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Lobbying by Congress camps starts
Dist panel polls: Arya issues whip
Last respects paid to martyr
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Andolankaris for cottage industry in each dist
Oppn misleading people on hydro projects: BJP
State BJP to hold protest against CBI
Landslide on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway
Phase I of Cong polls begins on May 11
Cong seeks CM’s resignation over Kumbh corruption
Birth anniversary of Tagore celebrated
Mobile phone shop burgled
Woman dies in fire due to short-circuit
CII holds workshop
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Lobbying by Congress camps starts
Dehradun, May 7 Yashpal Arya, a protege of former Chief Minister and veteran Congressman ND Tiwari, is the state Congress chief. While he enjoys the support of two powerful MPs from Garhwal namely Vijay Bahuguna from Tehri Garhwal and Satpal Maharaj from Pauri Garhwal, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat, who is MP from Haridwar, has been trying hard to pull the rug under the feet of Arya. Harish Rawat, who is one of the most powerful Congress politicians of the state, also enjoys the support of a sizable number of party legislators. He has been eyeing the state party organisation before the state goes to the polls in February, 2012. Harish Rawat, who headed the state party unit after the formation of the state but lost the race of Chief Ministership to Tiwari after the first ever assembly elections in the state in February, 2002, was removed as party chief after the Congress lost the 2007 Assembly elections. However, a shrewd politician, Rawat bounced back and won the most unlikely of the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat in 2009 Lok Sabha elections. But, to fulfil his political ambition to lead the state, his group of legislators has been trying to clear all roadblocks. His loyal legislators are in New Delhi complaining against the alleged partisan approach of Arya towards them. They allege that Arya has not taken them into confidence on the issue of appointment of district and block level returning officers. They simply wanted a change in the state leadership. But, much to their disappointment, they did not got enough encouragement from the party leadership, according to party sources. Senior party leaders feel that removing Arya, a Scheduled Caste leader, would give a wrong impression. Harish Rawat has propped up Pardeep Tamta, MP from Almora, who is also a Scheduled Caste leader from the Kumaon region, to counter Arya. They argue that Arya being a weak leader would not be able to lead the party to a decisive victory in the next Assembly polls. The Harish Rawat camp feels that the control of party organisation before the next assembly polls would be important for them. On the other hand, Arya has maintained silence in the backdrop of the campaign launched by the Harish Rawat camp. He has been banking on the support of party in charge and general secretary RK Dhawan and co-in charge Bhola Pandey. “I have nothing to say about the allegations against me as all arrangements for the party organisational elections are being looked after by the state election authority chief Mukut Mithi,” he said. |
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Dist panel polls: Arya issues whip
Dehradun, May 7 Party general secretary Virender Singh Bisht said here today that all in charges of the districts had been informed about the decision. They had also been directed to meet all elected local body members of their respective districts and ask them to vote for the Congress candidates. He said if any of the elected members belonging to the Congress was found voting for any other candidate except the official party candidate, he or she would be expelled from the party. Bisht said the Congress had been serious about these elections and would ensure that more and more party elected representatives became members of these important decision-making bodies of the district to solve the problems of the common people. |
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Last respects paid to martyr
Dehradun, May 7 Uttarakhand Irrigation Minister Matbar Singh Kandari and MLA Rajpur Ganesh Joshi also laid wreaths on the martyr’s body. Major Rajbar, who was posted in the Bandipora area of the Kashmir valley was hit by three bullets on May 4 night during an encounter with terrorists. He died in a hospital the next morning. He had called up his family after being hit by bullets to pray for him. Major Rajbar is survived by his mother, wife, a young son, brother and sister. His father Major MS Rajbar had also died in Kargil in 2004 in a road mishap. No cabinet minister
at last rites
