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State intellectuals honoured
Retired policeman turns craftsman
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Students get awards for learning traffic rules
FRI training programme begins today
Cloudburst hits Jaunpur
Construction work at parking lot inconveniences Mussoorie residents
Sex Racket Case
Kidnapper held, child recovered
60k biometric cards issued to workers
2 burnt to death as hut catches fire
ONGC’s Mahila Samiti celebrates annual day
Dental hygienists demand filling of posts
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State intellectuals honoured
Dehradun, May 2 The conference was conducted to consider intellectuals’ social responsibility and heritage by honouring them with the Uttarakhand Ratan award for their contribution and
achievements. Justice Rajesh Tandon, Chairperson, Cyber Appellate Tribunal, inaugurated the ceremony by lighting the lamp. It was followed by a kathak performance. Dr Bhishma Narain Singh, president, AICOI, presided over the function while Dr S Farooq addressed the function. SK Garg, CMD, Eldeco (executive chairman AICOI), Dr Grijesh Pant, Vice-Chacellor, Doon University, RC Dikshit, former DGB (vice-president AICOI) and Dr Ravindra Kumar, former Vice-Chancellor, Meerut University, were the guests of honor while Jagdish Shetter, Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Karnataka, was the special guest. Intellectuals in various field that were awarded for their excellence and achievements were Justice PC Pant, Judge, Uttarakhand High Court, Justice Alok Singh, Judge, P&H High Court, Navakrishan, DGM, Canara Bank, Dehradun, AK Seth, GM, Uttaranchal and Tari Development Corporation, Haldi, Pantnagar, KK Aggarwal, ALPS Group of Industries, Kashipur, Yogender Singh Tomar, vice-chairman, Bar Council of Uttarakhand, Dr Gopal Ranjan, former VC and Director, Roorkee Engineering College, Devender Prakash Yadav, advocate, Udham
Singh Nagar, Rajeev Beery, Anand Industries, Dehradun, Anuradha Mohit, Director, NIFVH, Dehradun, Dr Sarvat Rahman, Shiv Narain Kapoor for sports and Flora Mayuri, actress and
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Retired policeman turns craftsman
Dehradun, May 2 Uttarakhand has also developed a taste for bamboo handicrafts as these are affordable, beautiful and easily available. Chiks made from bamboo fibre are now extensively used in commercial and private properties for their cooling effect as these give respite from scorching heat if kept wet. Manohar Singh, an ex-policeman from Punjab police, has turned into a craftsman and is selling bamboo chik mats on the Rajpur Road since four years. His refined embroidery and handwork on the bamboo items such as wall hangings, tablemats, curtains, blinds etc are attracting one and all. Manohar, who is basically from Jalandhar, Punjab, has four children, but none of them looks after him in his old age. After retirement, he earns his living by making bamboo handicraft. “My bamboo crafts are certainly getting popular as these look beautiful and add an earthy look to the area. Table mats and blinds are very much in demand and all items are nominally priced between Rs 40 and Rs 500,” said Singh. He is a great preserver of cultural and customary bamboo craftworks. He is also supplying the goods to other cities like Roorkee, Meerut, Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar. These chik mats are also available in embroidered, sheesha work and beads work. The raw material i.e. bamboo, is firstly dried up and then as per desire is moulded into various forms, ending with varnishing to be sold in the markets. Further, these thin strands of bamboo are woven to make chik mats, blinds and curtains. “I am glad that people recognise my work and purchase items made by me. Moreover, besides quality another reason for demand of bamboo handicrafts is its sturdiness without much maintenance and care,” said an elated Manohar. |
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Students get awards for learning traffic rules
Dehradun, May 2 Mohit Mittal, Shittal, Brijesh, Naveen, Sazid Khan and Neha were the six who were given away prizes on the basis of their marks and attendance. Mohit scored the highest marks and his attendance was noteworthy too. According to traffic officials, 68 students from class VI to XII of 32 schools were part of the programme. Apart from traffic rules, the students were also given lessons on disaster management, terrorism, fire fighting, environment and health. The SSP appreciating the programme said this was a great initiative launched by the police two years ago. And the students would pass on what they had learnt under the TEST
programme to their family and friends and more and more people would become aware. |
