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Fine Arts Dept teacher
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Media needs to have macro outlook on Kumbh works: CM
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Hunt on to nab 13 under-trial criminals
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank attends a function at Rishikul Ayurveda Medical College in Haridwar on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaud
Gone missing ahead of marriage reception, man found dead
Cosy comfort for dogs
Play brings alive barbaric view of Mumbai terror strikes
CM pays tributes to Parliament attack martyrs
Plant-based fibres alternative to wool
Woollens made of material mixed with natural
fibres. A file photograph
H1N1: Health dept to set up private labs during Kumbh
Roorkee rly station being spruced up
Hospital holds trials of critical-care ambulance
Gurung community to hold Lohsar fair
Nishank for awareness on energy conservation
Dates for BJP dist-level elections announced
Lensman Joshi awarded
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Fine Arts Dept teacher
attached to Dean office
Nainital, December 13 Talking to The Tribune, Vice-Chancellor Dr VPS Arora said, “We have decided to re-conduct the probe against him. For the time being he has been attached to the office of the Dean of his faculty at Almora. The committee that will probe the matter will be shortly set up and it will also go into the details regarding the grievances which he has against the students.” The man in question, Professor MS Mawadi has been in the eye of a storm since September 2009, when students levelled charges of misconduct against him. It is learnt that a girl had charged him with inappropriate behaviour and a boy had charged him of being partisan while conducting the practical examinations in his subject. Following the allegations, a probe had been initiated against him and he had been sent to Almora from the university campus in Nainital. However, the allegations against him could not be proved as the students did not turn up for deposition before the committee probing the charges against him. “As people did not turn up despite being invited by the enquiry committee, the latter did not have much to say as there was no clear cut evidence,” said Dr Arora. Following this, Professor Mawadi was asked to join back last week and the authorities ensured that he would neither be made the Head of the Department nor would he be involved in conducting the practical examinations. He was just supposed to teach. But his arrival created a storm in the campus with the students seeking his ouster. They tried to manhandle him and created an “undesirable” atmosphere on the campus. Thereafter, the authorities advised him not to come to office till he was asked to, but he turned up the next day with some outsiders. This further infuriated the students and there was a ruckus for second day as well. When pointed out by the university authorities that the teacher had been exonerated by the expert committee, the students protested by saying that they were never asked by the committee to come and depose before it. Meanwhile, Professor Mawadi also proceeded to lodge a police complaint against the students who had tried to manhandle him. It was amidst these set of events that the university authorities decided to attach him to the office of the Dean of his faculty and re-initiate a comprehensive probe that would look into the allegations from both the sides. “The working had become difficult in such a situation and hence the decision was taken,” said Dr Arora.
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Media needs to have macro outlook on Kumbh works: CM
Haridwar, December 13 Perturbed after some media reports and opposition political parties’ terming the mela preparations as delayed and invisible, the Chief Minister urged media, both print and electronic, to view the Kumbh works with a macro view. He said when works to the tune of Rs 400 crore were going on its apparent that till the completion of the works, both city and construction sites would bore a scattered and rough look. Nishank said, “Wait for sometime and you will see a whole new Haridwar as then all works will be duly completed and those things which you point out as low quality, posing problems for people, will themselves speak of.” He further added that if there was some minor problem, then it could be rectified. Nishank was in the city to inaugurate 20 new Kumbh works worth Rs 17.37 crore and commencing four projects worth Rs 25.87 crore. He once again reiterated that for the Kumbh this is for the first time that funds tuning to Rs 400 crore have been put in while in previous ones it was barely Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore. Taking the critics and people, who are questioning on Kumbh works, Chief Minister openly invited them to have a direct talk with him and said it’s easy to criticise but did not see the way the state government and mela administration was working to make Kumbh a successful mega fair. He said state Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik would be in Haridwar district only for next four months till the competion of the Kumbh and would not be bounded to tour other districts due to ministry compulsions and works. “We are taking stock of Kumbh works every hour and from Principal Secretary to mela officer everyone is working assiduously to make sure the Kumbh is peacefully and successfully hosted,” said Nishank. The works inaugurated include Saptrishi-Bharat Mata Mandir path, Shankaracharya-Kankhal-Singhdwar road, Pantdeep underpass, 33/11KV power sub-station construction, link path from NH-58 to Bhimgauda, Sharda Nagar CC road and several other works. While those four works which started are construction of residential houses for the health department, construction of Bhagwanpur-Hakimpur Turra Imli Kheda-Piran Kaliyar road, Puhana-Iqbalpur-Jhabreda-Narsan motor road and Nanautta-Deoband-Mangalore road. |
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Hunt on to nab 13 under-trial criminals
