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Fiery end to ‘Veeru’ episode
Veer’s Doon connection Weapons used in the film ‘Veer’ that were made by a Dehradun-based company. A Tribune photograph |
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Students hold exhibition on eco issues
Dr Anil P Joshi of the Himalayan Environmental
Studies and Conservation Organisation interacts with students of Dehradun Hills
Academy near Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Home Guards fill in for cops out on Kumbh duty A Home Guard on traffic duty in Dehradun. A Tribune photograph
40 institutes participate in ‘Junction MBA’
Participants at the “Junction MBA” fair in Dehradun on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Panchayat Raj Yuva Kaliyan Games
Rohit fashions Doon Tigers’ win
9-wkt win for Abhimanyu Academy
Anshoo Saxena, Principal, FCI, addresses mediapersons in Dehradun on Saturday.
A Tribune photograph
26 babus leave meeting midway
Gallantry award to Dobhal
U’khand shuttlers leave for national meet
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Fiery end to ‘Veeru’ episode
Dehradun, January 23 “I never wanted to create such an episode of self-immolation. But despite repeated warnings to the cops, they ascended the tower. As a result, I made an attempt to immolate myself. Our association is not driven by the occurrence, but we are still striving to achieve positive conclusions of our demands,” he added. Rana’s wife Pyaari Devi was weeping at the condition of her husband, while his father Chattar Singh was baffled, expressing helplessness to see his son in pain. Last night, three Provincial Armed Constabulary officials and a Circle Officer mounted the Doordarshan tower to bring down the trespasser. It was a repercussion of the climbing by the cops that Rana set himself ablaze. While dousing the fire, CO Parminder Dobhal also got burn injuries. Rana is hospitalised at the Doon Hospital, while the cop is at CMI Hospital. It is pertinent to mention that Puran Singh Rana, president, Shiksha Acharya/Anudeshak/Swayum Sewak Sangathan, Uttarakhand, had climbed the Doordarshan transmission tower to press the state government into accepting the demands of ad hoc teachers. ‘Veeru’, aka Puran Singh Rana, who climbed the Doordarshan relay tower January 17 was annoyed at the failure of the meeting between ad hoc teachers and Chief Secretary Shatrughan Sinha. The contractual teachers of the sangathan on strike for more than 720 days burnt the effigy of the state Chief Minister outside the Vidhan Sabha yesterday. They also took out a rally from the Vidhan Sabha to the Rispana river in support of their protagonist today. Rana is now booked under Sections 307, 333 and 309, Indian Penal Code, for attempt to suicide, obstructing government works and attempted murder, respectively. The man who had climbed the tower earlier in November 2009 is already booked under Section 309, IPC, and is on bail. The agitating ad hoc teachers opposed the conclusion drawn by the administration in the meeting held on Thursday to give permanent jobs to only 717 contractual teachers out of 1,745. Shiksha Mitra is a scheme of the Uttarakhand government under which consolidated wages of Rs 6,000 are given to teachers every month, but they are paid only Rs 2,500 that is below the framed salary as the government wants to absorb them under permanent pay rolls.
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Veer’s Doon connection
Dehradun, January 23 Doon Handicraft has made about 500 arms, including swords, daggers, javelins, spear and headgears, which have been used in the film that was released in India yesterday. The order to make these weapons was given by the producer of the film, Vijay Gilani, about a year and a half ago. “Film producer Vijay Gilani called us and instructed us to make weapons of the Pindari era. On the basis of photographs, we made a sample of weapons. These were sent to Mumbai for approval of the producer and the director of the movie. “After their conformation, we made the entire set of weapons,” Irshad Khan, an owner of the factory, told The Tribune. Irshad Khan added that the film had a Rs 1 crore budget for weapons. Out of this amount, weapons worth Rs 2 lakh were made by their factory. “The swords used by Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and the main unit of the film were made by us,” said the owner. The blade of Salman’s sword is made of stainless steel while the rivet is made of brass and the grip is made of wood. “It feels good to see such big stars on the screen using the weapons made by us. We are looking forward to watch the movie,” said a delighted Rajesh Kumar who has been working in the factory for the past 13 years. This is not the only time that arms made in Dehradun are being seen in movies. Earlier, weapons made in the state capital have been seen in various Hollywood movies including Gladiator and Troy. “Punjab is famous for weapons used by Sikhs and Rajasthan is known for Rajasthani weapons. Dehradun is known for its curved weapons,” said Irshad Khan adding that almost all weapons in TV serial Chandrakanta were made by Doon Handicraft is into 100 per cent export and mainly exports decorative items and gifts made of steel to the USA and Europe. “Most gifts and decorative items made by us are in demand around Christmas and New Year,” said Khan.
