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CM for documentation of vaidyas’ research
Central team inspects Census work
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Haridwar Panchayat Elections
Diwakar faction all praise for minister
UKD lambasts government
Congress criticises Khadyann Yojana
Move to Form Trust
Pay pending bills or face disconnection
NRI delegation calls
on Governor
Funds for growth of regional languages sought
Birth anniversary of temple founder celebrated
Singer Narender Negi honoured
Women hold anti-polythene drive
Morcha demands direct rail link for Poorvanchal
Woman’s body found
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CM for documentation of vaidyas’ research
Dehradun, February 22 “They are the repositories of traditional knowledge and we are ready to cooperate with the vaidyas by ensuring royalty for their research/product and this can even be extended to their next generation as well. Before finalising the proposal, we would like to work on the modalities so that the association is the one of mutual benefit,” he said. The Chief Minister was speaking at a workshop on “National Campaign on Total Health through Ayurveda”, which was jointly organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare and Ayush (Uttarakhand). The Chief Minister also said ayurveda was a way of life and to avail the benefits of this stream of treatment, principles as enunciated in various ayurveda shastras should be followed. He also stressed maintaining the quality of ayurvedic medicines without compromising on purity. Dr Pooja Bhardwaj, Director, Ayurveda, said the Government of India had selected Uttarakhand for the national campaign. “We will be unveiling the programme in five districts of the state where patients will be given treatment under ksharsutra for treating piles, anemia and chronic diseases at the health camps. Medicines will be provided to the needy at the camps for which the Central Government has released a grant of Rs 5 lakh. After three months a follow-up of the patients, who underwent treatment at the camps, will be carried out,” she said. Meanwhile, a three-day health camp will be held in Dehradun (Majra) at the Rajkiya Ayurvedic Chikitsalya from tomorrow.
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Central team inspects Census work
Haridwar, February 22 The team comprises seven members who will be inspecting the Census work till February 24. Led by Deputy Director of Registrar Office Pramila Tyagi, the team visited the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, prison, ashrams, akhadas and houses to find for itself the Census is being carried out properly. Tyagi said the inspection was part of the Census to make sure the process adopted by the Census workers was correct. Notably, a whopping 4,604 employees have been pitched in for the enumeration exercise, which is being claimed as the largest Census exercise in the whole world. More than 3,000 enumerator blocks have been set up in the district with 600 invigilators who are assisted by 40 master trainers, 313 enumerators and 66 supervisors. The next phase will comprise the counting of homeless people for five days to make sure the enumeration data collected covers everyone. |
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MLA Kunwar’s wife
Rani Devyani wins again
Tribune News Service
Haridwar, February 22 Today too the counting was done amidst high security. The supporters of the winning candidate celebrated at the respective centres, while those whose candidates had lost quietly moved away from the counting centres that are situated in each block development division headquarters. Rural voters once again reposed their trust in the royal Landoura dynasty by ensuring the win of Rani Devyani from ward number 42, Dallawala seat of Zila Panchayat member, for the second consecutive time.
Devyani, who is the wife of Congress legislator from the Lakshar Assembly constituency Kunwar Pranab Singh Champion, won by a margin of 1,203 votes defeating her nearest rivals Khazani Devi (4,803), Deepanshi (4,275) and Shakuntla Devi (183). With this win the contest for the coveted Zila Panchayat president has gained momentum. The seat has been reserved for a woman this time and Devyani is sure to be the face of the Congress for the top post. Her win has surely had her rivals supported by the BJP and the BSP worries, as Kunwar Pranav is taking no chances and has started holding meetings with prospective winning candidates in other zila panchayat member seats. Till late evening, in the other results of the Zila Panchayat member seats Pappu Singh won from the Prahaladpur seat that falls in ward no. 41. He polled 3,690 votes against his nearest rival Leelawati who got 2,225 votes. It’s expected the results of all the seats will be declared by tomorrow though it depends on the speed of the counting, which eventually will be completed by February 24.
