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Uma Bharti, volunteers warn to make supreme sacrifice
HPCA, Air India declared joint winner after rain-soaked final
Rajiv Gandhi Sena chief ends fast
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Cong workers court arrest during CM’s visit to Rudrapur
Oppn leaders to submit charge sheet to Prez
Garhwal Sporting blank Doon United
Suresh wins Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament
Two miscreants damage statue of Gandhiji, held
MP Chief Minister stops over in Haridwar
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Save Ganga Movement
Haridwar, May 29 Uma Bharti took the dip with religious fervour, emphasising the importance of the Ganga that holds special religious-spiritual significance for billions of Indians. After taking the holy dip, she performed religious rites, praying for the preservation of the sanctity of the holy Ganga and sought its blessings for her ongoing movement. Later in the evening, Uma Bharti, accompanied by prominent socio-politico-religious personalities, gathered at Alaknanda ghat where the Haridwar ‘ailaan’ was made by the politician-cum-saint. She made it quite clear that the second phase of her ongoing movement would only be over when all their demands were met and her agitation would in no way be stopped till it achieved its desired objectives. Now at Jantar Mantar, the second phase of the save Ganga movement will commence with the gherao of Parliament to pressurise the Union Government to bring a Bill to give a legal cover to the Ganga Basin River Authority as well as the review committee to take on the subject of hydro power projects with the formation of a specialised Ganga Board. Various political and socio-religious forums have extended Uma Bharati their support in this movement that includes Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Raj Rajeshwashram, Kali Peethadheeswhar Kailashanand and dozens of social volunteer groups associated with Ganga conservation. Notably the first phase of her agitation that focused on the saving of the revered shrine of Mata Dhara Devi in Srinagar, Garhwal, due to a 330MW hydel project on Alaknanda river, became successful with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank accepting her demand to make sure that in no way the holy shrine got affected due to the project. While now the second phase is being termed by Uma Bharti as an agitation for cleaning the Ganga from Haridwar up to its confluence in the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar.
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Gold Cup Cricket Tourney
Dehradun, May 29 Only the first innings of the match could be played as the final was called off due to rain later. The toss was won by HPCA and it invited the opposite team to bat first. HPCA bowled brilliantly packing off the whole squad of Air India on 103 runs in 24.1 overs. Uttarakhand’s Pawan Negi (30) and Shafique Khan (23) chipped in for Air India. Jitender Mehta, Rishi Dhawan, Vivek Sethi and Sumit Verma of the Himachal tea put up joint efforts picking up two wickets each. Meanwhile, at the prize-distribution ceremony, which was held at St Thomas’ College, players were given away prizes and trophies. World Cup-winning Indian team member Piyush Chawla of Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Kolkata, was declared the Man of the Series. Abhimanyu Rana and Rishi Dhawan, both of HPCA, were named best batsman and best bowler of the tournament, respectively. E Abhimanyu walked away with the prize of the best fielder. Union Minister Harish Rawat, Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and Lakshman Chowk MLA Dinesh Agarwal gave away the prizes to the players.
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Rajiv Gandhi Sena chief ends fast
Dehradun, May 29 In his brief address, Harish Rawat accused the state BJP Government of doing little to address the concerns of the people of the region. He called upon the Congress workers to bring to the notice of the people the commendable works done by the Central Government led by the Congress. He asked the workers to take up the public issues in a big way. It is noteworthy that Rathi had started an indefinite fast to press for the sena’s demands, including the simplification of the process to issue caste certificates. It has sought a policy for the unemployed youth of the state, better utilisation of funds meant for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other deprived sections of society.
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Cong workers court arrest during CM’s visit to Rudrapur
Nainital, May 29 Talking to The Tribune, Behed charged Nishank with having done nothing for the city of Rudrapur, which is the headquarters of Udham Singh Nagar district. “What he has announced today is nothing but a bunch of old programmes, which his government has failed to execute. I have no hitch in saying that the residents of the Terai region are being treated as second-rate citizens by this government,” said Behed while claiming that hundreds of Congressmen had courted arrest under his leadership. “The city has not witnessed such a massive protest against the Chief Minister before. He is just trying to befool the people of the area. All that was new during his visit was disbursement of cheques among the beneficiaries of social welfare schemes,” said the local legislator. He said the people of Udham Singh Nagar are particularly agitated over the failure of the government to open a medical college in the district, which had been promised to them by the government long back. Nishank’s popularity graph in the area is plummeting as the region has minuscule industrial development compared to what had taken place during the regime of Narayan Dutt Tiwari-led government. During his visit, Nishank unveiled and dedicated to the people projects costing Rs 10.17 crore. Besides, he disbursed a sum of Rs 53 lakh among 198 beneficiaries of various schemes. He also announced that Rs 11 lakh would be released for the construction of the first phase of the Chhatarpur-Bhurarani road. He also ordered the constitution of a team of officials under the District Magistrate for taking action within a fortnight against those who had usurped land. He also made announcements regarding a series of other developmental projects for the area.
