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No security cover for VIPs till June-end
2,000 detained to ensure peaceful poll
Swami: Ill-health behind decision not to contest
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At Tehri, Khanduri campaigns for Rana
In Haridwar, Rawat holds meetings
BSP aims to uplift poor, says Munna
Chopper charges raise dust
Forest Service College convocation on April 30
Jumbo scare in degree college
Forest rights: Van Gujjars submit memorandum
PNB holds triennial convention
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No security cover for VIPs till June-end
Dehradun, April 26 Notably, with the onset of summer, tourist inflow into the state has started increasing. Besides the hill stations such as Nainital and Mussoorie, wildlife sanctuaries and parks in Uttarakhand witness huge rush of tourists from May onwards. Likewise, lakhs of pilgrims visit the state during the Char Dham yatra. Apart from Char Dhams - Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath - pilgrims also visit Hemkund Sahib. Since there is always a rush of VIPs and VVIPs during this season, most of whom come to Uttarakhand for the pilgrimage, the state government has to make elaborate security arrangements for them. While in the past necessary security cover has been provided to them, this time it is difficult as additional security has been provided to institutions and places prone to terror attacks. Last year, Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav along with his family had visited Badrinath Dham. Besides, Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had visited the Jim Corbett National Park in Nainital. The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi also visits Kosani once a year. Meanwhile, sources said Chief Secretary Indu Kumar Pandey had already shot off letters in this regard to governments of all the states and Union Territories, judges and other important offices. The letter also mentions that if any of the VIP/VVIP has planned to visit Uttarakhand, he/she must postpone it till the end of June otherwise the state government would not be able to provide the desired security to the guest. |
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2,000 detained to ensure peaceful poll
Dehradun, April 26 The drive has been initiated by the police administration in the wake of the general elections in Uttarakhand, scheduled for May 13. Giving the details, IG (Law and Order) RS Meena said acting on the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the state police has arrested around 2,000 anti-social elements from various parts of the state. He further disclosed that as a preventive action ahead of the polls, Uttarakhand DGP Subhash Joshi had instructed them to undertake a month-long crime prevention drive. According to the figures released by the police administration, so far police has managed to arrest 732 criminals, who were absconding from past some time. Under the Gunda Act, police arrested 95 persons, whereas 29 were apprehended under Gangster Act. Apart from these, as many as 264 persons had been rounded up under section 110. The figures revealed that the state police have also arrested 293 criminals under section 151, while 133 criminals were arrested under other preventive measures. Meena disclosed that an inspection drive to prevent the smuggling of illegal arms and ammunitions in the state was also conducted. “As many as 60 country-made pistols, seven rifles and two revolvers were confiscated from several persons having illegal possession of these arms. Besides, several gelatin rods and detonators were recovered from Pitthoragarh region,” said IG. In order to check the liquor smuggling, the police managed to seize illicit liquor worth Rs 32 lakh (approximately) and also arrested 549 persons involved in smuggling of liquor. Of these, 11,493 liquor bottles were country-made, while more than 9,131 were IMFL. The police also conducted verification of 22,058 armed licences, out of which six guns were seized whereas 40 licences were
cancelled. |
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Swami: Ill-health behind decision not to contest
