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India’s biggest telescope reaches Nainital
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Science exhibition from June 4
Gurukul varsity to search rural sports talent
This time, Pankaj makes state proud
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India’s biggest telescope reaches Nainital
Nainital, June 2 This telescope, India’s biggest, has been built at the workshop of Dr Frank Melsheimer in Colorado in the US and its installation will go a long way in helping astronomy research in the country. According to Dr Amitesh Omar, who is a senior scientist at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and observatory and project manager for the installation of this telescope, said: “The telescope is a new technology equipment and will be installed by the end of this year at a height of 2,500 metres on a clear day at Devasthal near Nainital.” To see the first light with this telescope by the end of this year, a team of astronomers and engineers from ARIES is engaged in an exercise going round the clock. Dr Omar added: “This telescope took four years to get completed and is a highly precision work from the mechanical and optical point of view. After the installation of the telescope, astronomers can assess the life cycles of stars and study various galaxies in the universe in more details”. The director of ARIES, Prof Ram Sagar, claims: “This telescope is the first step in installing several national and international telescopes on the Devasthal peak in the coming three or four years.” After nearly a decade of continuous monitoring of the atmosphere, Devasthal was chosen among the best sites in the country for
optical telescopes. This telescope has the largest usable field of view in the sky among this size of
the telescopes. This telescope will be used to study variable stars, gamma ray bursts and supernova events, star formation in milkyway and other galaxies in the universe. Scientists claim that its penetration power in recording the developments in the universe is almost
10 times greater than the other telescopes of smaller capacity. Dr Sagar claims that the rarified atmosphere available at Devsthal makes this site competitive with the best international sites located in Chile and La Palma. He has stated in a paper: “The site thus has a unique advantage of geographical location conducive for astronomical observations of those optical transient and variable sources which require 24 hour continuous observations and cannot be observed either from east in Australia or west in La Palma due to day light.”
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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
Pitthoragarh, June 2 “We offered the pilgrims coming from across the country, Kumaoni dishes as rice with “jholi” (Kumaoni curry) and “bhatia” (a traditional preparation of Kumaoni soya bean) along with squash of burans flowers which they liked most,” said Dinesh Gururani, in charge of Tourist Reception Center (TRC) of the KMVN at Pitthoragarh. The batch will reach the base camp by evening via Didihat. In Didihat, the ITBP officer will brief them on high altitude trekking and after tonight’s rest they will resume for the first trek route camp at Gala on June 3. “I am already overwhelmed by the welcome accorded to us by people of Kumaon at various places and I look the image of Lord Shiva in the people of Kumaon,” said Prajapati Thakur (70), the highest aged pilgrim in the batch. According to Vijay Kumar Dogra, liaison officer of the group, besides the batch also has 27-year-old Jay Kumar Patel of Gujarat as the youngest pilgrim and Sanjay Gogia of Delhi who is visiting Kailash Mansarovar for the 14th time. Nearly 12 pilgrims of the first batch are on the pilgrimage either second or third time,” said
Dogra.
Chhota Kailash Yatra
The first batch of seven pilgrims for Chhota (minor) Kailash reached its first trek route camp Gala on Tuesday. “The Chhota Kailash Yatra is solemnised in Indian territory and the pilgrims have to travel 98 km in 20 days to reach Jolinkong top in Kuti village of Darma valley, which is considered one of the abodes of Lord Shiva after Mount Kailash in Tibet”. This pilgrimage is also managed by the KMVN. “The Chhota Kailash pilgrims will turn westward from Gunji to reach the Jolinkong top and Parvati Sarovar which is considered as sacred as Lake Mansarover in Tibet,” saib BR Arya, yatra officer of the KMVN.
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MLA’s son, friends held for molesting schoolgirl
Haridwar, June 2 The medical report of the girl is being awaited which was conducted at the Roorkee Civil Hospital yesterday. Girl’s father had filed an FIR at the Lakshar police station alleging that three teenagers led by legislator’s son tried to kidnap his minor daughter and when they protested they physically threatened them and put the girl in a vehicle by force. SSP of Haridwar Sanjay Gunjiyal has said the police is investigating the matter impartially while accused’s father, legislator Tasleem, has termed it a conspiracy against him due to his political stature but simultaneously adds that if his son is found guilty or involved in the act he will be the first one to demand punishment to him. Notably, Mehmood, son of the Lal Dhang legislator, along with his friends Sonu Kumar and Juber, are in police custody in the Haridwar jail. The minor girl hails from Sultanpur village. Legislator Tasleem also resides in the same village and Mehmood had some altercation with the girl who is a school student. Late night all three conspired to abduct the girl and trespassed the house of the girl. Meanwhile, Hindu outfits, including the Bajrang Dal and the Hindu Jagran Manch, have decided to take the issue to the streets and expose the nefarious activities of BSP activists misusing the legislator’s power. Several protests were held in Haridwar, Lakshar, Mangalore
and Roorkee by these outfits protesting against the misuse of power by the BSP legislator’s son and party workers. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal have warned the administration and the BSP legislator of trying to misuse power in any form to save the accused or even try to weaken the case. “This is the working of a legislator who is people’s representative. He and the police tried to shield the accused, instead of sympathising with the victim’s family,” said Man Singh Saini, head of the district VHP. Shiv Sena district chief Devendra Kumar Prajapati said this was a shame on the BSP which spoke of “Sarv Jan Hitay” but its very legislator and party workers tried to shield the culprits who tried to commit a grave criminal act.
