Dehradun, September 13
A 71-year-old woman, Kailash Bhatnagar, who used to live alone in her Moti Bazar-situated house, was found murdered in a semi-nude condition this morning.

Her legs and hands were found tied with the sari she was wearing while the wire of a cellphone charger was tied around her neck. The police said prima facie, it appeared that she had been strangled. The house had been ransacked and cash and jewellery was also reportedly missing. However, the police added that a clear picture could come only after a post-mortem examination. A case under Sections 394 and 302 of the IPC has been registered at the Kotwali police station.

The incident came to light at 9.45 am when her maid saw Kailash’s body lying on the floor and the house ransacked. She informed the neighbours about the incident, who reported the matter to the police.

After investigating the room where she was found murdered, the police sealed the place of the crime. “A dog squad and a team of Forensic Science Laboratory are examining the spot. We will soon achieve some success,” said SSP Gopal Nath Goswami.

Talking to mediapersons, the SSP said it was yet to be found whether something had been stolen from the house. The victim’s cellphone had also been found damaged.

The police said it was being assumed that the assailants were known to the deceased and had called her up to gain entry into the house. Later, they also damaged her cellphone. It is also working on the angle of a property dispute.

Meanwhile, the victim’s daughter, Baby, failed to bear the loss of her mother and died of heart attack after hearing the news on the phone. She was married and had been living at Taraori in Haryana. The victim’s second daughter, Anamika Saxena lives in Race Course and is a teacher in Balika Shiksha Sadan. He husband, the late Suresh Bhatnagar, was a professor of DAV PG College. As both of her daughters were married, she used to live alone in the house.

Dehradun, September 13
In order to let people know about the legacy of the capital city Dehradun, Mayor Vinod Chamoli today flagged off the heritage walk from the Gandhi Park.

Members from the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) covered various places like Mansa Ram Building, Clock Tower, Chaat Wali Gali, Paltan Bazar, CNI Boys’ Inter-College, Jama Masjid, Sarni Mal Bazar, Hanuman Chowk and Guru Ram Rai Durbar in three hours. The walk was organised in association with Intach.

Talking to the media later in the day, Chamoli said he was enjoying this work without any pressure. “Today is the best day in my term when I worked without any anxiety,” he affirmed.

“We came to know many things after visiting various building. My main motive to organise such walk is to let the inheritance live among the youngsters who should be proud of their city,” Chamoli stated.

“I also want the state government to make a heritage policy just like the Central Government as this will help us in preserving our heritage. We have sent it the proposal and hope to get the response soon,” he added.

“The Centret has identified only 47 heritage buildings all over Uttarakhand which is a shame as the state is not only limited to those. There are many more places that could be known. Moreover, the money provided for there preservation is very less, ” Chamoli mentioned and added that they would carry on with the walk twice a month in the first phase and any one interested could contact the Upper Nagar Adhikari for the same.

“We are in touch with bureaucrats who will be taken for the round next time and after that we will ensure that schoolchildren do visit the place. It is the youngsters who can spread the word about the legacy of the city,” he said.

The Mayor further maintained that he had asked the company to look out for four or five people and train them as a guide so that they could carry out the trips in future.

Most of the Congress councillor skipped the walk citing one or the other reasons while it was mainly the BJP councillors who were present during the walk.

Mussoorie, September 13
One person sustained serious injuries when the jeep he was driving skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near Woodstock School, Dhobi Ghat, today.

The incident took place when the victim, Atul Gupta, was coming from Chamasari village. After hearing a loud noise, local residents informed the 108 ambulance service and the police, which rushed to the spot.

The injured has suffered multiple fractures and is under treatment at Community Hospital. However, his condition is stated to be out of danger.

Cant Board member Rajesh Kanojia said that the condition of roads in the region was bad and commuters were always in fear of any mishap taking place. He demanded that the administration should direct the authorities concerned to repair the roads to avoid such incidents in the future. 

Dehradun September 13
Students of Graphic Era University have broken all previous records of campus placement in its three-day placement drive. The students celebrated the moment by cutting the cake on the campus today.

“A total of our 610 students have been placed in the world’s two largest information and technology companies,” said Manmohan Bhatt, faculty of media and mass communication.

“As many as 250 students have been selected by Accenture while Infosys has selected 360 students for its varied projects. As compared to the previous times, both companies have picked more students,” he added.

