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CS directs Education Dept to prepare list of govt teachers
Schools can’t force parents to buy books from select shops
UKD (Airy) Tehri candidate starts election campaign
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Ex-servicemen urged to vote for Congress in LS elections
Congress has touched low in state, says Maharaj
BJP, BSP get notices for poll code violations
Indian cinema mirrors demands of youths
Ex-servicemen allege land mafia, govt nexus
Boy strangulated, mentally challenged woman raped
7 doctors promoted
Scouts and Guides camp concludes
Forest official, wife booked
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CS directs Education Dept to prepare list of govt teachers
Dehradun, March 29 “The strength should be rationalised in every school by transferring teachers from the overstaffed schools to ones facing staff shortage. Also, an investigation will be carried out to find out how the understaffed schools are functioning and whether they have hired teachers from elsewhere. If such a case is there, an FIR will be registered against the erring teachers and school managements,” he said. An allocation of Rs 786 crore has been made for school education for the academic session 2014-15. Radhika Jha, Director, School Education, said, “Around 50,000 deserving students have taken admission in public schools and Rs 50 crore has been spent for
providing books, uniforms and fees.” “Out of Rs 404 crore allocated last year, Rs 325 crore has been spend till February. As many as 17 Kasturba Gandhi Girls Schools have been set up and the remaining will come up soon. Of the 1,171 schools affected by the natural disaster in June last year, the drinking water facility has been resumed in 422 schools,” she added. A hostel was being constructed at Ompokhra for students belonging to remote areas of the state. A provision of Rs 3,000 per student from hill
areas was being made for escort services. Principal Secretary, School Education, S Raju, Additional Secretary C Ravishanker, Director, Middle School, CS Gwal, Director, Academic, Anil Negi, Director, Primary Education, RK Kunwar and other officials were present at the meeting. |
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Schools can’t force parents to buy books from select shops
Dehradun, March 29 In a press note issued here, City Magistrate Girish Chandra Gunwat said it had been found that several public and private schools were forcing the parents to buy the prescribed books and other materials from a particular shop. “Besides, the parents are also forced to buy other stationery items from the same shops. This is causing a lot of harassment to the parents,” he added. “The ban will be effective in the areas falling under all police stations, including Kotwali, Patel Nagar, Vasant Vihar, Rajpur Cantt, Dalanwala and Nehru Colony. The schools falling in these areas will not force the students or the parents to buy books, uniforms or other items from any particular shop. The ban will be effective till May 29 and anybody found violating it will be liable for action under Section 188 of the IPC,” said the City Magistrate. It is a common practise in the city that schools insist on parents to buy books and other stationery material for their children only from shops suggested by them. This has always caused a lot of resentment among the parents who find it difficult to go against the directives of the school authorities. However, now the City Magistrate has given them the much-needed relief. |
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UKD (Airy) Tehri candidate starts election campaign
Dehradun, March 29 Upadhyay along with UKD (Airy) patron BD Raturi visited the district court complex and offered floral tributes to the martyrs. He appealed to the people to vote for the UKD candidates in the state. In his brief address, Upadhyay said both BJP and Congress had failed to serve the people of Uttarakhand. He added in Uttarakhand the dreams of the state agitators were yet to be realised. BD Sharma, DP Pal, Wahid Rehman and Nathilal were the other prominent UKD leaders present on the occasion. |
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Ex-servicemen urged to vote for Congress in LS elections
Dehradun, March 29 Rawat told mediapersons here that serving personnel and ex-servicemen and paramilitary forces had always supported the Congress for its policies. He said, “It was the Congress that gave a green light to the much-awaited 'One rank, one pension' for the defence forces of the country.” “It may be recalled that since the freedom struggle 67 years ago, the Opposition has been able to come to power for 13 years only and the rest of the time the people of the country has voted for the Congress. The Congress alone had introduced development and welfare plans for defence forces personnel,” said Rawat. He would actively campaign for the Congress candidates in the state, he added.
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Congress has touched low in state, says Maharaj
Dehradun, March 29 In a statement issued here today, Maharaj, who recently joined the BJP, said the Congress was already on the back foot in Uttarakhand and was finding it difficult to decide candidates for the five Lok Sabha seats. He also agreed with Govind Singh Kunjwal, Speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly, who recently said that politicians were least concerned about the disaster relief works. “The Speaker is correct as the state government has completely failed to provide relief to disaster-hit people of the state,” Maharaj said. Maharaj praised BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and appealed to the people to vote for the party in the Lok Sabha elections. “Narendra Modi has the capability to give India a strong leadership and take it to new heights of development,” he added.
