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9 members of inter-state gang arrested
All thieves from same Bihar village
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Multi-speciality hospital to come up by Sept
‘NGOs’ role vital in achieving universal immunisation’
Residents seek ITI for Talla Johar area
Students burn effigy of Chhattisgarh Govt
Power losses: UPCL to bring feeders under energy audit
UKD for naming policies, varsities after state leaders
U’khand spikers in next round
Beehive College beat Best XI
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9 members of inter-state gang arrested
Dehradun, February 12 They had committed theft at four mobile shops two each in Doon and Mussoorrie last month. The thieves had stolen a total over 500 mobile phones alongwith accessories and over cash Rs 50,000, said the police. According to Circle Officer (CO) Premendra Dobhal, all gang members who hail from Godhasan, Motihari district of Bihar, had been staying in hotels and dharamsalas. They had come to commit theft at Dehradun first, but changed their mind and went to Mussoorie. In Mussoorie, they committed two thefts on January 24 and returned to Doon. They did a recce for a few days and during that period put up at some hotel. On January 28 they stole over 500 mobile from a mobile shop at Subhash Nagar and next day on January 29 they committed theft at another shop at the Clock Tower. On the modus operandi, the CO said after doing a recce they used to target shops at night. They would take the advantage of
the little space in the shutter and pull it up a bit with a jack. Following this,
two to three men would enter the shop to fill bags with mobile phones, its accessories and cash, and the rest would keep a watch outside. The nine thieves have been identified as
Mohammad, Raj, Rajan, Sameer, Ajay Kumar, Nissarudin, alias Vidhyak, Raj Kishan Yadav, Satish and Anil Paswan. The police said they used to commit thefts in different states of the country and had been booked in several places. The police was now trying to trace more men involved with their gang. Station House Officer (SHO) of Dalanwala police station D Rawat said all nine were arrested from a wedding point near the Parade Ground today when they were waiting for a public transport. He told the police working on the similarities of all thefts and swooped on the accused.
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All thieves from same Bihar village
Dehradun, February 12 The police today claimed that the nine thieves were a part of the inter-state gang consisting of those who operated in a group of 20-25 members in different parts of the country. According to the police, Godhasan is a poor village and this gang, supposedly of 400 to 500 persons,
earn their bread and butter through thefts. The nine thieves told the police that their village was about 2 km away from Nepal and they would sell the stolen mobile phones there at a good rate. After stealing the mobiles, a member of their gang would go to the village and from there they would send the items to Nepal. Circle Officer Premendra Dobhal told The Tribune that the whole village in Champaran district was a place of thieves and 400 to 500 persons were involved in the gang. Almost all the people there were into thefts
and worked in groups of 20 to 25 in different states of the country. The police said due to the proximity of the village to Nepal, the thieves would find an easy market for the stolen products. The gang had been into thefts of mobiles, laptops, cameras, video cameras and cash. The police is trying to trace more persons involved with the gang. Meanwhile, the Doon valley that has already been facing a threat from criminals of Uttar Pradesh will now have this big gang from Bihar finding solace here.
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One nabbed for theft attempt in Mussoorie hotel
Mussoorie, February 12 Hearing the commotion, a hotel employee sleeping on the first floor got up to see what the matter was and saw four-five teenagers climbing down the ladder with a television set etc. He immediately informed the Manager and, with the help of other staff members, tried to catch them. But the boys fled from there leaving behind the television set. Narendar immediately informed the police,
who after strict combing of the area, was able to nab one ragpicker residing in an illegal shanty near Indira Bhawan situated near the administrative block
of LBSSNAA. The arrested teenager during investigation confessed to the crime and revealed the names of the others involved in the theft. The police was on the lookout for them. The Manager was still pondering whether or not to file a case against the teenager caught in the case. He said the ragpicker lived in abject poverty with his widowed mother and two sisters and if sent to jail it would be disastrous for the family.
