Bhupender gave a fine start to the team. TH Khan made 18 runs, whereas Bhupender scored 40 runs off 23 balls. Lorence made 15 runs and Bhupender scored 30 runs. For the MPSC team, Akash claimed five wickets, whereas Kartik took two wickets. Meanwhile, in the second match, the ACA team defeated the ITM team by 39 runs. Harsh was the highest scorer for the team with 83 runs off 58 balls, giving his team the much needed start. Chasing the target of 137 runs, the ITM team was all-out for 137 runs. Imran was the highest scorer for the team with 23 off 20 balls. Another batsman Najism made 25 runs.
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The clouds of uncertainty that were eclipsing a peaceful hosting of the Maha Kumbh in Haridwar due to a controversy over the legality of certain
Shankaracharyas.
Mussoorie, March 6
Under the aegis of Lakshmi Devi Academy School, Kindness, Health, Education and Laughter for Leprosy Families
(KHEL) held a scholarship distribution programme here today. A cultural programme preceded the felicitation of the students. The function was a fun-filled occasion, where students of the institute presented cultural programmes comprising Saraswati
vandana, Garhwali and Nepali folk dances. Other attraction of the ceremony was a qawwali and yoga demonstration.
Haridwar, March 6
Dehradun, March 6
Dehradun, March 6
Dehradun, March 6
