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The Lotus will bloom in U’khand: Smriti
Alva wishes people happy Christmas
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Day turns memorable for 1961 batch officers
Big Bazar enters Doon
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The Lotus will bloom in U’khand: Smriti
Dehradun, December 17 “The bugle has already been sounded. Our victory in Uttarakhand would pave the way for the BJP storming back to power. I am confident of the Lotus blooming in Uttarakhand and it would spread across the country as well,” she said at the BJP women’s wing election meeting of the Tehri Assembly constituency. In her address Smriti lashed out at the Central Government for failing to take action against corruption and for it’s inability to check the rising food prices. “The poor housewives are feeling the pinch but the UPA Government seems to be oblivious of their pain. They have shut their eyes to the problems the housewives are facing to meet their day-to-day expenses,” she added. She further said the UPA Government should have asked the Home Minister to resign on moral grounds after his name figured in the 2G scam, but instead of taking action, the Congress Party was protecting him. Now even a charge sheet has been issued against the Foreign Minister but there is no action coming from the government,” she said. Earlier, Chief Minister B.C Khanduri called upon women to become equal partners in the democratic process. “We have given 50 per cent reservation for women in the panchayats so that women learn lessons in leadership at the grassroot level,” stressed Khanduri. Later, speaking with mediapersons, Smriti refused to comment on the number of seats to be allocated for women candidates. “I have not been officially briefed on the matter. But all I can say is we will be able to give more seats to women than the last Assembly elections,” added Smriti
Irani.
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Alva wishes people happy Christmas
Dehradun, December 17 On the occasion, the Governor said that Christmas was a festival which spread among people the message of peace and love. A Christmas tableau was also displayed at the Raj Bhavan auditorium, where carol singers from several groups of Dehradun and Mussoorie made the evening extremely joyful. Niranjan Alva, the Governor’s spouse, was also present on the occasion. Father Bernard from St.Francis Church and Father Anthony Das from St.Mary’s Church (Clement Town) were also present, besides several eminent Christians from Dehradun and Mussoorie. Also present were Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Governor Ashok Pai, Additional Secretary to the Governor Sachin Kurve, Legal Adviser to the Governor Gyanendra Kumar Sharma, Doon University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Girijesh Pant, Doon library’s director B.K.Joshi, Rekha Pai, senior IFS officer, ADCs Birendra Jit Singh and Major Chowdhury and several other officials.
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Road being widened without removing electric poles
Mussoorie, December 17 The shortsightedness of the Mussoorie Municipal Council is evident from the fact that the contractor is widening the road without removing the electric poles from the middle of the road that could pose a threat to human lives, besides causing inconvenience to the commuters after the completion of the project. According to residents, the project of widening of the South road should have begun after removing the poles. The electric poles now stand tall like scarecrows at the middle of road that will result in obstructing the vehicular movement, thus defeating the initial purpose of widening the road at the first place. Aashish, one of the residents from Landour Bazar, said: “it is common sense that after widening of road the electric poles will be obstructing the vehicular movement and endanger the lives of commuters but nothing has been done so far”. He demanded that the Municipal Council should take cognizance of the matter and stop the remaining work till the poles are not
shifted.
The contractor said he had submitted a letter regarding the matter to the Municipal Council before starting the work but no action was initiated and as the work was getting delayed after monsoon, he had to continue with the construction work, irrespective of the removal of the poles. MC Executive Officer Rohitash Sharma said the competent authority for such work was the Electricity Department and it had sent a letter requesting the department to submit the estimate for the removal of the poles, but the department had not yet answered to their request. Electricity Department officials had no clue about any such letter and showed their ignorance. The lack of coordination and understanding between the two departments will only result in the wastage of tax payers’ money if the situation is not salvaged right now. The construction work still continues on the South road.
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Day turns memorable for 1961 batch officers
Dehradun, December 17 The course re-union for the Golden Jubilee course is being held at IMA from December December 16-18, 2011. The main events on the itinerary apart from the emotional homecoming include course photographs, address by the Commandant, visit to the museum and IMA campus and the jubilee dinner. The wreath laying was also performed at the IMA War Memorial where all officers paid homage to the martyrs who fell in the line of duty and brought honour and glory to this nation and to the Indian Military Academy. The highlights of the event remained the emotional and heart-rending get-together and interactions where all officers re-lived the times spent together while training here at the IMA almost five decades ago. Nostalgia brought tears of affection in most eyes when they recalled the wonderful times spent together in the hey days of their life. A participant to re-union, Col Jaswant Singh (retd), said it was indeed a memorable occasion for him to visit his alma mater. He praised the IMA authorities for their role towards conduct of such programmes. The Golden Jubilee course presented a memorable memento to the Indian Military Academy.
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All-India Forest Sports Meet
Dehradun, December 17 In athletics, Harish Kumar of Uttarakhand won gold both in 5000m and 1500m in the men’s section while Jyoti, also from Uttarakhand, won gold in both 5000m and 1500m in the women’s section. Significantly, Nidhi Manral of Uttarakhand also won bronze in women’s 5000m and 1500m. Deewan Singh from Uttarakhand won gold in high jump. Hardhan Bhoi of Orissa won gold in
long jump. In discus throw (men’s category), Alok Tiwari of Chhatishgarh won gold. In shot put, P Senthil Kumar from Tamil Nadu won gold in the men’s open category while Kulwindar Kumar from Punjab won gold in men’s (veterans) category. In women’s (veterans) PM Saritha of Karnataka won gold. In the men’s swimming event, Hardeep Singh Nayal of Uttarakhand won silver in 100m breast stroke while M Veeramani from Tamil Nadu won gold in both 100m breast stroke and 100m backstroke. In men’s 50m backstroke TH Arun Kumar of Manipur won gold while in 50m men’s butterfly, Dhananjay of Manipur won gold. In weight lifting, Sanjay Kumar of Uttarakhand won gold in the up to 62-kg category. Sunil Kumar of Chhattisgarh won the gold in upto 56-kg men’s open. Ramakant Gaur of
Uttar Pradesh won gold in up to 69 kg while Amar Singh of Uttarakhand won silver in up to 69 kg. In up to 77-kg category, Sunder Sarang of Chhattisgarh won gold. In women’s chess, Kalaichelvi of Tamil Nadu won gold while Amarjeet of Punjab and Malti Bhalawe won silver and bronze respectively. Today, two football matches were played. In the first match, Jammu and Kashmir beat Meghalaya 1-0 while in the second match Goa beat Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy 2-1.
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Big Bazar enters Doon
Dehradun, December 17 Spread over an area of 28,500 sq. ft, Big Bazar will prove to be a one-stop destination for the Doonites. Dhananjay Sengupta, GM, North Zone, Big Bazar, said, “The store will give people the opportunity to shop for all their requirements, save and enjoy the experience with their entire family at the same time,” he said .
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