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437 get jobs in leading firms
Let your skin breathe with right makeup
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In Poll Gear
Dehradun, May 11 Senior police officials said there are 965 and 387 “sensitive” and “hypersensitive” polling centres in the state and elaborate security arrangements have been made at these centres. According to officials, 101 inspectors, 688 sub inspectors, 1,490 head constables, 9,554 constables and 4,032 home guard personnel will be on duty. Besides 29 companies of central forces, 22 companies and two platoons of the Provincial. At least 2,200 personnel from the border wing of the Home Guard and 5,007 personnel from the Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) have also been pressed into service. All liquor vends in the state will remain closed from May 11 evening till May 13. “We have made proper security arrangements for the polling. The security personnel will remain deployed at every polling station,” said IG Kumaon Ashok Kumar. Dehradun SSP Amit Kumar Sinha said security had been beefed up in Dehradun. There is an increase of 1,68,640 voters, as compared to the 2004 general election. This time, 57,31,277 people in Uttarakhand will vote to elect members of parliament for the state’s five parliamentary constituencies:Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal, Almora (SC), Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar and
Haridwar. Official statistics say the total number of male and female voters in Uttarakhand stand at 29,33,387 and 27,97,890, respectively. Haridwar and Almora (SC) are the biggest and smallest parliamentary constituencies with 12,78,262 and 10,16,301 voters, respectively. Pauri Garhwal and Almora (SC) constituencies have a higher number of female voters. In Pauri Garhwal, their number is 31,097 more than male voters, whereas in Almora (SC) there are 34,897 more female voters than the male. Election Commission officials say since 49 polling stations in Uttarakhand are situated far away from motorable road. Polling parties for these stations left on May 10. There are around 1,752 polling stations in the state for which poll parties left today. For the rest of the 4,666 polling stations, the poll parties leave on May 12. In order to ensure that no voter has to travel more than 3 km for casting his vote, the number of the booths in the state have been increased this time. As per fresh delimitation, the assembly segments which fall in Tehri Garhwal include Purola (SC), Yamnotri, Gangotri, Ghanshali (SC), Partapnagar, Tehri, Dhanolti, Chakrata (ST), Vikasnagar, Sahaspur, Raipur, Rajpur Road, Dehradun Cantt and Mussoorie. Likewise, Badrinath, Tharali (SC), Karanprayag, Kedarnath, Rudraprayag, Deoprayag, Narendra Nagar, Yamkeshwar, Pauri (SC), Srinagar, Chaubattakhal, Lansdowne, Kotdwar and Ramnagar fall in Pauri Garhwal. Dharchula, Didihat, Pithoragarh, Gangolihat (SC), Kapkote, Bageshwar (SC), Almora, Jageshwar, Lohagat and Champawat now comes under Almora (SC) and Lalkuwa, Bhimtal, Nainital (SC), Haldwani, Kaladhungi, Jaspur, Kashipur, Bajpur (SC), Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Kichha, Sitarganj, Nanak Matta (SC) and Khatima are in the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency. Assembly segments which fall in Haridwar are Dharampur, Doiwala, Rishikesh, Haridwar, BHEL Ranipur, Jwalapur (SC), Bhagwanpur (SC), Jhabrera (SC), Pirankaliyar, Roorkee, Khanpur, Manglore, Laksar and Haridwar Rural.
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Thanking India, with translations
Dehradun, May 11 The decision was taken under the guidance of the Dalai Lama as thousands of Tibetan refugees are celebrating 2009-2010 as “Thank you India” year. Reposing their faith in the country that has provided shelter to them since the past 50 years and with which they share strong religious and cultural ties, the scholars at Songtsen Library here have undertaken a part of the translation work. The major work is underway at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) at Sarnath in Varanasi, said Dr Tashi Samphel, director, Songtsen Library. During ancient times as Buddhist acharyas went on a mission to spread Buddhism to different countries from India, they carried with them their manuscripts. Soon these got translated into Tibetan and other languages but the originals were either misplaced or destroyed back home as the religion began to lose its relevance here. Some important manuscripts documenting the life and teachings of Buddhist sages were dug out from caves en route Tibet and other Asian countries, and thus began the Herculean task of retrieving these. “The manuscripts, around 150, translated into Hindi and 63 manuscripts translated into Sanskrit from Tibetan and Pali containing Tibetan Kangyur (teachings of Lord Buddha) and Tangyur ( books written by Hindu preachers) will be handed over to the Indian Government as soon as the work is completed,” said Dr Wangchuk Dorje, associate professor, CIHTS, Sarnath, Varanasi. Tashi Samphel said the influence of Indian thought was been immense on Tibetan scholars who came to India in the 7th and 8th centuries and were instrumental in amending the existing popular Shang-Shung script into a new Tibetan script that had heavy Indian influences of the times. The Sanskrit language also heavily influenced the grammar of the Tibetan language. “The Indian influence was so overpowering that the basis of Tibetan philosophy heavily relied on Buddhist philosophy and religious texts. In that sense, Tibet and Tibetans have kept the religious culture and Buddhist practices alive in India,” said Tashi Samphel. Uttarakhand is home to a population of 10,000 Tibetan refugees who mainly reside at Sahastdhara Road, Rajpur, Mussoorie, Manduwala, Clement Town, Haridwar and Nainital. They have been part of town life for 50 years now.
