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Curb power theft in 2 months, warns Nishank
Sacked teachers demand jobs back
Flesh trade racket busted |
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Student Union Elections
Land-use Violation
Reddy’s death
Soon, housing scheme for slum-dwellers
College student killed in accident
Communication skills must to excel in career: Experts
Graduates get job lessons at IIT-Roorkee
Western Boys down U’khand Tigers
DAV Inter College win by solitary goal
Walk-in admissions for IGNOU courses
Yoga assn to hold yoga competition
Now, only 700 gm sugar per person
Youth’s death: Girlfriend questioned
Vikasnagar: CPM to go with Munna
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Curb power theft in 2 months, warns Nishank
Dehradun, September 3 The Chief Minister, who was presiding over a meeting of senior officials of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam and officials of Renewable Energy Department, said that every effort should be made to complete the ongoing hydroelectric projects in the state on time so that the state could get maximum benefit from these projects. Expressing concern at the large-scale line losses, the Chief Minister said that power theft should be stopped. Officials and employees would be made accountable for it at every stage, he said. He wanted the officials to show results on curbing power theft and line losses within two months. On the ongoing power projects, Nishank said that the state has been generating 4,500 million units of power but a work plan should be made to increase the generation of power to 6,500 million units. He directed the officials of the irrigation department to hand over the Chilla Power Canal and Dakpathar Power Canal to the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam immediately. Expressing unhappiness over the large number of power meters lying in the stores of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation, he ordered a probe into the purchase of these meters and asked the officials to submit the report to him. Regarding renewable energy resources, Nishank said that there was a need to study the generation capacity of all resources like ‘gharats’, solar energy and wind energy in the state. “If a proper study was done, the proposed capacity of 25 MW of renewable energy in the state could be enhanced,” he added. Yogendra Parsad, chairman of the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam, said that 116 power projects having a capacity of 11,948 MW have been allocated. Out of these 7,302 MW are with the central government, 2,764 with the state government and 1,882 MW with private players. The state has an installed capacity of 1,304 MW that should generate 6,500 million units but only 4,500 million units was being generated. Officials of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation said that in 2008-09, the corporation got 7,631 million units from the state and central quota but a billing of only 5,493 million units
was done. The line losses of 48 per cent were recorded in Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar. They said that electricity bills totalling Rs 1,400 crore were pending in the state. The Chief Minister directed all concerned officials to come out with an action plan to show positive results in the power sector within two months. ACTION PLAN
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Sacked teachers demand jobs back
Dehradun, September 3 Sushma Sharma, Manorama Rawat, Shilpa Agarwal, Anita Devi, Lalit Sharma, Vinita Sharma, Shweta Bautiyal and Kusum Bhatt are the teachers who were dismissed. The teachers are demanding their jobs back with an apology from the school principal Sunita Sharma for humiliating and assaulting one of the terminated teachers, Manorama Rawat, during a heated discussion that took place on
September 1. However, it all began on August 15, when the principal increased the salary of the staff teachers in a very disproportionate manner. Post salary increment, a group of 13 teachers approached Sunita to know on what basis the increment has been done. But the principal refused to answer the queries and without prior information terminated eight teachers, alleged teachers. “On September 1 when I asked her what’s the reason for my termination, she humiliated and slapped me. She even closed the main gates of the school so that none of the terminated teachers could enter the school premises,” alleged Manorama Rawat, a teacher. Subhash Sharma, a senior teacher said, “We don’t know what is our fault. The situation got worst, when Manorama Rawat, who refused to sign on the termination paper, was humiliated and was slapped.” The terminated teachers have decided to protest and to fight against the injustice. “This is a CBSE recognised school, but doesn’t follows the guidelines issued by the CBSE. Apart from teaching, we also manage stationery and canteen affairs,” said Subhash
