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Participants of a Miss Beautiful Smile contest in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

‘Managers must balance ecology,
corporate interests’
Dehradun, November 5
Manoj Chakravorty, Senior advisor, Titan Industries, and an alumnus of the IIM-Bangalore said the managers of today must learn to balance ecology and corporate interests, the stakeholders should be made the shareholders and this experiment could be replicated with the farmers, who could be made shareholders in the land acquisition deals.

Winter uniforms distributed among students
Mussoorie, November 5
Members of a fraternal organisation, also known as Freemasons, a group that believes in brotherhood and shares common moral ideals and esoteric values, donated furniture and distributed school uniforms among students of a middle school at Ladoor village, 7 km from Mussoorie, at a function held here today.

Unani doctor with a touch of spirituality
Dehradun, November 5
He is a senior Unani medical practitioner with a pulse of spirituality. Maulana Hakim Akbar Farooqui is a doctor with Dehradun Municipality for the past five decades and has treated countless patients with his Unani prescriptions. He is also an Islamic scholar.

Maulana Hakim Akbar Farooqui

Welham Girls enter basketball final
A match in the Dehradun Council Schools Association Senior Girls Basketball Tournament in progress in Dehradun Dehradun, November 5
Welham Girls’ School entered the finals of the Dehradun Council Schools Association Senior Girls Basketball Tournament by defeating Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy in a semifinal played at Magic Johnson Court at The Aryan School here today.

A match in the Dehradun Council Schools Association Senior Girls Basketball Tournament in progress in Dehradun on Saturday.

Minda Corporation win CII-Tata cup
The Minda Corporation cricket team with the CII Uttarakhand-Tata Motors Cricket Cup in Dehradun Dehradun, November 5
Minda Corporation defeated Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals by 51 runs in the final match of the CII Uttarakhand-Tata Motors Cricket Cup 2011 played here today.

The Minda Corporation cricket team with the CII Uttarakhand-Tata Motors Cricket Cup in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Doon girls shine at badminton meet
Haridwar, November 5
Players in action in a match in the Pt Sanat Kumar Sharma Memorial Uttarakhand Sub-junior Badminton Championship in Haridwar Players from Haridwar, Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar excelled on the second day of the 11th Pt Sanat Kumar Sharma Memorial Uttarakhand Sub-junior Badminton Championship here today. Dehradun girls emerged as the strongest in the girls’ category by winning the maximum number of matches in various categories.

Players in action in a match in the Pt Sanat Kumar Sharma Memorial Uttarakhand Sub-junior Badminton Championship in Haridwar on Saturday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur

Yashpal best rock climber of ITBP
The Eastern Frontier team with the trophy of a rock climbing competition at Mussoorie Mussoorie, November 5
In the four-day event held in the rock-climbing area of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the jawans from Eastern Frontier were declared the winners for their overall performance here today.

The Eastern Frontier team with the trophy of a rock climbing competition at Mussoorie on Saturday.

