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Doon Club skips celebrations
’09 will see safer roads, says CM
1,000 died in mishaps in 2008
MC works on track
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Junk dealer, liquor salesman found murdered
Local bodies meeting on Jan 3
Sachin plays street cricket with kids
Inter-varsity Shooting C’ship
Tarun Academy bag u-16 cricket title
Eleven Star, Doon Star win
Delhi reign in kick boxing
Hockey
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Doon Club skips celebrations
Dehradun, December 31 For the past several years, more than 2,000 persons get together to unwind on the occasion, to enjoy good food, music and drinks and to wish each other a rocking New Year. “In view of the national sentiment this time, we are not organising any party though our club will be open as usual. After the tsunami, this is the second time that we are not celebrating New Year,” said Sudhir Arora, president, Doon Club. Uttarakhand has been a traditional contributor to the defence services and the Doon Club, being 108 years old, holds a special bond with army men, who time and again have sacrificed their lives for the sake of the motherland. “Since long, families of the army men have been a part our club,” said Sudhir Arora. Every year, the New Year celebrations at the club are one of the best and attracts the most elite crowd in the city. “People somehow associate with this club and retired officers and businessman are regular to our club. Last year, our lawn was jam-packed with people and we specially called four to five caterers and a bar specialist with exquisite decorations and music. This year, we have not done any kind of decoration and if our members turn up, we will only be serving food,” said Sudhir Arora. People in the city are also not in a mood for any kind of celebrations. "Last year, we went to Delhi to celebrate with our family and friends but after the attacks in Mumbai, we are just having a small get-together with our close friends,” said Rajiv Arora, a businessman. “I am just going to order Chinese food and relax with my family. I am not in the mood for a party after the Mumbai attacks,” said Puja Garg, a housewife. Doon had witnessed a quiet Christmas this time. “This year has been horrendous and I wish that in 2009, we have peace and an environment where each one of us can live without any kind fear,” said Reema, a college student. “This year has shaken all of us with deaths of innocents. I am happy that most of the club members are respecting our decision by not celebrating New Year eve,” said Sundir Arora. |
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’09 will see safer roads, says CM
Dehradun, December 31 While wishing the people a prosperous New Year, he urged the masses to contribute to the development and progress of Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, extending his greetings to the people, Chief Minister Maj Gen BC Khanduri (retd) in his message wished peace, prosperity and happiness for everyone. He further stated that 2008 was full of challenges but still the government performed its duties diligently. “Our countrymen registered some great achievements in 2008 but at the same time, there were some unfortunate incidents as well in which terrorists made attempts to disturb the peace in the country”, he said, while demanding the formation of a tough law to fight terrorism. The CM also said that in 2008, the government had taken steps to fulfil its electoral promises. He added that preparations for hosting the SAF Winter Games in Uttarakhand in 2009 are in full swing. “Road accidents in the state are a matter of concern. Some concrete steps are required to be taken in the New Year in this regard,” asserted
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1,000 died in mishaps in 2008
Dehradun, December 31 There has been a steady rise in deaths in road mishaps in the state in recent years. As per an estimate, a total of 869 persons lost their lives in road accidents in 2005 while 1,842 got injured during the same period. Next year, the number of dead increased to 975 while the number of injured was 1910. In 2007, a total of 991 persons lost their lives. In 2008, the figure of casualties touched the 1000 mark. But apart from collision between vehicles that has been either due to some infringement of traffic rules or complacency on part of motorists, most lives have been lost in incidents involving public conveyance and transport vehicles while travelling on hilly winding roads or by falling into rivers, gorges and ditches. As many as 216 such incidents took place in 2008 and took as many as 543 lives and injured 1,164 as public conveyance and transport vehicles rolled down into gorges, rivers and ditches across 13 districts of the state. As per Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre records, a total of 63 such vehicle-fall incidents took place in Tehri Garhwal. Thirty such incidents took place in Chamoli, 23 in Pauri Garhwal, 21 in Rudraprayag, 14 in Uttarakashi, 13 in Udham Singh Nagar, 11 each in Almora and Nainital, 10 in Pithoragarh, nine in Dehradun, five in Haridwar, four in Champawat and two in Bageshwar. Significantly, 141 deaths took place between the age group of 19 to 35 while 77 died between the age group 36 to 50. |
