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Woman strives to make mandua popular again
‘Doctors misusing Red Cross symbol liable for punishment’
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Tourist rush at Rajaji Park all-time high
Function marks RIMC passing-out ceremony
Gurukul Kangri varsity conducts entrance test
Garhwal Sporting down Alfate Club by 76 runs
Haryana rule with five gold
Boxing: Federation plans to start ranking tournaments
BFS defeat Gujarat 1-0
Sachiwalay thump Beehive College
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Woman strives to make mandua popular again
Pitthoragarh, November 29 Mandua, which was cultivated on 2 crore hectares in 2002. At present, the area under it has been reduced to half in the entire country. To save the mandua crop in the hills of Uttarakhand, the state government in 2003 tried to tie up with a Japanese firm to produce baby food from mandua with the aim to promote its cultivation. Nothing much was heard of the government project after its announcement, but Devki did try her hand in successfully making namkeens from mandua. The products were launched by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in Pitthoragarh on November 9. “Initially, we started making mandua sticks, chips and bhujiya along with our other common preparations,” recalled Devki Devi, winner of a national award for micro entrepreneurship and Tilu Rautili award to empower women in the state. Mandua, also known as koda in Garhwal, along with madira and kauni and other coarse grains, is grown in Uttarakhand with a yield of 400-800 kg per hectare, claims Dr Sarita Srivastava, who is working on a project to treat diabetic patients with coarse grains at GB Pant University, Pantnagar. “Mandua contains calcium, iron potassium, magnesium more than wheat and rice and is good for people suffering from diabetes, blood pressure, heart diseases and indigestion,” she said. Devki had started using mandua to prepare various snacks keeping its medicinal value in mind after an agriculture scientist from Pantnagar University in 2004 persuaded her to utilise local coarse grains for her products. “We started research on the product to find out a formula and it cost us more than Rs 1 lakh and it took four years to complete,” recalled Devki, who has been nominated for National Productivity Award 2008. Devki, after launching the mandua products in Pitthoragarh, opened a stall at India international Trade Fair (IITF), New Delhi, 2009, which was organised at Pragati Maidan from November 14 to 27. “Out of total snacks put up at the stall, 50 per cent were mandua products, which were not only purchased by people from hills but also by those hailing from other places because of its medicinal values,” said Devki, who is now preparing mandua snacks for the national Khadi Expo to be held in Dehradun from December 3 this year. The economics of mandua snacks is much more attractive. This course grain, which generally sells for Rs 5 a kg, is purchased by Devki from farmers of Madkot and Jauljivi valley in Pitthoragarh and sold at better rates after preparing snacks out of it. “I produced five quintals of mandua this year. It would have gone waste had these people not arrived at my doorstep to purchase it for Rs 7 a kg. This has encouraged me to cultivate more mandua,” said Shayam Raj Bhatt, a farmer of Baluakote village. Devki has not stopped here. She is now working on other coarse grains, gahat and jhangora. “After we became successful in producing snacks from mandua and soyabean, we are now in the process of preparing snacks from gahat and madira, another forgotten crops of Uttarakhand,” said Devki.
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‘Doctors misusing Red Cross symbol liable for punishment’
Dehradun, November 29 He said doctors and other hospital units using the plus symbol were liable for punishment. “The Indian Parliament had passed an ordinance in 1960 against its misuse as per the Geneva convention,” he said. He was speaking at the workshop held today in which special emphasis was laid on the use and misuse of the Red Cross. He further said to reduce mortality and morbidity, the Red Cross Society in the state was actively involved in all health programmes underway in the state. It had achieved a singular distinction of constituting a State Disaster Management Committee. “The idea is to create a State Disaster Response team with 30 members mostly volunteers from the Indian Red Cross Society, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and hospitals that will carry relief work in the state,” said Dr Pal. At the workshop, he said the Red Cross Society was committed to creating volunteers during peace and emergency that were trained in administering first aid. These volunteers were imparted seven days training by a cadre of 40 medical officers. “The State Red Cross Society had made financial contributions for the affected families during the Bihar floods in 2008,” he said. It was also actively contributing in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programmes by holding blood donation camps and training volunteers in first aid.
