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12 days on, work yet to start on Gang Canal
22-year-old girl commits suicide
Bala Hissar emerge winner
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Garhwal Sporting, Cantt Blues triumph
Swine flu hits Founder’s Day
GPO celebrates National Postal Week
Microbial technology: An emerging science
Gurukul Kangri to host hockey meet in Dec
Doon varsity celebrates RTI week
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12 days on, work yet to start on Gang Canal
Roorkee, October 10 “We have not even seen any official making any visit to assess the job. The stink has made the life of persons working or living along the banks of the canal miserable,” said Arshad Khan, a fruit seller near the main bridge over the canal. Goldy, another shopkeeper in the main market, lamented, “It is impossible to understand why the flow was stopped when the authorities did not intend to initiate any cleaning or repair work.” Twelve days have already passed and only eight days are left after which the flow will have to be resumed. “Will the authorities be able to complete the job in such a short span,” asked Manjeet Singh, a resident, while indicating areas on local ‘ghat’ and other spots along the canal that have suffered damage. Reportedly, the budget
by the UP government for the purpose has not been released. Residents here maintain that the authorities seldom do any work after stopping the flow for 20 days every year. The canal, which starts from Haridwar, caters to over 5 lakh farmers of several districts of the state and Uttar Pradesh. Besides, the supply of drinking water is also made to some parts of Delhi. |
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22-year-old girl commits suicide
Dehradun, October 10 Though a suicide note was found from the spot, it didn’t mention the reason for such an extreme step. The girl had only mentioned in the suicide note that she loved her parents very much, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Shivani, who was reportedly pursuing a beauty course from a parlour situated near her locality. When girl’s father reached home at 1:30 pm from work to have lunch, he saw his daughter hanging from the ceiling fan. He rushed to remove the dupatta from the fan thinking that she might be alive. However, she was already dead. Soon, neighbours gathered there and called up the police. The police said the girl committed suicide when no one was present in the house. Her father had gone to work while her mother and siblings were also not present at the house. The body had been kept in the mortuary at the Doon Hospital and a post-mortem examination would be conducted tomorrow, the police added. Meanwhile, the family of the girl and the police were tight-lipped on the reason for the extreme step taken by the girl. Shivani’s father works with the Public Works Department (PWD) and mother is a housewife. She has two brothers and three sisters. Murder case solved
With the arrest of two persons, the police today claimed to have solved the murder case in which 66-year-old Jai Ram, a resident of the Neshville road, was brutally killed with stones on October 25. The police said one of the accused was still at large. According to it, loot was the purpose behind the murder. Those arrested have been identified as Gopal Bahadur, a native of Nepal, and Shankar Puri, a native of Bihar. Raghu of Pauri Garwhal is absconding. All three are daily wagers. The police said Jai Ram used to play cards at the Parade Ground. On the fateful evening, all four were in an inebriated condition while playing cards. In the game, Jai Ram won about Rs 3,000 and was asked to lend some money by others to which he refused. Following this, they had an argument which led to a scuffle between them. With the intention to snatch money from the victim, the accused killed him with stones. They badly bludgeoned his face and mouth. The police has booked them under Section 302, IPC, at the Dalanwala police station. The victim was a retired employee of the Survey of India Department. Two held for theft
The police today arrested two thieves, who had allegedly looted a mobile shop on the Tapouwala road in August. The police recovered two mobile phones, a few batteries and gift items from their possession. According to the police, the duo has been identified as Sajid and Sahid, both are in their early 20s. They were arrested from Chuna Bhatta following a tip-off. Both are butchers by profession. One arrested for cutting hoardings
ROORKEE: The police arrested a person while he was trying to cut iron hoardings with an intention to sell those off here last night. The arrested person has been identified as Rajbir, a resident of Lakha Mahmood village. The police also nabbed another person, namely Iqbal, a resident of Padli village, to whom Rajbir had told that the hoardings belonged to him (Rajbir). During investigations, the police found that the hoardings belonged to the owner of Earth Advertising, Yogesh Kumar of Solanipuram. While Rajbir has been arrested, the police let Iqbal go. A case has been registered against Rajbir. |
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Bala Hissar emerge winner
