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2 killed after New Year revelry
Dal: Probe encroachments on MC land
Notice issued to vendor for selling fake stamp papers
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CM opens road, tells PWD to pull up socks
PNB robbery: Sketches of suspects released
Horticulture director may be repatriated
Property case of VP: Court decision by January 6
Jobless yoga teachers hold dharna
UPCC meeting on Sunday
Haridwar gets a sports complex
Nagar Nigam enter final
Players in action during the first semifinal of the Kharag Bahadur Memorial Football Tournament in Dehradun on Thursday. Tribune photo: Anil P. Rawat
U-16 Cricket Tourney
CAU ‘better placed’ to get BCCI affiliation
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2 killed after New Year revelry
Dehradun, January 1 According to information, at around 11.45 pm yesterday night, a speeding Honda City car hit a woman near Survey Chowk. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. In another incident, Arjun, a student of Charan Singh Memorial School, rammed his motorcycle into a road divider near the Inter-State Bus Terminus. He died on the spot. Apart from this, as many as two-dozen others sustained injuries in separate road accidents. Most of the injured have been admitted to Doon Hospital. Besides deploying security personnel in all city areas, the police conducted search operations at various places on the New Year eve. Traffic cops carrying alcometres were present at the main roundabouts in order to check drunken driving. A few persons were also nabbed from creating hooliganism. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Maj. Gen. (retd) BC Khanduri extended New Year wishes to the state Governor BL Joshi at the Raj Bhawan, here today. Besides the CM, officials and public representatives in large number also greeted Joshi. Prominent among others who greeted the Governor were Vidhan Sabha Speaker Harbans Kapoor, Deputy Speaker Vijaya Bharthwal, Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Chief Secretary Indu Kumar Pandey, DGP Subhash Joshi, Chairman of the Uttarakhand Media Advisory Committee Devender Bhasin, MLA Ganesh Joshi, vice-president of State Planning Commission Manoharkant Dhyani, BJP state general secretaries Naresh Bansal, Tirath Singh Rawat and Ajay Bhatt. |
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Dal: Probe encroachments on MC land
Dehradun, January 1 Led by Latafat Hussain, the protesters sought a high-level probe into these encroachments while asserting that the UKD, under no circumstances, would allow encroachments in the city. Submitting a memorandum to the District Magistrate, they asserted that since Dehradun was rendered interim capital status, there has been a rise in the number of encroachments. UKD leaders held that DMC’s chief executive officer during an inspection of DMC land at Sahastradhara road admitted widespread encroachments in the region. The UKD will be forced to stage agitations if the district administration fails to take action against encroachers, Latafat Hussain said. AK Gusain, Sheeshpal Singh Bisht, Jai Prakash Upadhyaya and Sachin Kumar participated in
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Notice issued to vendor for selling fake stamp papers
Dehradun, January 1 The notice follows a claim made by the vendor concerned that he had validly obtained 70 stamp sheets of Rs 500 denomination each from the district treasury. The additional district magistrate (ADM) Vinod Kumar Suman today said a seven-day notice has been issued to the vendor. “We have asked the vendor, following claim made by him in an affidavit, to explain how he obtained and sold these stamp papers to buyers
of the property in question when the district treasury denied the same,” he said. As highlighted by The Tribune, the fraud came to light during pendency of a court case related to allegedly forged registration of the said piece
of land. As per the sale deed documents, three property dealers of Dehradun used stamp papers worth Rs 35,000 shown to have been issued by the district treasury on February 12, 2004. Interestingly, the information obtained by the complainant Suraj Bhan of Lunia Mohalla, Dehradun, under RTI Act showed that no stamp paper was sold to these persons by the treasury on the said date. The chief treasury officer PC Khare had in writing intimated that no stamp papers of the said denomination were issued on
this date. The revelation, according to Khare, gave rise to strong suspicion about the genuineness of these stamp papers. Following this, the complainant approached the then District Magistrate for detailed enquiry and action. Subsequently, the enquiry report prepared by Additional District Magistrate Suman pointed towards foulplay in sourcing of the said stamp sheets. |
