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Develop courage to think differently, Kalam tells students
No one comes to receive Kalam at bhawan
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DG, Health, raids hospital
Haldwani-Nainital road opens after 1 month
FRI experts discuss forestry issues
Drunk man kills kin
30 students taken ill due to food poisoning
Man dies as truck unloads concrete on him
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Develop courage to think differently, Kalam tells students
Mussoorie, October 18 He shared his knowledge equation with the students. “Knowledge is egual to creativity plus righteousness in the heart plus courage. “Learning is creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge and knowledge makes one great. “Where there is righteousness, there is beauty in character. And where there is beauty in character, there is harmony at home. Harmony at home leads to order in the nation which in turn results in peace in the world.” The next component Kalam emphasised was courage. “You need courage to think differently, to invent, to travel on an unexplored path, to discover the impossible, to combat problems and succeed,” he said. When schools teach students to use knowledge with creativity, righteousness and courage, the nation will have a large number of empowered and enlightened citizens, he said. He said teachers were the leaders who transformed children into enlightened citizens. “When a teacher walks, knowledge walks with him or her,” he said. Kalam said the mission of schools should be to make students perform their best. “Every student should strive to become another Ramanujan and Jawaharlal Nehru and every school should facilitate that,” the former President said. Later, students posed several questions to the former President. A student asked why India was not doing enough for renewable energy. He answered that now India was working on the National Solar Power Mission and by 2030, the mission would have to generate around 30,000 MW of power. Kalam replied that India would be emphasising on clean power like nuclear, wind and solar power which will lead to energy independence. He added that India had all materials and biodiversity to fulfil the mission by 2030 and the most important power which India had was youth power. On corruption in the Commonwealth Games, he said India had performed well in sports, but now we should deliver on the value front through righteousness. On unemployment, he said the answer to it was in higher growth rate and in a separate policy on agriculture. “If these are done, unemployment can be controlled in the next 10 years,” he said. He concluded by saying that a happy individual meant a happy nation. Earlier, the students presented a cultural programme. Dr Kalam presented his books to the school library on the occasion. Justice Lahoti, school staff and others were present on the occasion. Students
overjoyed on ex-Prez visit
The joy of students of Mussoorie International School knew no bounds on the visit of former President
of the country Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The students said they were really excited on Kalam’s first visit to the school and they had learnt a lot from him. They also asked a few questions which he replied promptly. They also said they would adhere with the message of righteousness. Another student of class XII Riya said with righteousness, courage and
creativity they could become good citizens of the country. |
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No one comes to receive Kalam at bhawan
Musosorie, October 18 When he reached Indira Bhawan, administrative annexure of the academy, at 12.20 pm, no one was there to receive him. When he enquired from the police about it, he was told that no programme of the former President was pipelined at the annexe. Shocked Kalam got back in his car and left for Mussoorie International School where also he was scheduled to give a lecture to students. Actually after finishing his lecture at Sampoornanand and Govind Balabh Pant Hall at the main campus of the academy, there was a 15 minutes programme at Indira Bhawan also, but it was cancelled due to unknown reasons. The local police and the administration were also not told about it. The Mussoorie SDM agreed that according to protocol he was supposed to visit Indira Bhawan, but as they were not informed earlier the fiasco occurred. Local police station in charge SS Bisht said they received the information of the cancellation when they reached Indira Bhawan. |
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DG, Health, raids hospital
Dehradun, October 18 It was early in the morning when he visited the hospital and found no doctor in the OPD cabins as a result of which there was a huge rush of patients waiting for them. He also instructed to issue urgent transfer orders of three nurses and one doctor against misconduct towards their noble profession. Some of the doctors were allegedly found guilty of prescribing the patients to get X-ray and blood tests done from private pathology, whereas these tests
are available at the government hospital. Dr Bhatt told The Tribune that Anita Giri Goswami, Tapan Sharma and Geeta Singh were the three from the nursing staff against whom urgent and immediate transfer orders were issued. The three have been transferred to Laksar block. Dr Ajay Mohan Aggarwal, a physician, was also transferred to Khanpur
for alleged professional misconduct. He further said an inquiry committee had been formed to look into the alleged dereliction of duty leading to the death of a newborn baby at female hospital in Haridwar. Dr Anjali Nautiyal of Dehradun Female Hospital and Dr Parag Singhal, had been asked to submit their report by November 1. On finding the hospital periphery and wards dirty, Dr Bhatt warned the contractor and asked the hospital administration to deduct Rs 2,000 from
his dues. |
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What makes Shantikunj weddings different