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Multi-speciality hospital to come up by Sept
“Our unique-selling proposition (USP) is the amalgamation of advanced technology, medical talent and service with a humane touch,” said Dr Dilpreet Brar, Executive Director, Max Healthcare, while speaking with mediapersons here. The 200-bed tertiary care hospital, being built at a cost of Rs 100 crore on the Mussoorie diversion road, will be equipped with the state-of-the-art diagnostic service in pathology, radiology and cardiology. It will also offer other super-speciality services like cardiac care, minimal access, metabolic and bariatric surgery and cancer care. “The emergency unit will have 12 beds that will also function as a trauma unit, served by a general surgeon, neurosurgeon and orthopaedician. The hospital will also be accredited with the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH),” added Dr Brar. In the beginning, the hospital will begin with a team of 50 doctors - junior and specialists - and will go on to increase the number of junior doctors and nurses as the occupancy in the hospital increases. She said that the service charges at the hospital for various treatments would be competitive and realistic in keeping with the prevailing local conditions. “The BPL patients will be eligible for concessions, but as the hospital is not a trust, care will also be taken that it also becomes a viable entity. However, the Max India Foundation, which is the philanthropic wing of Max India, has already offered to provide free medical care to the inmates of Raphael, a home for the physically and mentally challenged,” said Dr Brar.
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‘NGOs’ role vital in achieving universal immunisation’
The foundation has selected Raphael, a home for the physically and mentally challenged, and its surrounding communities to provide quality health care. “We have still not achieved universal immunisation despite the best efforts of the government. The programme needs to be strengthened and the role of non-governmental organisations is crucial so that all children are brought under the immunisation umbrella,” said Mohini Daljeet Singh, head, Max India Foundation, while speaking with The Tribune during her visit
to Dehradun. “Last year, we started the immunisation programme in Dehradun with Raphael and the neighbouring communities. A survey was undertaken to plan the
programme. Due to the high drop-out rate, the programme often falters and its success depends
on regularity.” A creatively designed health card is issued in which details of the vaccination dosage is mentioned and also the schedule so that parents do not forget to bring their children regularly to the centres. “The buzz about the immunisation programme has been spread by our NGO partner,” said Mohini. The immunisation programme for children between 0-12 years is under way in more than
61 locations. “Last year, the foundation sponsored 72 major surgeries that included six cleft lip and palate surgeries, paediatric cardiac surgeries etc,” said Mohini, who has been associated with the foundation since 2008. Early exposure, while working as a volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, exposed her to the darker side of life. Abandoned by their families, the sick and the old were picked up by the sisters and lovingly cared for. “It left a deep imprint on my mind and later, as an army officer’s wife travelling to different parts of the country, I took up active social work,” she said.
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CM grants Rs 50 lakh to DBS PG College for expansion
Dehradun, February 12 While addressing students at the function, Nishank said, “DBS College is among the oldest and one of the prestigious colleges of Uttarakhand that has produced great leaders, officers and academicians in the past. It is now the responsibility of youngsters to maintain the social and cultural heritage of the country. I appeal to them to work hard in their respective fields and bring laurels to the credit of their college, teachers and families”. He also said Uttarakhand had opened avenues of education for children and was working on providing free education up to the graduation level. The administration was also looking forward to providing employment to more than 50,000 youth in the state. The third day of the college union week was a fun-filled affair for students where they got an opportunity to enjoy the colourful cultural programme. Local regional artistes performed dance on Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari songs. The teachers, along with students of the college, enjoyed the programme. The chief guest also awarded the talented students and winners of various competitions held earlier. Also present on the occasion were OP Kulshreshtha, Principal of the college, Ramakant Srivastava, programme coordinator, Kuldeep Singh, president of DBS Student Council, Anshul Chawla, president of DAV Student Council and others.
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Residents seek ITI for Talla Johar area
Pithoragarh, February 12 “Owing to the absence of an ITI in the Talla Johar area, youngsters of nearly 50 villages are unable to get technical skills as the only ITI in this border subdivision is more than 50 km away from this area,” claimed Panda. Even the ITI, which was opened at Munsiyari 20 years ago, is ill equipped. Neither sufficient instructors nor proper infrastructure is available there. “The ITI situated in Munsiyari is also forcing the poor students to go to other ITIs,” said Panda. “We need the trades of motor mechanic, typing, short hand, electrical and electronics to be introduced at the new ITI, which should be located either at Nachni or at Tejam,” said Panda.