The selection process was held three days ago where the students of B.Tech, M.Tech and M.C.A. had undergone a general test in the first aspect, followed by technical test in the second phase. The selected ones were eligible to sit for the human resource interview, respectively.

On the occasion, chairman of Graphic Era University Professor Kamal Ghansala said, “Such a constructive outcome is the result of hard work and full dedication of the students as well as the teachers. Due to the allegiance of our teachers and students, today many students have also been able to be a part of such unmatched companies.”

Present on the occasion were University Chancellor Professor RK Joshi, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr DP Giridhar, Registrar Suparna Ghosh and OSD. 

Dehradun, September 13
St Joseph’s Academy today started an after-school tutorial programme called “Wings of Doon” at its Millennium Block in association with Aman for All and Aasraa Trust, both NGOs.

The tutorial programme, which had been running on the school campus informally for the past few months, has been aimed at providing guidance and educational support to the underprivileged children. It also endeavours to instill self-confidence and team-work ethics among the children. The programme will make ample use of drama, music, sports and of course academic studies in imparting education to the children.

It has been a desire of the Principal of the school, Brother AJ George, to share their classroom space, playing fields and educational experience with such children who do not have access to such quality opportunities. The students of St Joseph’s Academy too will participate in this venture as part of their community service outreach programme.

Brother George also thanked the office-bearers of both the NGOs for actively involving themselves in providing quality education to the children.

Also, the children of “Wings of Doon” staged a play titled “Sapno ki Udan” on the occasion.

Dehradun September 13
A total of 60 candidates from the weaker section of society, who got selected for the admission to Class VI through a lottery system at Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalaya (RGNV), Dehradun, were yesterday given seven days to procure their seats by presenting all required documents to the school authority, according to Nirmal Rawat, public relation officer of RGNV told this to The Tribune.

He emphasised the selected students had to present the documents, including the mark sheets of Class III, IV and V, documents of the reservation category, certificate of rural residentship and a medical certificate from Doon Hospital, Dehradun. He also said the student had to have the record of being the resident of Dehradun district for at least three years.

“If any student fail to present these documents within the scheduled limit, then the seats will be allotted to the students falling under 25 per cent waiting category from the urban section of the society,” he added.

He also explained that the session of 2011-12 for Class VI had been delayed by six months due to a court case related with the procedure to be followed for admission for students below 14 years of age under the Right to Education Act. Finally, the school authorities decided to follow the lottery system for admissions of students. 

Dehradun, September 13
DAV PG College, Dehradun, humbled Government PG College, Gopeshwar, 7-0 in the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Inter-Collegiate Football Tournament 2011-12 that kicked off at SGRR PG College here today.

Shashank of DAV struck three goals to become the topscorer of the day. He scored in the 20th, 26th and 45th minutes of the play. Arpan (25th), Mohit (30th), Rahul (35th) and Sumit (40th) were other scorers in the win.

MPG, Mussoorie blanked Government College, Tehri, 3-0. Rishikesh PG College also registered one-sided 6-0 win over Swami Ram Tirth College, Tehri. Government College, Kotdwara, got past Government College, Dak Pathar, 2-0. The final of the tournament will be held on September 15.

Dehradun, September 13
Carman School, Dalanwala, got past SGRR Basant Vihar 3-1 in a penalty shootout in a closely contested match during the third ONGC Ram Bahadur Chhetri Memorial Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here today.

After the match ended on a goalless draw in the normal and extra time, the penalty shootouts were taken. In this round, Suraj Thapa scored the lone goal for SGRR while Prateek, Nitish Dangwal and Pritam were the scorers for the winning team.

In another match, Col Brown School thrashed Gautam International School 6-0. Aishwarya (9th, 20th), Shubham (10th, 40th), Sohaib (13th) and Surashek (26th) starred in the win.

Tomorrow, Doon International will take on DAV Public School, Defence Colony and Cambrian Hall School will meet Summer Valley School.

Dehradun, September 13
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy beat Jaswant Modern School by a narrow margin of 28-27 in the ongoing Gardner Silver Jubilee Inter-School Basketball Tournament for Girls at St Thomas’ College here today.

For the winning team, Somya scored 12 points. In another match, Welham Girls’ School drubbed Summer Valley School 63-8. Ridhima topscored with 10 points for Welham in this one-sided match.

Jaswant Modern School in its second match defeated Moravian Institute 22-4.

Tomorrow also three matches will be played.