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Accountant of Jal Sansthan
caught taking bribe
One held with Rs 69,000 in fake currency
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Saket begins electoral
campaign for Tehri
Rajeev Shukla cornered over issue
of change of leadership in state
SSP directs cops to ensure free and fair elections
Harish Rawat’s political, family stature at stake
Ex-Zila Panchayat chairperson Barkha quits BJP
BJP begins one booth, 10 youth drive in Jaunpur block
Nautiyal promises honest governance
Women voters to be deciding factor in Almora
Vital bridge between Ghangaria, Valley of Flowers to be restored
Anti-encroachment drive
continues for fourth day
Guv takes up Char Dham Yatra issue with Pranab Mukherjee
Expenditure monitoring control room functional
Aryabhatta park inaugurated
DM pulls up gas agency owners
Officials told to speed up flood safety works
KMVN asks govt for modern
toilets on Kailash yatra route
Pensioners for removal of anomalies
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Accountant of Jal Sansthan
caught taking bribe
Dehradun, April 11 Reportedly, Arvind Sharma, who is working as accountant in Jal Sansthan, and Narayan Dutt, who is clerk in the same department, were demanding bribe of Rs 8000 from the complainant Sanjay Bhatt, who is also an Aam Admi Party (AAP), for settling his outstanding water bill of Rs 16,500. According to Bhatt, the Jal Sansthan employees were harassing him for his outstanding bill and were threatening him to impose hefty penalty on him, after which he wrote a letter to Senior Superintendent of Police (SP), Vigilance, regarding the demand of bribe from the Jal Sansthan employees. A vigilance team led by Inspector Gajendra Singh Rautela laid a trap and when Arvind Sharma reached Sanjay Bhatt's residence to take the bribe at 9:30 am, he was immediately nabbed by the vigilance team, which was hiding outside the house, in front of two independent government witness here today. Meanwhile, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SP) Roshan Lal Sharma has announced a cash prize of Rs 2500 for the vigilance team. The Director of
Vigilance Department, SK Bhagat, also applauded the team for their success. |
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One held with Rs 69,000 in fake currency
Dehradun, April 11 SSP, STF, Senthil Avudai Krishna Raj said on a tip-off, their team arrested Yasin Salmani, a resident of Ghaziabad, from East-Rest Camp here and seized Rs 69,000 in fake currency from his possession. He was carrying 138 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination. During interrogation, Yasin told the STF team that he had visited Dehradun for the first time today where he was caught. Yasin said he had bought the fake currency from Bhagalpur in Bihar for circulating in Uttarakhand. "He also disclosed that he would get fake currency from Virganj in Nepal, Lakhimpur Khiri in Uttar Pradesh and Bhagalpur in Bihar for smuggling into Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Chandigarh. He has named other persons based in Nepal and Bihar who are into this illegal trade," said the SSP (STF). A case under Sections 489 A, 489 B and 489 C of the IPC has been registered against Yasin at the Kotwali police station. — TNS |
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Haridwar April 11 Renuka’s entourage commenced from the Narsain border and reached Haridwar city around 9 pm yesterday. She was to take part in the Ganga aarti at Brahma
Kund, Har-Ki-Pauri, yesterday, but due to delay she could offer rituals to the Ganga this
morning. Harish Rawat accompanied his wife during a roadshow, looking quite happy at an unprecedented response. Party activists and the people had lined up on both sides of the road to have a glimpse of Harish Rawat and the Congress candidate. As the Chief Minister represents the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat at present, his supporters were seen requesting people to vote for
Renuka. Renuka’s visit will have a direct bearing on the Congress workers’ morale and confidence as despite factionalism all major party leaders and workers were present at the
roadshow. Khanpur MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, Roorkee MLA Pradeep Batra, district party president Chaudhary Rajendra Singh, city unit president OP
Chauhan, Congress district women wing president Kiran Singh, Purushottam Sharma, chairman of the Agriculture Committee,
Jwalapur, Sanjay Chopra, minority community leader Naeem Qureshi, district coordinator of the Sewa Dal Rajesh
Rastogi, three-time MP Harpal Sathi were among a large number of party leaders present at the
roadshow. Renuka’s entourage got bigger and bigger as it moved ahead from
Narsain, Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Bahadrabad, Jwalapur, Ranipur, Rishikul, Devpura, Shiv