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Students hold exhibition on eco issues
Dehradun, January 23 Dr Joshi visited various stalls displaying various posters, projects, articles, placards etc put up by students from class II to XII. As part of the itinerary, the students also had a question-and-answer session with the chief guest. Dr Joshi said he was really excited with the kind of enthusiasm he saw in the kids, thus wanted the students to carry forward the good work that they had done so far”. He also expressed his desire to partner with iCARE with regards to having a school programme precisely designed on conservation activities for other schools as well. iCARE is a volunteer organisation all about bringing a change- a change of attitude, a change of ideas, a change for the better. On this occasion, founder of iCARE Yudhister Singh was thankful to Dehradun Hills Academy for giving them a platform to make a difference. “We at iCARE believe in being the change. We are currently working with DDHA and very soon will be launching our much-awaited latest initiative ‘ABCD’ - A Beautiful Campaign for Dehradun, which will basically include schools and colleges, along with citizens of the Doon valley, who want to help in restoring Dehradun to its former beauty,” he said. “The objective of ‘ABCD’ is spreading awareness on various environmental issues and most importantly we, along with our advisory panel, will help in suggesting simple sustainable inexpensive ready-to-implement solutions. “It was a real honour
to interact with Dr Joshi and to get his views on various issues concerning the environment,” said Sonal Kanyal, a student of class VIII. “When we were informed that Dr Joshi has consented to be the chief guest we were thrilled and it was a moment to cherish for me and my friends to interact with Padma Shri-award winner,” said Gargi Singh, a student of class IX. The prize for most creative green student (junior school) went to Manisha, whereas in senior category Naina was declared winner. Prizes were also presented to Ritika, Neha and Ashima for best poem, article and project, respectively.
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Home Guards fill in for cops out on Kumbh duty
Dehradun, January 23 The department is short of investigation officers as most of them have been sent to the holy city. The cases under investigation will now take two to three months more to solve in their absence. In addition, police presence has also decreased in society. Patrolling is being done by Home Guards which otherwise is done by constables and head constables of the concerned area police stations. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhinav Kumar said that investigation in several cases was at a standstill as they were short of investigation officers. The state capital has a police force of 1,200 personnel, including senior police officers. Out of this, as many as 300 had been sent for the security deployment at the Kumbh Mela. Earlier, it was planned that the Dehradun police will be sending 40 per cent of its force, but the number came down to 25 per cent after the Uttar Pradesh government and the Centre agreed to send their forces for the mammoth fair. The two regions of the state, Garhwal and Kumaon, have taken the help of Home Guards for policing these regions. “We have 500 homeguards in the region. They are helping us in patrolling and other works,” Jivan Chand Pandey, Inspector General of Police (IG), Kumaon region told The Tribune. He added that as 700 cops were sent from the Kumaon region to the mega fair.
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40 institutes participate in ‘Junction MBA’
Dehradun, January 23 The objective of organising the fair was to bring all these institutes under one roof. GIBM, Business School of India, ICBM, Indus World School of Business, Taxila Business School, MIE and many other top schools were in the list of participants. Students visited the stalls and enquired about the cut-offs, placements, faculty and fee structures. Eminent speakers from these institutes made an audio-visual presentation on different areas of management like finance, marketing and human resources. The popularity of CAT can be gauged from the fact that the number of students who appeared increased to 2.4 lakh in 2009. “We organised this fair so that students from different colleges can come and avail the opportunity to know more about MBA and CAT, where some of the finest colleges have participated,” said Pankaj Kanojia, coordinator of Career Launcher. The mega B-School event was managed by Amit Mittal, Manuj Mittal and Amit Goel and coordinated by Pankaj
Kanojia.
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Panchayat Raj
Yuva Kaliyan Games Tribune News Service
Dehradun, January 23 In the first semifinal, Haridwar defeated Udham Singh Nagar 3-0 today. Haridwar dominated the proceedings throughout the match. Its forward line was quick to exploit their opponents’ weakness and scored their first goal in the 10th minute of the match. It was Dimpal for the Haridwar team, who took a strong shot at the Udham Singh Nagar goal and found the net. The second goal of the match came in the 36th minute. It was Anjali for the Haridwar team who displayed great skill and scored the second goal making it 2-0 in favour of Haridwar. Three minutes later, Dimpal scored the third goal. In the second semifinal, Dehradun blanked Pitthoragarh 6-0. Shikha scored the first goal for Dehradun in the first minute of the match. The second goal came in the 14th minute through Pooja. The scoring for the Dehradun team did not stop here. Shikha scored the third goal in the 21st minute. Thereafter, Kavita found the net in the 24th minute and Shivani scored the fifth in the 31st minute. In the closing moments, Kavita scored the sixth goal completing Dehradun’s tally. Meanwhile in handball, Dehradun bagged the first place. They defeated their nearest competitor Haridwar 15-8 in the final. The third position was secured by Pitthoragarh who defeated Bageshwar 8-4.
