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Harish Rawat seeks votes for his development works
Cong raising NRHM, Kumbh scams to get political mileage: Balraj Pasi
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Neglected since Independence, Almora villagers to vote for road
CPM leaders interact with
Uttarkashi residents
German firm commended for promoting tourism
Pilgrims to receive pamphlets with map, info about Char Dham
Max Hospital holds CME on finer aspects of critical care
St Joseph Academy wins English debate
Seminar on admission to Canadian varsities
Man murdered by son-in-law
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Harish Rawat seeks votes for his development works
Haridwar, April 26 Harish Rawat said during his tenure as MP the Haridwar constituency had witnessed large scale development. He was happy to see a good gathering at all meetings He citied various projects like ESIC Hospital, medical college, setting up of the National Disaster Response Force battalion, Sugar Cane Research Centre, National Highway Project and optimum use of MPLAD funds to support his claims of large scale development of Haridwar. He said more development projects would be implemented in the Haridwar constituency if Renuka wins the elections. He said development of any constituency required time, long-term planning and visionary public representatives. "Haridwar is known for the Ganga and its religious-spiritual ethos. The state government is committed to developing the holy city into a world class industrial hub. The Piran Kaliyar shrine is also located here and people belonging to different sects and religions live in harmony in the constituency," he added. He denied that there was no impact of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Uttarakhand. He said in comparison to the much-hyped Gujarat model of development, his government’s Uttarakhand model was far better and realistic. The Chief Minister said the Congress would replicate its success story of the last Lok Sabha elections and win all five Lok Sabha seats in the state once again. For the first time in two decades the Congress won the Haridwar seat when he won with a record margin of 1,27,000 votes in 2009. "There is a Congress wave in the state," he added. Harish Rawat got an overwhelming response from at minority community-dominated Jwalapur. He visited some houses of the Muslims and shared sweets with them. He assured them of addressing their problems and cited various social welfare schemes and projects being carried out by the Congress-led government at the Centre and in the state to seek their votes for Renuka. |
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Cong raising NRHM, Kumbh scams to get political mileage: Balraj Pasi
Haridwar, April 26 BJP coordinator for the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat and state spokesperson Bal Raj Pasi said the NRHM scam, which took place when Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was Chief Minister, was in fact the handiwork of health officials and Nishank had no involvement in it. He said Harish Rawat had been raising the Mahakumbh Mela scam issue time and again as his wife Renuka Rawat is the Congress candidate from Haridwar. “We are banking on development works carried out by the BJP government under chief ministers Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri and Ramesh Pokrhiyal Nishank. In comparison, the Congress-led governments headed by former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Harish Rawat are way behind as they have no vision of development,” said Bal Raj, two-time parliamentarian from the Nainital parliamentary constituency. Pasi denied that Hardiwar (city) legislator Madan Kaushik supporters were unhappy over the ticket allotment to Nishank and said the local MLA, who is a state election campaign member, was on a tour to other constituencies along with Munna Singh Chauhan and Ajay Bhatt. “As he was on a state tour, he couldn’t give sufficient time to campaign for Nishank. But now you will see Kaushik at the helm of affairs. All party workers and leaders are united to ensure that our candidates win the maximum seats in the state. The BJP has been a cadre-based disciplined party where dynastic politics or factionalism doesn’t work,” said Pasi, who had defeated Congress stalwart Narayan Dutt Tiwari in the 1991 Lok Sabha elections. It was this defeat that proved costly for Tiwari as he was among the candidates for the Prime Minister's post after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi at Sri Perumbudur in 1991. “That was a major victory for the BJP as the lotus bloomed for the first time in the Nainitial constituency. Tiwari had never lost the election till then but with the love of party workers and public I won the seat," said Pasi, who later lost to Tiwari in the 1996 and 1999 LS elections. |
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Neglected since Independence, Almora villagers to vote for road
Pithoragarh, April 26 Youths of Dungri village in Champawat district have refused to live without a road and electricity. "Our last generation people were convinced that it was their destiny that they had to live without a road in the village, which is situated at a peak that could be reached by traversing a 5 km steep trek, but we think that it was due to the negligent attitude of the public representatives that we were still deprived of a road, electricity and other basic facilities even 66 years after Independence," says Kundan Singh, a villager who has formed a group to press the candidates for the construction of a 5 km-long road to their village. The youths say that due to lack of road half of the population of Dungri village has migrated to other places. "We reach our village after traversing a 5 km steep trek. Our children also face the same problem as the primary school in the village has not been upgraded and the secondary school is situated 5 km away," says Kundan Singh. The youths from interior Binsar, Kanayari and Simalgoth villages in the Chaukhutia block of Almora district have also decided to bargain for roads in lieu of votes this election. The people are living in acute poverty due to lack of infrastructure facilities in their villages. "Over 40 families of Simalgoth village are compelled to live without electricity and road. They have to walk 10 km from Basarkhet to reach their village as the administration has dug up the road," says Puran Singh, a resident of Binsar village. The youths have formed groups in every neglected village and have decided to vote only for that candidate who will convince them on their demand of road and electricity. "Solarlights given to 35 families of Binsar village by a former MLA have stopped functioning due to old batteries," says Puran Singh. |
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Tarun Vijay leads NaMo yatra
Dehradun, April 26 Teerath Singh said he hoped that the yatra would boost the morale of the party workers and help in winning all five seats in the state. Tarun said he believed that Narendra Modi had emerged as a new ‘Bhagirath’ of the nation to lead the development process in the country. Tarun, as part of the NaMo yatra, would travel to Haridwar, Srinagar, Karnprayag, Almora, Pithoragarh, Haldwani and Rudrapur to campaign for the party." |
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CPM leaders interact with
Uttarkashi residents
Dehradun, April 26 In a press note issued here, Anant Akash said the voters were urged to support CPM candidate from Tehri Garhwal Shiv Prasad Deoli. Addressing a gathering, Shiv Prasad Deoli said the residents of the area had supported the BJP and the Congress on various occasions, but both parties had failed to resolve their problems. Therefore, the CPM appealed to them to vote in his favour so that a positive change could be brought, he added.
