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Rain paralyses life in Pitthoragarh
RBI reaches out to border villages
Vikas nigam staff not to celebrate Diwali
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Building material to cost more
1 dies, 18 hurt as bus plunges into khud
50,000 take part in Wildlife Week celebrations
2 groups clash over shrine
Real life Banti, Babli land in police net
Forced to wear shorts, boy commits suicide
Gang of robbers busted
Dharna by disabled to continue
‘Mild tremors prevent bigger ones’
Fire at Vodafone outlet
Uttarakhand cops drub Sports College
GRD Academy down Hilton School
Youth tests positive for swine flu
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Rain paralyses life in Pitthoragarh
Pitthoragarh, October 7 “The NH 125 is partially damaged at 25 places due to landslides. The damage at Ghat is heavy and the road is likely to be cleared within next 24 hours,” said an officer from 65 Road Construction Company (RCC), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), based in Pitthoragarh. “More than 24 roads have been damaged due to this unexpected rain. Thousands of people have been stranded at various places. The district administration has been trying to clear these roads,” said NS Negi, District Magistrate, Pitthoragarh. The upper reaches of Vyas, Darma and Johar received snowfall ranging from from 1.5 feet to 7 feet. “In all 14 villages of Darma valley, various crops, including potato, have been damaged,” said Chandra Singh Bonal, a member of panchayat in Bon village in Darma valley. “Not only the local high-altitude crop has been damaged but also head of cattle running in thousands, including sheep, yak and horses, have been stranded in on high-altitude pastures due to a sudden snowfall,” said Sunder Singh Bonal from the same village.
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RBI reaches out to border villages
Dehradun, October 7 As a part of this, executive director of the RBI VS Das will interact with the residents of this remotest village on the issue of financial literacy at a camp being organised on October 10, said Vikram Singh Bajwa, GM and office in charge, RBI, Dehradun. Besides other top officials of the RBI, including regional director, bankers of nationalised and private commercial banks, would educate them on various aspects of basic financial services. “As decided by the Governor, RBI, the purpose is to go to the far-flung areas, where financial services are not available to educate people about these services as well as about the role of the RBI in a simple language. It is more like a social cause. Besides top officials of the RBI and other financial institutions, we have also roped in self-help groups and NGOs working in the area around the village on the occasion,” he said. The villagers will be educated about how to identify counterfeit currency, loans and other services meant for them. Since the rural areas are priority sector for credit outflow, bankers will throw light on credit facilities and more importantly about how to rightly utilise them. The State Bank of India (SBI), lead bank of the district, will put up stalls. The RBI has arranged to distribute small gifts to the local government primary schoolchildren who will also perform cultural activities on the occasion.
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Vikas nigam staff not to celebrate Diwali
Dehradun, October 7 Led by its president Purshottam Puri, office-bearers of the union submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Puri said the union chalked out further protest plans at
its meeting to be held after Diwali. The demands of the union included regularisation of services of daily-wage earners against sanctioned vacant posts, implementation of Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations without profit-loss assessment of the GMVN and absorbing employees working at the state secretariat, Vidhan Sabha and other government departments at respective work places. |
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Building material to cost more
Dehradun, October 7 The royalty for limestone has been increased from the prevailing rate of a minimum of Rs 42 to a minimum of Rs 55 per square metre. Similarly, royalty of marble and marble chips have been increased from a minimum of Rs 60 per sq m to a minimum rate of Rs 75 per sq m. The maximum rate has been fixed at Rs 135 per square metre compared to earlier of Rs 108 per sq m. The rate for earth used in making bricks of 1,000 bricks have also been hiked from Rs 14.40 per thousand bricks to Rs 18 for 1,000 bricks. The rate of simple sand of good quality has been increased from Rs 18 per tonne to Rs 25 per tonne.
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1 dies, 18 hurt as bus plunges into khud
Dehradun, October 7 The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Haldwani.Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has expressed grief over the death of the passenger and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the accident.
