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Congress is only for the rich, says Khanduri
Homeless, Van Gujjars hold protest at Rajaji Park
Independent Khan decides to back Rawat, joins Cong
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Three children rescued by railway police
Guddu, Ravi and Pradeep who were rescued by the railway police in Dehradun on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
Symphony delight for IMA cadets
Blind Mission
Debaters from 18 schools cross
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Academic session begins with glitches
Basketball calendar released
Bodybuilding needs more sponsors, says Rahul Bisht
ONGC bags 3 corporate awards
Green Rock, Rao Cricket Club in pre-quarters
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Congress is only for the rich, says Khanduri
Dehradun, April 16 “The decision to create Pakistan for the Muslims itself shows the communal tendencies of the Congress,” he said, while adding that both Hindus and Muslims are till date suffering because of the wrong decision taken by the then leaders of the Congress. Khanduri also accused the Congress for the poor condition of the Muslim community today. “Statements like Muslims have the first right over the country’s treasury are just an attempt to garner votes,” he alleged. Citing an example of the Congress party’s manifesto for the 1989 general election, Khanduri said for the Christians in Mizoram the manifesto mentioned that if voted to power, the Congress would ensure that Christian missionaries provide education to them. “And at the same time during his visit to Ayodhya, Rajiv Gandhi, had said that they will ensure ‘Ram Rajya’ there. This is nothing but vote bank politics on communal lines,” Khanduri alleged. The CM also raised the issue of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and accused the Congress of “deliberately” taking no action against those involved in the riots. Commenting on the performance of the UPA government, Khanduri said that last five years were like a “nightmare” for the common man. “The number of people living below poverty line has increased by 5.5 crore during the past five years. As popularised, the Congress hand is not with the common man. The party is only concerned about the interests of the rich and mighty,” said Khanduri. He said had the government not done away with POTA, the country would not have faced terror attacks like that in Mumbai. “There is no check on Bangladeshi infiltration. As many as three crore Bangladeshis have sneaked into Assam. A day will come when there will be a Bangladeshi government there,” he said. Khanduri also castigated the government for delaying the execution of Afzal Guru, the convict in the Parliament attack case. The CM claimed that if NDA was voted to power, it would initiate the exercise to bring back “black money” amounting to Rs 75 lakh crore, which was lying in the Swiss Bank. Speaking in context of Uttarakhand, Khanduri said the Congress government at the Centre reduced the tenure of the industrial package given to the state by NDA, which has severely affected industrialisation. Regarding the Dixit Committee report on the issue of the permanent capital of Uttarakhand, Khanduri said the report has reached them after a period of seven years and it will take some time to scrutinise it before making it public. Meanwhile, Gorkhas vow support
Dehradun: Leaders of the Gorkha Democratic Front (GDF), Uttarakhand, under their president Surya Vikram Sahi, today pledged support to the BJP during the forthcoming elections. Making an announcement in this regard at a joint press conference with Chief Minister BC Khanduri at the BJP headquarters today, Sahi said they would whole-heartedly support the BJP candidates in the state. Khanduri said in its manifesto BJP has inducted several demands of the Gorkhas and their support would be crucial during the elections. He, however, was evasive on the issue of whether the BJP manifesto mentions the demand of a separate state of Gorkhaland. |
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Homeless, Van Gujjars hold protest at Rajaji Park
Dehradun, April 16 Peeved by the apathetic attitude of Park authorities, Van Gujjars, including a large number of women, staged a demonstration outside Rajaji Park director SS Raisaily’s office today against denial of permission to enter their summer abode in Uttarkashi. Notably, Raisaily is also the director of Govind Pashu Vihar National Park. On his part, Raisaily assured Van Gujjars of a solution of the problem as soon as possible. He also called representatives of the group to his Tilak Road office on Friday. Van Gujjar leaders are apprehensive that at this stage any delay in permission will push them to starvation. The protesters also pointed out that although they had a legal and recognised right over forests, these were hardly recognised by the authorities. They alleged that while forest rights have been provided to traditional forest dwellers in BJP-ruled states such as Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand, no such rights are available in Uttarakhand. “We have not been offered any settlement by forest department and our rights stand curtailed,” said Firoz Kasana, a protester. Meanwhile, Van Gujjars have returned to their camping sites at river Asan, Yamuna, Herbertpur, Vikasnagar, Kalsi, and Nainbag on Uttarkashi route and are waiting for a green signal from the forest authorities before heading for Govind Pashu Vihar.
