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Gunning down of wild cat |
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Leading a solitary existence after death
NSUI protests against non-availability of forms
Students protest at the sub-office of the Hemwati Nandan Garhwal University in Dehradun on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Insurance Co. to open regional office
Inclusion of villages in disaster-hit area list sought
3-day science mela ends
ICFAI varsity’s law faculty organises alumni meet
A batsman in action during a match of the 60th District Cricket League at the Survey of India ground, Dehradun, on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Players in action at a match of the All-India Public Sector Volleyball Tournament at the ONGC Volleyball Complex in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Himalayan Public School celebrates founder’s day
Students of Himalayan Public School perform at the founder’s day celebrations in Dehradun on Friday.
Tributes paid to former UP CM
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No man-eater tigress in Corbett, claims report
Earlier blood samples belong to the same feline Jotirmay Thapliyal Tribune News Service
Dehradun, January 29 Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant Chandola expressed anguish over the confusion created by the media over Thursday’s shooting down of the maneater. “It is now confirmed, both by the post-mortem examination report and the Wildlife Institute of India’s report, that the gunned down tiger was the same that was responsible for all the five human killings in Corbett,” said Srikant. He acknowledged that the pug marks did create confusion initially as this male tiger was taken to be a tigress. “It happens at times and even famous hunter like Jim Corbett could not ascertain clearly on the gender of the tiger through pug marks,” he said. He denied the usage of AK-47 for shooting down the maneater. While the post-mortem examination clearly led to recovery of human flesh from the tiger’s stomach, the January 11 bullet shot injury was also very much visible in spite of it getting healed to an extent. He said further said the WII report had also confirmed that the blood samples taken on January 11 and subsequently on January 19 confirmed that it belonged to the same tiger. The Chief Wildlife Warden pointed out that while an independent team of veterinarians conducted the post-mortem examination, the blood samples were assessed by the Wildlife Research Institute of Wildlife Institute of India. Chandola pointed out that NTCA secretary Rajesh Gopal had visited Corbett on January 13 and 14 and expressed satisfaction over the working of the Uttarakhand Wildlife staff. He agreed that the man-eater must be exterminated.
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Residents defy official claim
Dehradun, January 29 The Sundarkhal residents still apprehend the presence of the man-eater tigress. The residents have submitted a memorandum to DFO Ravindra Juyal, asking them for freeing them of the terror of the tigress. Gram pradhan Chandan Ram said the tigress was still on the prowl and he had himself come across her during the early morning hours today when his dog suddenly started barking. “Chandan came outside his house and was aghast to see the beast at a distance. He ran inside the house and raised an alarm,” president of the Sanyukt Sangarsh Samiti Munish Kumar told The Tribune over the phone. He said the villagers were still hearing the roar of the tigress during the night and feared for their lives. Another resident Kisan Ram reported sighting the tiger at around 7 in the morning. Reports from Ramnagar also revealed that the passengers in a bus sighted a striped cat on the national highway. The passengers were employees of IMPCL and were going from Mohaan to Ramnagar. Some of the villagers even brought a forester and made him see the pug marks.
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‘Insensitive’ CM’s effigy burnt
Dehradun, January 29 The villagers led by local BSP leader Kishore Lal today gathered at the Ramnagar Ranikhet road and blocked the traffic. While renting the air with anti-Nishank slogans, the villagers alleged that the government was trying to become a friend of the beasts that were mauling them mercilessly. They even accused the Chief Minister of failing to announce any compensation for the family members of the five victims. “While the Chief Minister has failed to even speak a word of condolence for those who were brutally killed by the tiger, he is now contemplating a probe into the killing of the man-eater as if he is a representative of the tigers,” they argued. Congress leader Asha Bisht, Om Prakash, Neelam Gupta, Kailash Aryawal, Kushi Ram, Param, Geeta Chauhan, Asha Bisht, Mohan Lal, Surendra Rawat and others were present on the occasion.