Haridwar: Major Rajbar was from 7-Garhwal Rifles. Colo Pramod Kumar of 2nd Garhwal Rifles paid last respects to the martyr, who was given full army protocol and regimental honour. Two sons of Uttarakhand laid their lives in the service of the motherland. Major Rajbar, who hailed from Almora district’s Kayana village, and Rifleman Uttam Singh of Ukhlet village, Satpuli in Pauri Garhwal district, attained martyrdom while fighting terrorists in Jammu Kashmir. Brother of Major Rajbar, Pushpendra Rajbar lit the pyre of the martyr at Khadkhadi cremation ground. Officials of the state government and district administration, including District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram, SSP Sanjay Gunjiyal, SP Asim Shrivastav and CO Pankaj Bhatt paid floral tributes to the martyr. “Absence of any cabinet minister from the state government was felt by people present though Haridwar has nine legislators. Bharatiya Janata Party workers though were busy in burning effigies of the UPA Chairman but didn’t have time for paying homage to the martyr. Similarly, Congress workers were busy in opposing state government over Kumbh corruption but failed to attend the martyr’s last rites,” remarked Sandeep
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Andolankaris for cottage industry in each dist
Dehradun, May 6 Sushila Dhyani, a prominent statehood agitator, held a press conference on the issue in Dehradun yesterday. In their memorandum to Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, members of the association demanded jobs for the unemployed andolankaris or financial assistance. Promoting cottage industries in every district of the state that can bring job avenues for people has also been proposed in the memorandum. Another major issue of the agitation of the andolankaris is to regulate the policy of obtaining domicile to attain job in the state or else the youth of Uttarakhand will have to suffer again, giving reason for another agitation to develop. |
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Oppn misleading people on hydro projects: BJP
Dehradun, May 7 Addressing media persons in Dehradun, former BJP minister and chairman of the National Health Advisory Board Ajay Bhatt said the unnecessary hype created by the Congress over hydro power projects’ allotment was a farce as the allotment process was yet to be completed and was still in the conceptual phase. He said by frequent raking up false propaganda over hydro projects, the Congress only wanted to divert the attention of the people from industrial package. He accused the Congress of resorting to blatant lie by alleging that the state government had not sought industrial package from the state government. “These very Congress MPs accompanied the Uttarakhand Chief Minister for a package and now are openly being dishonest by accusing state BJP government of not asking for any such package from the Centre”, he pointed out. Bhatt said the loss of industrial package would bringing industrial development to a halt. “Youth of Uttarakhand will never forgive the Congress for its step motherly treatment against Uttarakhand,” Bhatt pointed out. Senior BJP leaders Naresh Bansal, Devendra Bhasin, Suresh Jain and others
were present. BJYM holds dharna
Rhetoric over industrial package continues in Uttarakhand. The BJP today staged a dharna at the Gandhi Park accusing the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre of depriving the state of the industrial package. Led by their state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president Vinod Kandari, its members accused the Centre of blocking development of Uttarakhand by not providing it with the required industrial package extension. He said this would only lead to more unemployment in the state. He also charged Congress MPs of doing little to press their party men at the Centre for ensuring industrial package for the state. Sunil Uniyal, Sandip Mukerjee, Rajesh Nautiyal, Atul Sharma and Rajkumar Jaiswal also participated in the dharna. |
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State BJP to hold protest against CBI
Dehradun, May 7 BJP spokesman Satish Lakhera said the Centre was using the CBI to serve its needs. The BJP at the national level was starting a mass awareness programme against the politicisation of the CBI. “The state BJP will be organising a series of protest programmes against the CBI,” Lakhera said. —
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Landslide on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway
Dehradun, May 7 Director General Border Roads (DGBR) personnel worked on a war footing and managed to remove the debris at around 5.30 pm thus restoring the smooth flow of traffic on the highway, one of busiest highways of the state. The landslides took place today during the morning hours at three places between Byasi and Deoprayag regions. The traffic going uphill was diverted to the Khari Gaza route from Narendra Nagar in order to
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Phase I of Cong polls begins on May 11
Dehradun, May 7 According to Surender Arya, a spokesperson for the Uttarakhand Congress, all preparations have been completed for holding the first phase of the party elections. He said the district and block-level returning officers had been appointed and electoral rolls had been printed. Arya said to elect president and delegates at the booth level, registered members would raise their hands. If needed, election will take place on May 14. |
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Cong seeks CM’s resignation over Kumbh corruption