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Tourist rush at Rajaji Park all-time high
Haridwar, November 29 The number of tourists visiting the park in the first 10 days of its opening suggests this year all previous records will be broken. This seems more achievable as the next year, lakhs of devotees visiting Haridwar for the Maha Kumbh won’t like to miss the opportunity to be amid wildlife in the park. As per data of visitor arrivals in the first 10 days of its opening, 725 tourists visited the park. This included 104 foreigner tourists. In the previous 2008-09 session, 1,886 foreigners had visited the park in full six-month park season while 17,956 tourists were from the domestic category. While last year’s earnings from visitors were Rs 1,745,730, 10 days of this season have recorded and earning of Rs 82,990. The influx of tourists can be attributed to various reasons, one being the park fast gaining popularity as the abode of Asian elephants. This is the USP of the park and is synonymous with this species of elephant. Secondly, the steps taken by the park administration to make it tourist friendly and as well as in conservation of wildlife flora and fauna has also helped in attracting
more tourists. Chilla ranger MS Negi points out that apart from first-time visitors, the number of tourists paying a second visit to the park is also growing. The park administration is banking on the upcoming Maha Kumbh to be held for four months from January. With park to close months after that on November 15, this season seems to be heading for a record-breaking number of visitors. Though this is early period, animals and birds will be more visible at the park in the coming days. Wildlife scientist Ritesh Joshi says tourist flow will grow more in the coming months as wildlife sighting will rise with change in climate and also migratory birds will be easily
visible then. Last year the tourist flow touched a moderate level due to various reasons. With terrorism threat looming large across major parts of India last year, foreign tourists’ inflow suffered. Secondly, economic recession affected the flow of both national and international tourists, specially coming through bulk corporate bookings. Last year, just a month after the park was opened for tourists, Mumbai terror attacks rocked the whole nation. And the global meltdown which affected severely the financial condition domestic tourists too avoided vacation and leisure trips and thus RNP too got affected which relies more on wild life lovers, adventure tourists and bulk corporate bookings. Add to it, the 15th Lok Sabha elections held in five phases from April to May affected the tourist inflow at park.
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Function marks RIMC passing-out ceremony
Dehradun, November 29 Academic Awards Cadet Arunabh Saxena (highest percentage of marks among juniors) Cadet Sabyasachi Mishra (highest percentage of marks among seniors) Cadet Ashish Kapoor (Hugh Catchpole Cup for best performance in English-juniors) Cadet Saurav Kaushik (Hugh Catchpole Cup for Best performance in English-seniors) Cadet Ashish Kapoor and Cadet Abhilash Patra (Mr JGC Scott Cup for best performance in social science) Cadet Abhilash Patra (Mr EJ Watson Cup for best performance in science) College Blues Cadet Lalit Thapliyal
(shooting) Cadet Tabish Hasan, Cadet K Arjun, Cadet Bhupender Singh, Cadet Krishnapal Singh, Cadet Piyush Raj and Cadet Harsh Arora (adventure) Cadet Suvendu Mishra (physical training) Cadet JS Suman and Cadet Prashant Verma (physical training) College Blazers Cadet Ashish Tiwari (shooting) and Cadet Aditya Udupa (swimming) Awards for the passing-out course Col DH Parab Trophy for most helpful cadet went to Cadet Capt S Shyam while Gen Manoharan Trophy for proficiency in computer sciences was won by Cadet Saurabh Sarkar. Lieut-Gen SS Dhillon Trophy for cadet best in attitude was bagged by Cadet Capt S Shyam. Sword of Honour and Rs 5,000 sponsored by the Mahindra Trust was won by Cadet Capt S Shyam. A cultural programme was held. The highlights of the programme were a Saraswati prayer and a Garhwali song by cadets of Class I, classical orchestra and songs by cadets Tuhin, Rahul Dev Verma, Himanshu Thapa, Krishnakant and Class IV ‘A’ and dance by cadets. Col H Dharmarajan, SM, Commandant, RIMC, congratulated the cadets of the pass-out course and motivated them to strive harder in the times to come. He said he was optimistic that the cadets will leave a mark wherever they go. The chief guest said: “It is your sheer enthusiasm and dedication that will take you a long way. Be sure to always put your best foot forward and look at each difficulty as an opportunity to prove your worth”.
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Gurukul Kangri varsity conducts entrance test
The research entrance test for Gurukul Kangri University was held today. For this doctorate-level entrance test, two examination centres had been made with one each for male and female candidates.