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Two held for murder of civic body’s woman employee
Haridwar, April 26 A police team arrested Rahul, a resident of the Lal Tarao Bridge colony, and Rohit, a resident of the District Hospital colony, on getting information that the accused did a recce of Uma's house for a few days before murdering her. The police questioned a common friend of the duo and Uma who narrated the whole story that led to the brutal killing. The police found that Rohit, alias Biscuit, an unemployed neighbour of Uma, had been missing since the day she was killed. Investigating officer PC Mathpal inquired about Rohit's whereabouts from his neighbours and his friends, who told him about several verbal spats between Uma and the duo. They both used to sit idle in a park in front of Uma's house. Uma lived alone in the Ashram apartments and she often told her neighbours about her fear that thieves may break into her house as many people used to sit at the park in front of her house till late evening. The police questioned several friends of the duo and became suspicious when Ankur Sharma, a resident of the Setu Nigam colony, Chandi Ghat Chowk, tried to mislead them. He later disclosed that Rahul along with Rohit had tried to steal an LCD television from Uma's house on April 24, but Uma saw them and caught hold of Rahul. In the ensuing tension Rahul struck
her with a wooden stick and they escaped. When they came to know that Uma had died they decided to leave Haridwar city and kept changing
their hideouts. SSP, Haridwar, Sadanand Date said the police got wind of the accused when Rahul contacted Ankur for some monetary help today. The police laid a trap and nabbed the duo from the Alaknanda railway platform. They have reportedly admitted to murdering Uma. They have been booked under Sections 302 and 452 of the IPC. The SSP has announced a reward of Rs 2,500 to the investigating team comprising Sub Inspectors Durgesh Chand, Pramod Uniyal, Pankaj Devrani, and Mohan Singh, constables Balveer Singh, Mohan Khokhaliya, Baru Dutt, Girish Dutt, Bhupal and Ashish Bhatt. |
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German firm commended for promoting tourism
Dehradun, April 26 Jyotsana Sitling, director of the National Rural Livelihood Programme, Uttarakhand, said the GIZ, a German government enterprise, had done
several commendable works, particularly in promotion of tourism and conservation of medicinal plants. It had also helped in finding new tourist destinations, she added. Jyotsana said as the director of the National Rural Livelihood Programme, she had a perfect work understanding with the GIZ, which helped in achieving the desired results. Rajeev Bhartari, head of Eco Tourism of the Forest Department, said the GIZ had actively contributed towards promoting sustainable tourism in the Chakrata and Nainital tourist circuits. He added the GIZ also played an important role in promoting eco-tourism, adventure and health tourism, bird watching tours, forest and rural tourism. Rajeev said the GIZ had also organised various workshops and seminars for tour operators of Uttarakhand. He also congratulated its entire team. Vinita Shah from the Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board, said the GIZ had helped in establishing an organic business cell, which proved fruitful for exchanging information. Suburato Roy, senior programme manager of the GIZ, said they started working with the Uttarakhand government in 2007 in the fields of tourism, agriculture, organic farming, and other allied sectors. “We have good experience to work with different NGOs, and government and private operators. The GIZ organised many workshops and seminars for the farmers, NGOs and tour operators of Uttarakhand from time to time,” added Roy. He said the GIZ tried its best to promote Uttarakhand tourism nationally and internationally. A programme of Garhwali folk dance and music was also organised on the concluding day. Sanjay Bhati and Sushrat Chauhan from the GIZ and Vivek Singh Chauhan from the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, tour operators, representatives of government and
non-government organisations were also present on the occasion. |
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Pilgrims to receive pamphlets with map, info about Char Dham
Dehradun, April 26 It will also show accident-prone areas en route the Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines. It will show a map and details of Hemkunt Sahib. The cellphone numbers of the DSP and the designated nodal officials responsible for the management of the yatra will also be mentioned for establishing contact in case of any emergency in the hill areas. Alternative routes will be highlighted in the leaflets so that pilgrims could take a different route in case main roads get obstructed due to landslides. The Garhwal police range is planning to provide the required number of pamphlets to the district police by next week so that they could be given to the devotees at the entry point to the district. Notably, the police are making all efforts to restore the lost confidence of the people after the last year's Kedarnath tragedy in which thousands of people lost their lives and properties and thousands others went missing. Early warning teams will also be deployed on the yatra route to help the pilgrims and keep a close watch on other happenings. |