Haridwar, October 18 The mass wedding was organised in view of the Vijaydashmi festival which marks the victory of Lord Rama over evil. A specially decorated yagyashala bore a different look with beautifully attired brides and grooms present there. The couples were given a traditional-cultural overview of the meaning of being together for life amid Vedic rituals which is the unique feature of any Shantikunj wedding. Each and every part of the wedding phases were described by pundits, making everyone present at the wedding ceremony glued to their places till the ceremony was over. “This type of wedding ceremony is a first of its kind. I have witnessed hundreds of weddings till date in various parts of the country, but now I have seen for myself why a Shantikunj wedding is a perfect one in today’s times where marriages are mostly followed by divorces,” said Niranjan Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, adding that he would wed his IAS officer son and an MBBS daughter at Shantikunj only. Talking to The Tribune, Shantikunj culture cell in charge Pandit Shiv Prasad Mishra said a wedding was an amalgamation of two souls and from the ceremony to name a child to his wedding, all Hindu rituals were performed with full ethics here. “In the past few weeks, we have arranged weddings of more than 24 couples belonging to Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and our own home state of Uttarakhand. We perform these rituals and weddings free of cost without compromising on wedding rituals, which is attracting people in large numbers to Haridwar,” said Mishra. |
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China posing threat, says Lt-Gen Kaushik
Dehradun, October 18 Due to this, India felt let down by China whom it considered as a friend and whom it was supporting internationally,” said Lt Gen OP Kaushik (retd), who is also a former Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. He was the key speaker of the function. “The country also suffered on the account of lack of decisive policy and unpreparedness of our armed forces,” said Lt General Kaushik. “Today after 48 years, since the attack took place, once again we are faced with the dilemma of China who is trying to intrude into our territory. They have started laying claims on our terrain in the northeast as well as in Sikkim,” he said and reiterated, “Chinese infrastructure development in Tibet is a serious security concern for our country and their plans to bring railway lines from Lahsa (capital of Tibet) up to the Indian borders seems to be one of the biggest fears for India. Although our security forces are well aware of the threat posed by China and are getting prepared to meet these new challenges, nevertheless the whole nation needs to be aware of the fact and get ready to face these new challenges,” he maintained. Other than those who presented their views were Dr S Farukh, president of the organising committee of the society, and Himanshu Bhushan Joshi, student of BPharma. Dr Farukh said it was necessary to make people all over the country aware of the issue. “People should understand that China is a neighbour on which we can never trust, and thus should always be ready to revert if it attacks again,” he affirmed. The society also celebrated the birthday of former Chief Minister ND Tiwari. |
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Gandhian cop wields brush to express feelings
Dehradun, October 18 A self-taught painter and a Gandhian, painting proves cathartic allowing him to remain sane while giving vent to his feelings about the evils of consumers or the effects of climate change. Totally in sync with these two sides of his personality, Lal believes that a policeman should not arouse fear, but be seen as a helper who provides solace to the affected. “My seniors did not share this view when I was asked to take charge of riots-affected Kanpur city. I was specifically told not to reveal this side of me as it would give a wrong message to people,” said Lal today while showcasing his paintings at the Uttaranchal Gramin Bank Art Gallery, the softer side coming to the fore. His art, mostly abstract, needs explanation and he revels in letting people have an access into his thinking process which is greatly influenced by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. “While tackling riots and in the thick of things, I realised that most of the times riots were engineered by persons with some political affiliation and they were from the majority. Such situations exposed me to some hard truths; while the common man suffers, the real perpetrators go unpunished,” asserted Lal. Communal riots engineered again and again in the country are also a theme of one of his paintings on display. Ideas are best expressed through abstraction as they need explanation and egg one to explore and explain. “Our politicians learnt the divisive game of divide and rule and continue to play it to the hilt for their own gains. I have highlighted the communal divide with the excessive use of saffron and green colours,” said Lal. Worried about the middle classes’ hedonistic ways all too evident in consumerism, Lal asserts that the society really has no time to ponder about this mindless march. “The effects of climate change are before us. Ice caps are melting at a very fast pace and unless we arrest the damage now, we are heading for disaster of manifold dimension,” he added. Burnt jungles taking the hues of saffron rather than green, after the effects of tsunami, all painted in stark bold lines and the bright colours tell their own tale. But hope is eternal. Like the proverbial sphinx rising from the ashes, there is no place for despondency. “In the end, man’s survival hinges on living in harmony with nature, and once we realise the limitation of our greed and step back, I think Gandhi’s concept of a society living in total harmony will be actualised,” he affirmed. In all, 30 paintings are on display. These were painted in the past two-three months. The three sketches of Mahatma Gandhi and Kelucharan Mohapatra, all framed in wood, too were the cynosure of all eyes. Bobby Cash, famous country musician of international fame, a resident of Dehradun, inaugurated
