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Rs 2.75 lakh relief for kin of deceased worker
Mahila association celebrates Mother’s Day with elderly
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Census 2011
Art of Living Initiative
Jat community elated over quota approval
Tax consultant sheds light on excise exemption
CM’s resignation sought over hydel projects
2,000 attend health camp
Commuters stranded on Mussoorie-Dehradun route
Devotees throng Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
Tributes paid to Gokhale
50 join Mahanagar unit of UKD
Sai Institute holds health camp
Two killed as car falls into gorge
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Rs 2.75 lakh relief for kin of deceased worker
Mussoorie, May 9 Mustakeem (50), a resident of Nagina in Uttar Pradesh, lost his life while working at the construction site of the hotel yesterday at 6 pm. He fell from 22-ft-high building and was rushed to the community hospital, where he was declared brought dead. He had suffered major head injuries. The union leaders also arrived at the spot and demanded compensation on the behalf of the family members, but no decision could be reached at night as the management refused to provide the demanded amount. The workers led by Bhavan Nirman Mazdoor Sangh president Aslam Khan and the wife of the deceased gathered at the hotel this morning and raised slogans against the management in protest. They demanded an adequate compensation. The situation became tense and was diffused after the arrival of Palika president OP Uniyal at the spot. He pacified the workers and said an adequate compensation could be provided to the family. The deadlock was broken after an hour when the closed-door negotiations resumed once again between the union leaders and the management. The management officials said they were waiting for the family of the deceased so that the compensation was provided to the rightful person. However, Bhavan Nirman Mazdoor Sangh secretary Sunil Kumar said the non-compliance of safety measures during construction still remained as the number of death cases had increased this year during construction. The Tribune had raised the issue a few months back citing the probability of such mishaps occurring due to lackadaisical approach of the Labour Department. The trade union leaders also alleged that a portion of the site being constructed was illegal as it exceeded the applicable norms provided by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority.
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Mahila association celebrates Mother’s Day with elderly
Dehradun, May 9 Members of the association distributed flowers, fruits and sweets among the people at the centre. The programme began with lighting of the lamp by chief guest Rajya Mahila Ayog president Sushila Baluni, sister Anjali and association president Sadhna Sharma. Sadhna spoke about the importance of mothers and said God had created mother with a heart full of love, care and compassion. Her importance in life could never change. She would remain the epitome of love. To entertain the aged at the centre, members of the association performed various activities. Children recited beautiful poems on Mother’s Day with enthralling dances. Abandoned by families, the elderly thoroughly enjoyed the programme. “Mothers are the epitome of love, affection and sacrifices. We are honoured and privileged to spend some time with parents who are being neglected by their own children. It’s our very small initiative to spread love and smile on their faces and that gives us utmost delight,” added Sadhna. Events galore in Haridwar Haridwar: On the occasion of the Mother’s Day, several functions and programmes were held in the district acknowledging mother and her role in our life. Students held various competitions like debates, greeting card making, paintings and verses to express their love to their mothers. A debate was organised at SM Public School titled “Status of mother in today’s society”, wherein speakers dwelt on varied roles of a mother in our life. Chief guest Rashmi Vardhan, wife of mela officer Anand Vardhan, said it’s due to a mother that the society got a new direction with mother having an indelible impression and impact on a child. She said mother was called the first teacher of a child as she cared and nurtured a child wholly. A competition was also organised for the mothers. Pushpa Sharma won the first prize while Mamta bagged the second position in the debate competition. Several other events were also organised like vegetable chopping, musical chair, decorative items, in which mothers displayed their talent to the fullest with their children cheering them up. Prizes were distributed by Sanjana Sharma, wife of Mela DIG Alok Sharma, who too highlighted the important role of a woman as a mother in a child’s life as well as family life. Shiv Dale School, DAV Public, DPS Ranipur, Sanskriti, Little Angels, Doon Cambridge and other schools too organised several functions to commemorate the Mother’s Day. “I made a greeting card with water colours for my mother and got my favourite Barbie doll in return,” exclaimed Sanjana, a student of KG.
