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uttarakhand
civic polls
All mayoral candidates in crorepati club
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Candidature of 3 rejected
Bureaucrats, contractors connive to sabotage
MNREGA: Study
Class IV staff end
22 day-long stir
IPS trainees from Hyderabad visit IMA
A group of IPS trainees, along with police officials from Nepal, Bhutan and Afghanistan, at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun on Saturday.
9 lakh take dip in Ganga on Baisakhi
Land identified for Doon campus of IIM (Kashipur)
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna holds a meeting with officials of the Indian Institute of Management- Kashipur in Dehradun on Saturday.
Set up green houses in state: Om Prakash
IPS officer encourages use of cycle
ABVP to launch stir against pvt schools
Rajeev Shukla calls on Guv
Guv’s greetings on Ambedkar anniversary
Bahuguna pays tributes to Ambedkar
A batsman plays a shot in a match during the 61st Dehradun District Cricket League in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
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civic polls BJP issues terse warning to party rebels Tells them to withdraw their nominations in favour of official candidates. Tribune News Service
Dehradun, April 13 The senior leadership has already begun holding talks with such candidates, as the BJP leadership does not want to spoil the chances of its official candidates. On several seats (wards) throughout the state, the party was faced with a situation where the candidates filed the nomination papers on April 8 in anticipation of being granted the ticket, while the names of the official candidates were declared the second or third day of the filing of the nominations. However, in comparison with the Congress, the BJP seems to be in a better position, as it is hopeful that the candidates would voluntarily begin to withdraw, following the party diktats. “We have already deputed leaders to hold talks with the candidates so that they can be pursued to withdraw their nominations. But I think we would be able to solve the problem by April 15, the last date for the withdrawal of nominations,” said Teerath Singh Rawat, chief of the state BJP. Among the six prestigious mayoral seats, comprising Dehradun, Roorkee, Haridawar, Rudrapur, Kashipur and Haldwani, the BJP leaders had to expend considerable energy while finalising the names of candidates for Dehradun, Roorkee and Haridwar. While on the Dehradun seat, there was considerable opposition from the local city and senior BJP leaders. The party, however, presented a united face during the filing of the nomination papers. Similarly, on the remaining mayoral seats by holding due consultations with the local MLAs, the BJP leadership managed to contain the discontent, but in Haldwani, the party leaders are working overtime to ensure that rebel candidate Hukum Singh Kunwar withdraws in favour of the official candidate Joginder Singh Rautela. “We are optimistic that by April 15 most of the candidates will withdraw in favour of the official party candidates. On several seats, the candidates have been repeated while due weightage was given to deserving candidates in the allocation of the tickets,” said Satish Lakehra, former BJP spokesperson.
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All mayoral candidates in crorepati club
Dehradun, April 13 Chamoli has wealth to the tune of Rs 50,000 cash, Rs 28,292 in his bank account, Rs 6,36,094 with Allahabad Bank, fixed deposit of Rs 25 lakh and gold worth Rs 1.5 lakh. He has a plot worth Rs 50 lakh in Ajabpur. He owns a house in Nehru Colony worth Rs 20 lakh. He owns another house worth Rs 5.5 lakh. He has taken a loan of Rs 3.95 lakh. His wife has Rs 30,000 cash, bank balance of Rs 23,551, fixed deposit of Rs 7 lakh and 100 gm gold worth Rs 3 lakh. Besides this, he also has an SUV. Congress candidate Suryakant Dhasmana has wealth of 5 tola gold, LIC policy of Rs 1.20 lakh, 30 bigha land in Yamkeshwar block of Bagiyali village in Pauri district and Hotel Surya worth Rs 2 crore at Kotdwar. He has a bank balance of Rs 2,58,659 and cash Rs 35,000. His wife has a bank balance of Rs 77,733, 15,000 cash, a house on the DAV road worth Rs 1 crore and a Hyundai car. BSP candidate Rajni Rawat owns wealth of Rs 2.5 cr. She has 50 tola of gold worth Rs 15 lakh, a house of Rs 2 core in Chukuwala and Rs 1.5 thousand cash. She has taken loan of Rs 12 lakh from the PNB of the Clock Tower branch. Her monthly income is Rs 31,945.