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50,000 take part in Wildlife Week celebrations
Dehradun, October 7 Addressing the valedictory day function at the Manthan auditorium of the state forest headquarters, Dr Rawat said this year, as many as 50,000 persons from all age The conclusion also saw arrival of Uttarakhand Van Jeev Jyoti Yatra that had started its journey from Askot Sanctuary on October 1. Founder of the yatra Maithi Kalyan Singh Rawat said the yatra had successfully conveyed the importance of the wildlife conservation to the people. He also expressed gratitude to the State Education Department for its assistance in the staging of the yatra. RBS Rawat on the occasion also announced Rs 1,000 prize for the batch of students from Askot, who had covered almost every leg of the yatra. Forest officials, who had a key contribution in the wildlife protection, were also awarded prominently, including Dwarika Prasad, Vikram Singh, Satish and Nain Singh. Forest official Nandan Singh Bhandari was in particular felicitated for his contribution towards protecting the snakes. Kalyan Singh Rawat recalled the contribution of children towards success of Van Jeev Jyoti Yatra. Chief Wildlife Warden KL Arya said the rising conflict between man and animal was a matter of concern and added that increasing awareness within the society was the only solution to minimise such clashes. Additional Chief Conservator of Forests Srikant Chandola emphasised on increasing participation of schoolchildren in the Wildlife Week programmes. Director of Rajaji Park Dr SS Raisaily proposed the vote of thanks. Prizes distributed At the end of Wildlife Week, prizes were distributed to winners of essay, quiz and other competitions at Corbett National Park. These competitions were held earlier in the week. Park Director Vinod Kumar Singhal handed over the prizes. Jim Corbett School won the first prize in quiz followed by Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Choi, while DD Chimwal Public School got the third position. Corbett Foundation, Dikhuli, that organised the programme also announced Rs 100 cash incentive to team members of the winning schools that participated in the quiz. Apart from interactive programmes, special workshop for wildlife experts was also held during the week. Films shows on wildlife were also a big hit among local villagers.
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2 groups clash over shrine
Dehradun, October 7 They had another scuffle over the same issue in the morning today.
A large number of persons gathered at the area making it an uncontrollable situation. The police and SDM reached the spot and intervened in the matter. Leaders of both groups were called and the documents of the property were checked. The police said that they would verify the documents. Meanwhile, five persons including a local councillor’s husband Umendar Bhati have been challaned under Section 151. |
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Real life Banti, Babli land in police net
Haridwar, October 7 Anup and Reena used to pose as potential buyers of vehicles and jewellery to dupe people. The duo used to come to Haridwar to carry out their evil designs. In the past two months, they had duped people of two cars. One has been recovered from Haridwar while the other from Roorkee. The police had arrested them on suspicion from Jwalapur while they were trying to sell rings, which they had stolen from a shop in the Har-ki-Pauri area. Police officials say the duo have confessed to their involvement in the theft of these two cars and the police is further interrogating them in several other cases of theft. The modus operandi of the suo was similar as the 2004 Hindi movie “Bunti and Bubly” in which Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee used to dupe people by various methods. Both have accepted being inspired from the movie. They would used fake names every time they visited the city. |
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Forced to wear shorts, boy commits suicide
Dehradun, October 7 He had reportedly placed his head under the last box of the rail which resultant in chopping off his head. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Gauravdeep (18), a resident of the Factory area, Raipur. His family told the police that
the deceased had an argument with his father before he left the house for tuition. He insisted on wearing trousers to his tuition to which his father didn’t like and made him to wear shorts instead. Unhappy over this he threatened the family that he would end his life by jumping in front the train. The police said Gaurav was a bit mentally unstable and on his way back from his tuition he went near the railway track and took the extreme step. When the boy didn’t return home, the family got anxious and left for the railway track. After searching him at the track for sometime, they got to know through some persons that their son was lying dead on some other track. His father is working with a factory and his mother is a homemaker.
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Gang of robbers busted
Roorkee: The police has claimed to have solved robbery cases that took place in
Roorkee, Laksar and Bijnaur (UP) recently.Two members of an inter-state gang have been arrested in this
connection while the remaining three are yet to be nabbed.