For female candidates, Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya situated at Jwalapur was the test centre and for male candidates, the main campus at Gurukul University itself was the examination centre. Notably, for this test a total of 1,158 applicants had applied, of this 554 comprised women and 604 male candidates. But today at the Gurukul University centre, 65 remained absent from the examination, while at the Kanya Gurukul centre 20 remained absent from the examination process. Examination superintendent Dr Sangeeta Vidyalankar said 64 applicants, whose names were missing from the initial name sheet, turned up at the examination centre. These 64 late entrants were allowed to give examination only after thoroughly checking their admit cards and other details. Dr RD Kaushik was the examination superintendent at Gurukul University, while Dr Sangeeta Vidyalankar was supervisor at Kanya Gurukul centre. Both said the whole examination process passed off peacefully and related processes were duly completed.
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Garhwal Sporting down Alfate Club by 76 runs
Dehradun, November 29 Batting first Garhwal Sporting piled 142 runs in 20 overs. Opener Vishal paved the way for Garhwal Sporting team victory. He scored 34 runs in 28 balls. Second down batsman Bhatt further accelerated the innings’ run rate. He scored 50 in 53 balls. Lower order batsman Arya added 14 runs to help his team reach the score of 142 runs. For Alfate Club team Farukh and Noshad took two wickets each. Chasing the victory target of 143 runs, Alfate Club could only managed to score 45 runs. Noshad scored 26 runs in 31 balls, while the other batsmen failed to make any impact and were out for a low score. For the Garhwal Sporting team, Arvind picked up five wickets, whereas Dhanur took two wickets. Meanwhile, in the second match Rao Academy team registered 29-runs victory over NIIT team. Batting first Deepankar scored 147 runs in its allotted 20 overs. Sharad was the top scorer for the team with 35 runs, hitting five fours and one six in his innings. Second down batsman Shaurabh scored 27 runs and Ashvani made 24 runs. For NIIT Bhagt, Nitin and Amit took two wickets each. Chasing the victory target, NIIT team was all out for 120 runs. For the team Uday made 34 runs and Guddu scored 20 runs. For Rao Academy team Mahak took three wickets, whereas Deepankar and Sachin took two wickets.
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Senior Women Federation Cup Boxing C’ship Uttarakhand’s Veenita Mahar defeats Shalaja Reddy of Railways Sports Promotion Board in 57-kg category Tribune News Service
Nainital, November 29 The boxers from Haryana dominated the opponents in every sphere of the game and put a stamp on their dominance at the national level. The day began with the finals in the 46-kg category in which Pinky from Haryana overcame a stiff challenge from Hemanti Mehta of Uttarakhand. It was a bout to watch as both players displayed an attacking game raining a flurry of punches on their opponents. It was the technical superiority of Pinki that helped her prevail over her rival 17-10. In the finals of the 48-kg category, K Mandakinichanu of the All-India Police lived up to her reputation as one of India’s brightest hopes in the days to come. She defeated Mamta of Haryana 19-7. The final bout in the 51-kg category saw Suman of Haryana outclassing her opponent Anita Sharma of All-India Police 16-1. In the 54-kg category it was Preeti Mehra of Punjab who dominated the bout against Reena of Madhya Pradesh. She went on to win 7-3. The home team of Uttarakhand got some solace when Veenita Mahar overcame a determined Shalaja Reddy of Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) in the 57-kg category. Both players displayed an aggressive stance hitting each other with powerful left right combinations. The bout started with Mahar scoring the points, but by the end Reddy had come up with some excellent hooks and straight punches on the face of her opponent. But Mahar proved to be a trifle strong and won the bout 4-3, much to the delight of the local crowd. The next bout saw Preeti Beniwal overcoming a strong challenge from Rinky Singh of Assam. Eventually, Preeti managed to win 16-9. In the 64-kg category Pooja Rani of Haryana proved to be too strong for her opponent Rajni Priya of the RSPB as the latter was forced to retire after the very first round of the bout. The 69-kg category finals saw Kavita of Assam emerge victorious against Aneeta Rani of Punjab. Displaying a good footwork and some excellent ducking combined with counter attacks, Kavita romped home 16-5. The 75-kg category bout was not contested as Sonam of Haryana got a walk over Aswathy Mol of RSPB who was unwell. In the 81-kg category Gurpreet of Punjab proved to be no match against Kavita of Haryana and the referee had to stop the contest. The last bout of the championship saw N Swarna Priya of the RSPB defeating Renubala of Punjab 14-2 in the 82-kg category.
