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Students from Arunachal Pradesh submit memo to CM
25 BJP leaders, MLAs made chiefs of civic bodies
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One held in double murder case
Paramilitary officer does Uttarakhand proud
Clear doubts on missing N-device: MP
Sir Syed Day celebrated at Madrassa
Devsari Hydro-electric Project
Goonj serves variety at festival
Security at Peeran Kaliyar dargah beefed up
Burning cracker leads to fire in house
A house that was gutted in a fire that erupted due to a firecracker in Dehradun on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
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Students from Arunachal Pradesh submit memo to CM
Dehradun, October 18 The students of the ITITI, an affiliate of Sangh Parivar, demanded the creation of a separate Arunachal Battalion to thwart any mischief from China and defend the country. The students' delegation, led by Japken Kena, a class X student, said the youth of Arunachal Pradesh wanted to join the Indian Army to defend the country against any kind of misadventure by the Chinese. Chief Minister Nishank, who received the memorandum, assured the students that it would be sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Chief Minister said the youth of the country was ever prepared to make any sacrifice for the motherland and the memorandum by young Arunachal Pradesh students pointed to the fact that the country would be safe. The memorandum said, "We, the students of Arunachal Pradesh, want to express the concern and resolve of all Arunachal people regarding the arrogant, war-mongering interventions of China that claims that Arunachal is its territory. We and our parents want to convey to the Chinese people and their expansionist government that there is no India without Arunachal and no Arunachal without India. We are first Indians and then anything else”. The students further said, "We, the Arunachalis, are very patriotic people and will shed the last drop of our blood in defending our mighty India. We are cautioning China that it should not flare up tensions and hurt the peaceful people, otherwise it must remember that 2009 is not 1962 and we are well prepared for any eventuality”.
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25 BJP leaders, MLAs made chiefs of civic bodies
Dehradun, October 18 Interestingly, last week the Chief Minister made seven of the party legislators parliamentary secretaries to placate them. Now, three ruling party legislators and 22 senior party functionaries, including former legislators, have been given these positions. After taking over the reins of the state from Major-Gen BC Khanduri
(retd) in June this year, Dr Nishank had asked all those holding such positions to submit their resignations. Since June, most of the senior party leaders were anticipating getting these positions again. It is after a wait of three and half months that the Chief Minister has appointed 25 state BJP leaders to various ministerial-rank
posts. Bansi Dhar Bhagat, a former state Forest Minister who lost the cabinet berth following the change of guard in June, was given the post of Deputy Chairman of the 20-point
programme. Former Health Minister Ajay Bhatt will be the new adviser to the Health Department. Former state BJP presidents Manohar Kant Dhyani and Puran Chand Sharma have been made Deputy Chairmen of the state planning commission and state Mandi
Parishad, respectively. Balraj Pasi, a former member of Parliament from
Nainital, will head the seed certification agency of Uttarakhand. Former state party president and former Union Minister Bachi Singh Rawat has turned down an offer to accept such a post. “I am a humble worker, it will be better if other deserving leaders get such posts,” said
Rawat. Three general secretaries of the Uttarakhand state BJP namely Ajay
Bhatt, Naresh Bansal and Tirath Singh Rawat have also been given these
positions. Surender Singh Zina, party legislator from Kumoan, has been made Chairman of Kumoan Mandal Vikas Nigam
(KMVN) while Anil Nautiyal, another party legislator from Garhwal, has got the coveted position of Chairman of Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam
(GMVN). Sports Minister Narayan Singh Rana and father of ace shooter Jaspal Rana has been made Chairman of the State Level Sports Council. No women leader could find place in the list. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has said that third and fourth list of such positions would be released in future. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition, Harak Singh Rawat criticized the BJP government of giving such plum positions to party leaders and legislators. He charged that BJP had come to power in the state on the issue of alleged distribution of such positions by previous Congress government led by Narain Datt
Tiwari. ? It is a shame that now BJP government has been squandering the public money in distributing such ministerial positions to party leaders as Diwali gifts,? he charged. |
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One held in double murder case
Roorkee, October 18 The police has arrested a person, namely Hafiz Mustkim, a resident of Nahar Kher (Muradabad) from Kaliyar today on a tip-off. His other three accomplices, namely Zaffar, Mohammad Rafi and Imam Raza Naqvi, all hail from district Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Zaffar belongs to Mohammadpur Bebri village, while Mohammad Rafi and Imam Raza hail from Deepa Sarai Chowk, Sambal and Sirsi village, respectively. Hafiz is said to be the advocate of the victims, Noor Jahan (40) and her son Rahim (11), whose bodies were found with their throats slit from the Bada Imam Sahib cemetery near the shrine on August 8. The bodies were lying separately at a distance of around 100 metres in the shrubs. The police added that Hafiz ustkim had hatched the plan. The motive behind the murder was to grab the property of the victim, Noor Jahan, a widow of Abdul Rehman, who was said to have possessed the property worth in crores in Delhi and Bihar. The property includes a three-storey residential house and 40-room lodge at the Yamuna Vihar locality in Delhi. The miscreants are said to have taken the signature of the victim on a blank paper to give shape to their nefarious design before killing Noor Jahan and her son at Kaliyar. SSP (Haridwar) Sanjay Gunjyal said according to the plan, the miscreants hired a Maruti van and took the victims along them on the pilgrimage of Peeran Kaliyar shrine on August 7. At night they murdered the duo and had thrown the bodies in nearby deserted place. SSP Gunjyal added that while the police has arrested the main culprit, raids are on to nab the others. “The remaining miscreants will be arrested very soon,” assured the SSP. A case of murder has been registered at the Civil Lines Police Station here.