Dehradun, April 26 "Considering my health and age, I preferred not to contest the elections. However, as far as campaigning is concerned, I am actively electioneering for the party candidates," he said. Swami, however, failed to give any convincing reply as to why his photograph was missing from the hoardings, banners and posters of the BJP election campaign. Speaking in context of the polls, Swami said if voted to power, NDA's priority would be to get the "black money" of Indians back from Swiss Banks. He also elaborated the action plan that the NDA would adopt to get the money back. "But what is unfortunate is that the Congress never bothered to initiate any steps in this regard," he rued. Meanwhile, terming the Congress as the "enemy" of poor people, BJP Health Minister and state spokesman Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has said that people of this country are fed up with the capitalistic approach of the UPA government. Highlighting the issue of increasing suicides in the country, Nishank said finding themselves in a hapless situation on account of skyrocketing prices, poor people are compelled to end their life. "It is ironical that prices of sugar, pulses and flour have almost doubled and a common man is not able to get even two square meals a day; still the Congress is claiming that UPA government has performed excellently," he quipped. Reacting to accusations of the Congress leaders with respect to the inquiry reports submitted by the Sharma Commission, Nishank said they are scared and issuing misleading statements. "If Congress leaders are clean, they should welcome submission of the report," he said. |
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At Tehri, Khanduri campaigns for Rana
Dehradun, April 26 Addressing election meetings at Chamiyala and Gaza in Tehri district in favour of BJP candidate Jaspal Rana, Khanduri charged that the foodgrains and LPG quota given to the states by the Centre has been reduced for Uttarakhand. He blamed the Congress for its failure to check growing inflation and increasing unemployment. He alleged that despite corruption, communalism and increasing terrorism, the Central government has failed to make stringent laws to deal with the situation. Regarding the BJP promise to bring black money lying in Swiss banks back to the country, Khanduri said Congress leaders are making a hue and cry on the issue since it was their corrupt leaders and officials who swindled money and deposited it in Swiss banks. "What is wrong in making a promise to bring back the black money," he said. The CM said a lot of schemes were announced by the UPA in the past five years but nothing was done on the ground. On the issue of change of name of the state from Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand, Khanduri said the Congress government changed the name but the BJP did not make it an issue. Khanduri said he considers himself a common man who wants to serve people of the state and the country. |
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In Haridwar, Rawat holds meetings
Dehradun, April 26 He said under the leadership of AICC president Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh, the country has made progress. Other places where Rawat addressed public gatherings included Kargi Chowk, Chandrabani, Mothrowala and
Dipnagar. |
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BSP aims to uplift poor, says Munna
Dehradun, April 26 Munna Singh alleged that Congress and BJP leaders only make false promises during elections. “There might be an increase in the number of food joints, but still there are endless number of people who are unemployed. The government is not interested in making and working on policies that are beneficial for the state,” said “People who fought for statehood are in a miserable condition and have no idea about the present government’s policies. “BSP’s motive is to work for the uplift of the masses. We will make plans that will help generate employment opportunities and revenue for the state,” he said. Meanwhile, senior leader Subhash Sharma also discussed past achievements of Munna Singh in the field of politics and said: “He’s a leader with
qualities of a visionary and knows how to work for the development of the
society. “In spite of two more candidates from Tehri constituency, people in large numbers are supporting him,” he said. |
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Chopper charges raise dust
Dehradun, April 26 He said the BJP government in the state, perturbed over the massive turnout at Congress rallies, was resorting to cheap tactics such as not allowing helicopters carrying Congress leaders to land. He alleged that four election meetings in Kumoan, three each in Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli and eight in Haridwar had been cancelled with the the local administration not allowing the helicopters to land. “Under pressure from the state government, the administrative staff is not permitting the choppers to land at scheduled places. At Kotdwar, the SDM has not been in his office for the last three days making it difficult for the party to get permission to land its choppers,” he said. Arya said a written complaint would be submitted to the Election Commission on “misuse” of official machinery by the BJP government to “ sabotage” Congress campaigning. Dr Devender Bhasin, chairman of the state media advisory committee, termed the Congress charges as “totally baseless.” “Congress leaders are fighting a losing battle and, hence, the allegations,” he added.