Dehradun, October 10 Batting first, Bala Hissar scored 34 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Constansia School scored 26 runs for the loss of two wickets. Thus, Bala Hissar took a lead of 8 runs. In the second innings, Bala Hissar scored 23 runs for the loss of seven wickets, while Constansia School scored 24 runs for the loss of three wickets. Bala Hissar won the match by seven runs. Meanwhile in the second match, The Asian School registered five-wicket win over The Heritage School. The Asian School won the toss and elected to field first. The Heritage School scored 28 runs for the loss of four wickets. The Asian School scored 38 runs for the loss of four wickets. Thus, Asian School took a crucial lead of 10 runs. In the second innings, The Heritage School scored 25 runs for the loss of six wickets. Chasing the target of 16 runs, The Asian School achieved the target with five wickets in hand. Athletic meet
winners felicitated
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank congratulated Surendra Bhandari and Head Constable I Singh for winning gold in 10,000m and 3,000m race at the Open Athletic Meet organised at Bhopal. The Chief Minister stated that Uttarakhand sportspersons had made a mark for themselves at the national and international levels. Therefore, the state
government was taking all necessary steps for the promotion of sportspersons in the state. Swati wins TT championship
Swati Sharma won the District Women TT Championship Organised by
District Sports Office here yesterday. In the final, Swati dominated the match against Bhawna and won the first set by 11-9. Swati won the second set by 11-4 and she won the final set by 11-7. In doubles Swati Sharma and Bhawan beat Vinita Bhatt and Priyanka 11-8, 11-9 and 11-7. |
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Garhwal Sporting, Cantt Blues triumph
Dehradun, October 10 In today’s match, Garhwal Sporting registered a thumping 4-1 victory over Akranta. Akranta began the match on a high note scoring a goal in the 10th minute of the match to surprise their opponents. But Garhwal Sporting made a strong comeback and scored the equaliser just nine minutes later. In the 22nd minute, Shashank scored again making it 2-1. In the 26th minute, Naveen scored a goal off a cross from the right flank making it 3-1 in favour of Garhwal Sporting. Shashank completed the tally in the 39th minute. In the second match, Cantt Blues beat Doon Valley by a solitary goal. It was Suraj for the Cantt Blues team who scored in the 19th minute of the first half. Blues managed to hold on to the lead till the end. GNA lift Council School Trophy
Defending champions GNA lifted the Council School Football Trophy for the second time. In the final played here today, they defeated SJA by a solitary goal. It was a closely fought final between SJA and
GNA. GNA team was on the attack right from the beginning and created some sharp moves to press the SJA defence hard. In the 20th minute, GNA succeeded in scoring a goal through Himanshu who scored a goal off a powerful shot from the top of the striking circle. GNA tried hard to increase the lead, but the SJA team denied them any more opportunities. In the second half, the SJA team found it difficult to score the equaliser due to the strong defence put up by
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Dooley House are overall champions
Dehradun, October 10 Abhay Rana was judged the fastest runner and best athlete among boys whereas Malvika Tayal was adjudged best girl athlete. In the 5000-m cycle race, Sachin Joshi secured the first place to clinch the gold and Rahul had to settle for silver. Earlier in the day, Principal George opened the meet with the unfurling of the
flag. Abhay Rana won the PG Goyal Shield and Anoop Singh Memorial Trophy for being the fastest boy of the meet among seniors. Malvika Tayal won the Arpit Gupta Memorial Trophy among senior
girls. Abhishek Jaunsari won the Marathon Challenge Trophy among seniors. Brother Bergin Challenge Cup in the senior category was won by Neha
Malik. Aseem Mathur won the Junior Boys Sharad Memorial Trophy while Archie Mamgain won the Brother O’brien Challenge Cup in the junior girls
category. Aman Singh Bisht won the Brother Dunn Challenge Cup in sub-junior boys group while Somya Dhiman won the Union Bank Trophy in sub-junior
girls. Tsuahar Rauthan won the Brother Dooley Challenge Cup, Archie Mangain won the Col Dixit Memorial Trophy for juniors.
Utkarsh Negi won the Kapoor Challenger Cup in sub-junior boys. Sarjana Bhatia won the Brother Long Challenge Cup in sub-junior girls. |
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Gau yatra reaches Dehradun
Dehradun, October 10 The yatra is a 108-day mission and was initiated by Gokaranpeath Ramchandrapurmat’s former Shankracharya Rageshwar Bharti Maharaj to spread awareness on the importance of cow in the country. With the participation of acharyas, gurus, pandits and members of the Gau Gram Yatra at the district level, around 15,000 small yatras are in process from tehsil and development blocks, approximately covering a distance of 10 lakh km. “It started from Kurukshetra and after crossing Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, it has reached Dehradun. In the evening, we will be in Haridwar and for the night we are going to stay at Roorkee,” said Dayanand Chandola, president of the yatra. The yatra aims to achieve rights regarding the protection, betterment as well establishment of abhaydhams and a cow lover’s society. During the yatra, members are also getting signatures of people under a mission. The list will be handed over to the President of India. The yatra will conclude on Makar Sakranti in Nagpur on January 17, 2010.
