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Doon reverberates with dhol beats
Pichkaris in shapes of teddy bears, dinosaurs flood markets
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Body of man found on rail tracks
MP tourist couple found dead in hotel room
Nainital
diary
YMCA defeat ITCC by 8 wickets
Dehradun gets its own roller skating association
2nd annual day function held at Eurokids
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Doon reverberates with dhol beats
Dehradun, March 13 State Congress top leadership, led by Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Harish Rawat, Leader of the Opposition Harak Singh Rawat and state Congress president Yashpal Arya gathered at the Gandhi Park in an apparent show of unity in protest against “anti-people” policies of the state BJP Government. However, the rally was prevented from proceeding to the Chief Minister’s residence and stopped at the Rajpur Road. The speakers at the meeting asked the Congress workers to pledge for uprooting the BJP Government in the state. Union State Minister and Congress MP from Haridwar Harish Rawat accused the state government of doing little for the development of the state. He accused the state of not utilising the Central funds for the benefit of residents of the state. Party MP from Tehri Vijay Bahuguna said, “The state BJP Government has failed to serve the people and has only indulged in corruption”. Nainital Congress MP KC Singh Baba said the funds released by the Centre for the betterment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were not being utilised by the state government. Opposition leader Harak Singh Rawat, along with Congress MLA Kishore Updhayaya, managed the show and said the people of the state had made up their mind to dislodge the BJP Government in the state. Pauri Garhwal MP Satpal Maharaj, who was on a tour, gave the rally a miss. MLAs Dinesh Agarwal, Pritam Singh, Tilak Raj Behad, Govind Singh Kunjwal, Mayuk Mehar, Manoj Tiwari, Karan Mehra and Surykant Dhasmana were present in the rally.
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Pichkaris in shapes of teddy bears, dinosaurs flood markets
Dehradun, March 13 "The Chinese pichkaris are preferred over Indian as they are economical and latest in technology. We have some special variety of hydraulic pichkaris that are attractive and comparatively cheaper than others. These hydraulic pichkaris are available in the shapes of teddy bears, dinosaurs, fish and other figures. They are huge and can be filled with almost 6 litres of water,” said Shiv Kumar, a pichkari seller. “With colours and balloons, we have even got tanker pichkaris and mini-water capsules that are the latest and hot favourite of toddlers,” added Kumar. “The bright-coloured gulal is in demand in the city markets. Apart from kids, grown-ups also purchase pichkaris and balloons,” said Radhey Sharma, shop owner at the Paltan Bazar. “The cheap chemical-based colours are harmful to the skin and can cause irritation and rashes. To avoid the after effects of non-herbal colours, one has to apply an ample amount of coconut oil before playing with them. The herbal colours are safe on the skin and made from organic material such as turmeric, henna, flower extract and leaves,” said Sheetal, a beautician at the VLCC.
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Body of man found on rail tracks
Dehradun, March 13
It couldn’t be ascertained whether it was a case of suicide or accident, but the police on the basis of prima facie evidence termed it a case of suicide.
The police was informed of the matter at about 7 am, following which it rushed to the spot. The police recovered a diary, which had some contact numbers, and his identity card from the spot. However, no suicide note was found. SHO Bhaskar Lal Shah said Rohil had not gone home for the past one month. He might have been in some tension due to which he took such a step. However, the the motive of the suicide could not be ascertained, he added. The body was handed over to the family after completing the formalities.
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MP tourist couple found dead in hotel room
Haridwar, March 13 As per the manager of Umesh Lodge, the married couple, aged in their early 30s and named Sachin Kumar and Radhika, were residents of Madhya Pradesh. They had booked the room on March 11, but their movement, behaviour and actions were quite suspicious. Last night, room attendants reported that the door was locked. Consequently, when they opened the door with a master key, they found them both lying unconscious with the whole room in a bad condition. At once the police was informed and an ambulance called as both were alive when the police arrived. They were rushed to the district hospital. But after one and half hour the duo succumbed owing to large intake of the poisonous liquid. Informing about the proceedings, Superintendent of Police, City, KL Shaw said the case was of suicidal attempt. An inquiry on the address credentials of the deceased was on. Dr Shaw said the hotel lodge owners should give the room to customers only after verifying their address proof with a photocopy submission. It was not being followed by many such establishment owners, he added.