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Forest Service College convocation on April 30
Dehradun, April 26 Uttarkhand Governor BL Joshi will be presiding over the convention and will hand over diplomas and awards to the officers as they finally complete their twenty-four months long training at the prestigious college. Among the officers trainees getting passed out from the college includes 18 from Orissa, 3 from Andhra Pradesh, 2 from Meghalaya and 1 from Tamil Nadu. As run up to the passing out, the officer trainees have already announced convocation week beginning April 25. A blood camp is also proposed for Monday while a cultural fest will be held on April 28. A premier forest training institutes in the country, State Forest Service College has been imparting professional forest training at the induction phase to the newly recruited forest service officers from the various states across the country. A passing out officer trainee has to qualify 19 subjects that prominently includes Silviculture, Ecology and Environmental Science, Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Resource Management. “The training programme includes 1,100 classroom sessions and practicals on these subjects followed by study tours extending more than 150 days to representative forest areas of the country to expose the office trainees to practical aspects of forestry,” said Savita, principal, State Forest Service
College. It also conducts workshops and short-term mid career refresher courses for the in-service State Forest Service officers. Apart from parents of passing out officers, IFS officers and scientists from Forest Research Insitute (FRI), Indian Council of Forestry Education, Wildlife Institute of India, Forest Survey of India, Indira Gandhi National Forestry Academy and India Institute of Remote Sensing will be participating in the convocation. |
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‘Jagriti’ felicitates women achievers
Haridwar, April 26 President of the JAIWCH Kamla Kapoor pointed on the degradation of moral values among young generation and among girls. “Young generation is losing its path and mothers should give moral education as well as impart culture and family values so as they understand what is right and wrong,” said Kapoor. Shivani Mehta, general secretary of All-India Women’s Conference AIWC was the chief guest for the function, highlighted the various roles and achievements of AIWC and applauded the work done by Haridwar unit for past two decades. “Though, the new millennium has brought various opportunities for women and society has become more open. “But it was not the case in 90’s and particularly in 80’s but women members via AIWC have been a part of women empowerment and fighting for their rights too,” said. The conference felicitated the women who had excelled in various fields. Dr Anju Agnihotri, was awarded for her contributions to society. While Rajni hailing from rural village played significant role in organising several camps of JAIWCH in the district and was awarded for her efforts. Noted industrialist, Paras Kumar Jain was honoured for providing financial support to the conference to organise health camps. Later, a street play was staged by the members of the society, a poem recitation by Swaraj Sachdeva and other cultural programmes were also held in the function. |
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Jumbo scare in degree college
Dehradun, April 26 The elephant however, after hovering around inside the campus for over two hours, left the campus without hurting anyone. It was only with the help of local villagers that the college employees were taken out of the college. Significantly, while the locals and the employees struggled hard to push the pachyderm out from the college, little support came from forest authorities, which were least responsive to the repeated pleas for help. The villagers also created fire and raised an alarm to scare away the elephant. It was only around 10.30 am that elephant returned back to the forests. This is for the first time when an elephant had entered any significant complex signaling degradation of wildlife habitats in the nearby forest areas. Rishikesh-Dehradun highway has been regular witness to elephant menace. Shrinking corridors is proving to be a matter of concern as there has been rise in cases of elephant venturing out into the human settlements. There have been several cases of man-elephant conflict leading to frequent cases of human deaths and also causalities to the elephant. |
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Villagers fight forest fire