Dehradun, December 13 According to the data available with the police, after the state was formed, there are 27 under trials that fled from the police custody and 13 of out of them are yet to be caught. While 13 other of the criminals have been arrested and one was shot in an encounter when he was trying to dodge the cops. The 13 fled criminals have become a pain for the police. According to the sources they commit crime in different states and come to Uttarakhand on a particular interval of time and after committing crime move back to other place. “It is very difficult that the one who fled from the police custody is caught again as they move to other states to commit crime and the networking of the police with other state’s police is not that strong that criminals could be traced,” said a senior police official. “Secondly this is also the factor that these criminals are very clever that they change their names with every crime. And even if they are arrested in some other state or district sometimes it doesn’t come to notice as they obviously wouldn’t reveal the places where they are already booked,” added the official. IG Garwhal MA Ganapathy said we fixed rewards on the information of miscreants depending upon the profile of the criminals. And besides this our own efforts are there to trace them. In most of the cases the cops from whose custody the miscreants have fled are suspended and enquiry is ordered against them. The two under trials who fled from the police custody recently in less than a fortnight were terminated from their services by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhinav Kumar. The police is taking the matter seriously and all efforts are on to trace the two fled under trials. The police teams have been sent to different places in the look out of the two
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Time for Indians to dwell on Ayurveda, says Nishank
Haridwar, December 13 This was stated by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank at a function held at Rishikul Ayurvedic College. Urging students of the Ayurveda and Ayurvedacharyas to don the mantle of taking forward this world’s most ancient medical therapy in making nation healthy and disease free. “You have to set high goals sidelining trifle matters and it’s in your hands to take forward the Ayurveda to the world. This is the land where first surgical therapy was invented as the Lord Dhanvantri and Charak Rishi showed the path to the world. All this surgical therapy is described in the Ayurveda, which modern medical therapists learnt later,” said Nishank, while inaugurating the statue and also new college auditorium named after Madan Mohan Malviya. Rishikul Medical College had been founded in 1919 by Madan Mohan Malviya. Nishank said 90 years had passed and in 2019 the college would be completing 100 years. He urged students to make a mark in various fields to fulfil the dreams of Madan Mohan Malviya as well as expectations of people of Uttarakhand. Earlier, the Director, Ayurveda, Dr Pooja Bharadwaj, said the progress in the field of the Ayurveda had been on since the formation of Uttarakhand. He lauded previous and present state governments for supporting the cause of the Ayurveda. She said the college has been granted approximately Rs 7 crore in the past few years and the whole college had go a new look. The other dignitaries present at the occasion included Urban State Minster Madan Kaushik, Roorkee legislator Suresh Jain, state rank minister Naveen Sehgal, College Principal Pradeep Bharadwaj, Dr Ram Moorti Veer, and Principal Secretary, Ayurveda and Unani Medicine, Kesav Das
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Gone missing ahead of marriage reception, man found dead
Dehradun, December 13 The body was spotted in the Shakti canal, near the Dalipur powerhouse, in Vikasnagar by villagers. They even made an attempt to save the man but by the time they took him out of the canal Dalveer was counting his last and died before the EMRI 108 reached the spot. The matter was brought to the notice of the police. The police said he committed suicide by jumping into the canal and was seen by some villagers while jumping. He had been seen on and off by the villagers for the last few days near the canal. The police added that he was suffering from depression and was undergoing treatment in a private hospital. The police categorically denied of any foul play. No suicide note was found from the spot and there were no injury marks on the body of the deceased. However Rs 11,000, one gold ring and an ATM card was found from him. Dalveer, a native of Hathibardkala, had gone missing on December 2 and the family had lodged a complaint in the Dalanwala police station. He had gone to get his shave done and to invite friends but didn’t turn up home. Man held for selling land on forged documents
Dehradun: The police arrested an 80-year-old man for allegedly selling land on forged documents, here last night. The police said two more persons were involved with him and were caught two months ago. They were the main culprit and must have on purpose dragged the elder man in the case. Imran had complained to the police that he was sold land by the accuse Ataru but the land later turned out to be of Mohtra Prasad. A case under section 40 of Indian Penal Code has been registered in the Patel Nagar police station. One arrested in Jindal
murder case
Roorkee: In the case of the murder of local businessman Navin Jindal on Tuesday, the police claimed to have got a vital lead after the arrest of a person here today. Though the police refused to give details of the arrested man, it claimed that the arrested person was one of the assailants in the crime. Talking to The Tribune, SP (Rural) Ajay Joshi said they had arrested a hardcore criminal in this connection and the crime was the handiwork of an organised gang. “At the moment, I could not give more details as that would hamper the investigation but I assure that we are near to arrest all the criminals, involved in the murder of Jindal,” said Joshi while adding that at least three hardcore criminals were involved in the murder. However, the sources added that the arrested miscreant belongs to the gang of notorious extortionist of the area, Sunil Rathi. Jindal was shot dead by the unidentified criminals in front of his residence at Solanipuram locality when he was returning after closing his shop around 9.30 pm on December 8. The murder caused panic among the traders in the area. A delegation of traders’ leaders also met Joshi to ascertain the safety of the traders in the area. Flesh-trade racket unearthed