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Lucent International holds campus placement
Dehradun, February 12 Jaideep Chatterjee, Principal of the school, said if the short-listed candidates got selected, they would have to join the school on April 1, 2011. Appreciating the BEd training programme, pedagogy and activities of the university, he said he would look forward to recruiting more teachers in TGT grade in the near future. He applauded the efforts of the faculty in helping the schools by providing good teachers. However, in this context senior co-coordinator of the school said the teachers of today needed commitment to work hard with complete devotion. The programme was coordinator by Sarita Negi, faculty coordinator of Placement Activities. Dr DK Giri, Dean of the university, appraised about the future plan of the faculty to empower quality education in the area of teacher education. Other faculty members of the department such as Dr Seema Agnihotri, Dr DM Domingo, Anjali Bhatia, Poonam Verma, Archana Thapliyal, Dr Priyanka and Ravikant Mishra were also present during the session.
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Students burn effigy of Chhattisgarh Govt
Dehradun February 12 The protestors staged a demonstration and shouted slogans in favour of their demands under the leadership of Indresh Maikhuri, former president of the association. Maikhuri opposed the punishment given by the Chhattisgarh Government to Dr Sen and said, “Sending Dr Binayak Sen to lifetime imprisonment means that human rights are under threat”. “National democracy is a symbol of modern law and its rights, but it is shameful to punish the one who had always helped the poor. Dr Binayak Sen should be released soon or else it will lead to a feeling of anarchy,” he added.
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Power losses: UPCL to bring feeders under energy audit
Anand Kumar, Acting Chairman of the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC), said: “It is necessary to contain power losses in order to earn profits from power distribution and to make investments in this field. The energy audit, which will be carried out for the first time at the sub-station level, can give us stupendous results,” he said. Talking about the meeting, a senior official of the UPCL said till now, the entire record was maintained at the division level, which comprised many sub-stations, because of which it was becoming difficult to gauge the extent of power losses at each sub-station. By carrying out an energy audit at the sub-station level, bringing out the difference between power given (input) and power consumed by the consumers at the substation level, the corporation would be able to assess the actual power losses at the smallest power unit. The Sub-Divisional Officer or Junior Engineer who supervises the functioning of the sub-stations will be entrusted with the task to find out the causes of power losses at the sub-stations under them, be it defective meters, old electro-magnetic meters or cases of power pilferage. Anand Kumar said: “The UERC conducted energy audits at five feeders in Dehradun, including those at the Gandhi Park and the Parade Ground. Once the reading was taken at the feeder by an SDO, a JE or a meter reader, we identified the area through distribution transformer connected to the feeder. By replacing the defective or old electro-magnetic meters with electronic meters and penalising consumers for power pilferage we could bring down the number of the theft cases in the domestic area.” He said the UPCL was undergoing a massive exercise of connecting with the consumers’ power supply through the transformers for the energy audit. Until then, he suggested, it would be better to identify the feeders registering losses above 20 per cent, pressurise the SDOs and the JEs to improve it by 1 or 2 per cent every month. He also pointed out that it was necessary to monitor the improvement after every three or six months in the problem area to get the desirable results. There are still 2,57,764 old electromagnetic meters and at least 107 defective meters, which needed to be changed or repaired. These ineffective meters contribute significantly in the power losses. The corporation officials admit that it would not take more than four months to put the system in place. Chairman, UPCL, Jagmohan Lal sees the power losses as a major law and order problem. “Till the offenders, who steal power by various means, are not penalised and punished, this menace will not come to an end.” He said there were some pockets like rural areas of Haridwar, Roorkee and Udham Singh Nagar, where consumers frequently indulge in power thefts, which comes under the category of aggregate technical and commercial losses (AT&C losses). Besides these areas there are other divisions like Vikasnagar, which registers 50.40 per cent AT&C losses, Pauri 64.72 per cent, Uttarkashi 62.34 per cent, Ramnagar 65.07 per cent, Haldwani 57.27 per cent, Gopheswar 53.36 per cent, Nainital 54.07 per cent, Almora 60.45 per cent, Pithoragarh 69.03 per cent, Champawat 58.76 per cent, Ranikhet 72.94 per cent and 23 other divisions reporting AT&C losses above the permissible limit of 20 per cent. The officials though denied from indulgence of big industries in the power theft, said the corporation had installed auto meter reading for big industries, which had the requirement of power ranging from 25 to 100 KV. Under the auto-metering, the entire meter readings of these industries are easily accessed by the corporation through its computer network. The UPCL officials claim a reduction in AT&C losses from 44.82 per cent in 2001-02 to 29.41 per cent and distribution losses during the transmission process from 26.65 per cent to 24.53 per cent.