Dehradun, April 26 Gujrara village that is few kilometers ahead of the Information Technology park on Sahastradhara road, experienced fierce fires with as many fifteen trees getting perished. However, timely intervention by the locals managed to avert any major mishap. The villagers themselves sought the service of the fire brigade that has sent two of its tankers to quell the fire. “There have been incidents of fires in the nearby forest areas some time back but it was for the first time that fire came close to our houses,” said Nitish Sharma, a villager. Villagers’ representative, Punam Farasee said the presence of mind of villagers helped in taking situation under control and alleged that the forest department hardly took notice of such fires. |
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Forest rights: Van Gujjars submit memorandum
Dehradun, April 26 The community members along with local leaders of the area were able to meet the CM and present to him a memorandum regarding denial of entry into their traditional highland pastures by the state forest authorities. The CM assured the Van Gujjars that he would personally look into the matter and take immediate steps to grant them their customary rights. The Gujjar leaders now are depending on the CM to keep his word. |
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PNB holds triennial convention
Dehradun, April 26 Secretary, Pramod Ranjan Kukreti, Dehradun zone PNB at the convention said, “Presently there is a staff storage in PNB and there is an immediate need for chalking out a proper plan so that employees don’t have to overtime causing physical and mental stress,” he said. SK Goyal, circle head PNB said, “At national level PNB bank carved a niche amongst many other banks. From past many years due to its dedication the bank has been satisfying its
customers. In the coming years will do quality work so that it has a larger reach,” he said. Discussing various promotion policies regarding placements and outsourcing KD Khera, general secretary, AIPNBOA said: “As outsourcing has been condemn by our staff members, we are not going to post any employee out of circle area. “As far as late working hours and placements
are concerned we are working on the placement strategies and also who so ever works after five in the evening would be provided some sort of remuneration,”
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Saharanpur dominates with 14 golds
Dehradun, April 26 Saharanpur dominated the championship by winning 14 gold medals. Result: In 7 years (Boys) In 21 kg: Vatsal Jindal (Gold), P Sharma (Silver) In 21-23 kg: Akash (Gold), Mohit Bisht (Silver) In 23-25 kg: Rajat (Gold), Bharat (Silver) and Anansiya (Bronze) In 10 years (Boys) In 23 kg: S Rahman (Gold), Mohit (Silver) and Vinayak (Bronze) In 23-25 kg: Ashish (Gold), Mayank (Silver) and Naman (Bronze) In 25-27 kg: Diviyanshu (Gold), Sayam (Silver) and Yash (Bronze) In 27-29 kg: Deepak (Gold), Ayan (Silver) and Udhav Bajaj (Bronze) In 29-32 kg: H Masud (Gold), H Baniyal (Sivler) and Ajay (Bronze) In 35 kg: Aditya (Gold), Arjun (Silver) and Varun (Bronze). In 10-14 years (Boys) In 32 kg: Sham (Gold), Subham (Silver) and Rohit (Bronze) In 32-35 kg: Ankit (Gold), Vikram (Silver) In 35-38 kg: Pratik (Gold,) Nikhil (Silver) and Ankit Singh (Bronze) In 38-40 kg: Malkit (Gold), S Tomar (Silver) and S Kaur (Bronze) In 41-44 kg: Abhishev (Gold), Raja Raturi (Silver) and Tarun Bronze) In 44 kg and above: Abhishek (Gold), Sudha (Silver) and Bora Mittal (Bronze). In seniors (Boys) In 59-62 kg: Sanjay (Gold), Rajendra (Silver) and Kailash (Bronze) In 66 kg and above: Gagan Garg (Gold), Naman (Silver) and Devananad (Bronze) In 7 years (Girls) In 18 kg: Saniya (Gold), Deksha (Silver) and Manish (Bronze) In 10 years (Girls) In 29-32 kg: Bharati Dev (Gold), Pasiwani (Silver) and A Masud (Bronze) In 10-14 years (girls) In 32-35 kg: Sakshi (Gold), Shivani (Silver) In 40 and above: Ashwani (Gold), Riya (Silver) In juniors (girls) In 14-17 kg:
Avanti (Gold), Shakshi (Silver) and N Gupta (Bronze). |
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T-20: Meerut defeat Jharkhand by nine wickets
Dehradun, April 26 Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 70 runs in the allotted overs. Ravinder was the top scorer with 18 runs off 19 balls, while Ravi scored 10 runs off 10 balls. Rajiv was the leading wicket-taker for Meerut team. He bagged 4 wickets, including a hat-trick in this three-over spell. Irshad and Rajan supported him well on the other end to claimed two wickets each. Chasing the victory target, Meerut team reached the 71 runs with nine wickets in hand. Manjeet was the top scorer with 24 runs off 13 balls. Rajan scored 19 runs off 14 balls. |
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