Nainital: The Almora police has unearthed a flesh-trade racket. In a swoop following a tip-off received by it, the police arrested three women along with a person who had allegedly sold off his daughter for Rs 30,000 last month. Among the arrested women one is from Meerut and the other two from Almora. Having received a tip-off relating to the sale of a girl on Thursday at Darkhas village, near Almora town, the police managed to arrest the three. The police says the arrested persons have confessed to having sold a girl studying in Class VII at Fhalseema village to a resident of Ghaziabad. A police team has been sent to rescue the girl. A team has also been constituted to investigate the possibility of their having sold other minor girls in western Uttar
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Cosy comfort for dogs
Since the past four years, due to exposure by the media, beautifully showcasing the bond shared by a dog and human being has in a big way triggered the sales of such products. Testimony to this growing fondness was the latest dog show at Dehradun, which was attended by a large number of people coming from every nook and corner to either purchase pups, accessories or enjoy the competitive spirit of these canines. While the Old Dispensary Market is the most popular for animal products, but many others shops at the Rajpur road have also started selling such items. “We are selling dog-related items since the past 10 years as people in the city are very fond of dogs and treating them with love and care,” said Yash, a trader. Whether it’s a newborn pup or a giant dog, coats are available in all sizes and colours. Rs 6 per inch is the present market price. The outside of the coats have prints of checks and animal prints such as the paw and on the inside there’s warm lining, which keep the dog intact and cosy. “Since the onset of October, people start thronging to purchase coats and beds. And it’s wonderful to see how owners of pets are concern about their health and cleanliness. The prices of coats are between Rs 85 and Rs 450 and for beds, from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 depending on their quality and style,” said Kapil, Art Home Gallery. “As it is cold I purchased coats for my dog, after all it is also a part of the family and is so protective and loyal in nature,” said Kavita, a homemaker. Affordable prices and low risk of pets falling prey to winter prone diseases with protective cover of coats, another hit item in market is the pet food, which is catching attention of dog lovers for being a wholesome meal as compared to ordinary home cooked food. “The sales of dog coats is very good and not only this, the craze for pet food such as Pedigree, Nutripet, Royal Canine and other popular brand is also growing day by day due to so much awareness and craze to groom the pet like a family member,” added
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Play brings alive barbaric view of Mumbai terror strikes
Dehradun, December 13 The same theme and similar scene was enacted to make the audience undergo the sorrows of many who lost everything in the terror attacks. With the mission to eradicate terrorism on earth, members of the Yuva Pariwar Sewa Samiti (YPSS), Dehradun, under the guidance of the Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan, staged a play “Manthan” at ONGC’s KDMIPE AMN Ghosh auditorium here today. The storyline of the play was based on the unforgettable and vicious act of Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11. The entire play was a coalition of dance drama performed by students from different schools and colleges associated with the Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan. “Through our play, we want to convey the audience, specially the youth, that humanity is much beyond religion. Lets put a stop to activities done on the name of jihad. No religion, no holy book suggests of killing people to pacify God but it’s human mind that practises it for its own gluttony,” said one of the members of the YPSS. The play carried the theme of reviving humanity and compassion in every individual. The plot of the act gave the message of peace and prosperity. “No matter what happens, how cruel things seem to be, life goes on. But, if tried to work jointly, one can make difference” was the message that the play tried to deliver to the city audience. “It’s been witnessed that whenever any terrorist activity takes places, the convict held is always youth. No elderly person will be seen carrying out fanatic activities. Therefore, through our play we want to rekindle the spark of nationalism in those young minds that have lost the path of righteousness,” said Vijay, one of the actors and the member of the YPSS. Raj Kumar, DGM Civil, ONGC, was the chief guest of the show. He inaugurated the function by lighting up the lamp. Vinod Chamoli, Mayor, Vinod Barthwal, president of the state Samajwadi Party, Hari Om, Joint Secretary of Uttrakhand, Anil Joshi, Dasmanad Suryakant and Ajay Dabral were eminent persons at
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CM pays tributes to Parliament attack martyrs
Dehradun, December 13 Nishank said it was unfortunate that the perpetrators of the Parliament attack were yet to be brought to justice. The Chief Minister said there was a need for stringent laws to deal with terror elements. He also asked the Central government to ensure that the family members of the martyrs in terror attack cases are properly rehabilitated and martyrs get their due
honour.