Sharma. However, the principal Sunita Sharma has denied the allegations made against by the terminated teachers. |
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Flesh trade racket busted
Dehradun, September 3 According to the police, after a tip-off a team raided the place at 11 pm where they nabbed four women and four men allegedly involved in the racket, along with a local Kusum. JR Joshi, SP city, told mediapersons that Kusum, a resident of Patelnagar, would call women from Delhi with the help of Asha and send them back after a week. Those arrested have been identified as Asha, Rani, Sonia, Pooja, M. Ayub, Shazad, Rambhajan, all from Dehardun, and Pawan from Delhi. Cases against them have been registered at the Patel Nagar police station. The police said the phones of the accused have been confiscated and more facts are likely to emerge after call details are checked. On the other hand, those arrested have denied the allegations and blamed the police of dragging them into the case. Asha alleged that she had come with her relatives to the district for a bath in Sahastradhara and did not know Kusum. "One of my friends Jony had asked me to approach her for accommodation, as we were unable to find a place to stay. You can even get us medically examined, we are innocent," claimed Asha. "We were caught by the police while we were having dinner. Is it a crime to stay at that place?" she questioned. M. Ayub said he had come to the place to collect luggage, while Shazad said that he was an autorickshaw driver and had come to drop the women.
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Poll panel announced
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, September 3 For the first time, DAV Trust, Kanpur, has appointed observers for the DAV (PG) College student union elections. The trust’s administrative officer Dr Pramod Mistra has been appointed observer. The college management has also announced its election committee and named Divender Tyagi as the election officer and Dr Ramesh Kumar Sharma has been declared deputy election officer. Dr TP Mittal and Dr PK Sahai are the other members of the committee. Dr AK Sinha is the chief polling officer while RK Jain is the deputy polling officer. Dr OP Kulshresht will be the counting officer. Dr Jeevan Mohita has been appointed deputy counting officer. Election fever has also picked up in the college and candidates are busy organising rallies and meetings. In DAV (PG) College, there is a tough contest between the Akhil Bhartiya Vidayarthi Parishad (ABVP) and National Student Union of India (NSUI) for the presidential post. The NSUI has fielded Shivesh Bahuguna while Ashish Bahuguna is contesting from the ABVP’s side. The fight for the general secretary’s post is between Anil Singh Tomar and Amit Thapa. For the university representative’s seat, there is a triangular fight among Surendar Singh Gusain, Vikas Negi and Shalendra Bharatwal. In MKP (PG) College, there are four candidates in the fray for president - Priyanka Gupta, Pooja Yadav, Arti and I Bahuguna. For the vice-presidential post, Sakshi and Rekha Raturi are in the fight. For the general secretary’s post, the contest is between Pooja Bachhawan and Pooja Kumari.
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MDDA prepares list of defaulters
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, September 3 On completion, the store was opened to the public in August. Relentless pressure by the media forced the MDDA to take action. As a result, the store was sealed on August 28. But the owners of Damama managed to get a stay from the administration on August 31. In his plea, the owner of Damama named several other owners who also had not bothered to get their land use changed and demanded similar action against them. A list too was also submitted. The query as to how MDDA officials failed to take note of gross violations of norms that transformed peaceful residential areas into thriving and congested commercial ones yielded little results. “We have issued notices in the past. In this case, the survey of the complexes that have figured in the complaint will be undertaken. “The owner Damama did not apply for land use change and we will see how the stay can be vacated,” said VC MDDA Senthil Pandia. Now on the back foot, the MDDA is preparing a list of commercial complexes on Subhash Road where land use has not been changed.