	Petrol price hike: Protests held in city Tribune News Service Nainital, November 5 Faced with inaction on the part of the administration to curb illegal sale and rampant corruption of liquor across the Kumaon region, the women and the aged have been coming up with new methods to deal with the problem. The latest in the series is the decision of the women, the aged people and the children from a remote village in Bageshwar to greet drunkards in the village with a thrashing of stinging nettle. The women of Bilauna village of the district have even sought the help of the administration in making their drive a success. According to the reports, the women have handed over a memorandum to the local administration stating that they are agitated over the fact that the authorities have been doing nothing to check the illegal sale of liquor from eating joints and even grocery shops. The villagers have underlined that because of the easy availability of liquor, a large number of men have taken to heavy drinking and have become a nuisance for the village population. They have charged that the drunkards have become a terror not only for the women and the children but for the elderly population as well. They have demanded that the administration take immediate steps to curb the menace. In the absence of any concrete programme aimed at checking rampant alcohol consumption by the people, the women of Ramnagar had recently come forward to deal with the menace of alcoholism. The women from areas around Ramnagar town had organised themselves and had carried out a series of raids at joints where alcohol was being served or sold illegally. The theatre of their drive had mainly centred around the Maldhanchaur area. After raiding several joints selling liquor illegally, the women had gone on to confiscate a large amount of alcohol only to later hand it over to the police. The drive had been carried out under the banner of the Mahila Jagriti Sangathan and had sent terror waves across those involved in the illegal sale of liquor. Earlier in August, the women in Rattanpur-Phulayya village of Udham Singh Nagar district had come out with a diktat against those indulging in indecent and rowdy behaviour after consuming liquor. The women had stated that people indulging in abusing their wives, creating a ruckus or becoming a nuisance after consuming liquor would have to shell out a fine of Rs 5,000 for their conduct. If the accused does not pay the fine, he would have to carry out the works of the Panchayat at a daily wage of Rs 120. If he still does not agree to the punishment he faces the possibility of being humiliated in public. The women who are facing problems on account of heavy consumption of alcohol by the menfolk in the region claim that alcohol has proved to be poison for the youth of the area. Instead of doing anything productive, the youth, including the unemployed men, often resort to consuming alcohol and gradually become addicts. They also create problems for their families that are already hard pressed for money for their survival.
	Bageshwar women to greet drunkards with nettle Tribune News Service Nainital, November 5 Faced with inaction on the part of the administration to curb illegal sale and rampant corruption of liquor across the Kumaon region, the women and the aged have been coming up with new methods to deal with the problem. The latest in the series is the decision of the women, the aged people and the children from a remote village in Bageshwar to greet drunkards in the village with a thrashing of stinging nettle. The women of Bilauna village of the district have even sought the help of the administration in making their drive a success. According to the reports, the women have handed over a memorandum to the local administration stating that they are agitated over the fact that the authorities have been doing nothing to check the illegal sale of liquor from eating joints and even grocery shops. The villagers have underlined that because of the easy availability of liquor, a large number of men have taken to heavy drinking and have become a nuisance for the village population. They have charged that the drunkards have become a terror not only for the women and the children but for the elderly population as well. They have demanded that the administration take immediate steps to curb the menace. In the absence of any concrete programme aimed at checking rampant alcohol consumption by the people, the women of Ramnagar had recently come forward to deal with the menace of alcoholism. The women from areas around Ramnagar town had organised themselves and had carried out a series of raids at joints where alcohol was being served or sold illegally. The theatre of their drive had mainly centred around the Maldhanchaur area. After raiding several joints selling liquor illegally, the women had gone on to confiscate a large amount of alcohol only to later hand it over to the police. The drive had been carried out under the banner of the Mahila Jagriti Sangathan and had sent terror waves across those involved in the illegal sale of liquor. Earlier in August, the women in Rattanpur-Phulayya village of Udham Singh Nagar district had come out with a diktat against those indulging in indecent and rowdy behaviour after consuming liquor. The women had stated that people indulging in abusing their wives, creating a ruckus or becoming a nuisance after consuming liquor would have to shell out a fine of Rs 5,000 for their conduct. If the accused does not pay the fine, he would have to carry out the works of the Panchayat at a daily wage of Rs 120. If he still does not agree to the punishment he faces the possibility of being humiliated in public. The women who are facing problems on account of heavy consumption of alcohol by the menfolk in the region claim that alcohol has proved to be poison for the youth of the area. Instead of doing anything productive, the youth, including the unemployed men, often resort to consuming alcohol and gradually become addicts. They also create problems for their families that are already hard pressed for money for their survival. Other Punishments A fine of Rs 5,000 for their conduct Works of the panchayat at a daily wage of `120 if one fails to pay the fine Humiliation in public