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Plant-based fibres alternative to wool
Dehradun, December 13 The Uttarakhand Handloom and Handicraft Development Council (UHHDC) has begun giving training to weavers and craftsmen on value-addition by tapping industrial hemp, nettle grass, Bhimal and Ramabans. “The weavers are learning how to use the plant-based raw material for making shawls and other clothes material, without ignoring wool, the main raw material. Even angora wool is being used in a big way,” emphasised SC Nautiyal, Additional Director, Industries. Harsil in Uttarkashi is known to produce best variety of wool, but due to declining output, efforts are on to enhance the quality of sheep and introduce new breeds and change in shearing methodology. Uttarkashi, Pitthoragarh and Chamoli are major centres of wool production. “Fearing that handlooms might take a backseat, the council is engaged in reviving them. Our production may be less compared to Himachal Pradesh but we are keen to make our presence felt. Our weavers are getting good response at various exhibitions and fairs,” said GC Pandey, Deputy Director, Industries. In addition, six handloom clusters functioning in the state are at Chinka (Chamoli district), Mangalur (Haridwar district), Dunda (Uttarkashi district), Munsiyari and Dharchula (Pitthoragarh districts) and Kalsi in Dehradun district. In these six clusters, one yarn bank has been established. A main yarn bank is functioning at Kashipur. The corpus fund for each small yarn unit is Rs 3 lakh. Similarly, under the Ambedkar Hast Shilp Vikas Yojana, weavers of Kashipur and Jaspur are engaged in block printing. As many as 1,000 artisans are directly benefiting from the scheme that involves, loans, skill enhancement and other benefits. A total of 29,000 households are directly engaged in wool and cotton weaving in the state. Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme is benefiting self-help groups that have around 300-500 weavers. “The scheme involves the creation of self-help groups, setting up of yarn depots and design development and common facility centres,” said
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H1N1: Health dept to set up private labs during Kumbh
Dehradun, December 13 “The Kumbh Mela area has been designated as a Kumbh district and 31 sectors have been set up manned by a nodal officer who will keep track of the number of patients who are testing positive and give them treatment as the medicines are only available with the government hospitals,” said Dr CP
Arya, Director General DG (Health). In the absence of any swine flu testing facility in the state, the state health department’s preparedness in containing the spread of swine flu virus will be severely tested during the fair in which lakhs of pilgrims from different parts of the country are expected to participate. However, once the collection centres come into form, the problem of pending sample results is expected to be solved, especially for the Kumbh district that would function independently without burdening the over stretched staff. Only few laboratories in Dehradun have facility for undertaking real time Polymerase Chain Reaction
(PCR) tests. In Haridwar too chances are bleak, “The cost of the test at any private laboratories could be between Rs 2,500-3,000, our intervention is aimed at keeping the cost under control,” said Dr
Arya. Further, the central government has agreed in principle to allocate two lakh tami flu capsules and 50,000 suspensions (syrups), 15,000 triple layer masks and 1,500 N95 masks for the
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Roorkee rly station being spruced up
Roorkee, December 13 Apart from replacing old sheets of platform sheds at the station with the new ones, two specially designed shops will be set up there to facilitate visitors. Two existing shops will be remodelled to make those attractive and more beautiful. A sum of Rs 11 lakh has been sanctioned for the purpose. The railways authorities said under the plan, they were going to change the old cemented and tin shed sheets with new attractive fibre and plastic sheets. “This will help in beautifying as well as changing the existing looks of the station,” said Station Master Rajendra Singh. The two new stalls are made of pure steel and are specially designed at a cost of Rs 6 lakh, he added. Cleanliness will be maintained at the station during the mega fair. Notably, the 100-year-old station, which falls in ‘A’ class category, has been crying for attention badly. There is a long-pending demand from visitors for a separate waiting room for women at the station. At present, there is only one common waiting room at the station. Besides, there is also need to construct more toilets at the station. The condition of the only two toilets here is quite miserable. Stink and dirtiness rein all over there. Many a time, the toilet at platform No. 1 is found locked. People can generally be seen urinating in the open. “Being the gateway of the state, the town’s station should be equipped with top-class facilities,” said Ravinder Singh, a local resident. |
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Hospital holds trials of critical-care ambulance
Dehradun, December 13 The ambulance costing Rs 60 lakh has been procured by the state Health Department and will be pressed into service for ferrying patients in critical condition requiring treatment at higher referral centres located in Delhi and Chandigarh. “We are conducting the trials at the Doon Hospital. Once completed, the ambulance will be part of the hospital fleet,” said Dr RK Pant, CMS, Doon Hospital. On many occasions, patients are in a serious condition and require immediate intervention. Ambulances of these kind can take the patients to better centres ensuring immediate attention. “The state-of-the-art ambulance contains all necessary equipment required to stabilise the condition of a heart patient. It imitates the facilities of a hospital ward,” said Dr CP Arya, DG (Health). The ambulance is equipped with an ECG machine, ventilator, oxygen cylinder, stretcher, electricity, water, BP instrument, operation tools, suction machine, cardiac monitor and other necessary equipment.
