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Urge CM to rope in Punjab
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Ward member Ramesh Bhandari raises an issue at a board meeting of the Palika in Mussoorie on Tuesday.
A Tribune photograph
Subas Chander Satpathy, coordinator and advisor of the Oriya Samaj, addresses a press conference in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Call centre employees stage protest
Drivers of private buses stop a bus on a strike call in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Raising Day of 109 RAPID (S) Engr Regt held
ASHA health workers stage dharna
ONGC gives Rs 31.35 lakh aid for needy
Sangathan workers hold protest against police
Members of the Nehru Social Work Sangathan burn an effigy of the Uttarakhand police in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
BJP, Cong ignore jobless: UKD
BJP Mandal chief promises to bring development
Avail benefit of self-assessment tax plan, traders told
Protest against illegal mining
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Now, Cong leaders meet Manmohan
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, March 30 Arya, along with Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Harak Singh Rawat, Tehri Garhwal MP Vijay Bahuguna, Tilak Raj Behad and general secretary and in charge of the state RK Dhawan met the Prime Minister. These Congress leaders pleaded that Uttarakhand had poor industrial infrastructure and the Union government gave it a special industrial package for 10 years which had been modified to seven years. They said the concessional industrial package attracted a huge investment in the industrial sector of the state and resulted in economic development of districts of the state and provided enormous employment and trading opportunities. Congress leaders further said a large number of major industrial proposals for investment in Uttarakhand were in the pipeline and as a result of the uncertainty of the industrial concessional period there was status quo and even the existing industries were in a dilemma to remain in Uttarakhand or move out of the state. Some of the projects, which were under implementation, might also be adversely affected due to paucity of time. The special industrial package would expire tomorrow. The Congress delegation reminded the Prime Minister that an assurance was given in the Congress manifesto in May, 2009, that the concessional industrial package would be extended up to 2013. They also pleaded that similar packages had been given to the Jammu and Kashmir and North- East states. They said the socio economic condition of the state of Uttarakhand were more or less similar to the condition prevailing in these two states, as such there should not be any discrimination. The Congress leaders appealed that in the interest of the state economy and development, the Prime Minister should issue necessary directions for the extension of the concessional industrial package of the state up to January, 2013. Leader goes on fast-unto-death
Senior Congress leader Dhirendra Pratap has announced to stage a fast-unto-death outside Parliament House if the Central government did not extend the tenure of the industrial package for Uttarakhand at the earliest. Dhirendra has described Uttarakhand as a 10-year-old baby, which needs “polio drops of economic help”. “The state needs such concession during initial years and certainly after some years when it will become self-reliant, such type of economic benefits will not be needed”, he said. |
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Urge CM to rope in Punjab counterpart Uttarakhand Congress chief Yashpal Arya has requested Nishank to seek an appointment with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, whose party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is an ally of the BJP. Arya, in a statement, said Punjab had filed a case against any concessional industrial package to Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh due to flight of industry from Punjab to these strates. Arya said the Prime Minister also talked about the case filed by Punjab in the Supreme Court on the issue. Arya said since the BJP was an ally of the Akali Dal in Punjab and part of the state government, Uttarakhand BJP Chief Minister Nishank should take an all-party delegation to Badal to request him to withdraw the petition against Uttarakhand. “We are not against grant of industrial package to anyone, including Punjab, but since ours is a new state we need it all the more for economic development of the state,” said Arya.
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Members heckle Mussoorie Palika chief
Mussoorie, March 30 A few members in unison alleged that despite the preparation of the tax schedule for the next five financial years, the Palika was unable to take the annual grant allocated to it this current fiscal. Member Jasvir Kaur also raised the issue of advertisement provided by the Palika to some unnamed newspapers which had no circulation in the town and opined that a policy should be made under which only the newspaper which was visible in town receive advertisements from the Palika. Ward members Virendar Rawat and Ramesh Bhandari also alleged that the Palika president was acting in a partisan way and stalling the development work in their wards unnecessarily and because of that they were feeling humiliated and also warned the president that if the situation did not improve, they would be forced to resign from the Board. Palika president OP Uniyal in reply said the Board was working on the basis of majority and members should not create fuss on every issue deliberately. The members also said the Palika previously had received ample grants from the government, but this year despite the BJP government in the state, it had not received a single penny for which the Palika president was responsible. The members also raised hue and cry over less tax collection under house and conservancy tax in the town. The Office Superintendent, when asked about the advertisement placement in the unnamed newspapers, said it was done after the consent of the Palika president. Ward member Shubasini Bhartwal also raised the issue of extravagant expense on the visit of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in the Palika premises a month back and Christmas Carnival and said that this was an utter waste of tax payer’s money. Questions have also been raised earlier on the reason why the Palika spent money for a private visit of the spiritual head of the Art of Living. It was also decided in the meeting that contractor Gokul Nautiyal who after consenting for the work allotted to him was unable to complete it, despite repeated reminders, and should be blacklisted and his tender cancelled. EO Ramesh Semwal, ward members Shushil Kumar and others were present on
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Oriyans to celebrate Utkal Diwas tomorrow
Dehradun, March 30 “Odissi and Gotipua are two ancient dance forms, but very few people are aware of Gotipua. So this year we thought of inviting this troupe,” said Subas Chander Satpathy, coordinator and advisor of the Oriya Samaj, while addressing a press conference here today. He said 75 years ago Orissa was separated from Bengal Presidency on the basis of language. To mark the occasion a cultural extravaganza, Utkal Diwas, is held every year by Oriya people settled all over the country. Satpathy said the dance form is dedicated to Lord Shiva and only young boys in the age group between 6-16 years perform it. “It is full of gymnastic movements that come with years of practice,” said Satpathy. The function will be presided over by Dr Harak Singh Rawat, Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly. More than 15,000 Oriya people and 1,000 students study in different schools and institutes of Dehradun. For this reason, the Oriya Samaj has been urging the government to start a super-fast train between Puri and Dehradun. “The only train service here takes 54 hours to reach Orissa. It is not worth the effort. If a super-fast train is introduced between Dehradun and Puri, it will provide connectivity between Badri Dham and Jaganath Dham,” said Nishakar