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‘Misdeeds’ of BJP Government
Dehradun, May 29 A delegation of the senior Congress leaders, led by state president Yashpal Arya, would be meeting the President of India on June 2 in New Delhi. Besides the state Congress leaders, the in charge general secretary of the Uttarakhand Congress Birendra Singh and co-in charges, namely Bhagat Sharan Dass and Anis Ahmed, would also be part of the party delegation that will meet the President. “We would be submitting the President a charge sheet of various acts of omissions and commissions by the state BJP Government in the past more than four years, including various scandals. Our appointment with the honourable President of India has been confirmed for June 2,” said Yashpal Arya from New Delhi. Interestingly, the Uttarakhand Congress has decided to submit a charge sheet against the state BJP government before the President of India proceeds on a visit to the state of Uttarakhand. The President of India would be on a private visit to Raj Bhawan, Nainital, from June 5. Later, she would be the chief guest at the passing-out parade of the prestigious IMA in Dehradun on June 11. The move by the Congress would pinch the state BJP Government as it would play host to the President of India. Already, Arya has embarked upon a “Satyagraha Yatra” against the state government since May 1 from the border town of Dharchula in Pithoragarh district. After covering the entire Kumaon region, the next phase of the yatra would start from the Garhwal region from May 31.
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Garhwal Sporting blank Doon United
Dehradun, May 29 Gaurav Sharma (sixth and 38th minutes), Abhishek Kala (13th and 17th) and Ritesh (48th and 52nd) all scored two goals each to make it an easy win for Garhwal Sporting. Doon United failed to retaliate throughout the match. In another match played today, Sunderwala Club edged past Thakurpur XI 1-0. Sachin Rawat (13th) was the star of the match scoring the lone goal for Sunderwala. Meanwhile, in tomorrow’s league matches, Gorkha Boys will take on Uttarakhand Tigers and Tapovan will play against Shivalik Club.
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Suresh wins Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament
Nainital, May 29 Congratulating the winners, Alva said the participants at the tournament were the brand ambassadors for the Lake City who would promote Uttarakhand as a major tourist destination. Stating that Nainital is emerging a major international destination through the popularity of this tournament, the Governor pointed that the place had immense potential for adventure, winter games and spiritual tourism. She once again listed that there was a need to improve upon the existing infrastructure in the state. In order to promote golfing special camps are being organized for the children and a tournament for them would be organised later this year. She further stated that the Army Commanders’ Golf Cup Tournament would be held at the Raj Bhawan golf course from June 2 and another tournament being organised by the Northern Railways would be held from October 7 to 9. She expressed her hap[pines at the growing number of participants in the tournament. She also distributed prizes amongst winners of other categories in the tournament. The winners for Putting competition were Simran Srivastava for the junior category and Shashi in women’s category. The winner amongst juniors was Krishna Srivastava and amongst women was Rekha Chauhan. In the veteran’s category Brigadier PS Bora was the winner while Colonel KL Khushal won the top spot amongst super veterans. The winners in the men’s category - net was Sharad Tripathi.
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Two miscreants damage statue of Gandhiji, held
Mussoorie, May 29 According to the police, two persons, Sanjit Kumar and Harkesh, both residents of New Delhi, were loitering around the statue in an inebriated state at 12.30 am last night and broke the hand and the stick of the statue with stones. The guard on duty immediately reported the matter to the police, which arrested the duo and registered a case against them. It is learnt that one of the accused serves in armed forces. The duo were accompanied by other friends, who were staying in a hotel and came to know about the misdeeds of their colleagues when they arrived at a police station to enquire about them. The Mussoorie Municipal Council has replaced the statue. The incident has irked residents of the town and policemen have been deployed in the area to present any backlash. Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola has also condemned the act. Municipal Council President OP Uniyal said it was unfortunate that such incident had occurred in the town. He said he immediately directed officials to replace the statue.
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Polytechnic exam held
Haridwar, May 29 It was conducted by the Uttarakhand Technical Education Council (UTEC) at three examination centres at Jwalapur-situated Swami Darshnananda Institute of Management Technology, Bhalla Intermediate College and Gurukul Mahavidyalaya. A total of 652 applicants had applied for the examination. Twentytwo students didn’t appear for the examination. To make sure that the examination passes off peacefully and without any unfair means, special invigilators were appointed by UTEC. An officer relating to the examination, Devendra Yadav, said the paper was held from 8 am to 11 am. Reports of a peaceful conduct of the examination were received from all the three centres.
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MP Chief Minister stops over in Haridwar
Haridwar, May 29 Chouhan was in Haridwar today on a personal visit accompanied by members of his family. They will be undertaking a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Badrinath. Chouhan spent the day paying obeisance at historic places and visiting several religious-spiritual leaders. At Juna Akhada, he met Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdeshanand Maharaj. Chauhan evaded questions on political issues, telling media persons that as he is on a pilgrimage and accompanied by his family it would be not apt to speak on any such topic. He also avoided any statement on the agitation launched by Uma Bharti, also a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, much to the disappointment of the media persons. Though the four-time parliamentarian from the Vidisha constituency seemed to be in awe of the natural beauty and religious-spiritual aspect of the pilgrim city, he termed it as a soothing experience. He emphasised that with the creation of a separate state of Uttarakhand by the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre, the region was witnessing development, which was not easily possible when the state was a part of Uttar Pradesh.— TNS
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Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Harish Rawat today offered fruit juice to Sushil Rathi, president of the Rashtriya Rajiv Gandhi Sena, who had been on indefinite fast at Gandhi Park here.