Moorti, Har-ki-Pauri, Bhoopatwala and Khadkhadi. Harish Rawat and Renuka offered rituals at
Har-ki-Pauri. Thereafter, they went to ancient shrine of Shri Daksheswar Mahadev Temple at
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Saket begins electoral
campaign for Tehri
Mussoorie, April 11 Saket, after addressing the gathering at Vikas Nagar, reached Pantwari in Jaunpur development region of district Tehri along with his father, former CM Vijay Bahuguna and the state Congress in charge Rajiv Shukla around noon and sought vote and support for
the party. Saket Bahuguna unleashing verbal attack on the sitting MP Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah said that the people of the Tehri constituency have elected members of royal family on several occasions but have received nothing in return and this election would be over the issue of development vs royal
family. Saket Bahuguna said that the development works done by Congress government were a good benchmark for the people to consider him from Tehri. He said that it was due to efforts of his father for providing OBC status to people from Jaunpur region and announcement of New Tehsil in Nianbagh that will ensure victory for the Congress Party from here. Saket Bahuguna also said that his father Vijay Bahuguna had to care for whole state while he was chief minister but now he will work for speedy development of Tehri with the help of chacha (uncle) Harish Rawat, the present CM of the state. Former CM Vijay Bahuguna seeking votes for his son, Saket, said that he was indebted to the people for Tehri who have bestowed their love and affection by electing him repeatedly and hoped that will continue with the legacy by electing his son too. The Uttarakhand state Congress Party in charge Rajiv Shukla speaking on the occasion said that the sitting MP Mala Raj Lakshmi had failed to raise the important questions related to her constituency in the past 2 years and was busy enjoying the cool air of the rooms in Parliament. Shukla said that not once has MP Raj Lakshmi Shah gone to any minister with a development proposal during her tenure. Therefore, it was imperative to remove such leader and place someone who is ready to work for the constituency. He further said that there was no wave of Narendra Modi and Congress would win all five seats in the state. Confident of the Congress victory he said that the development works such as starting of work on Lakhwar Byasi dam by the former CM Vijay Bahuguna will aid in ensuring emphatic win for the party here. The Congress leaders appealed to remove the incumbent MP Mala Raj Lakshmi from Tehri for speedy development of the region. The party leaders also addressed the people at Kandi Saud on the banks of the lake. |
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Rajeev Shukla cornered over issue
of change of leadership in state
Dehradun, April 11 Rajeev Shukla, who was in Dehradun today to address a press conference, was at a loss of words to explain the reasons behind Congress going for a change of leadership in the state. Trying to escape the embarrassment caused by repeated queries on part of mediapersons, Rajeev Shukla argued that earlier Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna himself resigned to make way for a new chief minister and there was nothing undemocratic about it. Responding to other queries, Rajeev Shukla hoped that Congress will win all the five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand. He said a lot of development works have been undertaken in the state under the Congress rule. He reminded that it was Congress-led UPA that ensured one rank one pension to the ex-servicemen, thus benefiting a large population of ex-servicemen in the state. He reiterated that it was wrong to blame Congress for rising corruption and asserted that there were several states that have BJP-ruled governments and said that even those states have challenges of rising inflation. He denied existence of any Modi wave in the country and said that he himself had visited a number of places in Uttarakhand hills today but no Modi wave was there. |
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SSP directs cops to ensure free and fair elections
Dehradun, April 11 While addressing the cops, the SSP instructed the circle officers (COs) and police station heads to intensity the patrolling in their areas and take all precautionary measures to curb any remote chance of disturbance during polls. The station heads were also directed to keep close vigil on the activities of repeated offenders in their areas so that they don't become hindrance in ensure peace and tranquillity in the area during election. The participating sub-inspectors, inspectors and circle officers were also told to take immediate steps to control petty crimes in the city like chain snatching and theft incidents. |