Mishra, president, Oriya Samaj, who was also present at the conference. He also urged the
government to allocate land for the construction of a temple dedicated to Lord Jagan
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Call centre employees stage protest
Dehradun, March 30 Shedding light over a series of issues, Pradeep Uniyal, a customer care executive, informed, “Since the time Sparsh came into operation, we have been facing a hard time. Besides an inefficient administration, a team leader named Vivek Raj has created such unfriendly environment that all of us feel vulnerable under his domain”. No warning letter before termination, haphazard records as wellas rampant deduction of Rs 250 from the salaries of employees has worsened the situation. “We feel cheated in this organisation, and until and unless our demands for a congenial working environment are met, we will
continue with our mission to avail justice,” added Uniyal. Around 350 employees were present at the venue. |
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Cops pacify agitating private bus drivers
Dehradun, March 30 The driver of the bus lost his right hand in the incident. The bus drivers asked their colleagues to leave their buses and come to the Parade Ground here in protest. One by one several bus drivers parked their buses at the ground. It was only after the intervention of the police that they agreed to resume
the services. The agitating bus drivers were given assurance by the police of a fair probe into the matter. They expressed the apprehension that if Ravinder could be beaten up by his owner, they could also face a similar situation. Thus, they were demanding action against the bus owner. They also alleged that bus owners were behaving in an autocratic manner and not treating the drivers well. |
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Raising Day of 109 RAPID (S) Engr Regt held
Dehradun, March 30 The function was attended by all serving and retired officers, JCOs and ORs, including their wives and children. One of the major events of the day was Pagal Gymkhana which was enjoyed by all participants. Chief guest Vijayalakshmi Balasubramanian and Col R Balasubramanian inaugurated the event by cutting the ribbon. Games such as spoon race, brick race and musical chair remained favourite of kids and women. Moreover, various rides and various other games were also organised for children.
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ASHA health workers stage dharna
Dehradun, March 30 Shiva Dubey, president of the association, Saroj Rawat, general secretary, Krishna Guniyal, president of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU), Purrushottam Puri, deputy secretary of CITU and other health workers were present. |
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ONGC gives Rs 31.35 lakh aid for needy
Dehradun, March 30 During the meeting, beneficiaries also shared their views and thanked the ONGC management for extending financial
assistance to needy and poor people. Sunder Lal, GGM, chief employee relations and head corporate administration, was the chief guest and Naresh Chandra, GM (Prog) and CLO for SC/ST, was the guest of honour. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Himanshu Bhatt, manager (HR), in charge SC/ST cell, AK Baxla, Manager (HR), Anita Nautiyal, Deputy Manager (HR) and other office-bearers of the association. |
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Sangathan workers hold protest against police
Dehradun, March 30 Sanjay Bharti, state president of the sanganthan, led the members and even shouted slogans against the department. While addressing the gathering, he said, “Over a period of time it has been noticed that the rate of criminal activities has increased manifold. The recent robbery which took place at old Hanuman temple has left devotees in a state of shock”. However, the members also complained that careless attitude of police officials had also turned the capital into an unsafe area for women. “This is not an ordinary city, but a capital which has to be safeguarded in the best possible manner,” said Geetaram
Jasiwal, party president. |
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BJP, Cong ignore jobless: UKD
Almora, March 30 PC Tiwari, President of Uttarkhand Parivartan Party today said the extension of special package should only be done after it is ensured that 70 per cent of the jobs are given to the locals. He pointed that in the name of industrialisation, precious agriculture land has been given at a throw away prices to the industrial houses. “While these industrial houses have taken land at very little prices, the local youth jobless have completely been ignored by them”,
he observed. Parivartan Party President also pointed out that even the work conditions in these industries were not up to the mark and there were innumerous cases of harassment of the working class. |
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BJP Mandal chief promises to bring development
Mussoorie, March 30 Kathait speaking on the drinking water problem being faced at Chandmari Khurd said it would be solved soon. He also assured the party workers that if there would be a need, he would discuss the matter with the minister concern Prakash Pant soon. Secretary Sunder Singh, members Bimla Devi, Balbir Singh, Deepak Pundir, Vimla Rathore, Roopesh Rana, Vinod Kumar, Suresh Panwar, Sudhakar Gupta and others were present at the meeting.
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Avail benefit of self-assessment tax plan, traders told
Dehradun, March 30 The plan will be effective for period from 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 for those businessmen whose sales limit was pegged at Rs 25 lakh for the entire year. Those tax payers who were not able to file returns due to some reason for the period 2006-2007 can do so by April 15 and those unable to file return for 2007-2008 can do so by April 30, 2010. Cases of businessmen whose sale amount is less than Rs 5 lakh and were registered under Trade Tax would also be taken up under the plan. |
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Protest against illegal mining
Nainital, March 30 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal
(UKD) leader Sunil Uniyal led the protestors. They charged that some of the owners of stone crushers are violating the norms pertaining to mining with a view to make a fast buck. The protesters urged Commissioner S Raju to look into the matter and check illegal mining that is being reported from various river beds.
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Perturbed over the increase in crime-related incidents, members of the Nehru Social Works Sangathan burnt an effigy of the police administration here today.
Sanjay Bharti, state president of the sanganthan, led the members and even shouted slogans against the department. While addressing the gathering, he said, “Over a period of time it has been noticed that the rate of criminal activities has increased manifold.
