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FRI research scholar commits suicide
Students’ Poll 2013
Fun & frolic mark freshers’ party at DIT varsity
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Dev varsity collects 206 units of blood
Karate player attacks fellow player
Husband, in-laws booked for dowry death
Man kills father
New police chowki opened
Volunteers get training in government schemes
MLA announces construction of welcome gate in memory of statehood agitator
Spine clinic launched at Max Hospital
Doon Challengers, Doon United log wins in football
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FRI research scholar commits suicide
Dehradun, September 1 The hostel staff got alert and informed the police only after they found that the body of the 26-year-old research scholar, Manisha Rana, hailing from Chandigarh, had started emitting foul smell. After unlocking her room, her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room where she was living for the past couple
of months. A suicide note, purportedly written by the research scholar, was recovered from the spot, which, according to police sources, has not held anyone responsible for her death, though she has said ‘sorry’ to her parents
and brother for the extreme step in the note. Meanwhile, the deceased’s body was sent for a post-mortem examination, which confirmed that she died
of hanging. Reportedly, both Manisha and her husband, Rajendra Rana, have been associated with the FRI as research scholars. Manisha was pursuing her PhD. Manisha and Rajendra were married three years back and were witnessing a sour relationship for the past many months, claim police sources. It may be noted that Manisha’s husband, Rajendra Rana, hails from Dehradun and has an accommodation at Balawala, but Manisha preferred to stay in the transit hostel accommodation of the FRI instead of staying with her husband at their place in Balawala. SP City, Jadish Chandra, said, “It looks to be a suicide case after the recovery of the note. Though she has not named anybody in the suicide note, still we will investigate the causes behind
her suicide.” A police officer, requesting anonymity, confirmed that her husband has told the police that things were not going well between them on some issues, but nothing extraordinarily happened in the last couple of days that could have prompted her to take such an extreme step. Police sources said that Manisha and Rajendra had arguments over the ownership of his parental house
at Balawala.
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Students’ Poll 2013
Dehradun, September 1 After a complaint of manhandling filed by a woman against two ABVP leaders, Manesh Jagudi and Siddharth Rana, at the Nehru Colony police station, the ABVP has accused the NSUI of
pressuring the police into booking the leaders. According to the ABVP, the police was under pressure and registered a “false” case against
the present president of the DAV (PG) students’ union, Mahesh Jagudi, and Siddharth Rana, who is ABVP’s candidate for the president post for the coming elections in
the college. Rani Vohra, a resident of Mathorawala, had accused unidentified persons of manhandling her a
month ago. The police at that time did not take any action on the matter, but on August
28, it registered a complaint against both ABVP leaders in the same case. Today, the ABVP released a letter signed by neighbours of Rani Vohra, alleging that Rani carries a bad image in the locality and does not share cordial relationship with anybody.
The letter also alleged that Rani had a habit of fighting with everybody and even fights with her landlords who had been asking her to leave their place. Madhusudhan Joshi, in charge of the administrative affairs of the NSUI, said, “The police haswrongly implicated our leaders. They have
nothing to do with that matter and today residents of Mathorawala met the SSP and told him that Mahesh Jagudi and Siddharth Rana never came there and manhandled her.” The ABVP is claiming that by implicating its leaders, the NSUI wants to take mileage in the students’ elections scheduled to be held on September 5
at DAV PG College.
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Fun & frolic mark freshers’ party at DIT varsity
Dehradun, September 1 As many as 2,000 new students of B.Tech, B.Arch, B.Pharm, MBA, MCA and M.Tech attended the day-long event. Dr Krishna Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of the institute, welcomed the gathering and wished the students success in their endeavours. Dr BV Babu, Pro Vice-Chancellor, while addressing the new students, said they should be open to accepting transition and advised them not to misuse their freedom. Students, both seniors and juniors, were all seen in a festive mood. The senior students of the university took a stand against ragging. Nevertheless, they did devise some funny interactive sessions to get to know about their juniors. “We have planned to give our juniors a fantastic welcome with fun tasks and competitions. We wanted to make the day memorable for them and hence we have done our best to make it so,” said Arushi, a second year student of B.Tech Computer Science branch. The event was loaded with various entertaining performances and newly admitted students were seen enjoying every bit of it. Students participated with much enthusiasm in the most awaited contest of Mr and Ms Fresher 2013. After a stimulating competition, Shreya and Saurabh were crowned Ms and Mr Fresher, respectively, from the Electronics and communication branch. Hansika and Shubham won the titles from the computer science branch while in the mechanical branch, Anita was adjudged Ms Fresher and Ankit and Kartikeya shared the Mr Fresher title. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Prof Shishir Kumar, Director, DIT University. Registrar Capt Ajay Swarup, heads and faculty members of various departments were among those present. Earlier, the university had also organised a three-day orientation programme in which students were familiarised with the infrastructure, departments, their heads, societies, clubs, and the administration staff of the institution.