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Independent Khan decides to back Rawat, joins Cong
Haridwar, April 16 Rawat said religious harmony and development is his main agenda and he will try to be the genuine voice of people in the Parliament, if voted to power. Rao Babbar Khan in his address said the need of the hour was to have leaders with a vision and capability to take the nation forward. He urged the masses to elect a secular and development-oriented leader from Haridwar. Meanwhile, several leaders and village heads also joined the Congress at its election office in Devpura. These included, former Dalit Sena state chief Tirath Pal Ravi, SP’s state general secretary Ramesh Chand, Rashtriya Lok Dal’s district general secretary Dhram Pal, BJP leader Rajendra Pradhan, Ravli Mehdood village chief, Bal Ram, former pradhan, Subash Chand, Bhukkanpur village chief, Virendra Kumar, former ward member of Laundaura, Dr Trepan Singh Negi, Kirti Pal, Sathish Kumar, Meher Singh, among others. Dehradun: Akhil Bhartiya Prachar pramukh of RSS, Manmohan Vaid, has said the Sangh was opposed to conversions through fraudulent means. The RSS pracharak who is on a visit in the state met scores of mediapersons on Wednesday and expressed concern over conversions in the country. He said RSS was strongly opposed to conversions, which were taking place in the country. Distancing himself from political parties, Vaid said RSS was not a political party but added that its functionaries were however free to join any political party. Vaid said Hindu terror was almost non-existent and it was only jehadi terrorists that were troublemakers across the world. He also said that his visit is not linked with the ongoing parliamentary election campaigns.
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Three children rescued by railway police
Dehradun, April 16 According to information, when the GRP cops spotted three kids at the Railway Station they got suspicious. Later, during questioning the kids disclosed that they were working as domestic help in the Dickling Colony. “Since the Tibetans who brought us here were making us work too much, we decided to return to Bihar,” the children revealed. Interestingly, while the questioning was on Siring and Krishna reached the GRP Railway Station and informed the cops that three of their domestic helps were missing. However, the Tibetans were immediately arrested and later they confessed having purchased the trio from their parents at a cost of Rs 4,000 each. Accountant held
for graft Vigilance sleuths today nabbed Bhagwan Singh Rawat, an accountant of Chiniyalisaur Block, Uttarkashi district, while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. The action was taken on the complaint of Dinesh Chander Semwal, resident of Mukhaim, Tehri district. In his complaint Semwal had alleged that Rawat had demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000 for giving him a no-objection certificate in connection with construction of a house. A case has been registered. |
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Symphony delight for IMA cadets
Dehradun, April 16 The concert was attended by the IMA fraternity and children from Scholar Home, KV-FRI, Seven Oaks, and several other Schools. The Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. RS Sujlana, and Commander PK Jeva presented mementos to the musicians. The Air Warrior Symphony Orchestra was formed in June 2002 at Delhi and is housed at Air Force Station, Jalahalli, and Bangalore. |
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Blind Mission
Dehradun, April 16 The institute had also dispatched “dummy” ballot papers for the 13 constituencies in Bihar that went to the polls today. The exercise is being undertaken to ensure that the visually impaired are not left out of the election process and are able to exercise their voting right as enshrined in the Constitution. In all, the press will be printing 62,000 ballot papers for the 40 constituencies of Bihar. Further, it has been entrusted with the task of printing “dummy” ballot papers for the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh that go to the polls in the next phase. “The NIVH has also received queries from the government of Uttar Pradesh. Work will begin as soon as the state government gives us the ink print of the ballot paper, indicating the number of candidates in fray after the last day of withdrawal of nominations. The information will then be transcribed in braille,” explained Anuradha Mohit, director of the institute. Though the system of ballot papers has been done away with following the introduction of electronic voting machines, to ensure that the visually impaired are able to vote without prejudice and in complete secrecy, the “dummy” ballot will be used for the first time in the general election. The ballot papers in English and other languages carry details about the candidates, their names, party affiliation and their serial numbers. These are pasted at every polling centres.