The miscreants, namely Intezaar and
Nassem, have confessed their role behind the looting incidents that took place on Sunday at SBI employee Atul Rastogi’s house at Nehru Nagar here, cement dealer Sanjeev Kumar’s house
at Laksar on September 18 and at the house of Mukesh Rastogi of Bijnaur on September 3. Apart from that, the members of the gang were also found to be involved in vehicle stealing and chain snatching. The other members of the gang have been identified as Dilshad, Akram
alias Pappu and Sartaj, all from Muzzafarnagar. By preparing a list of suspected
criminals and through electronic surveillance, the police managed to crack the case, said SSP (Haridwar) Sanjay Gunjyal. On the modus operandi of the gang,
the SSP said that the criminals used to recce the area on rickshaw and identify soft targets. “After that, they used to commit the crime at around 7 am. Then, they used to change their location to dodge the police,” said Gunjyal adding that their next targets were in
Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh. Akram, alias Paapu, is said to be the kingpin of the gang. He (Pappu) masterminded the crimes, confessed Intezaar at Civil Lines police station. From Sanjeev Kumar’s house, the gang had looted Rs 3 lakh and 150-160 gm gold jewellery while Atul Rastogi was robbed of Rs 12,000 along with one gold chain and two gold rings. From
Bijnaur, the gang had taken away a licenced revolver besides cash and gold articles. “The revolver is lying with
Pappu,” said Intezaar. So far, the police has recovered one country-made pistol, a knife, some
gold, cash and a stolen motor cycle from them. The arrested miscreants said that they had been engaged in
criminal activities for the past three months. 3 students snatch
chain, held The police today arrested three students of a local school on the charge of
chain-snatching. The students, namely Pankaj Kaveer, Sahid and Ravi Kumar, allegedly snatched a gold chain from Prem Vati in the Lal Kurti locality, near MES Colony, around 11.10 am today. The trio were riding a motor cycle. Immediately on getting the information, the police laid nakas and arrested them near St Anne’s Convent School. The stolen chain was recovered from their possession. Pankaj and Ravi Kumar are sons of employees of the IIT, Roorkee, and live in IIT Colony while the third student Sahid hails from Bharapur village in Bahadrabad. No headway in robbery case Dehradun: Even after 48 hours, the police seemed clueless about a robbery that took place at a house in
Dakpathar. Four unidentified robbers had looted Rs 1 lakh cash and gold ornaments
after tying the woman of the house yesterday morning. According to the police, the robbers struck at a Tonsh Colony house at 10 am when no family member other than the woman of the house was present. OP Singhal, owner of the house, complained to the police that when he reached his house in the afternoon, he found that the house was ransacked and his wife had been tied with a rope. Four unidentified persons ransacked the house and went away with cash amounting to Rs 1 lakh and gold ornaments lying about in the house. They also allegedly snatched the necklace and earrings that the woman was wearing at that time. The Station House Officer of Vikasnagar police station said that a case has been registered against the robbers.
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RTI Week begins with street play
Dehradun, October 7 The play has been written and directed by Abhishek Maindola of Sambhav Vichar Manch and was staged at the Sai Institute of Paramedical and Allied Sciences. It used a mix of humour and wit while commenting on the system that refuses to change under the influence of hydra-headed bureaucracy and the failing will of the people. On the one hand is the janta (public) pitted against a system that refuses to respond to the problems of the people. Both Raghu and Thagu learn the hard way when their plea seeking information about a water tank is turned down. Next time, they come armed with an application demanding information under the RTI. By then, volunteers of the Sambhav Manch have managed to enlighten the minds of the villagers and, above all, Raghu and Thagu. The member of the Sambhav Vichar Manch stresses that people can seek information about government spending on development works under RTI, provided it is not personal. “Our motive is to raise consciousness among people, especially the youth, on the RTI. We know it is difficult to attract their attention, but it was worth the effort,” said Abhishek Maindola, director-writer of “Jago”. Nandni in the role of “janta” and Hema in the role of the system
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Dharna by disabled to continue
Dehradun, October 7 A dharna of the sangathan that has been going on for the past more than an year would end only after the issuance of a relevant order by the state government. Announcing this, secretary of the sangthan Chandi Prasad Thapliyal lamented that Social Welfare Minister Matbar Singh Kandari had failed to give a satisfactory response to their charter of 26 demands when they met him on Tuesday. He also alleged that pension for old disabled persons for 2008 had not been disbursed so far. He accused the state government of turning a blind eye to their genuine demands, which included the creation of a separate department for the disabled persons.
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‘Mild tremors prevent bigger ones’
Dehradun, October 7 Indian Geophysical Union president VP Dimri, who presided over the valedictory function, said the convention in Dehradun had been a big success. Coming together of geologists from across the country at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology proves the growing importance of Dehradun in the geophysical sciences, he added. A day earlier, an eminent geologist and Padma Shri award recipient, Prof KS Waldia, addressed the convention. He described mild tremors as tension relievers in earth. “Mild tremors rather prevent bigger tremors and thus are a protection from bigger destruction,” Waldia held. —
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Fire at Vodafone outlet
Roorkee, October 7 According to Shailender Kumar, regional manager of the company, three computers, one laptop, one printer, recharge coupons and sim cards worth of lakhs of rupees and furniture had been been destroyed. The cause of the fire was to be ascertained.