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Dev varsity collects 206 units of blood
Haridwar, September 1 Speaking on the occasion, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti University, Dr Chinmaya Pandya, urged students to donate blood on a regular basis. Archana, Vishakha, Surbhi, Saurabh and Ajay Sharma, all of them first-time donors, said earlier, they were afraid of donating blood, but were now feeling happy to have contributed for a noble cause. NSS state information officer Anand Singh and Dr Sanjay Padilya said in the past one decade, Dev Sanskriti University had collected 1. 88 lakh units of blood through blood donation camps. He said in the month of September, they would hold similar camps at Pant Nagar, Jaspur and Haldwani. The camp was monitored by Dr VC Pal, Dr DC Dhyani of Doon Hospital and Dr Niktia, Dr Divya of Himalayan
Hospital.
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Karate player attacks fellow player
Dehradun, September 1 Laxman, a resident of Rudrpur, went to Shivcharan, a resident of Gadarpur, and allegedly started beating him by bricks after which Shivcharan sustained serious injurious and had to be rushed to Doon Hospital. Reportedly, Shivcharan had beaten Laxman in the state-level karate competition last year and Laxman was furious since then and was waiting to take revenge. The police has taken Laxman into its custody and is investigating the matter.
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Husband, in-laws booked for dowry death
Dehradun, September 1 Mohammad Ahzaad, brother of the deceased woman, filed a complaint with the police that his brother-in-law, Dilshad, killed his sister for not bringing sufficient dowry. He said the in-laws of his sister used to harass her to bring more dowry. He also claimed that Dilshad used to thrash her. The police has registered a case. — TNS
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Man kills father
Dehradun, September 1 He was taking his son to Dehradun on Saturday night when his son allegedly killed him by smashing his head with a hammer following an argument. He fled the scene after a deputy ranger reached the spot after hearing Dilshad’s voice. The police arrested the accused today from near the Lachhiwala forest range. Reportedly, Dilshad’s son is a drug addict and Dilshad was taking him to Dehradun for his rehabilitation when the incident took place.
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New police chowki opened
Dehradun, September 1 It may be noted that it would be the first police chowki under the Raipur police station.
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Modern School win basketball tourney
Dehradun, September 1 Modern School outclassed Welham Girls' School in all four quarters of the match to win the finals 66-51. Madhu Kumari of Modern School remained the highest scorer of the game with 33 points. From Welham Girls' School, Ridhima scored the maximum 15 points. The tournament started on August 29 and eight teams participated in it.
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Volunteers get training in government schemes
Haridwar, September 1 The volunteers, called Bharat nirman sevaks, will be given training and information on government-run schemes and employment-related fields during this camp. These volunteers will take the knowledge acquired during the training programme to the village panchayat level and work in rural areas. District Welfare Officer JS Arya said that numerous schemes and projects are run by the union and state governments, buta majority of the people living in villages don't know about them. "Bharat nirman volunteers will disseminate the requisite information about government policies, projects and beneficiary schemes at the village level so that the targeted people can benefit from these schemes," said Arya. Trainer Ranjana Rana said the volunteers are picked after evaluating their willingness to work in rural areas and are given training in such a way that they can also easily convey the information to the rural people. The volunteers were also apprised about various schemes run by the Social Welfare Department, like scholarships, pension, marriage allowance for SC-ST girls, Atal Awas Yojana, caste certificate and residential certificates.