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MC works on track
Haridwar, December 31 But with the declaration of election dates for nine committees, it is hoped that development works will be taken up on priority post-elections. XEN Harshwardhan Mishra said on January 2 the nomination process would take place from 10am to 12pm and the papers scrutinised the same day.The last date for withdrawals was January 3. The voting was on January 7. — TNS |
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Junk dealer, liquor salesman found murdered
Dehradun, December 31 Giving details, circle officer, Vikasnagar, Harish Verma said that Mehboob, along with his two brothers, was running a junk shop in Barwala village. “Mehboob was unmarried and used to stay in the shop while his brothers stayed at Vikasnagar. Yesterday evening, after Mehboob’s brothers left for home, some unidentified person killed Mehboob by slitting his throat. When Mehboob’s brothers reached the shop in the morning today, they found Mehboob dead”, said Verma. Verma added that the police has not recovered any weapon or clue from the spot. A team of forensic experts, dog squad and fingerprint experts visited the spot. “The family members of the deceased have not named any suspect”, said the cops. A case has been registered and the body has been sent for post mortem In another incident, a salesman at a liquor shop was found murdered in Sanjay Colony in Patel Nagar area at around 10.30 pm yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Anil Kumar Jaiswal, who was working as a salesman at the liquor shop near the Patel Nagar police station. After the policemen at Patel Nagar police station got the information that some person was lying in a pool of blood in Sanjay Colony near Gandhi Public School, they rushed to the spot. The cops rushed Anil to Doon Hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. The doctors saw that Anil was stabbed several times and there was major bleeding following which he died. The deceased belonged to Saharanpur and was residing in Patel Nagar here. According to the preliminary investigations, the police has found that Anil had illicit relations with a divorcee who is a resident of Sanjay Colony. The woman had two kids and was forcing Anil to marry her. Police officials said that since yesterday, the woman has been missing. In another incident, a grocery shop owner Ishaq (40) sustained a bullet injury in the leg. The incident occurred at around 10 pm in Patel Nagar area. Four unidentified assailants shot at Ishaq and fled from the scene. One bullet hit Ishaq’s leg and he was admitted to Mahant Indresh Hospital. According to the police, the incident was the result of some property dispute. |
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Local bodies meeting on Jan 3
Dehradun, December 31 To be held in Dehradun, the meeting which has been the initiative of Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli, will have participants from all 31 municipalities, 31 nagar panchayats and the Dehradun Municipal Corporation. “We are hopeful that the meeting will at least provide a platform to local bodies for necessary deliberations on the 74th Amendment and would help them to put up the case of state’s urban bodies before the government”, mayor Vinod Chamoli said. He also said that a day after the meeting, the representatives of the local bodies would be meeting urban bodies minister Diwakar Bhatt to seek implementation of the 74 Amendment Act. “Definitely, the 74th amendment would strengthen the local bodies in a big way and a public representative certainly is more accountable than a government official”, opined Ganesh Dangwal, a councillor at Dehradun Municipal Corporation. Abdul Aziz, another councillor, held that the implementation of the amendment would infuse speedy development in the region. The 74th Constitution Amendment Act (urban local bodies) envisages strengthening local bodies. |
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Sachin plays street cricket with kids
Mussoorie, December 31 For the past two days, he has been venturing out late at night to avoid being chased by fans and has been playing street cricket with young kids. The local kids, including girls, who got an opportunity to play with Sachin were delighted. “Yesterday, he came out late at night when we were playing cricket and asked us whether he could play with us,” said
Ravi, a young lad from the Lal Tibba locality of Mussoorie where Tendulkar is staying.