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FRI training programme begins today
Dehradun, May 2 Titled “Bamboo Resources and Propagation”, the training programme will be inaugurated at Scientist Hostel, FRI, by Dr SS Negi, Director, FRI. The field foresters at the training programme will be exposed to the availability of bamboo resource in the country, its propagation technologies, establishing bamboo plantations, silviculture, harvesting, storage, preservation, value addition and the marketing aspect of bamboo. The role of bamboo as the fastest carbon sequester and its importance for carbon dioxide mitigation from the atmosphere will also
be discussed. This apart from practical demonstration of various propagation technologies of bamboo to the trainees developed by the FRI. |
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Cloudburst hits Jaunpur
Mussoorie, May 2 The houses have become water logged and villagers are forced to go out in search of shelter, according to reports. Bijendar Panwar, a villager, said the ominous clouds turned into a thunder squall accompanied with rain. As the villagers entered their houses around 6 pm, the incident occurred damaging the residences instantly. The casualties have not been confirmed as yet, but it is believed that several persons were injured due to the cloudburst. |
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Construction work at parking lot inconveniences Mussoorie residents
Mussoorie, May 2 The directions of the District Magistrate and the Chief Secretary to complete all works before April 30 have also not been heeded by the MDDA. The residents are of the view that there was no need to begin construction work in this month as it will jeopardise traffic flow in the already congested market. Police station in charge MC Joshi was also of the view that the closure of the South Road will make the one-way traffic rule go haywire and lead to uncontrollable traffic situation in the area. The road to Landour is also in a dilapidated condition with huge potholes and left incomplete by the Jal Sansthan a few months back due to which many have met with accidents. According to Jal Sansthan AE PB Bhatt the potholes will be filled within a few days and no scar will be left whatsoever. |
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Sex Racket Case
Dehradun, May 2 Anup Kumar Joshi, general secretary of the UKD, has accused the police department of tampering with the records of the case and trapping innocents in the case as per the conspiracy on the entire system. |
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Kidnapper held, child recovered
Dehradun, May 2 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhinav Kumar said after the incident came to police’s notice, it formed a team. The team was sent to Rajasthan from where the kidnapper was caught and the child safely brought back. Accused Ganesh Sahani had allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 to release the son of Bindesvar. Bindesvar had complained to the police that his son Monu had been abducted by him by offering him a biscuit. According to the police, both had a financial dispute following which Ganesh had kidnapped his son. The SHO of the Kotwali police station said they had got an information that the accused was at Hanumangarh in Rajasthan and they raided the place and arrested Ganesh. The SHO said both were of the same village in Bihar and putting up at Chabbil Bagh on the Kanwali road. |
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60k biometric cards issued to workers
Pitthoragarh, May 2 Disclosing this Uttarakhand Labour Minister Prakash Pant said 70 per cent out of the insured persons were from hill districts of the state. “Our government aims to issue bio metric cards under the national health insurance schemes to all 6.25 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families in the state by the end of this year. After finishing the task the state would also issue these cards to the workers who will be earning minimum wages of Rs 126 per day,” said Pant. Under the schemes, the biometric cardholder will get a free medical treatment worth Rs 30,000 for all five members of the family. “We are issuing two bio metric cards to each family, one to remain with the worker and another with the family to get insurance benefits if the head of the family is away,” said Pant. The Uttarakhand Labour Minister said the state government had already constituted housing and allied workers board which would take care of the welfare activity of the workers who were involved in housing sector. “The first meeting of this board has been called on May 21,” said the minister. |
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2 burnt to death as hut catches fire
