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Jumbo mows down farmer; locals clash with officials
Booked MLA dares CM Khanduri to arrest him
Cong fears ONGC shift & with it tax loss
Mela area cleared of encroachers
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TV series on Doon personalities begins
Cricket Tourney
Dinesh Rawat Academy crush Doon Riders
Rly TTEs booked for murder
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Jumbo mows down farmer; locals clash with officials
Haridwar, January 16 Parkash (65), a resident of Katarpur, died on the spot with three others Sharan (38), Dharampal (38) and Kavita (38) were injured. They have been admitted to the district hospital and are stated to be out of danger. The local people complained that the elephant was hiding in the fields since the night, but despite them informing the forest officials no action was taken. The irate villagers also roughed up forest range officer KP Verma. The situation became so tense that the police had to be called in. Amar Jit Singh, SHO, Kankhal police station, said villagers on the periphery of the forest have been alerted and police along with forest guards are searching nearby areas. Villagers have also been advised to light a fire outside their houses and avoid venturing out after dark. Meanwhile, the movement of elephants on the outskirts of Rajaji National Park and in residential colonies has increased. Last month, a woman was crushed to death while others were injured near the bypass road by a group of elephants. Dr Ritesh Joshi, an elephant expert, attributed the aggressive behaviour of the pachyderms to the breeding season. “This forest is accessed by elephants by crossing the river coming from Shyampur range only, and so the tusker elephants may have remained in the area trying to cross yesterday evening,” said Joshi.
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Booked MLA dares CM Khanduri to arrest him
Dehradun, January 16 Kunwar Parnav Singh, scion of the royal family of Landoura in Haridwar district, not only dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government, but also put forward his claim for the Lok Sabha seat from
Haridwar to his own Congress party. Kunwar Parnav Singh and his supporters staged a
protest against filing of a police case against him for allegedly firing in the air at a wrestling competition last week. He along with his supporters held a rally at the Gandhi Park and then walked up to Clock Tower holding banners and raising slogans. The Congress MLA alleged that the Haridwar district administration
had registered a false case against him at the behest of state education minister, BJP leader Madan Kaushik, who also
hails from Haridwar, to debar him from contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. “I am not like the ruling BJP, but I use my muscle for the welfare of common people,” he said. He dared Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj. Gen BC Khanduri (retd) to arrest him. “We will make another Rajasthan in Dehradun if the state government dares to do it,” he said. Kunwar Parnav Singh also sent a message from the state capital to his own
Congress party about his claim on the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat. Both the BJP as well as the Congress are finding it difficult to select a candidate for the Haridwar seat. Since the seat has been recently dereserved, a large number of claimants have thrown their hat in the ring. |
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Cong fears ONGC shift & with it tax loss
Dehradun, January 16 Addressing mediapersons, media incharge of the committee Suryakant Dhasmana said ONGC pays an annual amount of Rs 3,000 crore to the Uttarakhand government in the form of income tax and hence its shifting would be a setback to the state economy. “The top brass of ONGC, including its chairman, board of directors and other senior officials are operating from Delhi and Noida. During the past three years, ONGC management has transferred three-dozen senior officers from Dehradun to other places. These posts are still vacant, which is sufficient to gauge that the ONGC management is by and by winding up its operations from Dehradun,” said Dhasmana, while adding that they had concrete information that transfer of around a dozen ONGC officers is on the cards. Dhasmana said they would be taking up the matter with the Union petroleum minister Murli Deora. He also announced that the youth wing of the Congress would be launching an agitation to oppose the move. “Next week, youth Congress activists will be staging a demonstration at the ONGC headquarters in Dehradun,” he said. Dhasmana said since the matter is related to the economy of Uttarakhand all political outfits, cutting across party lines, should take up the matter together. Meanwhile, Congress leaders have come out in support of ONGC officers whose services were terminated for leading the recent nationwide strike by oil sector PSUs. Congress MP from Tehri Vijay Bahuguna has shot-off a letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Sonia Gandhi in this regard. The letter, a copy of which is with The Tribune, reads, “Services of as many as 64 employees of ONGC had been terminated without any prior notice. Such hasty action by ONGC management has demoralised other employees, which may affect the performance of the company. It needs to be considered that office-bearers of their association were only representing the demands of all their colleagues and were not acting in any self interest.” Bahuguna has sought the intervention of Sonia Gandhi in the matter so
that terminated employees are reinstated. “He will very soon be meeting Murli Deora in this regard,” said Dhasmana, adding that Bahuguna had already spoken to Deora over the phone and the minister had assured to look into the matter. |
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Mela area cleared of encroachers
Haridwar, January 16 Police started the anti-encroachment drive in the area so that the preparations run smoothly. City Magistrate, Archana Grehawar monitored the entire operation across Rodi Belwala ground and the encroachment on the banks of the Ganga canal. Police team led by Circle Officer (Traffic) Shweta Chaubey started the drive from the CCR towers went to Rodi Belwala, Gau Ghat, Vishnu Ghat, Laltauro Pull and Chandi Ghat and other banks near Ganga canal. The drive will continue till all the illegal possession are removed from the mela area. — TNS |
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TV series on Doon personalities begins
Dehradun, January 16 Mahesh Kumar said that the television serial made under the banner of Tanya Films, has been extensively shot in Garhwal Bhawan in New Delhi. “Our proposal for 26 episodes has been approved by the Doordarshan Kendra Dehradun. We are hoping that public will like the serial especially the youth who will get to know about the lives of people they have only read about. The serial will touch on the lives of famous artists, businessmen, politicians, writers and professionals,” added Rakesh Gaur, co-producer. The producers are expected to come up with a game show titled, ‘Khel-Khel Mey Jeto Khazana’ a quiz programme that would help in increasing general awareness of the viewers,”said Mahesh Kumar. |
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Cricket Tourney
Dehradun, January 16 Uttarakhand team has got start entry into the quarterfinal stage. It will be playing its first match on 17 January. The selected players are A.Dharti (captain), S.Ali Khan, Swaraj Singh, Ravi, Bhagat Singh, Sharad, Amit Lara, Saurab, Mayank Mishra, Vikas Kumar, Kelash, Sunny Thakur, Kulwindar Singh. |
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Dinesh Rawat Academy crush Doon Riders
Dehradun, January 16 Dinesh Rawat Cricket club began its day on a high note, with Zeeshan and Priyank maintain a healthy run rate for their team. Zeeshan hit 12 fours in his inning displaying wide range of strokes. Accompanying him on the other end was Priyank who scored 47 runs hitting nine fours. Dinesh Rawat Cricket Club’s batsmen went on to give Doon Riders batsmen a target of 247 runs to chase in their allotted 40 overs. For Doon Riders, Nomaan was most effective and economical bowler, he took three wickets in eight and giving away just 36 runs. Chasing the target, it was a flop batting display by the Doon Riders team. Their batsmen fell as a pack of cards before Dinesh Rawat Cricket Academy’s bowlers. Sachin and Himanshu ripped through the top order claiming two wickets each while Sachin demolished through the middle order to take three wickets. The whole team got out for 65 runs in just 17 overs. |
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Rly TTEs booked for murder
Roorkee, January 16 The action was taken on the complaint of Naseem at Laksar police station, who alleged that his brother Tasleen (25) was thrown out of the moving train by these TTEs near Landoura. “Tasleen was knocked down by another train coming from the opposite direction on the adjoining track and was crushed to death,” alleged Naseem. He said Tasleen was thrown out following a tiff with the accused. |
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