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Rising number of vehicles chokes Doon roads
Ironically, there are just 160 constables to manage the whole city traffic. Most of the areas are found heavily choked with traffic, particularly on the Chakrata Road, Clock Tower, Rajpur Road, Sahranpur Chowk and Dharampur, during the morning and evening rush hours. The main centre of the city, Clock Tower, has just eight constables to manage the traffic. The problems has been further compounded by the auto-rickshaw, Vikrams, and city buses that act as city transport services as they stop anywhere to drop and pick
up passengers. In 2009, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) had given approximately 750 permits to auto-rickshaws, which is another reason for the increase in vehicular pressure on the already congested roads. To minimise the problems of traffic jams and congestion, the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) has already planned to develop public parking areas on busy roads. It is also carrying out a study of traffic management for Dehradun and Mussoorie through traffic experts of RITES. SP (Traffic) Sweety Aggarwal said infrastructure had not been developed in the past so many years and on the other side pressure on vehicles had been increasing at a very rapid rate. However, the MDDA, Public Works Department and Dehradun Municipal Corporation had undertaken 45 crossings of the city for broadening
and beautification. One of the reasons of increased traffic in the city is vehicular pressure.
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Muslim students to get best of both worlds
Haridwar, June 2 The emphasis is to make Muslim students equally good in Arabic and Urdu as well as in computers. Uttarakhand Minority Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari informed this during his visit to the Haridwar. Elaborating further, Sukhdev Singh stated that to provide engineering education to the minority students, the commission had prepared a project and would be forwarding it to the state government regarding opening of a separate engineering college for the minorities only. This, according to him, will be quite instrumental in uplifting the educational status of the minority students, which in long term will pave for the overall development of the minorities community. Also on the anvil are several schemes and development projects being planned by state government for the development of minorities in the hill state and hoped that in the coming years there will be a remarkable improvement in the condition of the minorities in the state. For the children of daily labour women workers, soon more than a 100 odd Aganwadi centres will be opened which will also provide day stay and education to the minority children. This scheme is being carried under the MSDP and extension of existing Anganwadi centres too are being done under this scheme in all 13 districts of the state. Vice-chairman of the commission Mazhar Naeem Nawab remarked that the condition of minorities in the state is quite better in comparison to other states of the country. At Shahpur, the Uttarakhand Minority Commission chief and other members were honoured by the villagers.
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Army Educational Corps celebrates 63rd anniversary
Dehradun, June 2 He wished all ranks of AEC and their families the very best of times to come. The Army Educational Corps has been in the forefront of preparing our gentlemen cadets to adapt to the ever-changing environment. Its role in refining the knowledge base of the human resource has contributed positively in the professional
development of the gentlemen cadets. Brig Sunil Chandra, head of Academic Department of the IMA, the senior most serving AEC officer in the station addressed all ranks of AEC and the civil staff. In his address, he congratulated all members of the AEC family and emphasised continuous professional growth. He exhorted all Corps personnel to upgrade and update themselves through individuals and local initiatives to supplement the organisational efforts for war. The address was followed by light refreshment. A dinner was organised in the evening at Officers Institute, the event was graced by retired officers of the Corps residing at Dehradun and senior officers of the IMA.
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Science exhibition from June 4
Nainital, June 2 secretary of the event, “Various Central government institutions like the Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO), Coir Board, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Roorkee and Kharagpur, Technology Development Board, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Earth Sciences and Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciences (ARIES) will be participating in the event.” He said the purpose of the event is to take advancements in the field of science to the common people, particularly the youth of the region. It was pointed that the youth can have a feel of the developments taking place and can identify employment avenues available in different spheres. Several scientists would be interacting with the students during the three-day event. Students from various schools and colleges of the region would be visiting the venue where several events have also been organised keeping their participation in mind.
