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Sale of tobacco items near schools goes unchecked
Ice-skating carnival begins
Sanjay is president of DBS College Students’ Council
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MKP College win final of hockey tournament
Man attacks paramour, commits suicide
MPG College land encroached upon
SSP’s tips for cops
Fake Numbers
Sanskar International beat Seven Oaks 4-0
Gypsy Young defeat Cantt Blue
Two players vie for the ball in a match in the Lala Nemi Dass Memorial District Football League played at the Pavilion ground in Dehradun on Monday. A Tribune photograph
GIC, Aryan Sports Boys lift trophy
Boxing c’ship from Sept 5
MC may go in for open tendering
Gangotri route reopened
Students from foreign countries meet CM
Bond that matters
Exam for police posts on Sept 18
Sewer Line Issue
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Sale of tobacco items near schools goes unchecked
Dehradun, August 29 The Supreme Court has directed the state authorities to issue directions to all educational institutions to adhere to the provision of Section 6 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003, popularly known as COTPA. Section 6 of the Act clearly says that no cigarettes or tobacco products will be sold to any person under the age 18 years and no shop will be opened within 100 yards of an educational institution. It further stated that an owner or the manager or any person in charge of the affairs of the educational institutions need to display and exhibit a board at a conspicuous place outside the premises prominently stating the same. This was a punishable offence with a fine up to Rs 200. A visit to most of the areas revealed that a majority of the educational institutions have at least one sale point where cigarettes or other tobacco products are being sold openly. Moreover, none of the school or college is found displaying the required board. Most of the vendors and shopkeepers selling tobacco products and cigarettes said they had no idea that they were disobeying the law and were unaware of its consequences. According to them, a fine of Rs 200 was the minor punishment for them as their earning was much more. One of the vendors while taking to The Tribune said no one had ever objected to his running the business near institutions; rather, some of the teachers and other staff members of these educational institutions were among his regular customers. Another seller said he sat from 8 am to 9 pm and he catered to teachers as well as nearby shopkeepers. “Other than flavoured pan masala, I normally do no give these products to schoolchildren,” he mentioned and asked abruptly that who was she to ask such a question. Sources in the district office confirmed that they had received the government order some time back but it was never implemented. None of the persons had ever been challaned for selling the products near the institutions or the ones who were found smoking publicly. When asked Dehradun District Magistrate Sachin Kurve, he said he had written to the educational institutions and it was they who never followed it. “We will soon enforce the same and action will be taken against the guilty,” he affirmed.
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Ice-skating carnival begins
Dehradun, August 29 A large number of students turned up at the rink. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Nishank said Dehradun would be developed as a place for world-level training in ice-skating. He said 30 boys and girls would be given training for the SAF and Winter Olympic Games at Dehradun Sports College from the next month. The Chief Minister said the state government was committed to encouraging adventure sports in addition to winter games in the state. Tourism Minister Madan Kaushik said the government took many significant steps in the field of sports, tourism and education benefiting the youth. Sports Minister Khajan Das said during the training camp run as part of the carnival, 500 students as well as IMA cadets received training.
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Sanjay is president of DBS College Students’ Council
Dehradun, August 29 Sanjay Girman has been elected the president of DBS PG College Student Council, Barkha Padmini (vice president), Sandeep Kumar (secretary), Ankita Rawat (joint secretary) and Sunil Singh Negi (college representative). Dancing to the tunes of dhols, students caused traffic snarls at Karanpur, DL Road and Bengali Library Road. In spite of the college election body calling for an end to election campaigns, students were witnessed canvassing of their candidates on the premises of the college today. There was a lot of activity outside the college in the last hour of the poll. The college administration and the cops deployed at the college were on their toes the entire day. Five or six booths were set up on the campus with chief proctor, along with a team of college faculty members, kept a watch on the election proceedings. The identity cards of the voters were properly checked at the entrance. The contestants were seen interacting with voters at the college while the supporters of both the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) provided free ride to voters to the college. Dr RK Pandey, chief election officer at the college, said the total number of voters was 1,625 out of which only 1,241 turned up to cast their votes. “The entire procedure of voting went off peacefully. There was no sign of ruckus or untoward incident inside the campus today,” he added.