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MLA announces construction of welcome gate in memory of statehood agitator
Mussoorie, September 1 Ganesh Joshi speaking to the press at a hotel yesterday said that Rajendar Shah participated in the separate state movement and suffered dearly at the hands of the then UP regime. The great leader was also MLA from Mussoorie and served the people despite all odds. Therefore, taking into consideration his service to the region, a massive welcome gate will be installed near Malsi Deer Park so that people can remember his contribution for a long time to come. Speaking on the opposition to the Chief Minister visit on September 2, the day when six persons were martyred during the statehood agitation in Mussoorie, 19 years ago, the MLA said that it was really unfortunate that the governments had failed in identifying the agitators as yet but opposing the Chief Minister on the day of paying homage was uncalled for. He requested the agitators to take back their call and join in paying homage to the people who sacrificed their lives for the state.MLA Ganesh Joshi also said that a community centre will be opened at Suva Kholi for the tourists heading towards Dhanaulti and the local residents of the area. Later, the statehood agitator, Pradeep Bhandari, also met the MLA and presented him with his set of demands where he highlighted the delay in the identification process for the statehood agitators. Ganesh Joshi assured that he would work towards resolving the issue by talking to the Chief Minister himself.
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Governor opens Haj House at Piran Kaliyar
Dehradun, September 1 He appealed to Haj pilgrims to pray for peace and tranquility in the country and also for the natural disaster victims of the state. Union Water Resources Minster Harish Rawat said the Haj House would serve as a milestone in preserving harmony in the state. He hoped that it would facilitate Haj for the people of the state. Rawat added Rs11 crore had been earmarked for improving facilities at the Piran Kaliyar shrine. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, who was also to attend the function, could not make it due to inclement weather. His helicopter was forced to land at Rishikesh while on its way to Piran
Kaliyar.
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Spine clinic launched at Max Hospital
Dehradun, September 1 The spine clinic is a dedicated unit for the management of spine-related disorders and diseases. It aims at providing focused care for the management of common spinal problems like back pain, neck pain, scoliosis and disc disease, to name a few. All disorders and diseases of the spine, from CV Junction to the Sacrococcyx, vertebrae to spinal cord and deformity to degeneration are treated at the clinic using the state-of-the-art techniques. The clinic is the brainchild of Prof Sanjeev Dua, Additional Director, Max Institute of Neurosciences Dehradun (MIND). It comprises various specialities like restorative neurology, paediatric neurosurgery, neuro anaesthesia, neuro rehabilitation and psychiatry. The hospital also conducted a continued medical education programme on the occasion having sessions on cervical spine, back pain and lumbar spine. The CME provided an overview of the spinal problems.
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NGO holds painting exercise at Gandhi Park
Dehradun, September 1 Activists of the MAD, who have been particularly active on the environmental front in the city ever since the group's formation in June 2011, had planned this activity so as to connect with the Doonites on the burning issue of environmental degradation. “We have conducted over 80 clean up drives, but people only appreciate our resolve and are reluctant to join in. So we thought of spreading the same message through a different channel, which was by holding an open-for-all painting exercise at Gandhi Park,” explains Saumya Agarwal, a school student and a young MAD volunteer. These paintings will be handed over to Anil Joshi, a Padmashree awardee, whose organisation HESCO has promised to put these up at various places on their campus. MAD volunteers made the necessary arrangements at Gandhi Park for the drive. “As soon as the painting started, we had an army of onlookers who stood beside us and did nothing except staring and watching, just like they do when we conduct the clean-up drives. But the difference was that while everyone runs away when we ask them to help for the clean-ups, few people did come forward today to contribute with a stroke or two,” narrates Abhishek Rana, a maddian and an activist. The group appeals to all Doonites to join in as per their own levels of commitment and convenience. Those present in the activity were Kashika, Arnav, Vidhushi, Reeta, Shardul, Vishwas, Soumya, Manzar and Abhinav.
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Doon Challengers, Doon United log wins in football
Dehradun, September 1 Doon Challengers defeated ESODAS Football Club by 3-0 score with Nandez from Doon Challengers scoring a hat trick. In the second match played in the league tournament, Doon United won its match with a 2-0 win over Chandrbani. Deepak and Bhuwan Chand scored the two goals of the match for Doon United at 26th and 51st minute respectively. The third match was abandoned due to the heavy rainfall in the evening. — TNS
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