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Man held with charas
Dehradun, August 22
The police has arrested a man with 200 gm of charas. He was later sent to jail. The police got the tip-off that a man will come to sell charas to a client at the Panchyat Ghar. The cops reached the spot and laid a trap.

Two commit suicide
Dehradun, August 22
Two persons have allegedly committed suicide in the Raipur area in the past 24 hours. According to the Raipur police, Ashwani Dobhal (25) committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his Gujarwala residence in Raipur. Members of his family repeatedly knocked at the door but after getting no response they broke it down only to find him dead.

MKP, Moravian Institute register wins in hockey tournament
Dehradun, August 22
Mahadevi Kanya Pathshala (MKP) Inter-College and Moravian Institute registered wins in their respective matches during the Major Dhyan Chand Girls Inter-school Hockey Tournament, which was organised by the district sports office on Sports Day on Monday.

Players in action in a match in the Major Dhyan Chand Memorial Girls Inter-school Hockey Tournament being played at Welham Girls’ School in Dehradun on Monday; and (right) actress Chitrashi Rawat meets players. Tribune photos

City Young edge past Akranta
A match in progress in the Lala Nemi Dass Memorial District Football League played at the Pavilion ground in Dehradun on Monday Dehradun, August 22
City Young edged past Akranta 1-0 in a tough super league match of the district football league held on the Pavilion ground here today. Rakesh scored the golden goal of his side in the 40th minute. Akranta failed to score any goal throughout the match.

A match in progress in the Lala Nemi Dass Memorial District Football League played at the Pavilion ground in Dehradun on Monday. A Tribune photograph

4 skaters qualify for KV National
Dehradun, August 22
Four skaters of Kendriya Vidyalayas, Deharadun, qualified for the KV National to be organised in Chandigarh.

Gotipua dancers enthrals audience at RIMC
Gotipua dancers give a performance at the RIMC in Dehradun on Monday. Dehradun, August 22
Gotipua dance, the precursor to Odissi dance, performed by Naksyatra Gurukul held the audience spellbound at Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) yesterday. It was organised in collaboration with Spic-Macay. Naksyatra Gurukul is one of the new gurukuls in Gotipua dance. The founder director of the gurukul, Sri Bijay Kumar Sahoo, was the director and choreographer of the performance.

Gotipua dancers give a performance at the RIMC in Dehradun on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Shefali beat Divyanshi in badminton
Dehradun, August 22
Shefali beat Divyanshi Joshi 21-8, 21-14 in the girls’ under-10 singles final of the district-level badminton championship, which is under way at the Parade Ground here.

Registration of Birth and Death Cases
Online service a distant dream for DMC
Sonika Bhatia
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 22
Residents of the capital city still need to wait for the online registration of birth and death cases. It also seems to be a distant dream for the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC).

Owing to the unavailability of the required software, the e-governance project of the online registration of birth and death cases, which was started under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) four years ago, has suffered a setback. The officials of the DMC are also eagerly waiting for the service to begin.

Talking to The Tribune, Dr Kailash Joshi, Senior Health Officer, DMC, said the task of preparing the software for the online registration of birth and death cases had been assigned to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) by then Urban Development Secretary, Amrinder Sinha.

“We have no idea on what basis the project was handed over to TCS and about the status of the file,” he said. “It is a costly software. We need around Rs 25 or Rs 30 lakh in order to get it prepared ourselves but the corporation do not have that much of funds. The corporation needs the software urgently. It is only Uttarakhand that is lagging behind in starting the online facility for the registration of birth and death cases,” Dr Joshi added.

At present the birth and death cases are registered by a computer operator at a small room on the premises of the DMC. He himself takes out the prints and a long queue of people can be seen outside the office every day.

Meanwhile, sources said TCS had prepared the software but failed to start the online registration due to some technical snag.

Dr Joshi stated once the online facility was started it would be a great help for the department. Moreover, people don’t have to wait in queues for hours.