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BJP, BSP get notices for poll code violations
Haridwar, March 29 According to a video footage captured by the authorities, a large number of vehicles were used in the roadshow, which also led to traffic jams at several places. On the other hand, BSP district president Nathi Ram has given a notice for pasting party banners, hoardings, stickers and other poll-related material on government properties. Meanwhile, district election officer D Senthyl Pendiyan has directed additional election officers to ensure a fair, independent and transparent election process in the constituency. Pendiyan said any complaint with regard to the violation of the poll code would be dealt with strictly. He directed the officers to remain in constant touch with the control room. |
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Principals urge govts to promote Sanskrit in schools, colleges
Haridwar, March 29 Sanskrit scholars from across the country dwelled on various ways to promote and conserve Sanskrit at the All India Sanskrit Forum held at Bhagwan Das Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya here today. Dr Bhola Jha, principal of Bhagwan Das Adarash Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, stressed on the need to make Sanskrit a learning language for the younger generation. Prof Sudha Rani Pandey, former Vice-Chancellor of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, said the state was becoming a major hub of Sanskrit with scholars from across the country coming here to learn the ancient language. The Sanskrit experts appreciated the role of the Uttarakhand Government in making Sanskrit the second official language of the state. Swami Shivanand Maharaj, Dr Shailesh Tiwari, Dr Hari Gopal Shastri of Gurukul Mahavidyalya, Dr VK Singh, Dev Radhey Shyam Chaturvedi, Manju Nath, Dr Om Prakash Bhatt, Ranvindra Kumar, Dr Shyam Sunder Shastri Maharaj and Dr Niranjan Mishra were the distinguished guests during the five sessions. |
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Indian cinema mirrors demands of youths
“If you see films right from 1940 to the present day, you will have a sense of politics and society of the era through these,” he said. Javed was delivering the fifth BD Pandey memorial lecture on “Changing cinema in the context of changing Indian society” at the Uttarakhand Sewa Nidhi at Almora today. The well known lyricist and script writer said the ambitions of the youth were changing day by day and the influence of the modern technology was evident on them. The films were also changing accordingly. “Focus on the villain instead of the hero in the present cinema is a symptom which reflects the changing pattern of society that values evils for success,” said Javed. He added the film art was not only entertainment but also reflected the mental shape of society of the time. “We will have to understand the difference between circus and the film art,” said Javed. Elaborating the influence of films on society and the social influence on films, Javed said in the bygone days Muslims used to be presented as a communal element but today Hindus were being proudly depicted as communal. “This new found value will have its influence on the Bollywood cinema as the coming generations will prefer to see this face of Indian society too,” he said. Javed praised the scenic beauty of Uttarakhand and its valleys. He said the state could become the best location for film shooting provided the state governments also thought so. “It is the government which adds extra weight to the tourism industry by helping film producers by giving facilities to them in their respective states,” said Javed. Dr Lalit Pandey, son of late BD Pandey, hosted the lecture. BD Pandey was the Governor of West Bengal and Punjab at the time of his retirement and had established the Uttarakhand Sewa Nidhi to work for village development and women empowerment. |
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Imran Masood’s effigy burnt
Dehradun, March 29 Raj Uppal, state president of the Narendra Modi Army Uttarakhand, said Imran Masood’s derogatory statement against Modi revealed the mindset of the Congress. He said the Congress was afraid of Modi’s growing popularity and was now resorting to such statements. DS Rawat, another protester, said the Congress' defeat was certain in
the Lok Sabha polls and the party was resorting to such offensive
statements. Ramswaroop, Devendra Agarwal, Vinod Jaiswal, Nandkishore Bhutani and Naveen Bansal were among the prominent members of the organisation who took part in the protest. |
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Ex-servicemen allege land mafia, govt nexus
Dehradun, March 29 Rawat said they had written several times to the Chief Minister Office and the revenue office regarding land grabbing by the mafia in several areas, including Jhajra, Banshiwala and Suddowalam, in the Vikasnagar block. "Though the CMO has replied once or twice assuring us of action in the case, the Revenue Department has not replied till date. This clearly indicates that the minister has given a free hand to the DM and the SDM.
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Boy strangulated, mentally challenged woman raped
Pithoragarh, March 29 Kishore (15) allegedly snatched a pair of gold earrings from Om Aggarwal, son of an electrician, and strangulated the latter when he tried to resist him. “The culprit has been arrested and he has admitted to his crime. Kishore sold the earrings to a shopkeeper in a market in Nepal,” said Rohtash Sagar, police in charge of Dharchula thana. In another incident, two youths raped a mentally challenged woman at Dhelapul in Kashipur where she was waiting for a vehicle to go to Moradabad. She had gone to Dhelapul to take medicine from a doctor. “Rais and Amir pushed the woman into their vehicle and raped her. The police rescued the woman and arrested the culprits after some eyewitnesses informed them about the incident,” said Devendra Peencha, ASP, Kashipur police.
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7 doctors promoted
Dehradun, March 29 The promoted doctors are Dr Indu Punetha, Dr Chandra Pant, Dr Devender Pratap Durgapal, Dr Lalit Mohan Upreti, Dr Govind Singh Rauthan, Dr Lalit Mohan Sundriyal and Dr Gayanender Singh Rawat. The government has also promoted Dr Rajender Prasad Badoni and Dr Suresh Chander Pant as additional directors. |
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Scouts and Guides camp concludes
Dehradun, March 29 Students were put in different groups and they participate in a number of debates and discussions. They were also given lessons on discipline in life. The participants were also taught about the history of the Scouts and Guides. A cultural programme was organised by Spic Macay on the last day of the event. Children of Junior High School and Primary School at Miawala performed a Kathak dance. Kathak dancer Arushi Pokhriyal received applause for her performance. — TNS |
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Forest official, wife booked
Dehradun, March 29 Ghildiyal, who committed suicide yesterday, used to live and work in a dairy in Nehru Colony owned by the forest officer. The forest officer is posted in Pauri. Family members of Vikas, who hailed from Satpuli, accused the dairy owner of forcing him to take the extreme step.
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