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MKP College win final of hockey tournament
Dehradun, August 29 In the second semifinal yesterday, MKP (senior) blanked Moravian Institute 4-0. Pooja Bhatt (10th), Meena Badola (18th) and Sheetal (28th, 35th) shone in the win. Prizes for an outstanding performance were given to the following. MKP: Anita Maletha, Mamta Bhatt, Afreen, Sarika and Jyoti Rana Welham: Ishrat, Shreya, Sankriti and Prerna Moravian: Solan Joy
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Man attacks paramour, commits suicide
Dehradun, August 29 They had a tiff over meeting following which he allegedly attacked her when she was on her way to her office. After injuring her, he allegedly consumed poison. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, the police added. —
TNS
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MPG College land encroached upon
Mussoorie, August 29 Principal of the college RS Shukla met MC president OP Uniyal in this regard and submitted a complaint to him. According to the complaint, for the past seven days, miscreants have pitched in at least eight tents illegally on the land allotted to the college. Shukla also stated in the complaint that Billoo Valmiki and his relatives had occupied a large chunk of the college land illegally and constructed permanent or temporary shelters on it. All their efforts to oust them have gone in vain and this fresh move could lead to the college losing more land to illegal occupants. He has requested Uniyal to take interest in the sensitive matter as the college elections were round the corner. Shukla alleged that certain ward members were conniving with the land mafia active in the town to usurp the prime property belonging to the college. Uniyal immediately contacted the Circle Officer, Mussoorie, Shweta Chaubey, and requested her to send the police to evict the illegal occupants from the college land. A letter in this regard has also been sent to the SSP, Dehradun. Uniyal, while speaking to the media, said any illegal occupation of government property would not be tolerated and he had directed the officials concerned to make sure that the illegal occupants were evicted from the college land within 24 hours. Municipal Council Executive Officer Rohtash Sharma said the eviction drive would be carried out tomorrow.
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SSP’s tips for cops
Dehradun, August 29 He said this would make people have faith in the police. Every person who comes to the police station should be dealt with in a helpful manner. On the other hand, the accused even in a small incident, including a scuffle, should be dealt with strictly. Goswami asked all SHOs/chowki in charges to keep their premises clean and review the rooms and barracks to avoid any inconvenience to police officials working there. The SSP directed the SHOs to have coordination with the circle officers concerned to solve any case by providing full information of the matter in consideration. He stressed on making the beat policing stronger. Taking notice of the rising number of chain snatching incidents in Dehradun, he directed policemen to work out the cases. Besides this, he fixed duty hours for circle officers and station house officers for traffic duty. All SPs, COs and SHOs were present during the meeting.
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Fake Numbers
Dehradun, August 29
In its reply, the RTO found them guilty and cases were registered against them at the Kotwali police station. “It is surprising that the authority concerned is not bothered to keep a check on it,” said Circle Officer (Traffic) Shweta Choubey.
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Sanskar International beat Seven Oaks 4-0
Dehradun, August 29 In the matches, Aryan School drew with Carman School 2-2 and St Judes with Summer Valley 2-2.
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Gypsy Young defeat Cantt Blue
Dehradun August 29 In the second match, Garhwal Sporting drew with City Young 1-1. Tomorrow, the football matches will be played between Doon Star vs Akranta Boys and Doon Valley vs Adhoiwala Boys.
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GIC, Aryan Sports Boys lift trophy
Mussoorie, August 29 Taj Sports Club (A) Boys in sub-junior division and Hampton Court lifted junior division trophy. In the first final held here in sub-junior division, Taj Sports Club (A) defeated Taj Sports (B) 2-0. Shoeb and Azhar were the scorers for the winning team. Government Girls Inter-College won the second finals defeating Oak Grove School by margin of 5 goals. The Government Girls Inter-College team led by 3-0 in first half. Mamta scored 3 goals while Aarti Lakhera scored two goals for the Dehradun girls team. In senior boys, Aryan Sports (A) defeated Aryans Sports (C) 3-1. Anand scored one goal and Shadab scored 2 goals for Aryan (A) team. The chief guests on the occasion, Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and Municipal Council president OP Uniyal, distributed the citations and the trophies to the winners. Tournament organiser, the Mussoorie Sports Association, also felicitated five players from the town who represented in the national teams in different sports this year.