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Boxing: Federation plans to start ranking tournaments We are planning to have ranking tournaments that will offer a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh to the winner. In these tournaments the international points of the participants will not be included. Otherwise, those participating in tournaments abroad will have an advantage over the domestic talent that has not had international exposure — Col PK Muralidharan Raja, Secretary General, Indian Boxing Federation
Rajeev Khanna
Nainital, November 29 Col PK Muralidharan Raja, who is the Secretary General of the Indian Boxing Federation, said the rules for starting ranking tournaments had been framed and this would be followed by framing of rules for men. “We are planning to have ranking tournaments that will offer a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh to the winner. In these tournaments the international points of the participants will not be included. Otherwise those participating in tournaments abroad will have an advantage over the domestic talent that has not had international exposure,” he said. With money being a key motivating factor, it is being planned that cash incentives be introduced in other tournaments as well and a player winning from the pre-quarter stage upwards gets
cash rewards. At the same time, the federation is asking the states to promote the game at the grassroot level. It has come up with offers to provide rings, gloves and other equipment on 75:25 cost sharing pattern to promote the game in
different states. The federation has just ordered 20 rings, which will be given to different states and officials believe that this is just
a beginning. Col Raja said people coming into the game were finding things looking bright for them. “There is too much talent available at the local level. It is good to see this talent come up and cause major upsets at all kinds of tournaments. Recently a girl who had defeated Mary Com in a tournament was beaten 22-6 by yet another unknown face from Madhya Pradesh. So one can imagine the talent and the potential we have,”
Raja said. Officials point out that it has to be ensured that the talent available in the state and anywhere in the country gets properly represented at the state, national and other all-India level games from where players can be picked up for training at the international level.
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All-India Police Football Championship Tribune News Service
Dehradun, November 29 Both the teams were in attacking form right from the beginning. But was BFS team which succeeding in scoring a goal in the 19th minute of the match through Kamal Kishor. Thereafter, Gujarat team tried hard to find an equaliser but failed to convert their changes into score, losing out to BFS team by a solitary goal. In the second match, Punjab Police triumphed over RPF team by solitary goal. Both the teams were locked at goalless draw at the end of the first half. But in the second half things changed in Punjab Police team favour and they earned a penalty that was skill fully converted into a goal by Hussan. Meanwhile, third match Madhya Pradesh registered a 2-1 win over Tamil Nadu team. Madhya Pradesh team dominated the proceeding right from the beginning and scored their first goal in the 37th minute of the game through Mahendra. They further increased their team by a goal, when Harikrishan scored the second goal for his team making it 2-0. Tamil Nadu team reduced the team by a scoring a goal in the dying minute through Kumar. Meanwhile, in the other matches, Nagaland beat Mizoram 3-0, SSB and Assam Rifle played a draw 2-2, West Bengal and Bihar team played 1-1 draw, J&K team beat Tripura by 2-1.
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Sachiwalay thump Beehive College
Dehadun, November 29 Batting first, Beehive College team pilled a 121 runs in 19 overs. Opener Ajay made 16 runs in 24 balls. It was middle order batsman Ankur who accelerated the run rate for Beehive made as he scored a half century. Ankur scored 54 runs in 39 balls smashing five fours and two sixes. Lower order batsman Saurabh also made an important contribution scoring 16 runs in 20 balls. For Sachiwalay team Sanjeev and Lalit scored took two wickets each. Chasing the victory target of 122 runs, Sachiwalay team reached the target with eight wickets in hand and with one over left. Sachiwalay began on a strong note as the opener batsman Amit played a steady knock of 56 runs in 73 balls, hitting fours in his innings and remained not out. TH Khan made 12 runs. First down batsman Bhupender knocked 28 runs in 25 balls, whereas second down batsman Shashank scored 11 runs. For Beehive College Kaushal and Tousif took
one wickets.
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Pitthoragarh, November 29
Dehradun, November 29
Dehradun, November 29
The research entrance test for Gurukul Kangri University was held today. For this doctorate-level entrance test, two examination centres had been made.
For female candidates, Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya situated at Jwalapur was the test centre and for male candidates, the main campus at Gurukul University itself was the examination
centre.
Dehradun, November 29
Dehadun, November 29