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Doon Star surpass Western Boys 3-1
Dehradun, June 2 Doon Star was mounting pressure on its rival from the start. It scored in the ninth minute through Rajesh. While Lob Sang netted the second goal in the 21st minute for the team. The Western Boys made some goal attempts but were far away from the goalpost. However, the team got its first success in the 56th minute when Anurag scored one. With this goal the scoreboard read 2-1 in Doon Star’s favour. While Western Boys thought to level the match finding it a good opportunity but Lob Sang of the opponent team gave it a blow netting another goal in the 60th minute to finish the match.
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Manish's hat-trick takes Cantt Blues to 5-2 victory
Dehradun, June 2 The first half witnessed neck-to-neck competition between both the teams but everything changed in the second half in which Manish struck three consecutive goals. Shivam of the losing side opened the account for the team in the fourth minute. This was retaliated by Suraj (18th) of Cantt Blues and just in the next minute Gaurav Sharma (19th) of Garhwal Sporting shot back leading his team with 2-1 at the end of the first half. The Cantt Blues came as a strong in the second half and scored goal after goal giving no chance to its rival to retaliate. Its Amit (38th) netted a goal to level the game with 2-2. Manish of the same side changed the face of the game scoring three goals (46th, 50th and 58th) to drub the rival team 5-2.
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Gurukul varsity to search rural sports talent
Haridwar, June 2 The idea behind university is to provide a platform for the talented students who excel in any sports event and by first tapping their talent they will be given state-of-the-art coaching as provided to Gurukul students. Sports coaches of the university will search and hone the skill of rural players and will prepare them simultaneously for the state and national level tournaments. With the university having a name in social, moralistic and education circle this will be a part of the university legacy to bring out sports stars from the villages. Soon, from various villages around the district will be called upon at the university to showcase their sports skills. These rural untrained players will then lockhorns with university players and herein the university coaches will select the best players. Speaking to The Tribune, Gurukul Kangri University Sports Department head Dr RKS Dagar informed that the focus would be more on those who didn’t have access to basic sports
infrastructure but have the raw talent. “Raw talent is what we are looking for and the onus is on our elite sports coaches to hone these raw-skilled one’s into state and national-level potential players,” said Dr Dagar. While Dr Shiv Kumar of the same department added that with the university having a century old legacy in yoga these
players would also be taught yoga so that they got well prepared for the highly competitive sports atmosphere. “Theses young prodigies need a well set-up platform and we are sure that our talent search project will bring out the best of the talent. And in future who knows they will be representing district, state and finally donning the Indian colours in various events, too,” said
Dr Kumar.
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This time, Pankaj makes state proud
Haridwar, June 2 Pankaj, a head constable, in another accomplishment for the Uttarakhand police in sports arena clinched a bronze medal in the 800 metre distance run event. As per information received by state Police Sports Control Board Office, Pankaj with a timing of 1.48 seconds bagged the third position in
the event. Notably, Shiv Kumar, a constable, won a gold medal two days back. Shiv got the gold medal in the shot put throw event with a 60 metre throw. On the achievement of Pankaj, Police Sports Control Board Secretary DIG Alok Sharma has expressed his happiness over the achievement of state cops and said as soon as they came back they would be felicitated for their achievements brining laurels to the Police Department as well as the state.
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Himanshu braces for Thai meet
Dehradun, June 2 “I am looking forward for my selection in the international championship to be held in Thailand,” said Himanshu, who claimed gold in the Sub Junior and Junior National Muay Thai championship held from May 22 to 28 in Bangluru. The Uttarakhand team won 13 medals in total in this championship. Himanshu said it was his first participation in the nationals and working on his coach’s advice helped him. “My coach told me to concentrate on elbows and knees as most of the points would come from here. I used them affectively and won the match,” he added. Besides Muay Thai, Himanshu also plays tae kwon do and wrestling. “I started playing tae kwon do at the age of four with the advice of my father. Later, I also developed interest in wrestling and martial arts,” he said.
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Powerlifter Nitin meets Woodstock students
Mussoorie, June 2 Visiting the school on the invitation of sports instructor Ajay Mark and eminent theatre and film artiste Tom Alter, he said such facilities were not available in any gymnasium across the country. Nitin on seeing the powerlifting equipment said he was seeing some of the equipment for the first time. Nitin met the students and shared his experiences with them. He also said the students should make the best use of such excellent facilities as they were available in selected places in or out of India. Mark thanked Nitin for sharing his views and experience with the students. Speaking exclusively to The Tribune, he said the Win Mumby Gymnasium was perfect place for national camps for the athletes and indoor games’ players. He also said he was always available even on phone for those students who were keen to learn.
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Dehradun, June 2