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Best MLA of state not best MLALAD fund user
Uttarakhand’s first cardiology unit to be set up at Deen Dayal Hospital
Forgotten Australian pianist may have visited Mussoorie
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Transport Minister comes to rescue of examinees
Students welcome scheme to provide free coaching
Tanjeem Rehnuma-e-Millat stages dharna
Emphasis laid on spreading financial planning awareness
Emphasis laid on research areas
Lankan Port Authority team go great guns
Little Masters Club to host U-15 tourney
Narender Shah and Kiran of the Little Masters Cricket Club address a press conference in Dehradun on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Best MLA of state not best MLALAD fund user
Dehradun, January 17 Pritam has failed to spend a single penny from the funds allocated under the MLA fund development scheme and giving him company are eight other MLAs, who are sitting pretty with the funds and not presented a single proposal for undertaking development activities in their areas and most of them are either from the BJP or the Congress. Leading the pack during this financial year is Food and Civil Supplies Minister Diwakar Bhatt, who is MLA from Devprayag, MLA (Pratap Nagar) Vijay Singh Panwar, MLA (Rishikesh) Prem Chand Agarwal, MLA (Bhagwanpur) Surinder Rakesh, MLA (Karanprayag) Anil Nautiyal, MLA (Pindar) Govind Lal Shah, MLA (Dhari) Govind Singh Bisht, MLA (Kashipur) Harbajan Singh Cheema MLA (Sahaspur) Rajkumar and MLA (Sitarganj) Narayan Pal, who have failed to open their account despite the fact that the Chief Minister had written twice to the MLAs to get their act together. All the 71 MLAs receive Rs 2 crore for undertaking development activities in their constituencies, but most of the MLAs continue to be tight fisted. In fact, after the Bihar Government scrapped the allocation of funds for Local Area Development Schemes of MLAs and MLCs, the social activists are calling upon the government do the same in Uttarakhand. “There is no point allocating Rs 2 crore for the MLAs under the MLA Fund Development Scheme, when the MLAs are not keen to spend the funds,” said chairman, the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), Avdhaesh Kaushal. Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Diwakar Bhatt, MLA from Devprayag, has submitted zero proposals to the department concerned for initiating development works in his area. The top spenders among the MLAs were from Landhora Haridas (60 per cent), Pauri MLA Yashpal Benam (75 per cent) and Beronkhal MLA Amrita Rawat (67 per cent). Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who is MLA from Thalesein, has spent only 41 per cent of the funds. Rural Development Minister Vijay Bartwal, Yamkeshwar MLA, has spent 33 per cent of her funds, a jump of 20 per cent. Last year she had spent only 14 per cent of the funds and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant, who is MLA from Pithoragarh, had spent 8 per cent of the funds during this financial year.
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Uttarakhand’s first cardiology unit to be set up at Deen Dayal Hospital
Dehradun, January 17 The setting up of a cardiology unit at the Coronation Hospital has already been delayed. Twice the bids were invited for the unit and only Fortis qualified as a single bid. According to sources, the company will be paying the monthly charges to be calculated on the basis of occupancy rate to the government and will be charged per month per bed. The cardiology unit, comprising 50 beds (25 beds for private and 25 for government patients), will be run on the public private partnership mode. The emphasis will be on treating genetic coronary anomaly, coronary diseases and also perform bypass surgeries. The 25 beds will be set aside for BPL patients and will be subsidised, while the charges for remaining 25 beds will be on the basis of the corporate hospitals. However, the government will be devising a mechanism where by the company will be closely scrutinised and allowed to charge on the basis of procedures only. The government will be providing space to establish the unit, which will be equipped with modern machines to be provided by the private partner and also two cardiac physicians, two cardiac surgeon, anaesthetist and technical staff.