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CM opens road, tells PWD to pull up socks
Dehradun, January 1 The Chief Minister was addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone for widening of the stretch of road connecting UPFC office, Rajpur road, to Sahastradhara Ring road, here in Dehradun. The road will be widened at a cost of Rs 879 lakh. Khanduri said it was his endeavour to ensure that his government stands up to the ideals set by state agitation martyrs. He said widening of the old roads in the city is aimed at smoothening the flow of traffic. The CM also directed the officials to work towards timely completion of welfare projects and admitted that efforts were needed to strengthen the Public Works Department infrastructure in the state. The department was told to pull up socks as no laxity would be tolerated. He also took the opportunity to inform the gathering that he would hold constant review of the workings of the PWD so as to ensure that all its projects move in the right direction and gets completed on time. On the occasion, Rajpur MLA Ganesh Joshi said Uttarakhand has been undergoing comprehensive development under the guidance of the CM. He said services such as 108 emergency, facility of medical education for poor |
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PNB robbery: Sketches of suspects released
Kotdwar, January 1 The police seized motorbikes used by the robbers on Sigaddi-Laldhang road. Police sources said that although the bikes were without number plates, they had found important clues on the bikes. Fingerprint experts have taken prints from
the bikes. According to IG (Garhwal Range) Ashok Kumar, SP Pauri Bimmy Sachdeva is looking after the combing operations in the Sigaddi forest. |
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Horticulture director may be repatriated
Dehradun, January 1 Although speculations were rife that Dr. Gautam may get another extension but highly placed sources have revealed
that the government would be appointing a new face for the coveted post of director
horticulture. Horticulture is a very important department in Uttarakhand. In 2005, the state government appointed Dr. Gautam, who was working as a director in Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan Himachal Pradesh. Subsequently, Dr. Gautam came to Uttarakhand on a year deputation and joined as direcror horticulture here. After completing his tenure, he tried for extension and was granted. It was further known that Dr. Gautam’s deputation had already been extended three times, for the same post. However, there has been no official announcement that whether Dr. Gautam’s extension will be revived or not but reliable sources disclosed that the state government has initiated the search for a new director. Highly placed sources revealed that this time, Dr YS Parmar University has denied extension to Dr. Gautam and he will have to go back to his mother department. When contacted, Dr. Gautam said talks are on and no decision has been taken yet. Meanwhile, the horticulture department of Uttarakhand has begun the hunt for a suitable candidate. “We are committed to fill up this post very soon. The department has already issued an advertisement for the same”, said secretary horticulture, Vinod
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Property case of VP: Court decision by January 6
Nainital, January 1 Niharika had filed the petition in a civil court in Dehradun seeking its intervention in maintaining status quo on the property of the late leader. On December 30, the High Court directed the civil court to take a decision by January 6 on Niharika's petition, her counsel BPS Mer said. Wife of Avhai Singh, Niharika is living separately. The property of the former Premier is mainly located in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Yesterday, Akshay Pratap Singh, grandson of the late leader, approached the police after he was allegedly thrown out of Singh's ancestral palace at Manda near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. — PTI |
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Jobless yoga teachers hold dharna
Dehradun, January 1 The members of the society said the state government should pay heed to their demands or else be ready to face the consequences of their struggle. “Our main aim is to inform people about the benefits of yoga as well preserve it's traditional value. We would vote for the party that would support our demand during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," said Ganesh Bhatt, state president of the Society. “Although former Uttarakhand CM ND Tiwari had assured that yoga would be included in the school syllabus, till today we haven't got any orders,” he threatened. Leader of opposition Harak Singh Rawat extended his support to the protesters. |
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UPCC meeting on Sunday
