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Contestants adopt different styles for canvassing
Pranab arrives in Doon amid tight security
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First Haj house of U’khand to open on Aug 31
Gorkhas remember Major Durga Mall
Ranjit Section wins 3 gold medals in swimming
Loco Football Club victorious
Sargam school, Children's Academy register wins
Protest against gas agency
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Contestants adopt different styles for canvassing
Dehradun, August 26 With the issuance of notification for the forthcoming student union election in DAV PG College on August 24, there has been a sudden surge in the campaigning activities of all the groups contesting the polls, scheduled on September 5. The situation is almost the same in other colleges like DBS PG College, MKP College and SGRR College. Contestants are using different styles of canvassing. Some have got their T-shirts painted with the names of their favourite contestants, while some are flaunting the student union flags they are associated with in a bid to catch maximum attention of other students. According to Madhusudhan Joshi, in charge of ABVP administrative affairs in Dehradun, “we are insisting on door-to-door campaigning and as the elections are round the corner, our volunteers are going to far-flung areas also like Chakrata, Kalsi, Doiwala and other places to meet the students and to request for their support.” He also said that the students had become very smart these days and did not believe in hollow promises and would not let their vote go in vain. On other hand, Vikas of Vikas Group, which is the new entrant group in the student union election this year, thinks that the key to winning elections will remain with the new students who will vote for the first time. According
to him, the whole emphasis is on wooing the first-time voters. Swati Negi, who left NSUI after being denied the president's post ticket in the elections of DAV PG College this year, is now contesting as an Independent candidate, seems confident of her win in the forthcoming elections.” Her mode of campaigning every morning is to help the students in their admissions and then ask for their support. Her campaigning team is also using SMS services for campaigning. “After taking the mobile numbers and addresses of the students, our team sends SMS to every student in the evening for garnering the support for my candidature,” she said. It is to be noted that nomination process has began in all the colleges in Dehradun except DAV PG College, where the nomination forms would be available from August 28 till August 30 and the last date for the acceptance of nomination forms will be August 31.
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Pranab arrives in Doon amid tight security
Dehradun, August 26 The President reached the Jolly Grant airport at 11:30 am and from there flew in a helicopter to the Indian Military Academy (IMA) helipad. From the IMA, his convoy reached the UPES campus via road. The police and special forces involved in his security arrangements had cordoned off the whole stretch from the Jolly Grant airport to the UPES campus at Bidholi. All markets in Doiwala and Bhaniyawala situated near the airport were closed. The entire UPES campus was taken over by sharp shooters. Hundreds of other special forces personnel were positioned there to guard the convocation venue. After addressing the convocation at the UPES, the President attended a programme at the IIP at Maukampur. Governor Aziz Qureshi and Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna accompanied him to both venues. Meanwhile, commuters were inconvenienced and traffic chaos was witnessed at a number of places due to route diversions and barricading across the city. People living around the Premnagar area faced the maximum inconvenience as the main Panditwadi road remained closed almost throughout the day for security reasons.
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First Haj house of U’khand to open on Aug 31
Dehradun, August 26 Haji Rao Sher Mohammad said Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat, who is the Lok Sabha MP from Haridwar, would preside over the function. A total of 1,101 pilgrims from Uttarakhand would go for the Haj pilgrimage this year. He said the Uttarakhand Haj Committee wil start running its camp office to provide all facilities to the haj pilgrims in New Delhi from
September 7. He further said the haj pilgrims from the state would go on the pilgrimage from September 9 to 23 and they have been advised to reach two days before their scheduled departure in New Delhi
to get visa. Sher Mohammad said the pilgrims would be dropped at the haj terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport free of cost by the state haj committee.
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Shantikunj head Dr Pandya gets 'Tarun Kranti Award'
Haridwar, August 26 Dr Pranav Pandya received the award from Jain Muni Tarun Sagar at a function held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, yesterday. Talking to TNS, Dr Pandya said the award belonged not only to him but also to lakhs of Shantikunj volunteers and activists, who helped in spreading Shantikunj founder Pt Shri Ram Sharma Acharya's vision
and values. He also mentioned about those volunteers who went in the disaster-affected regions of Kedarghati, Badrinath, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Srinagar, Chamoli and other areas of the Garhwal division to provide aid to the victims. National chief of the Tarun Award Council Ujjwal Patni said Dr Panday's contributions in the field of yoga and ayurveda and spreading moral values put him in the league of national icons. Jain Muni Shri Tarun Sagar lauded social services being carried out by Shantikunj Gayatri.