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Nainital
diary
The town of Nainital may soon see the revival of the tried and tested porter system of the British era. Under the old system, a person on his arrival at the Lake City just had to give the address of the hotel or any other destination where he wanted his luggage delivered to a porter bearing a proper token number.
He just had to remember the token number of the porter to whom he was handing over his luggage. The rest everything was left to the porter who efficiently and honestly used to deliver the goods at the destination. This system had its roots in the concept of honesty and faith. An effort is being made once again to revive the old system. The local municipality has drawn a road map for its implementation and started getting the verification of porters in the town done by the police authorities. Most of these people are of Nepalese origin. If implemented, this will provide a great relief to the tourists who come from the plains and are not even used to walking. Carrying their luggage proves to be a Herculean task for them. According to information, it was from February 17, 1920, that the process of verification of porters and issuance of tokens to them had started. The tokens were renewed every year. This system continued till the 1980s, but it started fading slowly. Even till 2003, the number of tokens that had been given to the porters stood at a healthy 200. The system came to an end in 2004 following audit objections and the failure of the porters to furnish proper verification documents. The residents of the town feel that if the system, which is based on honesty and faith, can be implemented again, Nainital will have a very positive message to give to other cities and towns.
Tigress Rani returns
One year after its demise, Rani has been brought back to life. She retains her physical appearance even as her soul is not there. Rani was the female snow leopard that had died at the Nainital zoo last year because of natural causes. So popular was she with the authorities concerned as well as the locals that the zoo authorities did not want to let her go and just wanted to retain her on the premises of the zoo. It was decided to take the help of taxidermy experts and the carcass of Rani was eventually sent to Mumbai for taxidermy treatment. The exercise took almost one year with the people associated with the zoo as well as those who were fond of the animal keeping a watch for any news about the developments. It was just about 10 days ago that Rani arrived, neatly stuffed. She was proudly displayed before mediapersons by the zoo authorities and once again made headlines the next day. The zoo authorities are now trying to find a prominent place where she can be installed for visitors to view her. Rani’s mate Dev had died a year prior to her death. The couple had been brought to Nainital from West Bengal.
Rein in eunuchs, say residents
The local administration in Nainital has a peculiar problem at hands. Residents of different areas have been complaining about being harassed by eunuchs and demanding protection against this harassment. Recently, some residents of Nainital and then from Bhawali had approached District Magistrate Shailesh Bagauli with the problem. He had promised them to look into the matter and even asked them to contact his office whenever they were harassed by eunuchs. People have been complaining that the eunuchs come to their houses after the birth of children or after marriages, besides other festivals and occasions and start demanding huge amounts as shagun. The demand can vary from Rs 5,000 to as high as Rs 51,000. When the people express their inability to give such heavy amounts, they resort to indecent and obscene behaviour. This news was prominently carried by a local paper, which saw the arrival of eunuchs at its office the next day. They argued with the reporters for carrying the report and the matter was resolved somehow. Now, it is the residents of the Malli Bamauri locality of Haldwani who have approached the administration on this issue. They have handed over to the authorities concerned a memorandum addressed to the District Magistrate seeking his intervention in the matter.
Limelight-hungry Nishank ‘aide’
A political appointee to the Forest and Environment Protection Committee, Anil Ballooni, who is said to be close to Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, has emerged as one of the most unpopular figures among mediapersons working with vernacular papers across the region. The reason for his being unpopular is that this political appointee is in the habit of dropping names and always seen telling reporters that he is on very close terms with their editors, thus trying to convey indirectly that he must be given proper coverage at every event. The mediapersons say the man is too full of himself. Recently, when a team of journalists visiting the Jim Corbett National Park saw a barking deer, which did not budge from its place even as the vehicle carrying the journalists came very close to it, they could not help commenting, “This deer should be named after the gentleman. He seems to be so bent on getting himself in the media limelight”.