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Women get a lesson in leadership
Dehradun, April 26 The non-residential training programme titled ‘Nai Roshni’ supported by Ministry of Minority Affairs is being organised for women from Kungagrant village of the Vikasnagar block in Dehradun district. The participants will be imparted training in leadership and issues related to panchayats, women laws, etc. The training was given by master trainers Rekha Pundir, Damini Bhargava, Pushpa Bisht and advocate Omar Khan with support from legal interns Athar and Tarun. Rekha Pundir spoke about the importance of leadership for women. This was followed by sessions like qualities of a good leader, role of women, importance of communication for good leadership, a group discussion and practice. Women enthusiastically participated in the workshop. They enquired about various issues and put forward their views. Shabana Quraishi, a participant, said, “A leader is a common man like us.
We vote and give him powers. It is his duty to behave responsibly. But there is widespread corruption nowadays and we do not get what we deserve. There should be stringent laws to check this problem.” At the end of the session, Rekha Pundir informed the participants that six other
day camps for the women belonging to the minority community would be organised at Mattakmajri village from April 28. |
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Max Hospital holds CME on finer aspects of critical care
Dehradun, April, 26 The hospital also organised a workshop on ‘basics of mechanical ventilation’ for the critical-care medical professionals including anesthesiologists, nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency physicians. The medicos were told that mechanical ventilation was the process of mechanically assisting or replacing spontaneous breathing in critically-ill patients. Addressing the gathering, senior consultant, critical care medicine, Max Healthcare, Dr Suneel Kumar Garg, said with continuing research in critical care, a dramatic reduction in mortality and morbidity had been achieved amongst critically-ill patients. Speaking about the role of intensivist, Dr Bhupesh Uniyal, consultant, critical care medicine at the hospital, said considering that terminally ill patients were 90-100 per cent dependant on others, the intensivist played a significant role in their improvement. With increasing awareness, medical advancements and availability of intensive care facilities, the role of intensivist has become more and
more challenging. |
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St Joseph Academy wins English debate
Dehradun, April 26 Ecole Globale International School, Dehradun, was declared runners-up. Kanishk Kakkar of the St Joseph Academy and Shradha Tripathi of The Asian School won the best speaker award. The other participants were Sherwood College, Nainital, Ann Mary School, Summer Valley, RIMC, Aryan School and Wynberg Allen School. The topic of the debate was "social deprivation causes crime".
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Seminar on admission to Canadian varsities
Dehradun, April 26 Speakers apprised the students of various aspects of admission to Canadian universities for pursuing higher education. They also shared with them their personal experience related to overseas education and job opportunities.
Additional director of the institute also felicitated the speakers on the occasion. |
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Freshers’ night at Unison school
Dehradun, April 26 The audience was captivated by the euphonious voices of the new singers. A fashion show was the most awaited event of the evening. The freshers received a standing ovation from all present for their aplomb and breathtaking performances. They were also given gifts. Principal Veena Singh warmly welcomed all new students. She
congratulated girl students for their impressive presentation. |
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Man murdered by son-in-law
Dehradun, April 26 Reportedly, Bheem Singh went to Deepak’s house last night but was today found lying unconscious with his clothes soaked in blood. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead. The police said there was a deep injury mark on his head.
The body was late sent for a post-mortem. Meanwhile, the police are suspecting Deepak's involvement in his father-in-law's death as he left his house last night. They said both Bheem Singh and Deepak were drug addicts and on Friday night they might have taken drugs together. |
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Doon academy, Unison school enter football finals
Dehradun, April 26 In the first semifinal match, the DFA defeated Hopetown Girls School 5-1. Jyoti scored all the five goals for the DFA in the match. She scored the goals in the 14th, 18th, 23rd, 29th and 37th minute of the match. For Hopetown, Jayenti scored the lone goal in the 57th minute. Unison World School stormed into the finals by defeating All Saint College, Nainital, 3-1. Mok scored two goals in the 12th and 23rd minute of the match while Aruju contributed a goal in the 43rd minute. Kritika scored the only goal for All Saint College in the 55th minute. |
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