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Power Pangs
Leopard skin found from forest official’s house
International film festival ends
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Council to take action against public harassment
‘Stress behind volatile behaviour’
Tibetan Youth Congress holds Martyrs Day
After Rajaji, forest guards to close Corbett today
Assembly panel reviews schemes for SCs, STs
Outside private vehicles banned for Char Dham
Dalits protest govt apathy
UKD reorganises dist panel
Villagers given hearing aids
BSNL chief for change in working style
Woman, baby die in accident
HelpAge to extend reach in rural areas
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Power Pangs
Dehradun, April 29 Presiding over a meeting of the Kumaon Garhwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Vidhan
Sabha, Bhagat admitted that the power cuts even in industries were being done taking into account power shortages that were a fallout of falling water levels in rivers leading to lesser production of power. The minister, however, said the government was committed to provide power to the industry. He called for collective efforts on the part of industry, government and people to ensure that Uttarakhand overcame the problems of power
shortages. Kashipur MLA and industrialist Harbhajan Singh Cheema, along with Darbara Singh, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said the industries were facing a lot of problems due to frequent power cuts. Power Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and Uttarakhand Power Corporation’s Managing Director Jagmohan Lal were also present. |
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Leopard skin found from forest official’s house
Dehradun, April 29 An STF team today raided the house of Anand Singh Negi, a scalar with the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation and posted at Ramangar, and seized a leopard skin from his house. Negi, who was not present at the house, was later arrested form his office. Expressing dismay and shock over the incident, corporation MD Anil Dutt said he had directed the Regional Manager of the corporation at Ramnagar for immediate action on the matter and suspension of the accused. “This is very serious and disturbing and we will not tolerate such acts,” Dutt told
The Tribune. The involvement of forest officials in anti-wildlife activity has come as a rude shock to the forest authorities. There have been apprehensions in the past over inside involvement in promoting acts of poaching at places. But this is the first time that a forest official has been arrested with a leopard skin. Youth hacks man to death Nainital: A long-running family feud led to a youth hacking to death a middle-aged man at Paili Tok Garjiya village near Chaukhutiya in Almora district. According to information, 55-year-old Lok Pal Singh Negi was working in his field when he was allegedly attacked by 19-year-old Mahesh with an axe. Negi was hit several timesby with the axe. He died on the spot, following which Mahesh is learnt to have fled. Negi’s brother Narayan Singh Negi told the police that the attack was the result of a long-running family feud. |
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International film festival ends
Dehradun, April 29 The film festival that began on April 23 ended showing a Garhwali movie, “Yaad Aali Tehri”. A large number of people came to enjoy the regional movie based on the colonisation of residents of Tehri after the construction of the water reservoir. Dr RK Verma announced another film festival based on classic and legendary Hindi movies in
September. |
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Council to take action against public harassment
Dehradun, April 29 Ansari said the council would keep an eye on the offences being committed in the state and provide justice to the affected. President Krishan Bahl, general secretary Jagir Singh Bajwa, treasurer Satish Kumar Sharma and other members of the council were present at the press conference. |
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‘Stress behind volatile behaviour’
Dehradun, April 29 Well-known psychiatrist Dr Pratibha Sharma says that with stress levels increasing and life becoming more complex with each passing day, people need counselling and guidance to understand the reason behind the volatile behaviour of their spouses and handle their adolescent children better. “One should not shy away from the problem because in the long run it can completely flare up,” said Dr Sharma while interacting with mediapersons today. Such cases in recent times have increased mainly due to competitive nature of relationships. “Rivalry, lack of patience and parental neglect at home can lead to behavioural disorders among children and if ignored for long, can lead to serious maladjustment in life. Shoplifting, playing truant from school and running away from home are some of the serious problems,” said Dr Pratibha, who also runs the Doon Psychotherapeutic Centre. The centre will be organising free counselling camps on five Sundays beginning from May 2 to deal with different psychological problems. |
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Tibetan Youth Congress holds Martyrs Day
Mussoorie, April 29 Special prayers were held at the Buddha temple here and tributes paid to the martyr by presenting floral offerings on the occasion. President, Tibetan Women Congress, Kelsang Dolma informed the gathering that on March 27, the 49th day of the hunger strike, Thupten Ngodup, who was second in the batch, was forcibily picked up by the police. Ngodup self-immolated himself for the cause of Tibet in front of a large gathering. Since then the Tibetan Youth Congress had been observing it as Martyrs Day. She further said in the past 50 years of the Chinese regime in Tibet, Tibetans had endured hardship and repression by non-violent means. The continued repression was on in Tibet amounting to gross human rights violation. The Chinese authority was forcably sentencing innocent Tibetans without trials, she added. Not only this, the Chinese government was exploiting Tibet’s rich mineral resources and endangering the area environmentally. She appealed to the international community to support the cause of Tibet and assist in ousting China from mainland Tibet. Tsering Thondup, Pema Dolkar EC Genzen, Sonam Topgyal and 85-year-old Kusung, who was the witness to the self immolation by Thpten Ngudup back then, were present on the occasion. |