No stopping jokes on BJP Govt
The Holi season is on and there is no stopping political jokes with the state Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank at their core. The latest being circulated is from an organisation of the educated and unemployed youth that has been agitating across the region against the Nishank-led state government. It tries to make fun of the entire Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in the state. The joke goes like this: Film - Loot lo Uttarakhand. Hero - Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Heroine - Beena Maharana. Villains - Prakash Pant and Matbar Singh Kandari. Script by Madan Kaushik. Guest appearance - Bhagat Singh Koshiyari. Supporting actor - BC Khanduri. Choreography - Trivendra Singh Rawat and Asha Nautiyal. Action - Surendra Jeena and Arvind Pandey. Music - Vijaya Barthwal. Produced by the Uttarakhand’s Poor Shikshit Corporation Limited and Berozgar
Sangathan.
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Ward No. 1 Rajpur slums get MC cold shoulder Sonika Bhatia Tribune News Service
Dehradun, March 13 It is one of the most visited places as the Sai Baba temple, Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) Park, Buddhist Monastery and a few private institutes are located here. The area is divided into two parts, a posh area and a slum area. The residents who live in the posh area are a happy lot as the corporation takes good care of it, but those living in the other part face a lot of problems. The area comprises nine slums, including Thani village, Sapera Basti, Chanderlok Basti, Kath Bangla, Ghastly Mandi, Aabka Basti and Dugal village, which are legally developed. “I have asked the Municipal Corporation to lay a road in our locality, but the officials concerned have termed the development of the area as illegal, thus no roads are being laid here,” Nisha Rana, Congress councillor of the ward, said, adding, “an application has been sent to the corporation through the local MLA, but nothing has happened yet.
“The work to lay roads in the area has been left midway, due to which residents are inconvenienced a lot,” she said. About Rs 27 lakh has been spent on the laying of the roads till now but the work is still incomplete, as the corporation is not ready to listen to us. Ruby Devi said: “We have been requesting the MC for the construction of the road for eight or nine years, but to no avail. To prevent the incidents of elderly people and children slipping, we have now put up empty bags on the stretch to make a temporary ‘road’. It gets very difficult for us to tread on the road to fetch water”. Praising BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, Rajni Singh, who is from the same party and had lost in the municipal council polls, said Joshi had done a lot of work in the area but had failed to provide streetlights in the slums. “People come to me with their complaints and I myself call the related department and ask the officials to solve the problem”. Joshi said he had done his best to develop the area. “I have got a community centre constructed in the area. The roads have been recarpeted in many areas and the work is still in progress. I have spent more than Rs 15 lakh on reshaping the local infrastructure,” he said, asking “how can anyone complete a task of 40 years in just four years? If people still feel that I have done nothing for them then what can I say?” Joshi signed off.
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89th Founder’s Day at RIMC
Dehradun, March 13 The Old Boys team replied immediately with a goal from Major SR Sahu. The first half ended at 1-1. The second half became a nail-bitting contest as the cadets went ahead with goals from Cadets Ayush and Chetan. Wg Cdr Ahluwalia’s goal kept the Old Boys in the hunt, but ultimately the Cadets emerged victorious. The chief guest for the event was former Chief of Army Staff Gen VN Sharma (PVSM, AVSM). In the finals of the RIMC Inter-Section Boxing Competition, a total of 5 bouts were held. At the RIMC, boxing is the soul of sports. Boxing results (Finals): 45-48 kg Winner- Cadet Avinash Chettry Runner-up- Cadet Vishrut Rawal 51-54 kg Winner- Cadet Ligang Kobing Runner-up- Cadet Maikel Singh 54-57 kg Winner- Cadet Nelson Singh Runner-up- Cadet Lulu Lourembum 63-66 kg Winner- Cadet Punit Kumar Runner-up- Cadet Harsh Arora 66- Open Winner- Cadet Kumar Vikram Runner-up- Cadet Avinash Kumar Overall standings: Pratap- 24 points, Ranjit - 29 points, Shivaji- 23 points and Chnadragupta- 4 points Cadet Ligang Kobing was adjudged the Best Boxer. The chief guest for the event was Air Marshall DC Kumaria (AVSM, VSM, VM). The other dignitaries present were Lt Gen SK Singh, (UYSM, AVSM) GOC-in-C, South-Western Command, Vice Admiral PK Chatterjee, Major-Gen YS Rawat and Lt Gen Yash Malhotra (retd). The time-keepers for the bouts were Cadets Prince, Robin and Mayank Dhama. Medical cover was provided by Dr (Maj) Nalini JM, Savita, Satish and Vinod. The judges for the bouts were Hav Avito, Hav DB Shah, Hav RL Janatia, Hav Iboyaima Singh, CHM Ashok, Hav Bhosale, Hav S Patil and SM RH Magdum. The referees for the bouts were CHM Ashok Kumar, Hav Satish Patil, Sub Kundan and Hav RL Janatia. The jury comprised KS Ahalawat, DN Thapliyal, CS Vishwakarma, PN Naik and PK Sharma. The chief coordinators of the event were Birjesh Chauhan and V Mathews.