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Rohit fashions Doon Tigers’ win
Roorkee, January 23 The Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first. Rohit lofted the Delhi bowlers for seven sixes and converted seven deliveries into boundaries in his 81-run stand. Skipper Bharat chipped in with 34 runs. Ashu then helped his team reach a total of 210 runs in their allotted 30
overs. Darshan spearheaded the Delhi attack and dismissed six wickets for 40 runs. Anant claimed two for 11 and Yogesh took two wickets for 40 runs. Chasing the target, the Delhi batting line-up could only score 179 runs in 28.2
overs. Aditya did a fine job for the Delhi team as he scored 69 runs in 54 balls. But his efforts went in vain as the rest of the team could not do much. Sunil contributed 28 runs to the
total. Ashu lead the Tiger attack claiming four wickets for 23 runs. Abhay also proved himself by dismissing two batsmen conceding 19 runs. Brief scores: Doon Tigers: 210 all out in 30 overs
(Rohit 81, Bharat 34, Ashu 24, Darshan 6 for 40, Anant 2 for 11 and Yogesh 2 for 40). LB Shastri Stadium: 179 all out in 28.2 overs
(Aditya 69, Sunil 28, Ashu 4 for 23 and Abhay 2 for 19).
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9-wkt win for Abhimanyu Academy
Dehradun, January
23 Batting first, New Indian Star batsmen failed to show any resistance against the bowlers of Abhimanyu Cricket Academy. The team was all out for 54 runs. New Indian Star lost their first wicket when the score was one run. The second wicket fell in the sixth over of the match when the total was 18 runs. The first-down batsman could not do much and was out after scoring eight runs. Laxman and Dharmender contributed eight runs each. For Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Paritosh and Ravi ripped through the batting line-up of New Indian Star. Paritosh took four wickets in his six-over spell while Ravi Negi claimed three wickets. Sunny Rana took two wickets. Chasing the target of 55 runs, Abhimanyu Cricket Academy reached the target with nine wickets in hand. Opener Vipin scored 18 runs off nine balls. Abhimanyu made 17 runs off 21 balls and Vishal scored 17 runs. For Indian New Star, Arun claimed the only wicket to fall.
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Two new courses at FCI
Institute of Management
Dehradun, January 23 Addressing the gathering, Anshoo Saxena, Principal, FCI, said, “We believe in the holistic development of students. Along with our regular courses, since the beginning of the new session we are starting two new courses, distant-learning hotel management and earn-as-you-learn, where students who are out-stationed as well the ones who are local can earn as well as study at the FCI. Both courses are approved by the UGC and the Ministry of Human Resources. The institute is also running Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan-approved courses also. Furthermore, for the development of students, from time to time food festival, debate, dance, singing competitions and other creative programmes are organised. Leela, Oberoi, Park Plaza and many other five-star hotels have recruited students from the FCI.
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26 babus leave meeting midway
Nainital, January 23 Things did not end there. He was in for a further shock when he found that a couple of officials who had not even turned up had been marked present by proxy. The meeting pertained to the Block Development Committee (BDC). The fuming minister has ordered deduction of a day’s salary of the officials who went away in the middle of the meeting and has ordered a probe into the proxy signatures of officials who were not present.
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Gallantry award to Dobhal
Uttarakhand Police Chief Subhash Joshi today announced to give a gallantry award to Circle Officer Parmender Dobhal, who showed exemplary gallantry, courage and commitment in bringing down Puran Singh Rana, an ad hoc teachers’ leader, from atop a Doordarshan relay tower despite being partially burnt. DGP Joshi visited Dobhal, who is admitted to a private hospital in the city.
Dobhal went up the 150-ft-tall tower to bring down Rana, who was sitting on the tower since the night of January 17 and had threatened to commit suicide in case the demands of the ad hoc teachers for regularisation of their services were not met. When Dobhal climbed the top, Rana had set himself ablaze by pouring petrol on himself. Dobhal not only tried to save Rana by dousing the flames with his bare hands and got burnt in the process, but also managed to bring him down. CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank also announced to give a reward of Rs 5 lakh to the police team led by Dobhal.
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U’khand shuttlers leave for national meet
Dehradun, January 23 Viyom Chauhan and Vaibhav Chauhan will represent the state in the u-13 challenge while Ujjawal Dhobhal and Pankaj will play in u-16 category and Prince Chaturvedi will represent the state in the u-19 group. Their coach Deepak Rawat was hopeful that the team would do well at the national tournament. “The team have been doing well at the national level for the past many years. Earlier, we used to have few entries at the national level. But in the recent past, our entries have increased manifold,” said Deepak.
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Weapons in the Salman Khan-starrer were made in the state capital
Dehradun, January 23
Dehradun, January 23
