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Hemkund Sahib yatra
from Sept 21: The Hemkund Sahib yatra will begin on September 21 this year. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna will flag off the yatra at Govindghat in Chamoli district of the state. The recent rains had affected the yatra also.UKD threatens to
launch agitation: Uttarakhand Kranti Dal general secretary Manmohan Lakhera has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order condition in the state. In a statement issued today, Lakhera criticised both the district and the police administration for their failure to check the rising crime graph in the state. He said the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal would start an agitation soon if the incidents of crime in Dehradun were not checked. Class IV employees to protest in Delhi:
Class IV employees of the state will take part in a protest rally to be held on September 16 in Delhi. These employees from across the country are protesting in Delhi against their poor working conditions. Blood donation camp:
Madhuban Academy of Hospitality Management organised a blood donation camp on Saturday. A total of 70 persons donated blood at the camp. Academy director Hemant Kochar said they had been organising regular blood donation camps for the past few years. World Tourism Day celebrations on Sept 27:
The World Tourism Day will be celebrated at Ramnagar in Corbett National Park on September 27. State Tourism Minister Amrita Rawat is slated to take part in the celebrations. Secretary Tourism Dr Umakant Panwar and other senior tourism officials of the state will also be present on the occasion. Bageshwar
Wild animal menace
Villagers of Bageshwar and Tanakpur have requested the Forest Department to free them from the menace of wild animals. Panic has griped the villagers of the region as several incidents of wild jackals and monkeys biting schoolchildren are being reported from these areas. According to reports, a jackal had bitten over 18 villagers in Tanakpur. They were treated at a local hospital and later discharged. “A herd of wild monkeys on Saturday bit Divyanshu (13) while he was returning from school. He was admitted to a local hospital,” said Govind Mehta, a local villager. Champawat
Unanimous students’ poll:
Teachers have praised the unanimous election of the office-bearers of the students’ unions in all degree and postgraduate colleges in Champawat, Didihat and Berinag. According to information, all six office-bearers in the colleges in Champawat, five in Berinag and four office-bearers in the colleges in Narayan Nagar in Didihat were elected without a contest. “It is an ideal situation in the students’ union elections. It will promote the interest of the students and will keep ugly politics away from the campus,” said CD Suntha, principal of Degree College,
Champawat.
Haldwani
Hindi Divas celebrated:
Uttarakhand Open University celebrated Hindi Divas at the university head office at Haldwani on Saturday. Several programmes for the promotion of the Hindi language were organised. “We have discussed the issue of promoting Hindi in the context of modern politics, power and market value with several leading littérateurs from the region,” said Dr Govind Singh, head of Journalism Department of the university.
Kashipur
Police cane-charge on mob:
The police lathi-charged a mob that damaged police and public transport vehicles in the town on Saturday in protest against the alleged police failure to save a youth whose body was found from the Koshi river. “Sunil, a student of Kashipur Poly-technique, had disappeared on September 5. Though we had lodged a complaint with the police about his disappearance, it did not launch a search for him. Sunil’s body was recovered from the nearby Koshi river on Saturday. This is a case of negligence of duty,” said Om Prakash, Sunil’s father. (Compiled by BD Kasniyal)
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