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Diwakar faction all praise for minister
Dehradun, February 22 Party spokesperson Satish Semwal had a dig at the other faction of the party for allegedly spreading the word that they could do nothing by being a part of the state government. He said the steps taken by Bhatt were historical in the sense that it gave much-needed relief to the unemployed youngsters and the landless poor people. He applauded the Central Government for its support in making the above changes in the administrative procedures. Semwal said the computerisation of the Revenue Department would further simplify the procedure in the near future. He also talked of seriously considering the long-pending demand of the Patwari Association for strengthening the Revenue Police Act. |
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UKD lambasts government
Mussoorie, February 22 certificates. Panwar said the government, instead of issuing caste certificates to original inhabitants, was doling these out to outsiders. He said the BJP Government was not adhering to its own policy of providing caste certificates to people who had been residing in the state since 1950. It was doing so for vote-bank politics. Panwar said the UKD would make this issue an electoral one and expose the conspiracy behind it. He said national parties like the Congress and the BJP, by using money and muscle power, were bent upon decimating the regional forces in the state so that their monopoly of ruling the state on interchangeable basis remained intact. The recent developments in the UKD were a living example. He further resolved not to align with any national party in future as national parties were prejudiced towards the increase in popularity of the UKD in the state. He also stated that the BJP and the Congress were two sides of the same coin as one was involved in looting the state and the other was working to cover its misdeeds. Panwar also said the Vikas Yatra was a sham and only the the Chief Minister’s coterie had developed under the BJP rule. The Congress too was playing with the sentiments of people by organising Virodh Yatras, Panwar added. He said the UKD would also take out its own yatra and expose both the parties in April.
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Congress criticises Khadyann Yojana
Dehradun, February 22 Vohra said, “The scarcity in the supply of wheat and rice in ration stores has already started creeping in under this scheme. This type of irregularities in the initial stage is giving promotion to corruption, hence, mocking people of the state and leaving them cheated”. |
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Purnagiri temple priests want interests protected
Our Correspondent
Pithoragarh, February 22 A delegation of the traditional priests met VN Shukla, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Champawat, and submitted to him a memorandum to be forwarded to the Chief Minister. They have demanded that the move of the government to create a trust to manage the Purnagiri temple should not harm the interests of the traditional priest community. “The Purnagiri temple was established by Pandit Chandra Tiwari during the Chand reign nearly 1,000 years ago and since then the decedents of Tiwari and the Pandey community of Brahmins are made priests of the temple,” said Shankar Dutt Tiwari, a senior priest of the temple. In the memorandum, the community has reminded the Chief Minister that he had given them assurances that he won’t let anybody harm their interests. “During his tenure as Religious Affairs Minister of UP, Nishank had assured the priest community that no decision would be taken on the Purnagiri temple without taking the priest community in confidence,” said Tiwari. “If the government takes any decision concerning the temple without taking the priest community in confidence, then they will start an agitation,” he added.
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Pay pending bills or face disconnection
Dehradun, February 22 MC Gupta, DGM, UPCL, said the department had adopted a tough approach in getting the pending bills. “If the defaulters don’t come forward to clear their bills soon, the corporation will be disconnecting the cables from the poles supplying electricity and even the meters of such defaulters would be taken away,” said Gupta. The circle has 8,000 defaulters from whom the recovery amount of Rs 40 crore is pending. Gupta said, “A large number of villagers had illegal power connections in the area. This is the situation despite the state government waiving off surcharges from pending electricity bills”. |
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NRI delegation calls
on Governor
Dehradun, February 22 The delegation led by IN Nath of the Senior Citizens Council, Mauritius, is on a visit to Dehradun to promote world peace and Indian philosophy. The members told the Governor that the council under the aegis of the International Cooperation Council had been active in several states of the country.