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Gorkhas remember Major Durga Mall
Haridwar, August 26 The Gorkha Samaj Kalyan Samiti chief, Subedar Major Buddhi Singh Rana, said that at a young age, Durga Mall had joined legendary Subhas Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj. Mall was impressed by Bose’s charisma and his mission to expel the British from the Indian soil. Rana said that in Kohima, on March 27,1944 during a special British Army operation, Mall was captured while working as intelligence officer for the INA and prisoned in Delhi’s Red Fort where he was sentenced to intense torture. Later, he was convicted for working against the British government and hanged on August 25, 1944, which shocked the country and instilled anger among the Gorkhas and the hill community of Uttarakhand. Mall was born on July 1,1913 at a village near Doiwala, Uttarakhand. The editor of the Gorkha Sandesh, Shamsher Bahadur ‘Bum’, said Mall was the was eldest of the four sons of Parwati Devi and Ganga Ram Mall. “In 1931, at the age of 18, Mall moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh and got enrolled in 2/1 Gorkha Rifles. He joined the Indian National Army and his duty, valour and courage elevated him to rank of a Major in INA in a short span of time, said Shamsher. Uttarakhand Kranti Dal labour cell general secretary Uday Ram Semwal termed Shaheed Mall as a son of the Himalayas wherein almost every family there has been one member in the Indian armed forces. And be it the wars of 1962,1965,1971 or the Kargil conflict in 1999, Uttarakhand has the most number of soldiers who laid down their lives for their motherland. Kamal Rana, BB Gurung, Krishan Rai, Hari Bahadur Gurung, Ritu Sharma, Bal Krishan Sharma, Manohar Panthi, BS Thapa, D Bahadur Mall, Prem Singh Chetri, Ram Singh Thapa, Ravindra Gurung, DB Sharma, Shiv Shankar Sharma were among those who paid tributes to
the martyr.
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Two-day Janmashtami festivities begin in Sanskriti school
Haridwar, August 26 They presented skits, dances and recited songs. A remix fusion based dance presentation was the main feature. Earlier chief guest Swati Khandelwal lighted a candle in front of the portrait of Lord Krishna and
Radha. Swati urged the parents to tell their children cultural, religious and moral based stories and excerpts from epics like the Ramayana, the
Mahabharata, the Bhagwad Gita and other Vedic literature Coordinator of the school Divya Panjwani emphasised on the need to involve every child in such co-curricular activities so as to help them shun their inhibition and develop their personality. The names of the winners in various categories were also declared. While
Vedika, Aditya, Rekha and Aanya won the first prize, Yashahasvi,
Kartik, Tanishka and Shreya won the second prize in various
categories. Poorva Mehta, Seema Dhyani, Binender Sodhi and Anuradha were among those who coordinated the
function.
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Guru Nanak Boys, Sports College win inaugural hockey matches
Dehradun, August 26 In the first match, Guru Nanak boys defeated Scholars' Home 3-0 with all three goals scored by Rohit Bhatt.In the second match played here today, Sports College B team won its match easily against Polytechnic A team with score of 2-0 in their favour. Praveen and Manoj Tamta scored the goals for Sports College. It is to be noted that the tournament is being organised in memory of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand. Before this a similar tournament was organised for girls as well, which concluded on Sunday with MKP girls hockey team winning the tournament.
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Ranjit Section wins 3 gold medals in swimming
Dehradun, August 26 Cadet Omkar Dalvi of Pratap Section broke the record of the 200m freestyle event (3.00.62 min) and Cadet Kartikeya Anand broke the record of the 100m freestyle event (1.17.32 min). Both records were of the juniors' category. Cadet Ambuj Sen Patra, Karan Bainsla, Sailesh Naik, Sai Ganesh, Aditya Kalsotra, Akash Ghose, Shashank Dhaiya, C Rakesh and Taral Chanchani won gold medals for their respective sections. Pratap section won the 4x50m freestyle relay (Juniors) while Chandragupta section won the 4x100m freestyle relay (Seniors). Cadet Sai Ganesh won the 200m individual medley with a timing of 3 min and
26 sec. The highlight of the evening was when the members of staff team, lead by Col HS Bainsla, SM, Commandant, RIMC, also competed in the 4x50m juniors' freestyle relay to serve as a source of motivation for the
participating team. The competition is being held in three phases, the swimming competition, water polo and swimming tests. The overall winner shall be decided on the basis of all three phases. The points at the end of Day 1 were: I- Ranjit Section (121 Points), II- Chandragupta Section (103 Points), III- Shivaji Section (98 Points) and IV- Pratap Section
(95 points).
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MKP girls win hockey tournament
Dehradun, August 26 Karishma scored two goals in the match at the 36th and 38th minute, whereas Anita scored one goal in the match for MKP. The tournament was played in the memory of Major Dhyan Chand. Six teams participated in
the tournament.
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Loco Football Club victorious
Dehradun, August 26 Arjun hit the first goal in the fourth minute of the game while Gaurav scored two goals in the
9th and 14th minute to make the score 3-0. Vivek of the Loco Football Club scored another goal in the
23rd minute. Nikhil scored the lone goal for the Vikasnagar Football Club in the 29th minute while Shobhit hit the fifth goal in the
55th minute of the game to make the score 5-1 in the favour of the Loco Football Club. The second match played between the Doon United and the Eleven Star
ended in a draw.
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Sargam school, Children's Academy register wins
Dehradun, August 26 But in the 56th minute of the game, Sagar of Sargam Public School scored the sole goal of
the match. In the second match, Children’s Academy beat host Carman School 4-0 score. Shubham scored the first goal of the match in the 11th minute. The other three goals were scored in the second half of the match.
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Protest against gas agency
Dehradun, August
26 The protesters alleged that they had
been standing in a queue since last night but still did not get gas
cylinders. Meanwhile, the police reached there and tried to placate the
protesters. The angry residents also accused the gas agency of selling
cylinders meant for domestic consumption to restaurants and hotels. They
threatened to intensify their stir if no action was taken against the
agency.
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