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Forgotten Australian pianist may have visited Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 17
Australian author and classical musician Michael Moran, who is also nephew of pianist Edward Cahill, revealed this here today. Michael Moran is presently busy writing a book on Edward Cahill. Speaking exclusively to The Tribune on the telephone, he said Edward was a pianist par excellence and was born in 1885. He was the pianist, who visited Mussoorie and graced the lawns of a convent school (presumably Waverly) with his talent, as a part of a huge concert tour of India and the Moran revealing some of his research work said Edward left Darwin, Australia, on October 11, 1919, for the far-east tour for the impresario Frederic Shipman, aboard the MV Montoro. Largest far-eastern tour ever attempted by any Australian/European artiste playing classical music then. Their first halt was at Siam (Thailand) and performed at the British Club, Bangkok, and on October 30 again performed at the United Club in 1919. After their brief stint in Thailand, they headed for India and landed in Bangalore (Bangluru). The first concert of the Indian leg was on January 22 at the Electric Theatre Bangalore (Bangluru). The repeat performances were held at the same venue on January 23 and 24. Following that, Edward Cahill performed at the concerts that were held in Bombay (Mumbai) in February at Gymkhana. Edward Cahill concert was also held in the same month at the Royal Opera House Bombay where they gave two concerts daily. The pianist also enthralled the audience at the Madras Wellington Cinema in the same month. A concert for the Maharaja of Benares HH Maharajadhiraja Sri Sir Prabhu and Maharaja of Benares Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur was also performed at Fort Ramnagar where half the audiences were Parsis. This was not long after the Amritsar Massacre on April 13,1919. He was the first maharaja to have a private Chopin classical music European recital in India. One family attended 18 concerts in Mumbai and then followed them to the next venue, Mussoorie. According to Michael Moran the concert of his uncle Edward Cahill Hill was held at some convent school. The reporter found out that, as there was only one such girls convent school with the name Waverly existing at that time, the concert would have presumably taken place on the lawns of the school situated near the Library Bazar. Local historian from Mussoorie Gopal Bhardwaj said he had also heard from old English ladies about such a concert, but he had no photographs to show. Michael Moran further said Edward also gave concert near Peshawar in a fort somewhere at the Khyber Pass in 1920 as part of the same tour. Michael said, “He played in some of the great villas on the French and Italian Riviera of the glamorous 1930s and I decided to try and find at least one of them. Menton (or Mentone in Italian) is now part of the French Department of the Alpes-Maritimes, but this was not always so. In the 19th century it was popular with English aristocrats as a sanatorium for tuberculosis sufferers. In fact, a prodigious number of European writers, painters and musicians wintered or died here from their bronchial ailments. It retains much of the intimacy and picturesque local colour of the past despite the influx tourists. Edward Cahill stayed in the famous Villa Maria-Serena at Menton-Garavan as a guest of Henri Konig, who was also one of his close friends and patrons. This important villa is uninhabited today, but botanical tours are still taken once a week of the magnificent gardens. Michael Moran further says that the tour to Mussoorie was the largest tour by a European classical pianist playing classical music that had ever been attempted up to that time. He also said this Asian tour included India, Java, Philippine Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Kashmir, Burma, China, Manchuria and Japan and lasted till 1921. Michael Moran further says that a few of Edward Cahill's ('Uncle Eddie') private recordings of Chopin made in 1935 miraculously survived his glamorous career of travel and royal engagements and a disastrous fire at his home in 1932. Speaking on the work of great pianist Moran says that one realises on hearing these remarkable interpretations that Cahill lies on the cusp of the great 19th century Chopin pianistic 'individualistic' tradition of de Pachmann, Friedman, Lehvinne, Godowsky and Rosenthal and the advent of the more 'modern' less overtly 'personality' based approach of say Artur Rubinstein. Edward Cahill died in 1975. Miachael Moran says that the story of the great pianist of his times need to be told to the younger generation and he would be coming out with the book on his uncle within couple of years.
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Transport Minister comes to rescue of examinees
Nainital, January 17 Around 5,566 examinees came to take the exam for clerical posts of the State Bank of India (SBI) and its subsidiaries, at seven centres across the state. A large number of these examinees had come from adjoining towns and villages. They were left high and dry when they discovered that there was no proper transport facility available to get back to their homes. The bus station was a venue of chaos with worried examinees trying to find a solution to the problem. Most of them either did not have the resources or were unwilling to stay back for the night or travel by taxis at a high cost. Incidentally, Transport Minister Bansidhar Bhagat was in town to attend a marriage and came to the bus terminus and ordered Uttarakhand Transport Corporation officials to arrange for special buses to carry the passengers to Haldwani. No sooner were the orders given, there was a line of buses available for the examinees. Meanwhile, the minister got his photographs clicked, along with small-time leaders of his party.