Haridwar, May 7 The Congress activists termed the meeting a meagre eye-catching and to divert public eyes from the mass corruption in the Kumbh funds. Protesters even sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the matter. Apart from the Kumbh, the Congress also took strong cognisance over irregularities in the hydel projects and demanded resignation of Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and if he doesn’t resign, would meet Governor demanding dissolution of the present government. The agitation was led by Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Dr Harak Singh Rawat with party workers from Dehradun, Rishikesh and the Roorkee areas apart from Haridwar. Lashing out at the state government, Harak Singh Rawat said Nishank on one hand termed the Kumbh 2010 a historic event and even wanted a Nobel prize for this, but he failed to think that if the Nobel foundation team would come to Haridwar to investigate whether Kumbh falls in the said criteria, it would find only rampant corruption. Demanding the CBI probe and dissolution of the BJP government, state organisational secretary BS Tejiyan said public was perturbed over scams and corruption emanating in the state with the involvement of the cabinet ministers. “The BJP government is making all sort of records in corruption while developmental works have taken a back seat in the state putting serious questions over the ability of those at the helm of the government. Dissolution of th BJP government is the only answer to the woes of the people of the state,” said Tejiyan. While party general secretary Dr Santosh Chauhan said the state cabinet by holding a meeting on the Ganga Ghat tried to gain media coverage and put shadows on the Kumbh corruption and on the April 14 tragedy at Birla Ghat. “The Birla Ghat tragedy is a major blot on the state government and the management of the Maha Kumbh. The administration tried to favour Pilot Baba while dozens had died in the accident-cum-stampede. The state government’s wrong information regarding the number of the deceased is one of the reasons that proves how people friendly was the mela administration?” said Chauhan. Tomorrow, the city Congress committee will organise an agitation at the City Magistrate office against the irregularities on the hydel projects as part of today’s agitation. |
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Birth anniversary of Tagore celebrated
Dehradun, May 7 At a function organised at the Congress Bhawan by the Mahanagar Congress, its Dehradun president Harish Virmani spoke at length on the life of Tagore. He described him as a versatile personality with mastery over literature, art and music. State Congress secretary Vijay Singh Chauhan called upon the people to follow footsteps of Rabindranath Tagore. At another function held at very Congress Bhawan as part of Congress 125 years programmes, state Congress general secretary Virendra Singh Bisht said the Vishwabharti established by Tagore is still one of the best institutions of the country. Neenu Sehgal, Geeta Bisht, Arun Kumar were present on
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Mobile phone shop burgled
Dehradun, May 7 Shadab Ahmed, a resident of Majra, said cash worth Rs 80,000 and 80 mobile phones kept in the shop were stolen. However, he hasn’t lodged a complaint with the police making the police suspect that his claims of this much amount being stolen aren’t genuine. According to the police, the theft came to light at about 3 pm when a guard of the area noticed the locks of the shutters broken. He informed the owner of the Heart Spot Communication shop about the matter. The owner reached the shop and called up the police. The station house officer of the Patel Nagar police station said the police hadn’t received any complaint in writing from the shop owner. The police reached the scene with its finger print experts and a dog squad last morning. |
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Woman dies in fire due to short-circuit
Dehradun, May 7 The police prima facie doubted that she died of an accident and had started its investigation. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination. The woman had got married two years ago. No complaint from her family of any foul play has been lodged with the police. |
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CII holds workshop
Dehradun, May 7 This was the first one in the series of four workshops to be conducted all over India. While addressing a gathering Dr Rajender Dobhal Director Uttaranchal Council of Science and Technology stressed on the need of Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre to look after IP management and IP service facilitation. Rajiv Berry, Chairman CII Uttarakhand State Council while welcoming the guests said the workshop was a curtain raiser on intellectual property and a capacity building exercise. Technical sessions were addressed by MR Sreenivasa, Asst Professor College of Legal University of Petroleum, Dr Syamamla, Asst Professor, College of Legal Studies and the focus was on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). |
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Dehradun, May 7
Martyr Major Yogendra Singh Rajbar, whose body was brought to his hometown Dehradun last night, was paid last respects.
Dehradun, May 6
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