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Paramilitary officer does Uttarakhand proud
Dehradun October 18 His family is presently settled in clement town Dehradun. Joining Border Security Force in the year 1986, Budakoti passed out from the BSF Academy with higher order in the merit. He has held scores of prestigious appointments. He has actively contributed in effectively curbed illegal activities like smuggling on the Indo-Bangladesh border. Even in the thick of militancy in Punjab, he conducted independent and joint operations and busted terrorist hideouts. In Jammu and Kashmir, the officer planned and executed many successful operations wherein he was awarded with the Director-General Commendation role. During his tenure in the UN mission, the officer assisted the local police in Bosnia and Herzegovina in various types of duties. In recognition of his valuable service, the IPTF Commissioner awarded him the UN medal for services with the United Nations. He also served in the North-East region, international border terrorist-infested areas and on the Line of Control. The officer was selected on deputation to the NSG. He has also worked in various staff appointment and earned appreciation for his professional competence various commendations and appreciations earned by the officer in his career and the true reflection of his discipline, courage, dedication, drive and dynamic leadership qualities. In the best tradition of the service, the officer has been awarded Police Medal by the President of India by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the National Security Guard. Budakoti has certainly made Uttarakhand proud.
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Pauri Garhwal MP’s 100 days in Parliament
Dehradun, October 18 Releasing the document, “Satpal Maharaj’s 100 days in Parliament” here at the state Congress headquarters, the Congress MP said ever since he was elected to the present Lok Sabha as Pauri Garhwal MP, he had taken up the issues concerning Uttarakhand effectively at all forums. While reiterating his commitment for the all-round development of the state, Maharaj said he would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the needs of Uttarakhand were taken up on priority and the best of development came to the region. Maharaj said he from time to time had been meeting various ministers of various departments and ensuring that the state benefited from all available central government schemes. He disclosed that Union Raiway Minister Mamata Bannerji had assured him of giving due consideration to Uttarakhand in the expansion of the Railways. He held that Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal too had assured him to work towards the establishment of Indian Institute of Management at Ramnagar. He also disclosed that the central government has accepted long standing one rank one-pension demand of the ex-servicemen, which Maharaj asserted would be in the interest of large population of ex-servicemen of the state. The Congress MP said he had raised the issues of potable water availability, road construction and LPG scarcity within Parliament in a big way. “I, in particular, raised the issue converting Jollygrant airport into an international terminus,” Maharaj held. He also took the opportunity to inform of the commendable works done by him asthe 20-point programme vice-president during the ND Tiwari government in Uttarakhand. “I have always worked for the betterment of Uttarakhand and its people and will continue to do so also in the future”, Maharaj observed. |
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Clear doubts on missing N-device: MP
Dehradun, October 18 It was in 1965 that American intelligence agency, in collaboration with India, put a nuclear-powered device at the Nanda Devi peak to spy on suspected Chinese military missiles in Tibet. A group of American and Indian climbers were given the task to set up the device, but due to inclement weather conditions, the climbers left it behind and came back. All efforts later to find the device had proved futile. Maharaj, in his letter, wrote that probably the device had melted the surrounding ice and burrowed its way to the underlying rocks. Several top secret expeditions had been organised to look out for the device, but without any success, Maharaj wrote. He said the main concern was not the contamination of the mountains for the next three centuries, but the pollution of the ice-fed rivers by radio active material. Maharaj said the Nanda Devi peak was closed after it was rumoured that some climbers had died of radiation poisoning. Maharaj reminded the Prime Minister that in 1978, following the publication of the apprehensions of the coming disaster in some American magazines, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai took it up seriously to find out the its effect on people of Garhwal, but the American authorities informed the Indian government that if any radioactive emissions ever reached the rivers, those would be too diluted to harm anyone. Maharaj requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to find out the truth of the matter by using the latest technological devices to wash off the psychosis of people of the area. He asked for the institution of a proper inquiry regarding the matter and issue an official statement to clear the doubts once and for all. Asked whether he had received any response from the Prime Minister on the issue, Maharaj said he was still awaiting a reply.