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Funds for growth of regional languages sought
Dehradun, February 22 Speaking at a workshop on the “Promotion of Regional Languages” by
Dhad, a social organisation, Lokesh Nawani said, “The state government has not allocated separate funds for the development of regional languages. Since the creation of the state, the government has done precious little to promote the languages”. Several writers comprising Totarama Dhondiyal, Virender Panwar, Rajender Kotnala and Director of Basha Sansthan Savita Mohan participated in
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Birth anniversary of temple founder celebrated
Haridwar, February 22 Under the guidance of Swami Sachidanand, a yagna was performed in which the devotees from Amritsar, Haridwar and other parts of the country took part in large numbers. Hari Sewa Ashram chief Mahamandaleshwar Swami Hari Chetanand Maharaj said Lal Mata was committed to the cause of people, particularly the lower strata of society. He said due to her efforts many temples had been built. These temples also run dispensary and food service for people. Present on the occasion were Mahant Mahendra Singh, Mahant Narayan Das, Sant Murli Dhar, Sant Mahesh, Swami Parmathma Dev, former municipal Chairman Pradeep Batra, Bhoopatwala councillor Anil Mishra, social activist Shiv Das, Aniruduh Bhati, Harsih Sharam, Rajpal Negi, Sunit Rastogi, Premanand, Ashwani Sharma, Durga Das, Shadilal Malhotra and Mahant Mitra Prakash, besides a large number of devotees.
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Singer Narender Negi honoured
Dehradun, February 22 Kabutri Devi, another famous folk singer of Uttarakhand, was awarded with the Shri Gopal Babu Goswami Legendary Award. Kishan Mahipal and Meena Rana were both given the Best Singer Award. Parashar Gaur was bestowed with the Young Uttarakhand Lifetime Achievement Award, Madan Duklan with the Best Actor and Rachita Kukreti the Best Actress Awards. The film, “Yad Ali Tehri” was given the Best Movie Award. Rawat Builders Director DS Rawat, President of the Uttarakhand Association of North American Uttarakhandis Vijay Sharma and President of the Cinema and TV Artist Association Dharmesh Tiwari were also honoured. Chief guest of this programme Mata Mangla Ji appreciated the good work being done by Young Uttarakhand Cine Award for encouraging the youth. She said due to the non-availability of hospitals in far-flung areas of the Garhwal region, patients had to travel to Dehdaun, Chandigarh, Delhi or Lucknow for treatment. In the absence of medical facilities in the hills of Garhwal, sometimes the patient died on the way itself. Therefore, the Hans Foundation was planning to build a big modern hospital at Satpuli (Garhwal).
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Women hold anti-polythene drive
Dehradun, February 22 To educate people and make them aware of the consequences, the enthusiastic club members distributed brochures and pamphlets to encourage people to participate in the anti-polythene drive. While addressing the media, Seema Gupta, president of the club, said, “We have organised this camp to fight against the ongoing contamination of environment due to the usage of polythene. I would like express my heartfelt gratitude to Harbans Kapoor, state Assembly Speaker, for the help and support that followed us during the drive”. She also praised the efforts of the club members and said they would hold a similar drive at the Prince Chowk on February 26.
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Morcha demands direct rail link for Poorvanchal
Dehradun, February 22 The dharna was held under the leadership of Indu Naudiyal, regional president of the association. Pressing for their demand, the protestors shouted slogans and handed a memorandum to the railway station superintendent. |
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Woman’s body found
Dehradun, February 22 “The body is highly decomposed and cannot be recognised,” said MS Negi, SHO, Civil Lines, Police Station. The police suspected that the woman had been murdered 15 to 20 days ago. — TNS |
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Dehradun, February 22
The second day of counting for the ongoing three-tier panchayat elections saw the announcement of the results of more than 170 seats of pradhan (gram
panchayat), 90 of BDC and four of member (Zila Panchayat).
A delegation of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) of Mauritius called upon Governor Margaret Alva yesterday.
The birth anniversary of the founder of the Mata Vaishno Devi temple at
Saptsarovar, Haridwar, Lal Mata Devi, is being celebrated with religious fervour. Hundreds of devotees are taking part in religious rites and sermons, which are being held under the aegis of the Lal Mata Trust.
Members of the Vaish Ladies Club held an anti-polythene drive at the Clock Tower here on Saturday where they exchanged plastic bags with cloth bags from passersby. The drive took place in the presence of the District Magistrate, City Magistrate and Superintendent of Police.
Demanding a direct railway service till Poorvanchal, members of the Poorvanchal Jansangharsh Morcha staged protest in front of the city railway station on Sunday.