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Candidature of 3 rejected
Pithoragarh April 13 According to district election office sources, the papers of two more persons were also rejected. One of the candidates was not found on the voters' list of Palika town area while the other candidate was found underage.
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Bureaucrats, contractors connive to sabotage
MNREGA: Study
Dehradun, April 13 This is the finding of the study being done by the Dehradun-based Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), a voluntary organisation with the support of the Public Transparency Fund (PTF). The India head of the organisation is MN Venkatachaliah, a former Chief Justice of India. To make the MNREGA successful, the RLEK is concentrating on four blocks of three districts- Mori in Uttarkashi, Jaunpur in Tehri and Chakrata and Kalsi in Dehradun. These are those blocks where presence of 19,000 bonded labourers was acknowledged by the state government belonging to the SC/ST status and all were below poverty line. The MNERGA programme was started by the UPA government to uplift these people, but the politicians and landlords being hand in glove with the bureaucrats are not allowing this program to be successfully implemented in field. Under the project being run by the RLEK and PTF, to keep the pressure up on the authorities and create awareness among the masses, ‘24 Rozgar Adhikar Satarkta Samitis’ have been formed and it is through them that the problems like job cards not being made, incomplete job cards being made, job cards of people not entitled being made, the remuneration not being given on time to the people who have worked, muster rolls not being filled at the place of work and manipulation of other records and other corrupt practices are being checked. The RLEK team organised meetings with the block development officers and sorted out the problems that were arising due to a lack of awareness and ignorance. About 120 RTIs were filed, through which answers to queries related to funds, work done, time taken to complete a work and money spent on it were asked. “To curb this bungling, the RLEK shall approach the Planning Commission and Ministry of Rural Development and if need, it will go to the courts to seek legal remedies,” said Avdhash Kaushal, Chairperson of the RLEK.
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Class IV staff end
22 day-long stir
Dehradun, April 13 A delegation of class IV workers met Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at the Secretariat here today and agreed to end their strike in the interest of the state. According to the agitating class IV employees, the Chief Minister has assured to fulfil their demands after the conclusion of the civic bodies' election. The employees have been demanding an instant implementation of the government notification regarding giving them pay grade benefit to all class IV employees in the state from January 1, 2006. Meanwhile, the state government has got a relief with the end of the stir. More than 56,000 class IV employees of the state government, working in 36 government departments, were on strike.
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IPS trainees from Hyderabad visit IMA
Dehradun, April 13 The groups included 27 women officers and 16 foreign officers from Nepal Police Service, Maldives Police Service, Royal Bhutan Police and Afghan Police. The groups were briefed about the training schedule. They also interacted with the officers of the academy.
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9 lakh take dip in Ganga on Baisakhi
Haridwar, April 13 Nearly 9 lakh people took a holy dip at Brahamkund, Har-ki-Pauri, and the adjacent Ganga ghats. However, due to Navratras, the turnout of the pilgrims was less as compared to the last year, when over 15 lakh devotees had come to the city to take a dip in the Ganga. Elaborate security arrangements had been made by the police and the district administration. Mela police in charge KL Shah said pilgrims kept coming to Haridwar even till the evening. Parking arrangement for vehicles coming from Dehradun, Rishikesh, Pant Deep and Alaknanda were made at the Motichoor parking lot while the Bairagi camp parking lot was earmarked for vehicles coming from Roorkee, Lakshar and Saharanpur. State Roadways buses were parked at the Kankhal parking.
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Land identified for Doon campus of IIM (Kashipur)
Dehradun, April 13 Approval has also been given for the construction of an auditorium and a hostel at the IIM, Kashipur. Bahuguna said a plan of action had been prepared to develop institutions of higher and technical education in the state. He said various industries were expected to be set up and the youth would benefit from industrialisation only if they were skilled and technically well-equipped. He appreciated the progress of the IIM, Kashipur, and said the Dehradun campus would enable working people to pursue MBA (executive). He directed the Principal Secretary (Power) to provide a power feeder to the IIM, Kashipur. He said he would write to the Railway Minister and request that a Jan Shatabdi be started to link Delhi-Moradabad- Ramnagar-Kashipur. Chairman DM Sahni thanked the Chief Minister for the infrastructure development undertaken at Kashipur. Principal Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Director, IIM, Kashipur, Prof Gautam Singha, members of the Board of Governors, including Subosh Bhargav and OSD SK Verma, were also present.