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Graphic Era beat NSC by five runs
Dehradun, March 13 In this 35 over match, the winning team opted to bat first after it won the toss. Graphic Ear set a target of 235 runs in 35 overs for seven wickets. KS Bumra (45*), Saurabh (34), Anmol (28), Anuj (28) and Mudit (27) equally contributed for their side. Shivam of NSC got four wickets. Prasenjit and Kunal Chauhan got two and one wicket, respectively. Batting second, NSC got healthy support from its opening batsman Sunny Singh, who played valiant knock of 101 runs in just 71 balls. He struck five sixes and 14 boundaries during his knock. However, the remaining batsmen other than Nagender (42) failed to perform. It got all out in 229 runs in 35 overs. Bashir Khan and KS Bumra took four and three wickets, respectively for Graphic Era.
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YMCA defeat ITCC by 8 wickets
Dehradun, March 13 Harun (26), Pramod (16), Karan (16) and Sunil (15) were the main scorers. For the opposite side, Gurpreet and Vihsal grabbed two wickets each. Anshul, Jaswinder and Ravinder pocketed a wicket each. While batting, YMCA didn't face much resistance from the bowlers of ITCC as it easily achieved the target. It scored 112 losing two wickets. Anshul (62) was the top-scorer while Gurpreet scored 19 runs. Harun and Mohit of ITCC could get some success taking one wicket each. In another match, ITM won by 8 wickets against Doon
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Dehradun gets its own roller skating association
Dehradun, March 13 Madan in a press conference today said, “Players of Dehradun will now get a platform to showcase their talent at the district level”. He added that the association was committed to doing its best for the sport. Sharma informed that the association would hold an inter-school roller skating competition at the district level in April. The association would also organise camps and competitions on a regular basis. URSA Secretary Pankaj Bhardwaj said, “This is the first time that a roller skating association has been formed in Doon. Earlier, there were different clubs that had been holding games, but now we have a district association. It will reduce the burden on the state
body. Now we will be able to concentrate more on other aspects rather than just organise
competitions”.
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Workshop on recombinant medicines held
Dehradun, March 13 The workshop aims at providing the academia with an in-depth insight into the existing and future trends, opportunities and challenges in the industry in the area of recombinant medicine. Director of the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) Dr Rajender Prasad Dobhal said, “Higher education institutions contribute skilled human resources to the industry and in many other ways. The workshop is to explore how academic institutes can work closely with industry, study the dimensions of academia-industry partnership and identify possible areas where the contribution of the industry to academia will be most effective and help students to grow”.
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2nd annual day function held at Eurokids
Dehradun, March 13 Around 60 students of playgroup, nursery and LKG showcased their talent on the stage and danced to the tunes of various songs as well as rhymes. The toddlers also participated in a fancy dress competition on community helpers where they enthralled the audience in various costumes. The kids performed a welcome dance, mango dance, the story of Goldilocks, Ketchup song etc while others recited poems in
the show.
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