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Harish Rawat’s political, family stature at stake
Haridwar, April 11 Now with his wife being fielded from Haridwar constituency, it is now clear that CM Harish Rawat wants to retain this seat. His political and family stature is also at stake as a win will define and ensure his smooth stay as Chief Minister. Rawat not only needs a victory in Almora and Haridwar but also in Pauri, Tehri and Nainitial. Harish Rawat’s active meeting with party workers and the common people in the past two days can be linked with the seriousness he is attaching to this election. As per top party district leaders, Harish Rawat has made it clear that if all Congress party workers remain united in Haridwar ,then victory will be of theirs only. Party leaders close to Harish Rawat camp pointed that a stern message to anti-Rawat faction was imperative as often Congress loses in Haridwar district more because of their inner factionalism. City president OP Chauhan though refuted that there is any fear of factionalism or inner party sabotage, as all are happy with Renuka Rawat's candidature. In this regard the Chief Minister held talks with his bęte noire Braham Swarup Brahamchari, Pradesh Congress Committee treasurer, and close aide of former CM Vijay Bahuguna. Notably,in 2009 too Brahamswarup who was a ticket aspirant remained aloof from the election campaign but later Harish Rawat visited his ashram and appeased him to don the mantle as election in charge. “The Chief Minsiter has to look after the in all five parliamentary constituencies. Hence, it is our duty to ensure his presence is minimal in Haridwar so that he could concentrate on other four seats. He has given us a message to fight unitedly as every seat counts. Renukaji’s win will ensure people of Haridwar get direct attention of CM Harish Rawat and development spree continues,” said Chauhan. At a meeting at Chetan Jyoti Ashram of party leaders, Harish Rawat made it clear that as he has to look into all five seats. It is the duty of the district party leaders to take responsibility of leading the election campaign of Renuka Rawat. A youth wing leader on condition of anonymity said that CM gave indirect hint that those who will work hard and effectively during the election will be rewarded post elections and linked Renuka as his wife and representative, as Haridwar had given him a new political life, a record win in 2009, Union Cabinet portfolio, now Chief Minister’s post, love, affection and spiritual solace, too. |
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Ex-Zila Panchayat chairperson Barkha quits BJP
Haridwar, April 11 They alleged the party lacked development-oriented vision and was projecting only one man (Narendra Modi). They also accused the BJP district unit and Jwalapur legislator Chandrasekhar Bhattewala of sidelining them. Notably, in the 2012 state Assembly elections, Barkha Rani had left the Congress after being denied the party ticket. Later, she joined the BJP. Lashing out at the BJP party high command for not fielding a local candidate from the Haridwar seat, Barkha alleged it seemed only high-profile leaders had a say in the party. Barkha alleged the BJP was anti-Dalit, anti-minority and anti-development. She claimed that the BJP would lose the elections as the Modi wave was nothing but a media campaign backed by crores of rupees. Meanwhile, rumours of Barkha Rani rejoining the Congress are doing the rounds. City unit Congress president OP Chauhan said Barkha’s resignation was a proof of the "autocratic" working of the BJP. He said Barkha Rani was welcome to rejoin the party provided she was ready to abide by the BJP's ideology and discipline. On the other hand, Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Anita Saini said women leaders like Barkha Rani should join hands with the SP and support her in the elections as politics in the district was dominated by male counterparts only. |
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BJP begins one booth, 10 youth drive in Jaunpur block
Mussoorie, April 11 The BJP youth wing workers worked on the plan to set up 10 youths at one booth during the polling day in a meeting held in theThatyur block yesterday. The president of BJP Yuva Mandal, Thatyur, Sunil Thapliyal, and convener Manvir Negi, nominated in charge of the polling booths for Jaunpur development area and nyaye panchayat here. Kulbir Rawat was named in charge for the polling both in Kheda while Sardar Singh Rawat was named in charge from Syalsi. Mast Ram Nautiyal was named in charge from Kempty, Rajesh Rauthan from Dwargad, Chain Singh Rawat from Mogi,Rajendar Chauhan from Shrikot,Digambar Singh Chauhan from Mayani, Sunil Rana from Bharwakatal and Pankaj Uniyal from Manjgaon.