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Nishank announces 2-day state mourning
Tribune News service
Dehradun, September 3 In a condolence message, Nishank has expressed deep sympathy with members of the bereaved family. He has also announced state mourning of two days. Several Congress leaders here also mourned the untimely death of Reddy. Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee members also held a condolence meeting to mourn the death. Senior leader Yashpal Arya and leader of the opposition in the state assembly Harak Singh Rawat paid rich tributes to the departed soul. Vijay Bahuguna, MP from Tehri Garhwal and Dinesh Gggarwal, Congress legislator, also expressed deep shock at the untimely demise of Reddy. Meanwhile, Congress workers and Uttarakhand Vikas Manch activists in Haridwar also paid rich tributes to the departed leader. A ‘Deep Daan’ ritual was also performed on the Alaknanda Ghat of Ganga river. Terming the death of Reddy as a great blow to the nation, Uttarakhand Vikas Manch founder Sanjay Chopra said: “He put Andhra on the path of development and his becoming Chief Minister of the state twice was a testimony to his popularity. He has left a great void not only for Andhra Pradesh, but the nation as a whole.” City Congress chief OP Chauhan hailed Reddy as a people’s leader. Union minister of state Harish Rawat termed him as a politician with a vision. INTUC Young Workers Council offered 101 ‘deeps’ in river Ganga and observed two-minute silence in memory of the leader.
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Soon, housing scheme for slum-dwellers
Dehradun, September 3 In a meeting held at the state secretariat here today, Chief Secretary IK Pande instructed the officials of the state urban development and housing departments to prepare the scheme that would cost Rs 100 crore. Although they have been asked to cover slums in the entire state, the main focus would be on Dehradun and Haridwar districts since majority of the slums are located here. Pande apprised the officials that in view of the provision in JNNURM for provision of permanent houses to slum-dwellers, the state-level scheme should be prepared on a priority basis to avail Central funds. He instructed officials of Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) and Haridwar Development Authority (HDA) to immediately identify land for the purpose.
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College student killed in accident
Dehradun, September 3 Kalsang Lohen, a BSc final year student of IHT Nehru Colony, died after his motorcycle skidded off the road near Ballupur Bazaar in the morning. He succumbed to his injuries an hour after he was taken to the Doon Hospital. According to the police, he was a Tibetan and was living in Manduwala with his family. He was riding the bike without helmet and at high speed at the time of the incident. The police said that he died of injuries to the head. His family told the police that he was fond of riding bikes and doing stunts. The family refused permission to get a post-mortem examination done and was handed over the body later in the day. In another incident, a woman was killed when she was hit by a train near Mokhampur railway crossing today. According to the police, it was yet to be established whether it was a suicide or an accident. The family and in-laws of the deceased, Nisha, refused to get the post-mortem done but the police, after getting a formal permission from senior officials, got the examination conducted at Doon Hospital. Though her family termed it as an accident but the police maintained they would confirm it only after proper investigation. The woman hailed from Deepnagar and was a housewife. |
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Communication skills must to excel in career: Experts
Dehradun, September 3 The seminar was inaugurated by Prof DS Chauhan, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University and Sh Jitendra Joshi, chairman, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, at a select gathering of students, faculty members of the Institute. This seminar was held in association with (IETS) having technical collaboration with Intel. Dr Pradeep Suri, director, Uttaranchal Institute of Management spoke on the quintessence of effective communication skills for young students aspiring to make a career in knowledge economy. The seminar created awareness in new opportunities in career planning and essential skills required to prepare youth for a multifarious career in their desired domain. Vikrant Abrol head IETS Education Centers said: “Millions of new job opportunities will come up in our new economy. Acquiring the right skills will enable students to have a successful future.” Mr GP Sharma, MD of the Institute stressed on the importance of positive attitude among students to create a niche for themselves in future. |
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Graduates get job lessons at IIT-Roorkee
Roorkee, September 3 The eight-week programme, which is the initiative of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, New Delhi, was conducted at the Continuing Education Centre (CEC) at the IIT-R. Dr Vinod Kumar, incharge, CEC, said that this year, the participants were mainly from North India. Fresh engineering graduates from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh attended the programme. The session totalled 225 hours of training, which also included project work. In addition to the IIT-R’s own faculty, guest faculty members were also invited from the industry to train students in industry specific matters. During the session, the students were trained in review of data structures, object oriented programming, information systems and modelling, development life cycles, communication skills, managerial skills, employability skills, basics of business and web programming subjects. The students were assigned project work in their area of interest. To assess the value addition in their technical and soft skills, an employment benchmarking test by NASSCOM NAC-Tech was conducted at the end of the programme. Dr Vinod said that the session would also be held next year on the campus.