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Debaters from 18 schools cross
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Dehradun, April 16 The 18 schools which are participating in the competition are Marshall School, YPS School Patiala, The Punjab Public School from Nabha, Uttam School for Girls, Sherwood College, Mayo Girls, Wynberg-Allen School, Scholars Home, Selaqui World School, St Joseph Academy, The Scindia School from Gwalior, Rashtriya Military School from Ajmer, The Doon School, Cambrian Hall School, Welham’s Girls, Oak Grove School, RIMC Commandants team and RIMC Captains team. “The debate will continue tomorrow. The coalition round, semifinals and the final will be conducted. The competition will conclude on April 18 with a quiz competition,” said Rachna Malhotra, officer incharge, Debating Society, RIMC. |
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Academic session begins with glitches
Haridwar, April 16 District education officer Chandrakanta Sharma said that the 15-day derailment was due to the rescheduling of the examinations which was necessitated by the leak of question papers. The education calendar of the Uttarakhand School Education Board states that there would be 220 working days while 137 days have been slotted for holidays. Although the new session has started, the students don’t have books to study. The state education board provides free books to students but this time, their distribution to the respective district offices and to schools has not been done. Parents of students of government schools are quite angry. Swati Rana, whose child studies in Class VI at Jwalapur Inter-college Government School said, “In the next few days, the school ground will host election rallies. After all this, teachers put the onus on students for poor academic performance.” The department is facing a shortage of teachers due to the ongoing checking of high school and intermediate-level answer sheets. Most teachers are busy in this duty and thus are unable to teach students. Bhalla Intermediate College principal Hukum Singh said that there was a shortage of teachers due to the checking of the board examinations. What has added to the teacher’s burden is that this time, the percentage of copies being rechecked has increased. To ensure copies are correctly checked, the board has instructed that 50 per cent of checked copies would be rechecked compared to the previous years when 15 per cent of checked copies were re-checked. For this, special appointments of teachers has been done. |
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Basketball calendar released
Dehradun, April 16 The U-18 District Basketball Championship will take place from April 21 to 24. The pre-junior state coaching camp will be organised for district sub-junior boys/girls team from May 2 to May 16. The third Welham Girls School Golden Jubilee All-India Basketball Tournament will be played from April 29 to May 2. The Chand Memorial Basketball Tournament for boys and girls will be conducted from May 3 to 6. The district junior boys and girls team will participate in the ninth Aspen Crew Uttarakhand State Junior (u-18) Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls from May 7 to 10. A 15-day pre-national basketball coaching camp from April 22 to May 6 will also be conducted for the Uttarakhand state youth basketball boys and girls team that will participate at the 26th Youth National Basketball Championship to be held in Mumbai from May 9 to 16. Another pre-sub-junior national basketball coaching camp for the Uttarakhand state sub-junior boys and girls teams will be conducted from May 9 to 23. The teams will participate at the 36th Sub-Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at New Delhi from May 25 to 31. The District Basketball Association, Dehradun, will host a 15-day pre-national coaching camp in June/July for Uttarakhand state junior (boys & girls) teams to prepare them for the 60th Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Bhubaneshwar in June/July. A 15-day pre-youth state championship coaching camp for the district youth boys and girls team will be held from August 1 to 15. The district basketball referees examination for test and promotion cases will be conducted in September. The fifth Gardner Silver Jubilee Basketball Tournament will be organised at STC, Dehradun, in September. The Frank Anthony Super Fixed Fives Basketball Tournament will be held from October 23 to 27. The DDCSA Senior Boys Basketball Tournament will take place from October 23 to 27. The association will also organise the 22nd WC Kashyap Memorial All-India Tournament for boys on May 22. |