Prerna Singhal, another local resident, was ecstatic, “It was wonderful to play with
Sachin. I could never have dreamt of anything like this. Sachin is a very down-to-earth
and polite person,” Prerna added. In the morning, Tendulkar goes for a walk with his wife and friends. In the afternoon, he usually goes to the tennis courts at Wyneberg Allen School while his son Arjun plays cricket with local kids. |
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Inter-varsity Shooting C’ship
Dehradun, December 31 Air rifle men individuals: Bahar Kanahaiya of Shivaji University Kolhapur surprised Jagpreet Singh of Punjabi University to clinch the gold. Bahar secured 583 points out of 600. Jagpreet Singh who was leading till the second day, ended the day with 583 points, to take home silver. Navandeep Matta of Delhi University had to satisfy with bronze, he scored 578 points. Shivaji University Kolhapur also grabbed gold in air rifle men team event, Delhi University took home silver and Punjabi University had to satisfy with bronze. Air rifle women individuals: Radhika Barale of Shivaji University Kolhapur won gold, she secured 396 points. Sheha Brose of Pune University won silver and Anu Tomar of CCS University was the surprise entry to the top three to grab bronze, she secured 292 points and pushed back Supreya Jahadhav of Mumbai University. Mumbai University secured gold in air rifle women team event, Punjabi University settled for silver and Pune University had to satisfy with bronze. Air pistol men individual: Amanpreet Singh of Punjabi University won gold, he secured 571 points, Maninder Singh of Kurukshetra University had to satisfy with silver and Rahul Panwar with 261 points finished ahead of Ankush Bhartwaj to grab bronze. Delhi University won the gold in air pistol team event for men, Pune University settled for silver and Kukukshetra University had to satisfy with bronze. Air pistol women individual: Rutuja Reddy of Pune University was a surprise entry in the top three to grab the spot with 377 points out of 400. Sonali Pare Rao of Aurangabad University, another surprise entry to top three spot, secured silver with the total of 374 points. Ruby Tomar of Panjab University, Chandigarh, who was leading the event on the second day, was pushed to third spot in the final day. She secured 372 points. Panjab University, Chandigarh grabbed the gold in the air pistol women team event, Pune University won silver and Delhi University had to settle for bronze. |
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Tarun Academy bag u-16 cricket title
Dehradun, December 31 Chasing the target of 139 runs, Royal Cricket Academy was all out for 85 runs. As of Tarun Academy bowlers Tarun, Rajesh and Akash claimed one wicket each. In the second match, Uttarakhand Cricket Academy elected to bat first and scored 112 runs. For Uttarakhand Cricket Academy, Albert was the top scorer with 37 runs. Chasing the victory target of 113 runs, Garhwal Sporting reached the target in the 19th over and with five wickets in hand. Pankaj was the top score
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Eleven Star, Doon Star win
Dehradun, December 31 Eleven Star registered a convincing victory over Sundarban Boys by a score of 2-0. Eleven Star played attacking game right form the beginning and scored a goal in the 22 minute of the match through Satya Prasad. Till the end of first half, the score was 1-0 in favour of Eleven star. The second goal for Eleven star came in the 36th minute of the match, with Jatin Bedi earned the goal. Thus, ensuring a convincing victory for Eleven Star. Satya Prakash was adjudged man of the match. In another match, Doon Star crushed Cantt Blue by 3-0. Rahul scored for Doon Star in the 15th minute to give his team 1-0 lead. Rahul further extended the lead in the 47th minute as Rajesh scored the goal in the 53rd minute with the score of 3-0 in the favour of Doon Star. Rahul was here adjudged man of the match. |
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Delhi reign in kick boxing
Dehradun, December 31 Results: In below 80 Kgs: 1st. Amit (Delhi) 2nd. Raman (Delhi) In below 75 Kgs: 1st. Naveen (Delhi) 2nd. Nijay (UP) In below 70 Kgs: 1st. Narender (Delhi) 2nd. (Hariyana) In below 60 Kgs: 1st. Kuldeep (Haryana) 2nd. Himanshu 3rd. Sanjay (Haryana) In below 55 Kgs: 1st. Mohit (Delhi) 2nd. Naresh (Chandigarh) In below 45 Kgs: 1st. Subhash (Haryana) 2nd. Dilip (Delhi) 3rd. Ramesh (Chandigarh) |
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Hockey
Haridwar, December 31 Among the team of eighteen, Dushyant Rana, Rajendara, Abhishek, Devendra Chauhan, Sachin and Vinay are from the Gurukul University. The team will be attending a preparatory camp at Dayanand Stadium from 4th January under the watchful eyes of former Olympian Subodh Khandekar and coach Dhirendra Chauhan. The team will then participate in the quarter finals of the Second- Rajanand Gaon Maharaja Hockey Tournament. In the last leg of preparation, the combined team will take part in the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), All India cup, having a cash prize of one million rupees. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Swatantra Kumar congratulated the players for representing the country and in process get a chance to make foray into the national hockey team. Apart from Gurukul, Panjab University, Chandigarh have five players in the team, VBS Purvanchal having three and one each from Aligarh University, Kurukhshetra, MGK Vidhya Peeth and Nagpur University. |
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