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Census 2011
Pitthoragarh, May 9 “The old members of a family do not know their exact age, the names of parents of their granddaughters and sometimes old women don’t want take their husbands’ names under the social taboo,” said Ganesh Durgapal, enumerator, Tehsil Dar of Pithoragarh sub-division. “Generally our 1,200 enumerators, who are local primary teachers and aganwari workers, are able to overcome these problem as they are local and well versed in local dialects and able to extract information from these adults,” said Gananand Joshi, in charge of census counting in the district. According to Jaspal Singh Negi, Deputy Director, Registrar General of Census, New Delhi, this census and house counting exercise to fill the national census register will conclude on June 15. It began from May 1 in the Uttarakhand state. “The next face of the census will begin on February 9 to February 28, 2011, “After that the final compilation of data to present the Census results will begin” said Negi.
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Art of Living Initiative
Dehradun, May 9 The programme witnessed people from all walks of life, including professionals, students, homemakers and businessmen who had gathered to be part of the meditation for world peace. Anand Kansal, an engineer, shared, “I have to do both physical and mental work in which clarity and stamina are necessary. Meditation enhances these abilities. It also helps me in responding better to The meditation was followed by pledge “Be fantastic, say no to plastic” where all participants pledged to say no to plastic. Madhu Goyal, a homemaker, said meditating helped in overcoming the lethargy and boredom. The message of not using polythene is so important, that after taking a pledge people will stop using polythene from today and motivate others for the same too. Art of Living instructor Shweta said, “The Art of Living regularly takes up various community and environment-friendly initiatives and this pledge of saying no to plastic is a step in that direction. Birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar would culminate on May 13 with a satsang at The Park, Survey of India Estate”.
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Jat community elated over quota approval
Dehradun, May 9 The conference was held in the attendance of Ompal Singh Rathi, state president, and Dariyav Singh Tomar, state While addressing the media, Ompal Singh Rathi said the entire Jat community was elated on receiving the approval on their pending demand on reservations by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank. The association is glad of being recognised as permanent residents of the society without any discrimination.
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Tax consultant sheds light on excise exemption
Dehradun, May 9 He also made a suggestion to the industrialists to get their house in order before the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime came in place. “The credit chain should not break and it is up to the industrialists and manufacturers how they make their case so that the remaining concessions that they are getting are not disturbed,” he said. After the central excise package ended in Uttarakhand on March 2010, the industries have been restive about their future. “It was the biggest concession that attracted several industrial houses to Uttarakhand. What the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has said recently in the media is reiteration of the fact. We have been badly hit by the ending of central package, though other sops like central investment subsidy and transport subsidy among others would continue till 2013,” said Pankaj Gupta, president, Industries Association of Uttarakhand. Though the excise waiver came to an end in March this year, certain other benefits like income tax rebate and capital subsidy continue to make the state a lucrative destination for investors, an official said. Pramod Kalani, president of the Drug Manufacturing Association, said at the interactive sesseveral issues have been settled. “We now know the legal position and will be able to take appropriate steps now that the sunset clause has ended,” said Kalani.
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CM’s resignation sought over hydel projects
Dehradun, May 9 Vinay Saraswat, Sumer Chand Ravi, Naveen Joshi and RN Kamboj were prominent participants to the dharna. —
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2,000 attend health camp
Mussoorie, May 9 According to member, Innerwheel Club, Neerja Pandhi a 35-member team, along with 10 expert doctors from different fields, eye specialists and physicians are conducting the camp. A thorough checkup was conducted after which medicines were distributed free of cost. The doctors attending the camp are Dr Uma Pandey, Dr Rana, Dr Apoorva Pandey, Dr Rashim Thakral, Dr AN Pandey, Dr Sanjeev, Dr Vijay, Dr Das, Dr Anand, Dr Bisht, Dr Vishal Goyal and several nursing staff assisted in the camp. More than 2,000 persons benefited from the camp. President Jaya Karnawal and secretary Anu Garg assisted in the smooth functioning of the camp. |
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Commuters stranded on Mussoorie-Dehradun route
Mussoorie, May 9 A commuter, Ramesh of Dehadun, said they had begun their journey at 11 am and it took nealy two hours for the bus to reach the outskirts of Mussoorie, where it gave way and had to be abandoned belying the claims made by the department of running buses in a good condition on the route. The driver of the bus refused to comment on the situation. Nayab Tehsildar Matadin on board the bus was also one of the commuters had to leave the bus and continue his journey on a passing by scooter. He also said the bus was getting heated enormously and there were sparks all over the place in the bus. He further said the bus could have easily caught fire leading to major mishap, but the danger was averted in time.