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Nainital lead in Police Athletic Meet
Derhadun, October 7 Neeraj Joshi of Udham Singh Nagar claimed gold in the 400 m race, whereas Sumit Kumar of Nainital followed him with silver and Rajesh Rawat of Dehradun managed to win a bronze. In the 4x400m race relay, the Nainital team won gold, Udham Singh Nagar was Derhadun’s Pradeep Kumar came out with a outstanding performance to win a gold in long jump. 40 PAC’s Virender Rawat was adjudged at the second spot with a silver and Lalit Rawat of Nainital had to settled with a bronze. It was a gold winning performance by Mahendra of Udham Singh Nagar in discuss throw. Nayem Ahmed of Tehri claimed silver in Dehradun’s Sanju Chaudhari claimed a gold in the hammer throw whereas Partima Upreti of 31 PAC had to settle for silver and Lata Jeena of 31 PAC won bronze. In 5000m race for men Udham Singh Nagar’s Manoj gave a gold winning performance. Virender Gole of Almora settled for silver and Vikram Singh of Almora won bronze. In Shot-put for women Shanti Bisht of Pithoragarh won gold, Sanju of Dehradun claimed silver and Anita of 31 PAC won bronze. Saron Joshi won gold in the 5000m race for women, Dehradun’s Bhawana Joshi won silver and 31 PAC Anita bronze. Gurjeet Singh of Nainital won a gold in hammer throw, whereas Rajbeer Singh of Derhadun won silver and Naveen of Dehradun settled for bronze. In 400m Sandeep Singh of Nainital won gold, Lalit Rawat of Nainital had to adjust with silver and Yashpal of 40 PAC won bronze. In discuss throw for men, Deepak of Udham Singh Nagar claimed a gold. Arvind Rana of 40 PAC won silver and Naresh Nath of Nainital won bronze. 31 PAC’s Shrikant claimed a gold in 200m race, followed by Kala Chand of Nainital with silver and Aditya of Chamoli with a bronze. Jitender Giri of Udham Singh Nagar gold in 3000m race, Navendra won silver of 40 PAC and Shekra Singh of 40 PAC won bronze.
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Uttarakhand cops drub Sports College
Dehadun, October 7 The state policemen got tough resistance from Sports College in the first half. The young Sports College team gave the cops few opportunities to penetrate their defence. The police team could have opened their account in the 18th minute but for a fumble by its forward. In the 27th minute, Uttarakhand Police was on the attack again but the shot from their forward went over the bar. In the second half, Uttarakhand Police opened their account in the 47th minute through forward Narendra. After that, Sports College’s defence failed to spot aggressive moves by their opponents. Deepak scored for the cops in the 50th minute, Veer Singh scored in the 59th, 62nd and 67th minute to make it 5-0. In the dying minutes, Anup scored the sixth goal to complete the tally for the winners.
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GRD Academy down Hilton School
Derhadun, October 7 In the first innings, Hilton School scored 31 runs for the loss of five wickets and GRD Academy scored 45 runs for the loss of one wicket. In the second innings, Hilton school scored 14 runs for the loss of seven wickets. GRD achieved the target with seven wickets in hand. Kishan Kamal was the top scorer with 56 runs. In the second match, Doon Dhruva School got a
walkover over Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy. Hilton, SJA cruise into
semis GNA, SJA, Hilton and TPIS cruised into the semifinals of the Council School Sub-Junior Football Tournament here today. In the first match, GNA defeated St Judes Academy in a tiebreaker. Rohan scored the first goal in the ninth minute of the match. St Judes Academy scored the equaliser in the 27th minute of the second half. The result
of the match could only come in the tiebreaker. In the second match, TPIS defeated Moravian Institute 2-1. For TPIS, Ankit and Prateek scored a goal each while Deichen scored a goal for Moravian. In the third match, SJA beat STC 2-0. In the fourth match, Hilton beat Shivalik International 2-1. Volleyball: Doon,
Lucknow in last four Lucknow, Dehradun, Allahabad and Agra have made it to the semifinals of the 25th LIC North Central Zonal Volleyball Tournament here today. Results: Allahabad beat Kanpur 25-21, 25-14; Dehradun beat Bareilly 25-16, 25-9; Gorakhpur beat Haldwani 25-9,
13-25, 15-9; Meerut beat Faizabad 25-17, 25-18; Dehradun beat Lucknow 25-11, 25-18; Agra beat Aligarh 25-10, 15-14; Allahabad beat Haldwani
25-17, 25-12; Lucknow beat Meerut 25-16, 25-13; Faizabad beat Varanasi 31-29, 25-19; Kanpur beat Agra 25-17, 25-15; Faizabad beat Bareilly 25-14, 25-20; Agra beat Gorakhpur 25-18, 25-19.
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