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Sir Syed Day celebrated at Madrassa
Dehradun, October 18 Students of the madrassa were distributed bags, books and copies on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harinder Rawat, advisor to the Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister, said Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had done a yeoman’s service for the educational upliftment of the Muslim community. “Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was an epitome of Hindu-Muslim unity who described both communities as the two eyes of a newly wedded bride. If one of these eyes gets jaundicised then none will like it,” said Dr Harinder Rawat. Dr Savita Rawat, a senior DAV PG college teacher, said the community should follow Sir Khan in spreading awareness about education in the Muslim community. Mufti Rais Ahmed said it was high time that besides religious education, the Muslim community should also get modern education so that the community does not lag behind. Naresh Prasad Raturi, convenor of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, assured that his organisation would provide every help to give proper education to each and every child of the Muslim community. The function was also addressed by Dr Abdul Sattar, Principal of the Madrassa, Mufti Salim Ahmed Qasmi, Maulana R Haqqani and Qari Abdul Samad. The students appreciated the effort and study material given
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Devsari Hydro-electric Project Tribune News Service
Dehradun, October 18 Dhasmana told the Chief Minister that the Devsari project was being constructed by the Sutlej project, a joint venture of the Himachal Pradesh and Union governments. However, local residents were apprehensive about the project. The project officials organised a public hearing of the project at Tharali, 20 km from the project, that infuriated the locals. Moreover, the detailed project report of the Devsari project was not provided in the Hindi language. This led to a scuffle between the locals and the company officials. Later, company officials got police cases against the locals and mediapersons. Dhasmana demanded that all false police cases registered against the locals of the area should be withdrawn and exploitation of the local people stopped. He also demanded that the public hearing of the project should be held in each and every village affected by the project and the detailed project report should be made available in Hindi to the local residents. The Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal assured Dhasmana that he would take appropriate action after getting a report from the officials.
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Goonj serves variety at festival
Pauri Garhwal, October 18 The cultural programmes were staged at Mahatma Gandhi Auditorium, which remained jam-packed on all days of the festival. Variety was the key word of the fest as from traditional Uttaranchali dances to Arabian, Western, classical to pop and ghazals, students showcased every bit of these with full zeal. Also the skits and theatrical performances were eye gazers, and skits depicting the Ramayana epic episodes and one based on the Hindu-Muslim communal harmony was appreciated by all. College Principal Dr JS Virk congratulated the students on successfully organising the three-day annual fest and hoped that in the near future they would emerge as able citizens and make the state
and college proud with their achievements. Meanwhile, the demand for giving GB Pant Engineering College the coveted NIT status has gained momentum with legislator from Srinagar Assembly Brijmohan Kotwal coming openly in support of the college. |
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Security at Peeran Kaliyar dargah beefed up
Dehradun, October 18 The dargah, a much-revered shrine, is thronged by people of
all faiths. The move by the Haridwar district police has come in the wake of several incidents of loot, theft and murder in and around the famous
dargah. Since a large number of devouts visit the Peeran Kaliyar dargah everyday from far and near and a large number of beggars also throng the place, there had been cases of thefts, murders and even rapes at Kaliyar in the past one year. The district police has decided to install 18 closed-circuit cameras
(CCTV) in and around the Peeran Kaliyar dargah to keep a watch on all persons visiting or staying in the areas. Out of these 18 cameras, six will be long range rotating cameras that will be able to capture any activity from a distance of 500 m. A sum of Rs 12 lakh will be spent on the cameras. Senior police officials of the city are confident that the move to instal cameras will defenitely help them check the activities of criminal elements and also keep a watch on the outsiders coming to the
dargah. |
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Burning cracker leads to fire in house
Dehradun, October 18 The incident happened around 12 midnight when a burning rocket cracker fell onto the first storey of the house. The wooden furniture immediately caught fire leading to commotion. Owner of the house Deepak Kumar, along with his family members, managed to flee from the house. However, the house belongings like television set, music system, gas cylinder and clothings were burnt down in the fire despite the best of efforts by neighbours to put out the fire. Local councillor Rajkumar, who reached the site immediately, sought assistance of Fire Brigade officials to bring the fire under control. The councillor has also sought assistance from the district administration towards the loss suffered by Deepak. Fire during Diwali night has been a common occurrence despite the fire extinguishing department’s repeated appeals to keep all windows and doors of their houses closed in order to check that no stray burning cracker entered the house.
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Dehradun, October 18
Dehradun, October 18
