Dehradun, January 27
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen BC Khanduri (retd) has said that every citizen of the country should contribute in the progress and the development of India.

After unfurling the national flag at his residence on Monday, Khanduri lauded the armed forces for performing their duties diligently. He said that the men in uniform were responsibly doing their duty to safeguard the security and interests of the nation.

Meanwhile, in an impressive Republic Day function held at the Parade Ground here yesterday, Uttarakhand Governor BL Joshi hoisted the tricolour and took the salute.

Joshi bestowed the Governor’s Distinguished Service Medal to police officials - TD Bela, JP Juyal and Mahinder Singh Negi.

A colourful cultural programme was presented by the students of the various schools. Prominent among others present at the function included Chief Minister Maj Gen BC Khanduri (retd), wives of Governor and CM, Santosh Joshi and Aruna Khanduri, respectively, and Vidhan Sabha speaker Harbans Kapoor.

In another function held at the police headquarters, DGP Subhash Joshi hoisted the Tricolour. He congratulated the policemen who were bestowed with the Distinguished Service Disc and Meritorious Service Disc.

“The Uttarakhand police has carved a niche for itself by performing well ever since the state came into existence in November 2000”, remarked Joshi.

ADGP (CID) VR Pant, IG (Intelligence) Anil K.Raturi, IG (Modernisation) RS Meena, IG JC Pandey and DIG (Law and Order) Abhilasha Bisht were present on the occasion.

The Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) also celebrated Republic Day. Commandant RIMC Col H Dharmarajan hoisted the tricolour, which was followed by a “Sadbhavana Run” for various categories.

Speaking on the occasion, Col Dharmarajan praised the efforts of the participants and greeted the entire RIMC fraternity. He asked the cadets to serve the nation and keep the tricolour flying high.

Results of Sadbhavana Run: Cadets group under-14: 1 Cadet Roshan Kumar, 2 Cadet Siddharth Das, 3 Cadet Harsh Arora; Cadets group above-14: 1 Cadet Aditya Udupa, 2 Cadet Abhishek Nand, 3 Cadet Siddharth Prateek; Boys under-14: 1 Kaustubh, 2 Saurabh Vedwal, 3 Harshith Kaushik; Girls under-14: 1 Payal, 2 Vasundhara Panghal, 3 Kumari Deepthi; First term (new cadets): 1 Cadet Shiva Shakti, 2 Cadet Rishabh Raj, 3 Cadet O Nelson, Consolation Cadet Priyansh.

A special prize was awarded to Bhupinder Singh and Ram Singh for the maintenance of the joggers track on which the run was held.

Patriotic fervour marked Republic Day celebrations at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Indian Military Academy. Schoolteachers exhorted students to contribute in nation-building.

In another function, the Heritage School celebrated the occasion in its premises. The students of the class VI organised a prayer service, which was followed by a cultural programme.

Students of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ordnance Factory also celebrated Republic Day with enthusiasm. Members of the Sankalp Shikshan and Kalyan Samiti celebrated the occasion with students of the Government Primary School, Sudarwala, Junior High School, Sudarwala, and workers of Anganwari, Sudarwala.

Former Chief Minister Nityanand Swami was the chief guest at the function organised by the Rotary Club and children of Tasmia Academy.

Haridwar: At the Republic Day function organised at the Roshanabad civil lines, Uttarakhand cabinet minister Matbar Singh Kandhari took the salute at the march past in which state police personnel and the PAC company took part. After the march past, schoolchildren presented a cultural programme.

District Magistrate Shailesh Bagholi, senior superintendent of police Sanjay Gunjiyal, City Magistrate Archana Grehawar, SP City Asim Srivastava, officials of all government departments were present at the parade.

Dehradun, January 27
ONGC chairman and managing director RS Sharma has dismissed recent reports appearing in a section of the media here about the shifting of the company’s offices from Dehradun.

Sharma, at his office in Tel Bhavan here yesterday, said there was no move by the company to shift its offices from Dehradun. “In fact, we are strengthening our assets here,” he said.

Sources said that Sharma also spoke yesterday to the sitting Congress MP from Tehri Vijay Bahuguna over phone on the issue.

Reportedly, Bahuguna had written to the Prime Minister as well as Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora about this.

Deora, during his visit to Dehradun in 2005 at attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of ONGC, had also rejected any move to shift the company offices.

Sources added that such news reports appear every year especially in January, February and March when transfers are ordered.

The presence of major institutions of the company here should be reason enough to disbelieve all this, he said stating that a new green building would come up soon at the company’s premises here.

Around a dozen offices, including its corporate communications department, which are presently functioning from old sheds, will be shifted in the building.

Geo Data Processing and Interpretation Centre, Keshav Dev Malviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration, ONGC Academy and Institute of Drilling Technology are based here.

Earlier in his address to employees at the Republic Day function organised by the ONGC here, he termed the news reports as a motivated misinformation campaign. “There is no substance in this news. We firmly remain committed to reinforce our roots here,” he said.

Dehradun, January 27
Garhwal Sporting today outshine Cantt Blues 5-4 in a tiebreaker at the Ist President Cup Football Tournament underway here at the Pavilion Ground.

Both the teams were equally matched as they adopted one-on-one marking tactics giving their opponent little space to keep the ball in their possession. Garhwal Sporting forward missed an easy chance in the 10th minute, followed by another miss in the 15th minute of the match. Garhwal Sporting lost the second chance to score barely 2 minutes later as their forward again failed to take a perfect header at the goalpost. Cantt Blues forward line too made some valiant attempts at the goalpost but failed to convert their moves into scores.

The first half saw many attacks and counter attacks from both the sides but went without a goal.

In the second half, Cantt Blues came back strongly and went on to score a goal in the 15 minute of this half. It was Cantt Blues forward Rupesh who scored a goal. But Garhwal Sporting found an equaliser in the 30th minute through Harshvardhan. In the penalty shootout Garhwal Sporting scored on four out of five shots, however, Cantt Blues could only score three goals, making the score 4-3 in Garhwal Sporting favour at the penalty shootout. In the second match of the day, 501 Army won the match in a tiebreaker beating Rishikesh Eleven 4-3.

Dehradun, January 27
Doon Boys registered 155 runs thumping victory over Drona Club at the ongoing 57th District Cricket League at Survey Stadium, here today. Raju hit a scintillating 102 runs and also took a wicket.

It was a bad start by Doon Boys as they lost their first wicket at the score of 3 runs and their second wicket fell at 30 runs. It was Raju and Shanky who accelerated the run rate for their team. Raju scored a dazzling 102 runs in just 71 balls, hitting nine fours and two sixes in his inning. Shanky supported him well as he scored 67 runs in 45 balls. Arvind contributed 33 runs to help his team score 267 runs. Drona Club’s Rahul was the only bowler who made some impact as he went on to take 5 wickets in his five overs.

Chasing the target of 268 runs, Drona Club could only scored 96 runs. Drona Club’s batsman failed completely to handle pressure and their team demolished before some tight bowling display by Doon Boys. Doon Boys’ Azaad took two wickets and Vicky, Shanky, Vijay, Rahul, Raju, and Pankaj took one wickets each.