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Western Boys down U’khand Tigers
Dehradun, September 3 Throughout the tournament, Uttarakhand Tigers have given a shabby performance. The team has suffered some big losses in the tournament and was low in confidence in today’s match. Western Boys dominated the match right from the start and scored their first goal in the 18th minute through Narendra Thapa. After gaining an upper hand, Western Boys grew in confidence and constantly kept Uttarakhand Tigers’ defence under pressure. In the second half, Western Boys increased their tally by another goal. It was Anurag Rana in the 37th minute who scored off a powerful kick to make it 2-0. In the second match, Junior Cantt defeated Doon Eagle 2-1. Doon Eagle opened their account in the ninth minute through Akash. But the team could not hold on to the lead. Junior Cantt scored the equaliser in the 21st minute through Aita. Four minutes later, Arjun scored for Junior Cantt to make it 2-1. In the second half, rock solid defence by Junior Cantt denied any scoring opportunity to Doon Eagle.
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DAV Inter College win by solitary goal
Dehradun, September 3 Welham Boys School played aggressive football in the first half and created some sharp moves on their opponents. But DAV Inter College denied then the opportunity to score. DAV College focused on counter attacks and came close on scoring a goal. But its forward failed to convert their opportunities into goals. At the end of the first half both the teams were locked at 0-0 draw. In the second half, DAV Inter College came with a different strategy and was more aggressive than the first half. Two minutes later the team came close on scoring a goal. But the shot by its forward sailed over the bar. In the 40th minute team was on the attack again and came close on scoring a goal, but a fumble by its players made them lose the chance. It was Aman for DAV Inter College who scored of the right cross in the 50th minute, to help his team win the match by a solitary goal.
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Walk-in admissions for IGNOU courses
Dehradun, September 3 Students can get now get admission in graduate, postgraduate, diploma and certificate courses. The new system will not apply to courses for which entrance examination is required to qualify for admission, said regional director Anil K Dimri. Students are being offered courses in the science, humanities and commerce streams as well as PG diploma and certificate courses. Admission forms can be obtained during working hours and the students can pursue the courses with English or Hindi as medium of instruction. As many as 10,000 students are already registered at 48 centres in Dehradun region.
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Yoga assn to hold yoga competition
Dehradun, September 3 Secretary of the association, Arvind Kotnala said that competition would be participated by school children and selected player will represent state at national level competition.
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Now, only 700 gm sugar per person
Haridwar, September 3 Rationed sugar will be available in government-controlled shops from this week. The price of sugar at Rs 32 per kg in the open market, it is affecting the festivities. District supply officer, citing the ongoing festivals of Ramzaan, Ganesh Chaturthi and forthcoming Navratras and Diwali, said the department had decided to release the sugar quota from this week.
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Youth’s death: Girlfriend questioned
Dehradun: The police has failed to establish any vital clues in the murder case of 23-year-old BCA student, who was found dead in the forest area of Umedpur district here on Wednesday.
The police who rounded up his girlfriend yesterday suspected that it was a case of a love affair gone awry. JR Joshi, SP city, said Sudhir Rawat last received a call from his girlfriend at 7:45 pm. The police said the girl told them that there were no problems between them.
— TNS |
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The police here claimed to have busted a sex racket involving women from Delhi, late last night. The alleged racket was being run from a rented accommodation in Tuntowala village.
The national seminar on ‘Skills and Technologies for an Emerging India’ was held at Uttaranchal Institute of Management, here today.