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Training camp on Haj held
Dehradun, October 10 The camp was inaugurated by state Social Welfare Minister Matbar Singh Kandari. “The Haj is beginning from October 20. It is necessary for the Hajis to be healthy and know the fundamentals,” said Maulana Altaf Hussain, a Haj trainer from Jamait
Ulema-e -Hind. More than 900 pilgrims from the state will be going on Haj. Camps will also be held at Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts. The vaccination will protect the pilgrims against the threat of diseases like swine flu, viral, chicken pox and other acute problems. Maulana, shahr qazi and Haj trainers were present at the venue providing details regarding the documents, air travelling, immigration and precautions to be taken in Saudia Arabia. “There are so many pilgrims who are travelling for the first time, it’s necessary for them to know how to travel as well cooperate during their stay,” added
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Swine flu hits Founder’s Day
Dehradun, October 10 Though the district health authorities had, about two weeks back, issued an across-the-board advisory to avoid mass gatherings, the school authorities were already thinking about scaling down the celebrations as a precautionary measure. It is learnt that Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was to be the chief guest. The massive annual event has been reduced to an in-house affair. This has happened for the second time in its history. Earlier, it was called off during the mass statehood movement. This time there is no excitement, no visitors, including parents of
Doscos. Everybody must be missing fęte of food stalls and games called pagal gymkhana, which is organised by a particular house. The set activities organised on the occasion included two English and Hindi plays, art and subject exhibitions as well as musical programmes. But this time a street play and a music programme are being organised only for in-house audience. |
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GPO celebrates National Postal Week
Dehradun, October 10 On this occasion the GPO is organising several programmes for its customers. Dehradun GPO and Roorkee GPO are organising a lucky draw for saving accounts customers tomorrow. A ticket exhibition programme would also be held in schools for students on October 13. After this event, post office ticket questionnaire quiz, painting and letter writing competition would be held. NS
Bhandari, a senior officer at the post office, said through this programne they would try to reach to our customers and share the problems, if any. A meeting with the customers will be held on October 14 in which the customers would be welcome to give their suggestions for better working. He informed that the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was founded in 1874 and the postal communities across the globe celebrate World Post Day. India Post is one of the members of UPU and occupies significant position in the operating council of this important UN body. In India, World Post Day is celebrated as part of national postal week.
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Microbial technology: An emerging science
Dehradun, October 10 Held at the initiative of Dolphin (PG) Institute of Bio Medical and Natural Sciences, the workshop held detailed deliberations on scope and relevance of microbial technology. Inaugurating the workshop, Income Tax Commissioner RK Sharma asked the participating students to excel in their studies. He said the country always had the best of brains and there was no doubt that one of them could be Nobel laureate 20 years down the line. Special guest director of the Forest Research Institute Dr SS Negi underlined the need for better coordination between scientists and students in the interests of promotion of science. Dr NSK Harsh, Head of Forest Pathology Division (Forest Research Institute), dwelt at length on bio-pesticides. Earlier, the Chairman and Managing Director of the institute welcomed the participants from across the country. Seema Rawat of the institute proposed a vote of thanks. The workshop is being participated by as many as 500 students and delegates from renowned industries and academic institutions.
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Gurukul Kangri to host hockey meet in Dec
Haridwar, October
10 The one of the country’s premier and oldest domestic hockey tournament will feature top domestic teams and it will start from December 24 and will last for 10 days. Swami Shraddhanand tournament is organised in memory of the martyrdom of Gurukul University founder Swami
Shraddhanand. Vice-Chancellor Gurukul University Swatantra Kumar said to make the tournament more grandeur talks are on with Union Sports Minister MS Gill and former Indian captain and three-time Olympian Pargat Singh to be the chief guest and special guest at the tournament. A university committee has been formed in this regard which will look afterward the format, venue preparations, budget, stadium facilities, lodging arrangements for the players and other things related with the tournament. Last year, Punjab National Bank had won the cup defeating Northern Railways. The tournament is the only national-level hockey tournament that is hosted in the state. |
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Doon varsity celebrates RTI week
Dehradun, October 10 The event started with a speech competition, in which Ravi Kala and Poonam Rawat were adjudged the first and second winners, respectively. All schools presented skits based on the RTI Act. The School of Communication won the first prize. Subhash Rawat, Pallavi Singh and Ankita Singh were winners in the poster competition. Registrar RC Agarwal, Prof Pradip Chakravarty, HoD of Communication and other faculty
members were also present. Dr Vijay Sridhar anchored the programme. |
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Even 12 days after the flow of Gang Canal was stopped for repair and cleaning operations, the authorities concerned are yet to initiate any step in this regard.
Dooley House are overall champions