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Leading a solitary existence after death
Mussoorie, January 29 Local historian Gopal Bhardwaj, along with his friend, lit a candle at the grave that has remained hidden from the public glare and commemorated 160 years of her death Bhardwaj says, according to the British Army record this solitary grave belongs to Caroline Moore, wife of George Fredrick Moore, who was commissioned as an ensign on October 25,1839, in 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment. He elaborates that Caroline died on January 29, 1851, under mysterious circumstances. Caroline was the wife of George Fredrick Moore who was commissioned as an ensign on October 25, 1839, in 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment. George Moore became a Lieutenant on November 9,1841, and was raised to the rank of Captain in 1847. However, he did not serve in the First Sikh War, but did serve in the Second Sikh War, also called “War of Sobraon”, now in Ludhiana district in Punjab. Moore was severely wounded in the thigh on November 4, 1848, during the siege of Multan and was awarded the Punjab Campaign medal. According to Gopal Bhardwaj, presumably this wound forced him to retire to the serene surroundings of the hill town of Mussoorie to recover from his injuries. He stayed in India till 1857 and did not take part in the Mutiny of 1857. Moore’s young wife Caroline also accompanied him to Mussoorie, but died under mysterious circumstances on January 29, 1851. Bhardwaj opines that Caroline may have died due to either some chronic disease such as tuberculosis or must have committed suicide. This could be one of the reasons that she was not buried at the cemetery that exists only 1 km away from her solitary grave. Her death is also not recorded in the church register to this day. In those days, persons committing suicide were buried in solitary graves. Caroline died at the young age of 20 and her husband Captain Moore went on to become Staff Officer on August 1, 1855, and left the 10th Regiment in India around this time. Bhardwaj further says that it seems that the couple resided at Dahlia Bank Cottage, the same house which has been rumoured to be owned by famous Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. George Moore became Major in 1858 and later was also appointed Staff Officer of pensions at Tullamore in Ireland. Not much is known about Caroline except that she died and remained devoted to her husband till the end. Bhardwaj, who has been visiting the grave and lighting the candle for the past 10 years as a mark of sympathy, said, “I was curious about the grave as she did not get a proper burial and I feel sorry for her lady. It was this curiosity that led to further investigation about her”. Bhardwaj laments the fact that graves around Mussoorie are full of history, but no one seemed to be interested in preserving the treasure of the British Raj for future generations. Bhardwaj through his own efforts has now amassed a huge amount of historic literature and documents and is working on a book that will come out within a couple of years.
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NSUI protests against non-availability of forms
Dehradun, January 29 Led by Yashaswi Sharma, general secretary of the NSUI, students gheraoed the sub-office of the university and demanded that the forms for the private students in graduate courses should be made available immediately. He said one more week should be given to the private students since they did not get their forms on time. The students also presented a memorandum to the Registrar seeking action on their demands.
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Insurance Co. to open regional office
Dehradun, January 29 Chief Regional Manager Parvinder Singh said the company had more than 1,000 offices in India and a presence in 20 countries. The Dehradun area was earlier under Kanpur and Delhi division. “The services in Uttarakhand will receive a boost with the opening up of regional office in Dehradun,” said Singh.
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Inclusion of villages in disaster-hit area list sought
Pitthoragarh, January 29 “We are unhappy that the administration has not included the names of the most sensitive villages of the sub-division in the list of disaster-hit villages of the district, despite the fact that 43 persons died in a landslide in these villages 18 months back,” said BJP leader and convener of the Lok Chetana Munch RS Panda. The SDM of Munsyari said in the camp that these villages would again be surveyed and preventive measures would be taken before the rainy season starts this year. “I have ordered to my fellow revenue officers to conduct a survey in these villages,” said the SDM.
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3-day science mela ends
Dehradun, January 29 The mela was organised by the Rastriya Vigyan Evam Prodhoygiki Sanchar Parisad, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology. In the valedictory function, Dr Brij Mohan Sharma of SPECS said, “Around 2,300 students of 32 schools participated in the mela. We distributed more than 10,000 vigan patrika and avishkar science magazines”. Patron, Principal, Government PG College, Dakpathar, Dr Gauri Sewak praised the efforts made by SPECS in organising the mela. Director, UCOST, Dr Rajendra Dobhal said, “Science popularisation is the main motto of UCOST. The whole world is realising the progress our country has achieved in the field of IT. Such melas should be organised on a regular basis, as they play a crucial role in creating interest in science and technology”. Dobhal also cited a few examples of the great scientists to encourage the children. Co-cordinator science for all mela Dr Satpal Sahani gave a vote of thanks. Hemender Gupta, Ajay Joshi, Ram Tirath, Raj Kumar Panchal, Raju, Yogesh Bhatt, teachers and students of various schools were present on the occasion.