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Brazilian boost for football unlikely
Dehradun, May 11 The idea came up last year during the District Football League that was underway at Pavilion Ground. Mauro Federici, CEO, IndianBras, who was on a visit here, had expressed his willingness to set up a professional club in India. He had said he was reviewing facilities in states like Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Orissa. IndianBras had tied up with Brazil’s premier Cruzeiro Sports Club for promotion of football in India. The club had planned to include three Brazilians and 12 local players. But the idea has failed to take off, first due to the delayed approach by district football promoters and now because of lack of response
from Mauro. Divender Bisht, secretary of the District Football Association (DFA), said the Cruzerio Sports Club probably did not have a good experience in Delhi. Therefore, they were on a lookout for other cities where football was a passionate with the people. And Dehradun was one such place. But now the Brazilian club looks least interested. “Although Mauro had expressed happiness over the way people showed interest in soccer in Dehredun, he gave no response whatsoever,” Bisht said. Local contacts confirm that Maurio earlier did hold long talks with the DFA but the latter was apprehensive of the move. And now Maurio is wary of going ahead with the club plan. Bisht says Maurio, during his visit here, had asked the DFA to arrange for a good playing field where the club could practice. The Gorkha Military School, Mahandra Ground, Pavilion and Maharana Pratap Sports College were shown to him, but a response was awaited. There are fears that recession may have led Maurio into taking a more cautious approach over the matter.
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437 get jobs in leading firms
Dehradun, May 11 The main recruits for DITians include Infosys, IBM, L&T InfoTech ltd, NIIT technology ltd, Perot system, Ashok Leyland, Bluestar technology, Tata communication, Transformation service ltd, Libsys Corporation, Videocon, Ravinfotech and many other renowned companies. Out of 437 placements, 189 students were placed in last 15 days, including 49 who were placed on may 8. The average salary package is nearly 2.20 lack per annum and another six known companies are still to come and recruit students in this month itself. However, some students attributed their success to the better academic environment, quality teaching, special personality development and value added training programs . — TNS
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Let your skin breathe with right makeup
Dehradun, May 11 The skin type and personality make up is decided according to the occasion and with the coming up of known international make up kits of MAC and Crylon now we are able to provide a makeover to a average looking female also. For summers, water proof make up is used, which easily can last for six to eight hours as it is water and weather proof, said Deepa, beauty manager at JBCC Lounge. The cost price for any informal make up varies from Rs 800 to Rs 1,200 and bridal make up starts from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 and above. I am glad that nowadays there are so many high-end saloons in the town, that one can look best on any occasion, and especially bridal make up is excellent, as it follows the latest trends of metros, said Seema, a student. The latest trend in the genre of make up is natural look, basically giving a luminous effect to the face, making the person look beautiful as well as their usual self. No one wants to stand out in the crowd and women in the city are so aware about how they want to look. They even demand a look carried by a movie star or of a model in a fashion magazine. Once the makeup is done with international high-end branded makeup kits of MAC, Diana, Chanel or Crylon fixtures such as hair spray and products are used which keeps the make-up intact for long hours, said Poonam, owner Clound End Beauty Saloon. We are doing a very good business and for day, very light make up is preferred and for evenings translucent look is really in demand as it makes the person look different as well as totally natural. Also branded make up is nowadays is in demand as it is skin friendly and can be easily removed with the help of Johnson baby oil only, said Shagufta, manager and make-up artist at Habibs Beauty Saloon.
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Uttarakhand is all set for polling in its five parliamentary constituencies on May 13 with the State Election Commission and the police having made all arrangements for the same.
To ensure the election passes off peacefully, as many as 30,000 security personnel will be on election duty on May 13. Apart from a total of 14,000 EVMs that will be pressed into service, as many as 10,300 officials from various government departments will man 9009 polling booths in the state. There are 76 candidates of different parties in the fray.