Traffic cops to be sent for training
Sandeep Rana
Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 22
To make cops more public-friendly and responsible towards road traffic, all the traffic constables and head constables in the capital city will be sent to the Police Lines for a month-long training very soon.

The officers are also planning to include Home Guards jawans in the training course to strength the traffic police. The policemen will be taught traffic drills, behavioural things and how to deal with the public.

There are a total of 173 traffic constables in the city. Each one of them will be given training in the batches of 20 or 25 cops. There will be classes on three days a week.

“We are finalising the schedule for the refresher course for the constables and in a few days we will start the classes,” Circle Officer (Traffic) Shweta Choubey told The Tribune today.

“There is need for a refresher course for constables as we found they were not moving their hands properly while controlling traffic at different junctions. Moreover, they seemed to be tired,” the CO (Traffic) added.

She said other than traffic drills, the constables would also be given communication tips.

The traffic officials said a similar refresher course was held in December-January this year and since then no such course had been organised for the constables.

Choubey said: “Our force has been busy throughout the year performing different duties during the Kanwar mela, etc. Owing to these duties we could not hold any refresher course for them”.

Temples wear festive look on Janmashtami
Tribune News Service

Janmashtami is celebrated in Haridwar on Monday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur

Dehradun, August 22
The residents of the Doon valley celebrated Janmashtami with great fervour today. Temples and markets wore a festive look and had witnessed a large number of visitors since morning.

Being a holiday, devotees thronged the Adarsh and Shyam Sunder temples at Patel Nagar, the Prithvinath Mahadeva temple at the Saharanpur chowk, Chaityana Gaudya Muth, Karanpur, and the Nageshwar Mahadeva temple at Garhi Cantt. All the temples were beautifully decorated with flowers and had special flower bedecked cradles.

At some places, kids dressed as little Krishna, Radha and “gopis”, presented dance
dramas on Lord Krishna’s life. Also Krishna’s birth and Kans’ cruelty were depicted through tableaus at a majority of the temples.

Special prayers were organised at different temples while artistes from Vrindavan and Dehradun presented devotional songs. Members of Geeta Satsang Bhawan also arranged “dahi handi” while the Art of Living and The Aryan School held a musical evening to mark the occasion.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Police held the Janmashtami celebrations on the premises of the Police Lines where Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal was the chief guest.

Haridwar: The festival of Janmashtami was celebrated with religious fervour across the district on Monday. Tableaux depicting the life of Lord Krishna were one of the main attractions on the occasion. Shri Radha-Krishna temple at Kankhal Raj Ghat, Bada Akhada Udasin, Naya Ahada Udasin, Acharyan Chapad, Jwalapur,Bhooptawala, Sapt Rishi, Khadkhadi in the Bhimgoda area and BHEL temples were beautifully decorated. Tableaux taken out at the railway station, Ramlila ground, Guzrawala Bhawan,Vishnu Bhawan, Jwalapur and Kankhal witnessed a huge crowd.