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Gurung community to hold Lohsar fair
Dehradun December 13 Major Sher Bahadur Gurung (retd), president of the Gurung Maha Sabha, announced that the day-long fair of Lohsar would be held at the ground of Kingston Public School, Nayagaon, on December 27 from 10 am to 4 pm. The Gurung Maha Sabha would be holding gatherings of members of the Gorkha community to observe this fair. Lohsar celebration is akin to Nepali fest Dussehra, to commemorate valour and majesty of Gurung soldiers. The ceremonial function is celebrated in the month of December. The prior account says that the community has the influence of Tibetan culture, script, language and costumes. They are more inclined towards the Tibetan customs, traditions and belief. The lamas and priests offer prayers to appease god for prosperity and affluence. Through this festival, the community wants to revive their age-old cultural heritage and seek recognition as an individual group of people. The festival has religious significance as well as the rejoicing connotation to it. Members of the Gurung Maha Sabha such as Brig. PS Gurung (retd), Col VN Thapa (retd) and Lt Col Bhagwan Singh Chettri (retd), Capt AK Limbu (retd) and Col SG Gurung (retd) were present at the event. |
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Nishank for awareness on energy conservation
Dehradun, December 13 In his directives to senior officials of the state, Nishank called for conducting special sensitisation programmes for the general masses on energy conservation in the state. He said the need for carrying out pro-energy conservation programmes was very much in Uttarakhand. He said though the state was trying to attain self-sufficiency in energy, conservation certainly held much importance in achieving its energy goals. He also asked the officials linked to the Energy Department, representatives from voluntary organisations and educational institutions to work in coordination for the larger cause of energy conservation. He also suggested for better exploitation of renewable sources of energy like wind and solar power. The Chief Minister, however, held that the state certainly was moving in a right direction. He disclosed that the state had got an award for standing third in the entire country in energy conservation efforts. He revealed that Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde would be giving away the award to a representative from
Uttarakhand.
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Dates for BJP dist-level elections announced
Dehradun, December 13 Informing the media persons on the party elections, in charge Dr Baleshwar Pal said the elections at all its 22 district units will take place on December 15, 16 and December 19. He said however the elections for Dehradun district will take place on December 25 and 26. He disclosed that a central observer would be supervising the elections in the city. Earlier in the day, a meeting of BJP elections officials took place at the Balbir situated BJP office. The meeting held detailed discussions on preparations linked to elections. Dr Dhan Singh Rawat and Suresh Joshi were other prominent party officials who took part in the meeting. BJP had recently inducted 4.5 lakh new members in order to expand its base in the state. These included large number from Dalit and women. The election to the party’s local committees took place by November 22 whereas the party’s mandal level elections were held between November 23 and 30. |
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Lensman Joshi awarded
Nainital, December 13 IIPC maintains a continuous record of the works done by photographers and then gives them grading according to their performance. Joshi has been affiliated to the Council since 2004. Joshi had got bronze and silver grading in 2006 and gold grading in 2008. The platinum grading has been given to him for his work on photographs clicked on travel journalism. In a short span of less than a decade, more than 700 slides of Joshi’s works have been exhibited at various national and international level photography events. He has won 65 awards at various competitions and has held 16 solo exhibitions. Prior to him Anup Sah and Balbir Singh from this part of the country had got diamond and platinum grading. Joshi is working with the Uttarakhand Pay Jal Nigam office at Nainital and over the last 12 years he has been involved in promoting the culture of Kumaon through various means. |
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Dehradun, December 13
Dehradun, December 13