	2 buses collide, driver injured Our Correspondent Mussoorie, November 5 A school bus carrying around 20 students collided with a tourist bus on the Mussoorie-Dehradun highway near a gate of the ITBP centre here today. The driver of the tourist bus was injured seriously while two students suffered minor injuries. The injured were taken to the Community Hospital in Mussoorie by the 108 EMRI ambulance service and the police. According to the police, the tourist bus, carrying at least 12 tourists from Chennai, was going towards Haridwar from Mussoorie when the bus belonging to Guru Ram Rai School, Mussoorie, which was bringing students to the school from Bhatta village, collided with it head-on near the gate of the ITBP centre early morning today. The driver, who is also the owner of the tourist bus, Parmashivam (40), was seriously injured and taken to the Community Hospital in Mussoorie where the doctors referred him to Dehradun. The injured student were discharged after first aid. They said the accident occurred due to the negligence of the school bus driver who fled from the spot after the accident. Meanwhile, the residents of Bhatta village alleged that the school bus was in bad shape and was not upgraded even after repeated complaints.
	‘Managers must balance ecology, corporate interests’ Tribune News Service Dehradun, November 5 Manoj Chakravorty, Senior advisor, Titan Industries, and an alumnus of the IIM-Bangalore said the managers of today must learn to balance ecology and corporate interests, the stakeholders should be made the shareholders and this experiment could be replicated with the farmers, who could be made shareholders in the land acquisition deals. “One should understand that the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not an isolated entity but should be used as a strategic tool. The CSR practitioners have become vital to business,” said Chakravorty in his keynote address yesterday at the orientation-meet on the CSR and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) organised by the Green Earth Alliance (GEA), Social Enterprise and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) off shoot of a Doon-based NGO, the Society for Inclusive Development (SFID). He said the financial and political crisis unfolding in the world had already brought to light the inadequacy of the economic models without stress on an inclusive growth. “The family owned business in India, especially the Birlas, have always combined charity with business and even the younger generation, on whom the mantle of family business has fallen, are also keenly contributing to it,” he stated. Vice Chancellor of the Doon University Prof Girijesh Pant also highlighted the need for inclusive growth in getting rid of the economic disparities. Dr Rajat Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT (Roorkee), apprised the audience about the Rickshaw-puller model that he had started in Roorkee as a prototype model called ‘Eco cabs’.
	Winter uniforms distributed among students Mussoorie, November 5 Members of a fraternal organisation, also known as Freemasons, a group that believes in brotherhood and shares common moral ideals and esoteric values, donated furniture and distributed school uniforms among students of a middle school at Ladoor village, 7 km from Mussoorie, at a function held here today. The present master of the lodge, Nitish Mohan Agarwal, welcomed more than 60 students along with the staff. Programme coordinator and secretary of the lodge Pramod Sahni said the idea germinated the day when the members visited Ladoor village last month under a project of distributing solar panels to the villagers and the school initiated by the lodge but to their dismay found that the students were forced to sit on floor without any woolen clothes and adequate furniture, in winter. Hence, it was decided that the members would support the students within one month with their contribution and today by distributing the furniture and woollen uniforms, they have kept their promise. He also thanked the efforts of Maria Dieli from Mussoorie Public School who chipped in with her major contribution. More than 60 students received woollen uniforms in along with the necessary furniture, including tables and chairs. The school staff and the villagers thanked the members of the lodge for the kind gesture and said the distribution of solar panels by the lodge members last month had made a difference in their lives as the students could study till late hours and for which they would remain indebted in years to come. — OC
	Face of the week Unani doctor with a touch of spirituality SMA Kazmi/TNS Dehradun, November 5 He is a senior Unani medical practitioner with a pulse of spirituality. Maulana Hakim Akbar Farooqui is a doctor with Dehradun Municipality for the past five decades and has treated countless patients with his Unani prescriptions. He is also an Islamic scholar. Farooqui has recently returned from a tour of Saudia Arabia and Kuwait where he was invited and honoured for his Islamic scholarship. It was a great honour for the 91-year-old doctor to be honoured by Jamia Islamia, Medina, Saudia Arabia, a prestigious Islamic seminary attached with Masjid-e-Nabwi, the mosque of the Prophet Mohammad. He was honoured for his scholarship in hadith, the authentic account of life and day-to-day details of the conduct of the Prophet Mohammad in different walks of life. There have been thousands of hadiths about the life and conduct of Prophet Mohammad. Later, Islamic scholars took immense pain to compile only the authentic hadiths, excluding the ones based on the hearsay. Farooqui has been a scholar of hadiths, which he learnt from one of the doyens of Islamic jurisprudence, namely Maulana Ahmedaullah Partapgarhi at Zubaddiya Madrassa in Delhi from 1932 to 1934. He was taught Bukhari Sharif and Sahih Muslim Sharif, two of the six authentic hadith compilations by the great Islamic scholar himself. Maulana Ahmeduallah was a disciple of Shah Ishaq Sahib who was the grandson of Shah Waliullah, an 18th century Islamic scholar and warrior. Amongst those who were taught directly by Maulana Ahmeduallah, only two, namely Maulana Akbar Farooqui and Maulana Zaheer Ahmed of Madras are alive. It was in the honour of the two scholars of hadith from the sub-continent that the Islamic seminary at Medina invited him to deliver a lecture on hadith. “It was indeed a great honour bestowed upon me by the Almighty to be with 800 scholars of Islam from all over the world,” recalled Farooqui. For a week, he delivered lectures on the two hadith compilations. One of his sons, Hammad Farooqui, is a famous dramatist, writer and a playwright. He is a senior teacher at Doon School. His younger son, Hakim Ajmal, is a Unani practioner. Farooqui is an embodiment of simplicity and piety as taught by Islam.
	Welham Girls enter basketball final Tribune News Service Dehradun, November 5 Welham Girls’ School entered the finals of the Dehradun Council Schools Association Senior Girls Basketball Tournament by defeating Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy in a semifinal played at Magic Johnson Court at The Aryan School here today. Welham Girls’ School won the match by 47-15. The top scorer for the Welham School team was Shonika Rana. In the second match, Aryan School defeated St Jude’s School by 41-27. the top scorer for the winners was Priya Giri. It was for the first time in Uttrakhand that a synthetic court and digital score board was used in the tournament.