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ICFAI varsity’s law faculty organises alumni meet
Dehradun, January 29 The alumni of the Faculty of Law are working in various spheres such as litigation, law firms, NGOs, MNCs, etc. all over the country, and students are pursuing their higher studies in the university and colleges of international repute like University College, London, Birmingham University and National Law University, Jodhpur. The Director of Law and senior faculty members inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. In the inaugural speech, director of Faculty of Law Dr B Kumar gave the credit of achievement and success of the institute to the students. He said only the students could lead the institute on the path of success. On the occasion, the Faculty of Law released the inaugural issues of its first newsletter “ICFAI Lex”, which tells about the success story of the institute and its achievement at national and international levels. The students of the Faculty of Law performed classical, Indian and western dance numbers. Shreyashi Majumdar and fourth-year student Sauvik Kundu led the cultural events. The cultural events culminated in special performance by Dehradun’s famous rock band “Ashwamegha”. The meet concluded with a vote of thanks by senior faculty member Monica Kharola. Faculty members Dr CN Swamy, Mohd Akbar Khan, Dr Monu Gupta, Dr Aparna Sharma, Sachin Rastogi, Aseem Paliwal, Manish Sharma, Malti Suri, Puja Jaiswal, Nawal Kishore Singh, Ranjan Kumar Singh and Shalini Bahuguna were present on the ocassion.
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Easy win for ITM
Dehradun, January 29 DIBNS batted first and could only set a target of 59 runs. Kuldeep (23), Muzzamil (22) and Anuj were the only scorers who could brave the bowling of the rival team. Harvinder, Shazad and Shashank got three wickets each for ITM. ITM achieved the target at the loss of two wickets. Abhishek remained not out at 27 runs along with Shashank (2). Shivam (15) and Shajad (4) were the two casualties for ITM. Shahid and Vinay of DIBNS took a wicket each. Neeraj and Rajbir Singh were the umpires in today’s match.
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ONGC, BSNL in title clash
Dehradun, January 29 ONGC defeated Bharat Electronic Limited 25-21, 25-17, 25-20 in the first semifinal. In the second semifinal, BSNL beat Life Insurance Company of India 25-22, 25-16, 25-19. On Sunday, the match for the third place will be played at 1 pm and the final will be held at 3 pm. Earlier in the pool matches, ONGC beat Coal India 25-13, 25-9, 25-10. Oil India Limited got the better of Naval Lignite Corporation 25-15, 25-10, 25-13. LIC battered Oil India Limited 25-15, 25-14, 25-10. BSNL defeated Coal India 25-9, 25-15, 25-12 and Bharat Electric Limited beat Naval Lignite Corporation 25-16, 25-19, 25-12.
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Himalayan Public School celebrates founder’s day
Dehradun, January 29 Speeches and poems were delivered by students on the Constitution of India and patriotism. Akhilesh Bhandari and Anubhav Rawat received the Dev Dutt Memorial Scholarship, a cheque of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500, respectively. Varsha Rawat of Class X received the Best All-round Student Award. The Best Sports Trophy, Scholastic Trophy and Best Ace House Trophy were all bagged by Shradhananda House. The Best Teacher Award was given to Kalpana Jakhmola, the Best Administrative Staff Award to Gautam Dhaundiyal, the Best Supporting Staff Award to Vinod Ramola and the Best Parent Award to Virendra Singh Negi. Neena Singh, school Principal, delivered the annual report of the school.
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Tributes paid to former UP CM
Dehradun, January 29 Vice-principal of the school Rajnish Juyal said politicians in Parliament were more interested in making trips than bothering about the poor of the country. He said the country had more than 60 per cent of the population that was young, who were represented in Parliament by the older generation. Son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna and Lok Sabha MP from Tehri Garhwal Vijay Bahuguna in his keynote address requested the gathering to give suggestions to him so that he could serve people of his constituency in a better way. Commissioner (Income Tax), Uttarakhand, RS Sharma, eminent cardiologist Dr Kuldeep Dutta, CEO, 108 Emergency services, Anoop Nautiyal and state president of the Samajwadi Party Vinod Bharatwal were also present on the occasion.
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Laying to rest all the speculations of possible man-eater tigress in Corbett, the Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden today put forward a Wildlife Institute of India report, which was released today.
Members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) protested at the sub-office of Hemwati Nandan Garhwal University against the non-availability of forms for private students in
Dehradun.
The Himalayan Public School celebrated its seventh founder’s day-cum-school fete and Republic Day. Major-Gen Pranab Dutt (retd), VSM, was the chief guest who unfurled the national flag. Later, he inaugurated the school fete.