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Boxing c’ship from Sept 5
Dehradun, August 29 The boys born between 1997 and 1999 can take part in the championship. The selection trials for the Uttarakhand team will be held on August 31 at 4 pm in Haldwani. All candidates have to bring their date of birth certificates along with them.
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MC may go in for open tendering
Dehradun, August 29 Executive Engineer Ravi Pandey informed the Mayor that Rs 2.80 crore had been paid to the contractors while Rs 4.31 crore was still pending. He said this delay was due to the late payment from the state government. Pandey said as they had now received the payment, they were clearing the dues of the contractors. The corporation will float tenders related to various construction works tomorrow, but it is afraid that this time too, contractors may not take part in the tendering process. The Mayor said if the contractions did not take part in the process, they would float open tenders. Meanwhile, the Mayor has asked Chief Executive Engineer Sushil Kumar to convene a meeting related to solid waste management works.
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Dehradun, August 29 With the reopening of the Gangotri yatra, all the Chardhams, the other three being Badrinath, Kedarnath and Yamunotri, are open to pilgrims, they said. The route to the Gangotri temple was repeatedly hit by landslides during this month. The Gangotri national highway remained closed for 12 consecutive days starting from August 7 due to landslides in the Sainj area where a stretch of 80-mt of road was also washed away. After remaining open for a couple of days, it was again closed for six days due to landslides at Sukhitop and other places. — PTI
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Students from foreign countries meet CM
Mussoorie, August 29 The students are here as part of a programme organised jointly by the Aksharam and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Three students are from the UK, one each from Hungary, Tumania, Russia, Azerbaijan and seven students are from Uzbekistan. They are accompanied by a teacher. The students were delighted to converse with the Chief Minister in Hindi and informed him about the current situation in their respective countries. Some students read out poems written by them in Hindi. Programme Officer, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ashok Kumar Jojoria said the students were here under a flagship programme that was organised annually with the aim of promoting the Hindi language with emphasis on the introducing of Indian culture among foreign students. He also said the students, who are here since August 20, had met several scholars around the country. Earlier, Nishank, along with his family, visited Surkhanda Temple and sought blessings from the Goddess at Kadukhal, travelling 2 km on foot.
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The style of parenting is one of the strongest influences on how much alcohol a child will drink as a teenager and young adult, a new study has found. Think tank Demos found out that bad parenting made children eight times more likely to become binge drinkers at 16 years, and twice as likely to drink excessively when they were 34. Researchers analysed data from more than 15,000 children born in Britain over the last 40 years as part of the study, The Independent reported. They found the "tough love" style of parenting, which combined warmth and discipline, was the most effective in ensuring against children developing an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Less effective styles were "authoritarian", where parents set high standards and employ strict discipline, "laissez faire", where parents are emotionally engaged but do not set rule or boundaries, and those who are "disengaged" with their children. —IANS
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Exam for police posts on Sept 18
Dehradun, August 29 Candidates who have an experience of three years are eligible for the exam. The last date for the submissions of forms is September 12.
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Sewer Line Issue
Dehradun, August 29 During the meeting, they informed the Mayor that the department concerned had inspected the area seven years ago and funds for the laying of sewer line had also been released. However, the work was
still pending. The Mayor told them that this matter was related to the district administration and not the corporation. The work of laying sewer lines took time. As far as the encroachment issue was concerned, they
would take action, the Mayor added.
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The Doon Ice-Skating Carnival today kicked off at the ice-skating rink, Raipur, in
Dehradun.
The carnival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on the occasion of National Sports Day.
MKP College (senior) won the final of the Major Dhyan Chand Girls Inter-school Hockey Tournament by defeating Welham Girls School (senior) here today.
MKP (senior) edged past Welham girls (senior) 3-0. Anita (22nd) scored the first goal for
MKP. Sheetal (24th) and Kavita Bisht (48th) scored a brace in the win. From the Welham girls side, Shreya and Ishrat performed well.
Gypsy Young defeated Cantt Blue 3-0 in the Lala Nemi Dass Memorial Football League played on the Pavilion Ground here today.
Sunil Raj opened the account of Gypsy Young by scoring first goal in the 15th minute of the match followed by the second goal in the 25th minute.
Ayush, who scored the third goal in the 45th minute, also contributed to the score of the winning team.