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Bodybuilding needs more sponsors, says Rahul Bisht
Dehradun, April 16 Rahul has already started bringing laurels for the state. He has set his eyes on Mr Asia bodybuilding championship, which is to be held at Iran in August, this year. Rahul believes that bodybuilding could be a good career opportunity for those who wish to take up the game seriously. People generally link bodybuilding with fitness but it can also be a dependable career option. “I started bodybuilding six years back with an aim to have a fit body. I was actually dragged by my friends into the bodybuilding. It slowly evolved into a profession for me. One could find lot of job opportunity in this field and can further grow in the days to come,” said Rahul. “In all these years, I have learnt that bodybuilding is all about putting your body forward in right perspective. “Indians who are gifted with small joints compared to bodybuilders from other countries are better portrayal of their body fitness,” said Rahul. We are not very successful at the international bodybuilding events purely because the sponsors have limited their resources to cricket. This deprives budding bodybuilders from nurturing their talent, said Rahul. Diet is the most expensive and essential part in bodybuilding. Rahul spends around Rs 15,000 per month on his diet. “I take six to seven meals per day, that consist of good amount of proteins. It all comes with good diet and good daily workout,” said Rahul. The young bodybuilder spends two hours in the gymnasium. “It is just a game of focusing on a particular body part everyday. “No one should expect to see a miraculous change in their bodies in a short span of time. Changes come in the body over a period of time,” he said. He also made an appealed to the |
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ONGC bags 3 corporate awards
Dehradun, April 16 The award was given in recognition of ONGC’s leading performance in multiple segments in the oil-and-gas value chain while meeting norms of health, safety and environment. In addition, the ONGC also received two more awards - Exploration and Production and Company of the Year. The company bagged the commendation award for project management for project more than Rs 2,000 crore. ONGC CMD RS Sharma along with other board members received the awards from RS Pandey, secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. The awards were reviewed by a jury comprising Justice JS Verma, Dr Abid Hussain and former ambassador of India to USA Naresh Narad. |
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Green Rock, Rao Cricket Club in pre-quarters
Dehradun, April 16 Batting first, Green Rock piled up 148 runs. It was fine start with their openers contributing 33 runs for the opening wicket in the first three overs. Opener Rahul Verma scored 23 runs off 13 balls hitting one four and three sixes. Middle-order batsman Rohit was the top scorer for the team with 27 runs off 16 balls, smashing two fours and two sixes. For Natraj XI team, Lawrence picked up three wickets and Vishal took two wickets. Chasing 149 runs for victory, Natraj XI were all out for 97 runs in 13 overs. Natraj XI lost their first wicket at the score of zero. Green Rock bowlers struck again in the second over to deliver a double blow when the team had just five runs on the board. After this bad start, the team never recovered and lost wickets at regular intervals. Lawrence was the top scorer with 20 runs. For Green Rock, Sujan picked up four wickets in his three-over spell. In the second match played between RCC team and Rao Cricket Club, Rao Cricket Club registered a close four-run victory. Batting first, Rao Cricket Club scored 129 runs in their allotted 15 overs. Opener Vishal smashed 28 runs off 23 balls and first-down batsman Amit scored 25 runs off 20 balls. Middle-order batsman Pradeep was the top scorer with 30 runs off 14 balls hitting three fours and two sixes. For RCC, Vaibhav was the leading wicket-taker with five wickets in his three-over spell. In reply, the RCC team was all out for 125 runs. Opening batsman Vipin scored 23 runs off 18 balls and first-down batsman Bhupender smashed 30 runs off 30 balls. For Rao Cricket Club, Shital took three wickets and Mukesh took two wickets. |
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