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Nautiyal promises honest governance
Dehradun, April 11 Addressing the gathering of minorities at Dhalipur, Anoop Nautiyal said AAP was committed to providing corruption free governance in the country. He reiterated the party’s commitment to work for betterment of minorities and downtrodden. He called upon the people to vote both BJP and Congress out of power in the country. Nautiyal said AAP despite its limited resources was trying to reach out to each and every section of society. He hoped for a big win for AAP in Uttarkhand. Vikram Pal, Narendra Saini, Kuldeep Singh and Pramod Kumar were prominent participants to the canvassing. |
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Women voters to be deciding factor in Almora
Pithoragarh, April 11 Besides a sizable number of women voters in 10 Assembly segments of the district, they also outnumber men in four of the segments. “Out of a total of 12,05,699 voters in the Almora parliamentary constituency, 5,94,280 are women," said JC Semwal, District Election Officer, Pithoragarh. He further said in Pithoragarh district, Pithoragarh, Dharchula and Didihat had the maximum number of women voters. In Almora district, the Dwarahat Assembly segment had the maximum women voters. "The number of male voters in the Pithoragarh, Didihat and Dharchula Assembly segments is 45,541, 36,014 and 38,604, respectively, whereas the number of women voters is 47,098, 38,667 and 38,901," said sources. On the other hand, president of the Mahila Sangthan, Devalthal, said," Political parties have done nothing for the uplift of women's standard of living in the hill state. This will also be the deciding factor in the elections this time.” |
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Vital bridge between Ghangaria, Valley of Flowers to be restored
Dehradun, April 11 As various agencies have started the repair work on a war footing in time for the Char Dham Yatra that will kick-off on May 5, the restoration of a bridge connecting between Ghangria and Valley of Flowers in Chamoli continued to be a sore point. “The matter was raised by Kedar Singh Fonia, a local resident of Badrinath, and a politician. As the area is still under snow we will have to wait for the snow to melt and then take up the restoration of the bridge. I have held a discussion with the District Magistrate of Chamoli to ask the Forest Department to prepare a proposal to be taken up by the Project Implementation Unit for reconstruction work. The money, too, would be allocated out of the funds allocated for carrying out rebuilding activity. We do not want to disappoint the visitors,” said Subash Kumar, Chief Secretary,
Uttarakhand. The expected cost in case of building a permanent bridge is expected to cost around Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh. The government is contemplating either building a steel bridge or setting up a temporary bridge of wooden logs, in case there is difficulty in carrying out the work,'' said Kumar. Meanwhile, after the government increased inspections by road, the repair work has picked up pace on the Char Dham route that was affected by the disaster. “We are resorting to top black tarring of roads for which Rs 18 crore has been allocated. In Kedarnath the work is picking up pace as we have entrusted the repair work from Rambara to Kedar Dham to the National Institute of Mountaineering, between Gaurikund to Rambara, to PWD and Son Prayag to Gaurikund to BRO,'' said Shaila Rani Rawat, Congress MLA (Kedarnath). Meanwhile, a protection wall is also being built in areas marked as Ghangaria-I, Ghangari-II and Ghangari III. |
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Anti-encroachment drive
continues for fourth day
Dehradun, April 11 Amidst the opposition from the shop owners and allegations of being biased towards some of the shop owners, the team removed encroachments from the Clock Tower Chowk till Gandhi Park. Apart from removing the hoardings and footsteps erected by the shopkeepers in front of their shops, the team also removed the iron angles erected to extend their shops and display goods. Before the JCB removed the illegal structures, the team marked the areas where the encroachment was done by the shopkeepers. Those who were part of the team included Banshidhar Tiwari, Harshvardhan Mishra, GC Gunwant, along with several other officials from
the district administration and Dehradun Municipal Corporation. |
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Guv takes up Char Dham Yatra issue with Pranab Mukherjee
Dehradun, April 11 Among the issues he took up with the President were the need for strengthening the Char Dham Yatra routes and improving health facilities. He also sought support from for making the Char Dham Yatra routes easy and convenient for pilgrims after the natural disaster that struck the state in June last year. Qureshi drew the President's attention towards the need to improve, expand and strengthen the health facilities in the state. He said there was need for setting up a
super-speciality hospital for children in Dehradun, besides such hospitals in Mussoorie and Nainital on the lines of Switzerland. He told the President that the process of restoring the Samadhi Sthal of Adi Shankaracharya near the Kedarnath shrine had begun and "Mission Kaladi to
Kedar" would reach Uttarakhand on April 17. He said the yatra would reach Dehradun where he would welcome it and contribute symbolically soil from Uttarakhand to the sacred Kalash in which soil had been collected from all places that Shankaracharya had visited in his lifetime. |