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Haldwani-Nainital road opens after 1 month
Nainital, October 18 The road had been shut for vehicular movement as a large portion of it had sunk about 100m rendering the destinations on both sides inaccessible last month. The sinking of the road had taken place near Bhujiaghat. Even otherwise, the road had witnessed falling of trees, boulders and mudslides at several places when the region had been lashed by incessant rain last month. The closure of the road had hit the lives of the residents very hard. Persons, who regularly travel between Haldwani and Nainital had to travel via the Bhimtal or the Kaladhungi routes. This meant travelling several km extra and paying extra for the same. Besides, the entire load of traffic going to the mountain districts of Almora, Pitthoragarh and Bageshwar from Haldwani, which is the gateway to Kumaon, had fallen upon the Bhimtal road. The road had been handling much more traffic on a daily basis than its capacity and a majority of this traffic was heavy vehicles. This had led to the route becoming extremely dusty and the travellers were encountering traffic snarls almost everyday. There had been massive pressure on the administration to get the Haldwani-Nainital road opened at the earliest. Apart from causing inconvenience to the daily local travellers on this route, the closure of this road has hit the autumn tourist season with hardly 10 per cent of the tourists arriving in October than what had been expected. Locals, who run small eateries on this route, had been virtually unemployed over the past month. Senior officials, including Kumaon Commissioner Kunal Sharma and District Magistrate Shailesh Bagauli, had been monitoring operations for opening of this road on a regular basis. The Commissioner had gone to the site near Bhujiaghat last week and had ordered expedition of the works being done there. The officials involved in opening of the road had been facing various problems on account of the typical topography and geomorphology of the area. The rock structure of the area is such that excavators were not proving very effective and massive blasting on this stretch was not advisable on account of the fragility of the hills. Sources have pointed out that although the road has been opened for now, the administration needs to ensure that a long-term solution is implemented in the area where the road had sunk on account of rain. Officials pointed out that the construction of proper causeways and proper retaining walls could solve the problem. |
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FRI experts discuss forestry issues
Dehradun, October 18 Chief guest Dr VRR Singh, Head, Silviculture Division, FRI, said the institute planned to hold frequent training programmes with the National Academy of Statistical Administration in the backdrop of growing importance of environmental statistics in the forestry studies. He said in the present-day forest studies, the inferences that came out of statistics held much importance to make future forest strategy and planning. Dr Singh later also presented an overview of environmental statistics during one of the sessions. Dr Jaishir Chauhan, Head of Extension, FRI, said the training programme would take up forestry issues from the statistical point of view. Among the opening day speakers, Dr P Soni spoke on the needs for statistical analysis in ecological and environmental research, while Dr Sarvesh highlighted on ecosystem goods and services and their valuation. Jawaid Ashraf was the last speaker of the day and he delivered his address on environmental monitoring and sampling. |
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Drunk man kills kin
Nainital, October 18 Most of the people present at the spot were allegedly drunk. It was here that Pratap entered into an altercation with one Vinod Arya. Things came to a pass that the two were involved in fisticuffs and in the heat of the moment Vinod allegedly hit him with an axe from the reverse side. Since the attack was not from the sharp-edged side, there was no open wound. The villagers intervened and after the incident, Pratap went home.When his brother Gopal Ram came to know about the incident, he went to Pratap’s house to enquire about his well-being. Repeated calls to his brother to open the door proved futile and when the door was forcibly opened, Pratap was found lying dead. The Vinod has been arrested and the deceased was said to be his distant relative. |
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30 students taken ill due to food poisoning
Pitthoragarh, October 18 According to school sources, the students started vomitting after breakfast in the morning in which they consumed puri with potato vegetable. The doctors said the potatoes were sprouted and meant to be used for seeds. “Out of the 30 students we admitted, 23 have been released from the hospital and seven are under treatment,” said Dr MS Rawat, Medical Officer at the community health
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Man dies as truck unloads concrete on him
Dehradun, October 18 The police has registered a case of negligence. The police reached the spot this afternoon receiving the information that a man has been buried alive. However, the cops later found that he had come under concrete. The police has informed the family of the deceased and after they come, the postmortem will be conducted. The deceased has been identified as Lucky, a labourer. Acting SP Ajay Joshi said it was negligence on the part of the loaders. They should have, at least, checked the place before throwing gravel there. |
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