	Man held with charas Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 The police has arrested a man with 200 gm of charas. He was later sent to jail. The police got the tip-off that a man will come to sell charas to a client at the Panchyat Ghar. The cops reached the spot and laid a trap. When the drug pedlar, who has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Deepnagar, reached the Panchyat Ghar the police arrested him. The police is questioning him to know who else are invloved in the crime.
	Two commit suicide Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 Two persons have allegedly committed suicide in the Raipur area in the past 24 hours. According to the Raipur police, Ashwani Dobhal (25) committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his Gujarwala residence in Raipur. Members of his family repeatedly knocked at the door but after getting no response they broke it down only to find him dead. His family said he might have taken this step as they had scolded him last evening for constantly roaming on his motorcycle. His father works in the roadways and his mother is a housewife. He had completed his studies and was unemployed, the police added. In another incident, 24-year-old Prem Prakash, committed suicide by consuming some poisonous sustance. It is learnt that he had been under medical treatment for four years. The body has been handed over to his family after a post-mortem examination.
	MKP, Moravian Institute register wins in hockey tournament Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 Mahadevi Kanya Pathshala (MKP) Inter-College and Moravian Institute registered wins in their respective matches during the Major Dhyan Chand Girls Inter-school Hockey Tournament, which was organised by the district sports office on Sports Day on Monday. Moravian Institute had a narrow 1-0 win against St Agnes School. It was Solem Joy (30th minute) who turned the tables in the match scripting the victory for his team. MKP girls scored a 3-1 win over Government Girls Inter-College. Mamta played the pivotal role in the win of MKP, scoring two goals in the fifth and 52nd minutes. Kiran Bisht (25th) also scored a goal for the winning team. GGI could score a single goal only through Chand in the 39th minute. “Chak de India” fame Chitrashi Rawat was the chief guest on the occasion.
	City Young edge past Akranta Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 City Young edged past Akranta 1-0 in a tough super league match of the district football league held on the Pavilion ground here today. Rakesh scored the golden goal of his side in the 40th minute. Akranta failed to score any goal throughout the match. Another match between Cantt Blue and Vijay Cantt ended in a 2-2 draw. Prateek (24th) and Anshul (56th) netted goals for the Cantt Blue side. Arya (19th and 69th) struck goals for Vijay Cantt. Meanwhile, players, coaches and members of the District Football Association observed two-minute silence over the death of RS Rana, who had been associated with the sport for a long time and was working with the Municipal Corporation in Dehradun.
	4 skaters qualify for KV National Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 Four skaters of Kendriya Vidyalayas, Deharadun, qualified for the KV National to be organised in Chandigarh. There were 109 skaters who participated in the KV Regional Skating Championship organised at the Kulri Rink from August 18 to 20. They qualified in Rink Race I, II and the Road Race. Ashwin Raj of KV FRI won the gold and the silver in the under-17 Quad Rink I and Rink II, respectively. Kartik Dhoundiyal of ITBP won two golds in the under-11 Quad Rink I and Rink II. Abhishek Bhandari of KV IMA claimed three golds in the under-14 Inline Rink I and Rink II. Akshat Johr of KV FRI got the silver and the gold in the under-17 Quad Rink I and Rink II, respectively.
	Gotipua dancers enthrals audience at RIMC Dehradun, August 22 Gotipua dance, the precursor to Odissi dance, performed by Naksyatra Gurukul held the audience spellbound at Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) yesterday. It was organised in collaboration with Spic-Macay. Naksyatra Gurukul is one of the new gurukuls in Gotipua dance. The founder director of the gurukul, Sri Bijay Kumar Sahoo, was the director and choreographer of the performance. The other artistes were Sri Balkrusna Jena, Sri Sitakant Jena and Sri Sitakant Barik . They presented the dance in four parts, Vandana Nrutya, Pallavi, Abhinaya and Andha Nrutya. Students of the Purukul Youth Society were also present on the occasion. Col Pankaj K Kumaria, Commandant (RIMC), was the chief guest on the occasion. He appreciated the outstanding performance by young artistes and said the RIMC had always been promoting Indian art and culture and thanked Spic-Macay for continuously organising such cultural events at the RIMC. — TNS
	Shefali beat Divyanshi in badminton Tribune News Service Dehradun, August 22 Shefali beat Divyanshi Joshi 21-8, 21-14 in the girls’ under-10 singles final of the district-level badminton championship, which is under way at the Parade Ground here. Vishvesh and Saral won the under-10 doubles title. In the girls under-15 singles semifinal, Katyayani defeated Himanshi 21-16, 13-21, 21-15. In the second semifinal, Anushta beat Unnati 28-26, 14-21, 21-15. Meanwhile, Apurva, Megha, Ayushi, Katyayani and Himanshi in the girls’ category have entered the next round. The tournament, which is being organised by the District Badminton Association, will be played till month-end.