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Spicmacay organises craft fest
Dehradun, April 11 The craftsmen namely, Mukul Joshi teaches Phad painting from Rajasthan, Chandra Kumar Gajju from Dadra Nagar Haveli teaches Worli Art, Chafredhar Lal teaches Paper Mache work and Meera from Bihar teaches Sikki grass weaving and pottery, were teaching the students about the finer techniques of these art forms. The festival was being held in Welham Boys' School, Unison World School, Kasiga School, Gandhi Inter College, Government Inter College in Majri Grant and Government Inter College in Baronwalan. |
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Expenditure monitoring control room functional
Dehradun, April 11 The phone number of the centre is 0135- 2624202 and the email id is: emcrcallcentre@gmail.com. “The complaints or information pertaining to the expenditure or other issues related to the general elections can be registered with this centre. The officials will keep an eye on the money being spent by the political outfits in promoting their candidates,” he added. — TNS
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Aryabhatta park inaugurated
Dehradun, April 11 The park has been made at a cost of Rs five lakh. The annual investiture ceremony was also held at the school’s auditorium. The cadets were given
various responsibilities at house and school level for the academic session 2014-15. Chief guest Saurabh Kumar conferred epaulettes on the shoulders of the chosen cadets. |
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Dehradun, April 11 Earlier the DM had ordered the District Supplies Officer to visit the protesters at the Deep Nagar based Shiva Gas Agency and prepare a report. It may be recalled that from the past two days, hundreds of Deep Nagar residents have been staging protest demonstration over the shifting of 2500 LPG connections from Deep Nagar based Shiva Gas Agency to Himani Gas Agency. — TNS |
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Officials told to speed up flood safety works
Mussoorie, April 11 In the wake of the complaints being received over the lackadaisical approach of the departments concerned involved in the repair and restoration work in the district, DM, Uttarkashi, Shreedhar Babu Addanki, conducted an inspection of the ongoing works near Johiyara and the main bazaar of Uttarkashi along the Ganga river and aired his satisfaction on Tuesday. He also inspected the flood safety works being carried out on the banks of Ganga and directed the Vidyut Nigam officials to speed up the work and ensure use of quality material while doing the job. — TNS
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KMVN asks govt for modern
toilets on Kailash yatra route
Pithoragarh April 11 “We sent a proposal to the state government regarding modernisation of the facilities at all camps on the track route of the yatra after ADB approved expenditure of money for the purpose,” said DK Sharma, General Manager, Tourism, KMVN. He added the proposal was sent to the government after the
KMVN learnt that modern toilet facilities were being provided on the Char Dham yatra route this year. “We thought that the same facilities should be provided to the pilgrims on the Kailash Mansarowar yatra,” said Sharma. He said the yatra would also be held through the Sirkha route this year as the route to Mangti was still closed. “Even if the bridge at Kanchoti, 7 km from Tawaghat, is not completed by then, we have decided to carry the pilgrimage through the Thanidhar route to reach the first camp at Sirkha,” he added. The Kailash yatra, which begins in the first week of May every year since 1981, has to cross six camps at Sirkha, Gala, Bundi, Gunji, Kalapani, and Nabhidhang before reaching the Lipulekh Pass from where the pilgrims cross over to Tibet to reach Mount Kailash and the sacred
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Pensioners for removal of anomalies
Pithoragarh, April 11 “Due to big differences in pensions allocated to state government employees retiring from same posts, older employees are facing difficulties to cope with rising prices and in maintaining their responsibilities,” said Prem Singh Bisht, president of Pithoragarh unit of Government Pensioners’ Welfare Association. According to the association’s president, the pensioners, who took part in statehood movement, must get concessions while travelling on the lines of other statehood activists, who get similar facilities. — TNS
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Dehradun, April 11
The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of fake currency smugglers with the arrest of one person today.
Renuka Rawat, Congress candidate from Haridwar constituency and wife of
CM Harish
Rawat, today got an overwhelming response from party supporters and local public.
The electoral campaign for Saket Bahuguna, Congress candidate from Tehri Lok Sabha constituency, took off in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party workers today canvassed at Vikasnagar, Mehuwala, Dakpathar, Dhalipur and Dakrani areas of Dehradun in support of AAP’s Tehri Lok Sabha seat candidate Anoop Nautiyal.
The anti-encroachment drive of the district administration continued on the fourth day here today.
Amidst the opposition from the shop owners and allegations of being biased towards some of the shop owners, the team removed encroachments from the Clock Tower Chowk till Gandhi Park.
Governor Aziz Qureshi met President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi today. Among the issues he took up with the President were the need for strengthening the Char Dham Yatra routes and improving health facilities.