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Devotees throng Shirdi Sai Baba Temple
Mussoorie, May 9 Tourists from various parts of the country also visited the temple and sought blessings for their kith and kin. Ram Swarup from Chandigarh said he never missed out on the temple of Sai Baba while travelling too as his wishes had been accomplished by the grace of the Baba from Shirdi. Harbhajan Thakral, member, Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Committee, Mussoorie, said the occasion was celebrated with fervour and bhandara was held and prasad distributed among the devotees on the occasion.
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Tributes paid to Gokhale
Dehradun, May 9 Former Mahanagar Congress Committee president Lal Chand Sharma said Gokhale as president in 1905 formed the Servants of India Society meant to spread education in the country. Congress spokesman Surendra Singh Arya said Gokhale would continue to inspire the Congress workers. —
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50 join Mahanagar unit of UKD
Dehradun, May 9 He said the UKD would continue to take up the issues of people. “The UKD is committed for the welfare of the people of Uttarakhand and would not compromise on its ideology,” Rawat said. He also announced Asha Sharma as head of the women’s cell of the Dehradun Mahanagar UKD unit. Asha said it would be her endeavour to ensure that the party wins convincingly in the next assembly elections. “I will be working to strengthen the party in the state,” she observed.
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Sai Institute holds health camp
Dehradun, May 9 Various health and medicine experts counselled people suffering from different ailments. Physiotherapists, with the specialisation in sports, cardio, neuro and orthopedics, attended the patients and explained to them the remedial measures. In most cases, they recommended simple postural and ergonomic corrective practices and assured the patients that regular practice would improve and often totally reverse the symptoms. According to the faculty of Sai Sparsh, a regimen of correct diet and simple exercises can work wonders. Most of the visitors availing of the services were poor Muslim workers and their families from the neighbourhood with marked postural back and knee joint problems. Dr Aparna Singh, registrar of the institute, emphasised that popping in pills every time is not the only option to cure the problem. Rather than one should be more aware about preventive alternative therapies. And such health camps are very helpful to disseminate knowledge about the same among masses. Vijay Bahuguna, Congress MP (Tehri), hailing from the renowned HN Bahuguna family, inaugurated the camp. He appreciated the initiative and said it was important to communicate preventive and curative measures in the early stages of various ailments. Harish Arora, Chairperson of Sai Institute, said Sai Sparsh and the Physiotherapy Department of the institute were working towards ameliorating the back-breaking morbidity prevalent in the hilly regions of the state. Rani Arora, Vice-Chairperson of Sai Institute, said women were particularly prone to debilitating conditions largely due to neglect, ignorance and wrong diet. Making practical, easy-to-follow steps for management of ortho and cardiac ailments was necessary to improve the health of the population at large.
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Two killed as car falls into gorge
Dehradun, May 9 As per information, a Scorpio car (UA-07-M-6900) met with the accident when it was heading towards Kalsi from Bairat. Chief Minister of the state Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has expressed grief over the death of the two and consoled their families in these trouble times through a message. —TNS
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In an event leading to the death of a worker at a construction site of Hotel Brentwood here yesterday, the management agreed to give a compensation of Rs 2.75 lakh demanded by the deceased person’s family today.
Dehradun, May 9
Dehradun, May 9
Doubts of Uttarakhand industrialists regarding the central excise exemption, which ended on March 2010, were allayed by excise consultants from Delhi.Now that the sunset clause had ended, Excise Consultant V Lakshmi Kumaran said the industries and manufacturing units could continue production.
Mussoorie, May 9
Fifty persons from different political groups joined the Mahanagar unit of the Uttarakhand Krant Dal
(UKD) here today.Welcoming the new entrants to the partyfold, Mahanagar UKD president Bahadur Singh Rawat said the party was working for the success of Mission 2012. He said there was a clear tendency among people towards joining the
UKD. Rawat said many more people would join the UKD in the coming days.
A free health camp was organised by Sai Sparsh Healing Centre, physiotherapy unit of the Sai Institute at Arcediya Grant here today. A large number of patients visited the camp with complaints regarding blood pressure, low back pain to marked morbidity and difficulty in movement.