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After Rajaji, forest guards to close Corbett today
Dehradun, April 29 Office-bearers of the Uttarakhand Forest Guards Association had left for Ramangar this afternoon from Dehradun to ensure that the closure of the Corbett was complete. This when forest guards had ensured the closure of the Chilla gate of the Rajaji National Park for the fourth consecutive day today. “From day break tomorrow, we are going to disrupt the traffic movement to the Corbett”, said RR Painuily, general secretary of the Uttarakhand Forest Guards’ Association. Painuily added that forest guards who were the backbone of the Forest Department were facing stagnation for long and there had been no efforts on the part of top forest officers to create better promotional opportunities for them. Seeking better promotion prospects, the forest guards had started their stir on April 16. The stir at the Rajaji National Park could disrupt to the park the flow of tourists who come to this protected area in big numbers. The demands of the forest guards are now being taken up at the government level. The forest guards’ stir has put higher state forest authorities in a dilemma in the backdrop of raging fires in forest areas in the state. Forest fires will increase with summer entering its peak phase and the stir is bound to hit the capability of forest officials to deal with
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Assembly panel reviews schemes for SCs, STs
Nainital, April 29 The committee, under the chairmanship of Gopal Singh Rana, evaluated the implementation of various schemes meant for these categories here today. Rana said it had come to light that in certain cases schemes were being implemented by some departments for the sake of a mere formality which was not correct. He told the officials to start development projects in various villages and localities where people of these communities resided so that they could benefit from them. The committee also expressed its annoyance at certain departments furnishing incomplete information and representatives of certain departments not turning up at the meeting. Rana pointed out that this committee was a serious initiative to help in taking fruits of development to the deprived communities and officials should be forthcoming in addressing the concerns of the people of these communities. The committee expressed its displeasure over people not being made aware of the various schemes meant for them that were being implemented by the Social Welfare Department. It ordered the officials to coordinate with the officials of the Social Welfare Department in preparing a list of villages where people of these communities resided in greater numbers. The committee members also expressed their anguish at not being informed properly about works being done under Special Component Plan and the Tribal Sub Plan. They said the secretaries taking care of the departments not furnishing proper information would be made aware of the state of affairs and explanations would be called for from the erring officials. The committee members also expressed their displeasure at the functioning of the Public Works Department (PWD) and said officials of the department must resolve the issues emerging because of delay in transfer of forest land and acquisition of land for construction of roads in areas where a large number of people belonging to deprived communities resided. |
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Outside private vehicles banned for Char Dham
Dehradun, April 29 Presiding over a meeting of the Transport Department linked to the Char Dham Yatra arrangements, Bhagat issued directions to the department officials to ensure a complete ban on the utilisation of private vehicles from other states for ferrying pilgrims. He also laid stress on plying the best of buses on the yatra routes. Bhagat also sought conducting a survey of the routes on priority for getting first-hand knowledge of the condition of the roads. Availability of parking spaces, construction of parapets and barriers
also need to be taken into consideration during the survey. “The Char Dham Yatra holds much importance and it is the duty of the state government to make it hassle free and pilgrim friendly,” he said. |
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Dalits protest govt apathy
Dehradun, April 29 Former general secretary of the Congress Committee and state president of the Dalit Shoshit Vikas Manch Jaipal Jatil said after the formation of the state, the Dalits residing in the plains were facing great problems. At the time of making a domicile certificate, the state government was asking the applicants to present their 58-year-old identification proof. The minorities had always struggled to ensue the policies of the administration. The agitators demanded that the government should make the procedure less complicated, otherwise the committee would not hesitate to hold a protest and begin a drive against the BJP all over India. Sunil Goswami, Madhu Mishra, Dr Pitamber Singh, Jatin Jatav, Ashok Pandit, Jeetu Mukherjee, Santosh Singh, Rajbhau Shashtri and many other committee members went on hunger strike. |
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UKD reorganises dist panel
Dehradun, April 29 Advocate Shardul Panwar has been selected chief adviser, NK Gusain acting president, Devi Prasad Vyas and Mahipal Singh Negi senior vice-president, Jagdish Chauhan senior general secretary, Commander MS Rawat, Deepak Dhiman, Gulab Singh and Raees Kureshi vice-chairpersons, Bhupender Farasi, Kenderpal Topwal and Rajender Uniyal general secretaries, Shur Vir Singh Kathait, Shiv Singh, Kulbir Singh Bisht organisation secretary, Anand Singh Tadiyal, Pramod Dhobal, Sanjay Mal, Navin Pant and Prashant Jakhmola, Sanjay Semwal secretary and Pankaj Rawat and Pradeep Kumar Omi Uniyal, district president, said the changes were made to invigorate the party’s fight on reducing inflation, giving relief of electricity and water to common people, employment to 70 per cent unemployed in local industries, besides the party’s stand on shifting the capital to Gairsain, extension of the industrial package and environment protection. |