Dehradun, May 2 Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has condoled the deaths in the fire incident and asked the Uttarkashi district administration to provide all necessary financial and medical assistance to the victim family. According to state administration officials, a sum of Rs 3 lakh, blankets, tents and tarpaulin have been provided to the family whose members were killed and suffered injuries in the fire. |
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ONGC’s Mahila Samiti celebrates annual day
Dehradun, May 2 Dr AK Balyan, Director (HR), and DK Sarraf, Director (Finance), also graced the occasion. Tauqir Hussain, GGM-Chief, HRD, PC Nautiyal, GGM (E&T), B Ram, GGM (E), SD Mathur, GM (Vig), Sarita Sarraf, former senior executives and other executives of the ONGC were also present at the celebrations. The glittering celebrations had all colours of Bollywood of yesteryear and today - ranging from songs of legendary KL Saigal to dances of divas Madhubala to Madhuri Dixit, and from a hilarious skit to a dazzling fashion show. The evening started with an enchanting “Ishwar Stuti” by Rita Chandra, Anjana Mittal and Lalita Mishra. A medley of Bollywood songs presented by Sadhana Kar, Madhumita Sarkar, Meenakshi Bhatnagar and Papiya Maiti enthralled the audience. Vibrant and enthusiastic Mahila Samiti members walked down the ramp at the fashion show later in the evening. A hilarious skit “Baaton Baaton Mein” presented by Sarita Verma, Salma Haq and Anuda Narayan with ONGC centric dialogues greatly amused the audience. Rukhsana Hussain directed the skit and Farooq Bilgrami wrote the script of the skit. RS Sharma praised the dedication and commitment of the members of the samiti for their enthusiastic participation in the events of the annual day celebrations. He also appreciated the commitment of OOMS in implementing CSR activities, which is helping in image building of the company. Finally, he urged the members of the samiti and their spouses to keep the ONGC flag flying high by their dedication and commitment towards the company. Dr AK Balyan complimented the OOMS for presenting the grand cultural evening. At the same time, he appreciated the focus of the samiti on education and health care while implementing the CSR projects, like a good NGO. He appealed to ONGC workers to volunteer for social welfare programmes. DK Sarraf, Director (Finance) also appreciated the noble initiatives of OOMS in the areas of adult education, girl education, sports and medical care and urged them to continue such efforts for the welfare of the needy in society. The chief patron, Rashmi Sharma, ONGC Officers’ Mahila Samiti presented the national report of the samiti for the year 2009-10 at the function. Sharma informed that 26 Units of OOMS with 1,809 members are always striving to take the Mahila Samiti to new heights, under a common agenda. Speaking about the major CSR initiatives, she highlighted the education and sports initiatives ‘Ashadeep Shiksha ki Jyot’ and ‘Abhilasha’. She informed that OOMS has taken a big leap in facilitating education of needy children and has adopted 18,000 children under its ‘Ashadeep Shiksha ki Jyot’ project this year. Earlier, Rukhsana Hussain, President, OOMS, Dehradun Chapter expressed gratitude to Sharma, Dr Balyan, Sarraf and other senior officers of ONGC for gracing the function. CMD, Sharma presented the awards to Yashoda Adhikari, as the best dancer of a dance competition held by OOMS and as the Best Member. Chhavi Goel also received an award from the CMD for the Best Executive during 2008-09. Shobha Wason, Secretary, OOMS, Dehradun presented the Activity Report of the Dehradun Unit of the Mahila Samiti for the year 2009-10. Sadhana Kar and Madhumita Sarkar compared the cultural programme. The entire programme was conceptualiszed, designed and prepared by the cultural in charge of OOMS Sadhana Kar. |
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Dental hygienists demand filling of posts
Dehradun, May 2 The members, however, thanked the government for bringing the pay scales of hygienists at par with their counterparts in the
Central government. Calling upon dental hygienists of other states to form branches of the IDHA over there, senior vice-president of the organisation HC Tiwari said if the members were organised through the association their demands would be heard in a better manner. He said in July the national convention of the association would be held in Lucknow, where the names of the national president and new office-bearers too would be announced. |
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Uttarakhand is becoming a new destination for the handicrafts lovers. Beautiful craftswork made out of bamboo fibre, bhanga, bichhu grass, simmal, jute are easily available here at very reasonable prices.
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