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Set up green houses in state: Om Prakash
Dehradun, April 13 Jain said after tourism, industries were the most important sector in the state which could increase the GDP. He requested the Horticulture Commissioner, Government of India, to have a road map prepared for Uttarakhand by experts. It was revealed at the meeting that there had been an expansion of crops on 57,998 hectares. Of these, 30,224 hectares have been brought under fruits, 17,845 under vegetables, 5,546 under spices and 1,211 under flowers. Green houses have been set up in the area of 2, 08, 520 sq m. From 2003-04 till now, 97 nurseries have been set up. The principal secretary, Horticulture, Om Prakash, said quality planting material must be bought from research institutions and agricultural universities of the Centre. He said a centre of excellence should be set up to train farmers and construct green houses. The horticulture commissioner, Dr Gorakh Singh, gave the assurance that if the first instalment for the annual work plan for 2013-14 was spent timely, then an additional amount of Rs.10 crore would be given. Uttarakhand Horticulture and Forestry University, Bharsar, made a proposal that Rs 498.68 lakh be allotted for developing the centre.
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IPS officer encourages use of cycle
Dehradun, April 13 In an interactive session with the students at Marshall School here, Bharne asked the student to avoid going in for driving of motorcycles and scooters. He, in particular, stressed on cycling among school-going children and even asked the parents to encourage their children for the same. “Cycling will not only help you physically but will also reduce cases of rash driving on part of youngsters in the city,” he pointed out. Bharne also spoke at length on the issue of career opportunities after class XII. He also shared his experiences as a police officer while dealing with juvenile criminals. Students of class IX, X and XII were part of the interaction. Bharne interacted with them and responded to their queries. The session was coordinated by Rajnish Jayal. Headmaster AK Bakshi was also present on the occasion.
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ABVP to launch stir against pvt schools
Dehradun, April 13 Addressing a press conference here today, Asish Bahuguna, state secretary of the ABVP, said the managements of public and private schools were extorting money from parents on one pretext or the other. He said while most of the schools had hiked their school fees arbitrarily, parents were also being forced to buy books, stationary and even shoes from schools. He alleged the Dehradun administration had failed to check this illegal practise. He said the ABVP would soon launch an agitation against such schools and also force the administration to take action against the erring schools.
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Rajeev Shukla calls on Guv
Dehradun, April 13 He met the Governor after attending a meeting held at the CM's camp office, where he discussed the proposed annual plan for the state and the Centrally-operated schemes in the state. The Governor and the minister spoke about various development-related issues regarding the state.
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Guv’s greetings on Ambedkar anniversary
Dehradun, April 13 Describing him as a great personality dedicated to social justice, the Governor said, “We should all resolve to walk on the path shown to us by Dr Ambedkar to ensure the creation of a society where equal justice and opportunities for living are given to
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Bahuguna pays tributes to Ambedkar
Dehradun, April 13 In his message the Chief Minister said the work done by Baba Saheb Ambedkar for building India will always remain inscribed in golden letters in the history of the country. He said Dr Ambedkar’s contribution to the creation of the Constitution of the country was invaluable. Ambedkar gave highest importance to education as the main requirement for development. “For integrating society, he called upon people to be educated, remain alert, aware and create a new social order,” he added.
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Doon Tuskers win by 9 runs
Dehradun, April 13 Batting first after winning the toss, Doon Tuskers scored 178 runs all out in 28.3 overs. Haider made 44 runs while Rishab took three wickets for 20 runs. In reply, the Khalsa team was all out for 169 runs to lose the match by nine runs. Sandeep scored 49 runs while Rishab remained unbeaten on 35 runs. Ranjit and Shashank took three wickets each for Doon Tuskers.
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Two groups of 80 IPS trainees each from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy,
Hyderabad, visited the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here today.
The state government has identified land for the Dehradun campus of the Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Kashipur. This was stated by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna during a meeting with a team of officials from
IIM, Kashipur, at the Secretariat here today.