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UKD for naming policies, varsities after state leaders
Derhadun, February 12 They said, “The country has a rich tradition of remembering its great leaders by naming roads, places, premises or
plans after their names. But Uttarakhand, ever since it came into being, had always ignored its leaders such as Madho Singh, Teelu Rotoli, Dev Sumar, Vir Chander Gadhvali. It is high time that the state government, which is saffronising the state by naming the university campus after Deen Dyal Upadhyay or Uttarakhand Technical University after Raju Bhaiyya or cheap grain scheme after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should desist from such attempts. The UKD leaders, though patted the state government for reducing the price of ration grain by 2 per kg, said the UKD had mentioned it in its manifesto. The public was ready to bear the extra burden to help out poor people. They requested the Governor to give this scheme a name of one of their leaders. The leaders who met the Governor included district president NK Gusain, city president Bahadur Singh Rawat, acting president AP Juyal and president of youth wing Sunil Bisht.
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Guru Nanak Academy are inter-school champs
Dehradun, February 12 GNA easily achieved the target of 78 runs with Sarvnam scoring the maximum 31 runs. Aniket of St Thomas took two wickets. Asif Ali of St Jude’s School was declared Player of the Tournament. Seven teams had taken part in this tourney and were divided into Pool A and Pool B. From pool A, St Thomas College and from pool B, Guru Nanak Academy had reached the final. The chief guest was GIG Mann, Principal of Carman School, Dalanwala. VR Gardner, Principal of St Jude’s School, presented a vote of thanks at the end of the tournament.
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Grandparents of Dhoni’s wife hold puja for Team India
Dehradun, February 12 Sakshi’s grandparents and other relatives held the puja at their residence at Nimbuwala. Cricket fans were also present on the occasion. “We love Dhoni and we believe that under his leadership the Indian team will bring the cup,” a cricket fan said. Sakshi’s grandparents have been praying for the Indian team every day. Meanwhile, Congressmen also prayed at Panchayati Mandir for the team’s success in the World Cup.
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Sheetal’s knock in vain
Dehradun, February 12 YMCA won the toss and decided to bat first in this 16-over match. Anshul (16) and Gurpreet (17) were the main scorers for the batting side that set a target of 83 runs in 15 overs before getting all out. Ravi Negi and A Sajwan got three and two wickets, respectively, for the rival team. Doon Combined fell short by two runs. Sheetal (31*) singlehandedly fought for his side, but his fine knock went in vain. Laxman of YMCA got the maximum (four) wickets. In the second match, Doon Tigers got a walkover over Tanush Cricket Academy after the latter didn’t reach the venue.
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Vivek takes BSNL to victory
Dehradun, February 12 Vivek Panth (62*), who played a fast knock, was the top scorer for his team. He played 55 balls and hit nine boundaries. The rest of the batsmen failed to get going. Pankaj Joshi of the Health team claimed four wickets. Sumit and Nitin took two wickets each. Batting second, the Health team was bowled out for 126 runs in 26.4 overs. Sumit (44) was the top scorer. Dherender and PS Bhandari took three wickets each
for BSNL. In another match played today, Rao Cricket Academy defeated KV Warriors by 73 runs.
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U’khand spikers in next round
Dehradun, February 12 According to Sewa Singh Matharu, member, Uttarakhand Volleyball Association, the state team beat Goa 25-19, 25-15, 25-12 and defeated Delhi 25-15, 25-15, 25-13. The team, after winning four matches, is now on top in pool B. Uttarakhand still has to play two matches - against Chandigarh and Puducherry - in Pool B. The association here is hopeful that the team will enter the quarterfinals.
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Beehive College beat Best XI
Dehradun, February 12 Batting first, Best XI scored 126 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. Angad (38) and Rakshit (20) were the principal scorers for the batting side. Tushar and Shrey took three and two wickets, respectively, for Beehive. In reply, Beehive achieved the target in 15.5 overs scoring 128 runs. Myank (25) and Shrey (21) mainly scored for the team. Ravi took three wickets and Sahib got two wickets for Best XI.
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