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Villagers given hearing aids
Mussoorie, April 29 Dean of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Medical College AK Agarwal was the chief guest on the occasion. Dr Agarwal is also one of the nominated members of WHO’s programme for deafness in India. Speaking on the occasion, he said more than 6 per cent of the population in the country suffered from the problem of deafness. The main reason for the deafness was puss and fungus formation in ear. Old age was another factor for deafness in the country and especially in rural areas where there was very little awareness about personal hygiene through proper procedures. Dr Agarwal said another factor for deafness in the country was the faulty homemade remedies followed by villagers like pouring oil, ghee and other liquids into ear damaging it considerably. Patients in early age were unable to tell their problem as they couldn’t hear and sometimes the delay caused extensive damage. The government, be it the state or the Centre, were doing their bit but it was not enough therefore the society like the Divine Light Trust were needed to provide logistic support and act as facilitator to the rural masses. Dr Agarwal also informed the gathering that the WHO’s programme was being conducted at a few places, but it would spread to all villages in the coming years. He commended the efforts of the trust and its president Sunil Sanon in conducting ear drum tests at the village level and identifying the problem among people at initial level. Dr Agarwal reiterated that the college was coordinating with Dr Sanon in this effort and in future two patients every week would be operated at the the college in New Delhi without any charge on a priority basis from the Thatyur area. State Minister of Disaster Management Khajan Das, who presided over the function, said the state was honoured with the presence of eminent expert and WHO member for its deafness programme Dr Agarwal and he was of the view that the state would benefit from his experience. Dr Sanon said the trust had sent more than eight patients to Delhi for heart surgeries. Rajya Khel Parishad president Narayan Singh Rana, Neerja Pandhi, Geeta Rawat and others were present on
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BSNL chief for change in working style
Nainital, April 29 Addressing the third convention of the BSNL Employees Union being held here, Gupta said: “We have a customer base of more than 10 lakh subscribers in Uttarakhand and we have successfully penetrated the rural belt. “However, we have to bring about a change in our marketing and working style and adopt a business-like approach. We have to meet the twin challenges of increasing both customer base and revenue”. Gupta laid emphasis on marketing the value added services in both mobile and landline segments. More than 100 such segments were available. He underlined that the future of telecom would depend on the value added services offered. “Today, mobile commerce and mobile banking are catching up. We must be ready to meet the challenge,” he asserted. The employees were assured that the BSNL management would provide them the best of training to compete in the market. They were asked to make maximum use of electronic devices available to them for carrying out their work. They were told that they should make use of video conferencing, audio conferencing and computers for executing their tasks so that the paper work is reduced to the minimum. Gupta expressed his satisfaction at the growing demand of the broad band users from the BSNL and said the broad band connectivity and value added services would be two main ingredients of the further growth of the BSNL. He underlined that the BSNL was a full-fledged market enterprise that merely had the stamp of the government on it. He assured the employees of taking up their concerns at the highest level. The two-day event is focusing on the theme of the future of the BSNL as an enterprise. Officials from across the state along with invitees from Delhi are participating in it. |
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Woman, baby die in accident
Nainital, April 29 The woman had brought her baby for treatment at the local hospital and she was going on the motorcycle driven by her husband Hukam Singh to purchase medicines for him. While she died on the spot, her baby succumbed to injuries while being treated at the hospital. |
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HelpAge to extend reach in rural areas
Mussoorie, April 29 He said more than 30 patients were receiving the services at the centre daily. Speaking on the demand of a power generator for the centre, he said it was a genuine demand, but they had to look into all options before sanctioning it. Datta further said the centre was serving as the role model for members of HelpAge in other states and regular visits were organised from time to time to create awareness among them and motivate them for setting up such centres in their town and cities. He also said HelpAge India was also planning to increase its rural outreach and set up such centres in rural areas if the land was provided to them. HelpAge was also interested in establishing senior citizens homes in Mussoorie and was looking at all avenues in this regard. They were planning to work in future with NGOs and senior citizen forums in the country for a better working of the programme. Programme Officer Apga Singh said a rally would be organised on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on May 15 in which the annual report on elder abuse would be read out. |
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Asha Saklani, producer of a documentary film, “Amar Shaheed Sridev Suman”, was given a certificate for participation by Ravinder Jugran and Dr RK Verma, president of the film
fest.
Dehradun, April 29
Mussoorie, April 29
Dehradun, April 29
HelpAge India’s country head for programme and emergencies Avenash Datta was on his maiden visit to a physiotherapy centre established on the gurdwara premises in the Library Bazar here today. He reviewed the working of the centre and was immensely pleased with the equipment and other facilities being provided to senior citizens there. He termed the centre as the one of the best centres in the country and commended the efforts of the Senior Citizen Forum, Mussoorie, in establishing and running the centre.