Dehradun, January 1 Suryakant Dhasmana, media spokesperson of the Congress said Bhola Pandey, co-in charge of the party affairs in All-India Congress Committee (AICC) would be attending the meeting. He further said that a meeting of the office-bearers of the Pradesh |
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Haridwar gets a sports complex
Haridwar, January 1 The work has been completed in less than a year with a total cost of Rs 3.38 lakh. The project was undertaken by Haridwar Development Authority (HDA) and the working agency was Uttar Pradesh State Work Corporation. Inaugurating the sports complex, Uttarakhand minister of state for education Madan Kaushik said that the complex is a New Year gift to the people of Haridwar and hoped that it would help host state and national events in Haridwar. The complex is build in an area of 1,559 sq m with four badminton courts of international standard. They are made of wood and have acoustic treatment due to which the sound in the hall does not reverberate. Also, there is space for four table tennis tables in the complex. Apart from these courts, a full-fledged gymnasium, waiting lounge, change room, canteen and a kitchen has been made. Ranvir Singh Chauhan, secretary, said an outdoor stadium will also be constructed within the premises which would be completed by March 2010. “We can now host indoor tournaments in the complex,” said AS Dagar, head, sports department, Gurukul Kangri University. Present at the function were mela officer Anand Vardhan, municipal committee chairman Kamal Johra, general manager UPSWC JS Prasad, Palika ward members and players among others. |
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Nagar Nigam enter final
Dehradun, January 1 The Nagar Nigam team was on the attack right from the beginning. They made a sharp move from the right in the fourth minute of the first half that went over the bar. They penetrated through the Gorkha Rifle defence on a number of occasions creating chaos in Gorkha team. Nigam’s attempts were rewarded in the 28th minute when Bupendra Vohra scored. The second half saw Gorkha Rifle on the attack and the majority of the play was played in the Nigam’s half. Gorkha Team earned a penalty in the 10th minute but failed to score. It was an exceptional piece of goalkeeping by Nigam goalkeeper, Ayush, who denied Gorkha Rifle the goal through a penalty. Ayush was adjusted the man of the match. |
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U-16 Cricket Tourney
Dehradun, January 1 In the first match played between Tarun Cricket Academy and Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Abhimanyu Academy’s Priyanshu was the star performer. He contributed 34 runs and took two wickets. Batting first, Tarun Cricket Academy made 104 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Manish was the top scorer for Tarun Academy with 18 runs. Rajesh supported him well on the other end and made 13 runs. Abhimanyu Academy bowlers took advantage of the earlier morning dew and got the ball to swing. Priyanshu and Rajkumar picked up two wickets each. Chasing a target of 105 runs, Abhimanyu Academy reached the target in just 15 overs with eight wickets in hand. From Abhimanyu Academy, Vabhav Pawar made 48 runs. Priyanshu supported him well on the other end and scored 34 runs. In the second match between Garhwal Sporting and Rao Cricket Academy, the all-round performance of Mukesh helped Garhwal Sporting win the game. Batting first, Rao Academy was all out for 78 runs. Deepankar was the top scorer with 16 runs and Ashishpal made 15 runs. Mukesh and Jai Prakash ripped through the Rao Academy’s batting line-up to pick up three wickets each. Batting second, Garhwal Sporting’s Mukesh made 39 runs. Jai Pal supported him well on the other end and made 17 runs. Garhwal Sporting’s reached the target with three balls |
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CAU ‘better placed’ to get BCCI affiliation
Dehradun, January 1 Speaking to mediapersons, Bisht said, “Our association has got temporary affiliation from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Board. All associations with temporal affiliation are generally given permanent affiliation in due course of time.” He said that their association had a fair claim “The confusion relating to affiliation is because of some other associations who are also proclaiming themselves to be legitimate claimants.” He said that soon CAU would form a u-16 team for which they will select players from different districts. Their association will also send a team to Muzaffarnagar to participate in the All-India Cricket Tournament to give exposure to their players at the national level. The All-India Cricket Tournament is scheduled to begin on January 13. |
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