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Students welcome scheme to provide free coaching
Mussoorie, January 17 The students will be imparted coaching for the job market after they complete their graduation. Principal of the college RS Shukla, while speaking to The Tribune, said a scheme to provide free coaching to the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) category had been implemented this year. Shukla said the college with the assistance of senior staff had begun preparing the students for various jobs by providing them additional counselling and training in spoken English, computer science and personality development. A combined scheme, namely Coaching and Allied Assistance for Weaker Sections, including the Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities, has been introduced in the college and is being funded by the UGC. Shukla said more than 50 students had already enrolled for the additional coaching classes and the results were encouraging. The UGC has also accepted the proposal by the college for providing a stipend of Rs 500 per month to the students who have been enrolled for these programmes. The BPL students, who come from far-off places, will also be provided an extra stipend of Rs 500 as the encouragement allowance. Shukla said they were getting full support of the Municipal Council. The teaching fraternity at the college has welcomed the move and said such additional coaching schemes had become essential for the students who belonged to the lower strata of the society. Former president the College Student Union Nitin Dutt said additional coaching classes would assist the students who did not have access to professional coaching classes, which were much needed for getting the various jobs. He, however, said the college management should also introduce courses that were relevant to the present job scenario in the country. Former Youth Congress president Shailendar Bisht, while welcoming the move, said the courses like hotel management, IT, journalism and mass communication should also be introduced in the college. The girl students said they would also like to enrol for these additional classes, as these would help them a lot in this age of cutthroat competition.
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Tanjeem Rehnuma-e-Millat stages dharna
Dehradun, January 17 The protestors have given a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding recruitment of Urdu teachers wherever there is vacancy, implementing Urdu as the second language of the state and making its usage compulsory in all the government offices. The protestors have also demanded establishing an Urdu academy that can help children to learn the language and providing 15 per cent reservation to Muslim candidates in government departments during the time of recruitment.
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Emphasis laid on spreading financial planning awareness
Dehradun, January 17 Vyas Nagpal, Manager, Financial Planning Standard Board India, presented the seminar and laid emphasis on spreading financial planning awareness and financial literacy as an authorised education provider for the CFPCM Certification. “The CFP is the highest level of certification worldwide in the field of financial planning. There is a great career and employment opportunity in financial services companies in India,” asserted Nagpal. Distinguished guests from bank, insurance, mutual funds stock markets and management institutes were present at the occasion. The whole event was headed and coordinated by Directors Adarsh Bhatia, Ankur Luthra, Manisha Sharma (Center Head) and the entire team.
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Emphasis laid on research areas
Dehradun, January 17 Prof SK Pandey, HNB Garhwal University, expressed her views on the difference between problem finding and problem solving.
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Lankan Port Authority team go great guns
Dehradun, January 17 In the first match, the Lankan team defeated the OFD Club team by seven wickets. Winning the toss, the OFD Club team decided to bat first, but they were bundled out for 67 runs in 18.4 overs. Sandeep was the highest scorer for the team with 17 runs. Shahan Desilva took three wickets for five runs while Shuhra and P Prem Kumara took two wickets each. In reply, the Lankan team reached the target losing only three wickets in 8.4 overs. Shashandra with 23 was the highest scorer for the Lankan team. In the second match, the Lankans won the toss against Sai Paramedical College team and decided to bat first. They scored 119 runs for eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Seeman scored 35 runs for the visitors. Tauseef took three wickets for 19 runs for the Sai Paramedical team. Chasing the score, the Sai Paramedical team was all out for only 40 runs in 14 overs. Opener Vikas was the only batsman to reach the double-figure score of 14. L Dias took four wickets for 4 runs for the Lankan team.
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Little Masters Club to host U-15 tourney
Dehradun, January 17 Addressing a press conference here today, Narender Shah and Kiran, president and secretary, respectively, of the Little Master Cricket Club, said the teams would be divided into four groups and one team from each group would qualify for the semifinals. The teams that are expected to participate in the tournament are Balaji, Kanpur, Kailash Parkash Stadium, Meerut, BSM, Shamli, Amritsar Eleven, Haryana Eleven, Little Masters, Dehradun, Gandhi Stadium, Punjab, Karan Stadium, Meerut and Glover Eleven.
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Dehradun, January 17
The Little Masters Cricket Club will host the 25th Banke Shah Memorial Cricket Tournament for under-15 boys from January 19 to 24. A total of 12 teams from Punjab,
Harayana, Delhi, Kanpur and Meerut are expected to participate in the tournament to be played at the Rangers College Ground here.
