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New twist to Vikasnagar mass suicide case
Ravan’s effigy to be set afire by remote control
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Writers’ festival kicks off in Mussoorie
Doon School lift chess trophy
Maintenance Drive
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New twist to Vikasnagar mass suicide case
Dehradun, October 5 Meanwhile, the body of Hemant, who is suspected of having jumped into the canal yesterday and has been identified as Sonu by the police, could not be found in the canal today. The police has registered a case under sections 302, 309, 306 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code at the Dak Pathar police chwoki against the lone survivor of the family, Kailasho Devi, and her four daughters, including the three deceased women. Meanwhile, Kailasho Devi, who has been admitted to Government Doon Hospital, has regained consciousness and the Magistrate has recorded her statement. While talking to mediapersons, she said she and her three daughters were very stressed due to Rekha’s death, thus they took the extreme step along with their kids. “We had no other option. Whenever we saw her (Rekha) picture, we felt like going to her, therefore, we, along with our kids (who did not know about it), decided to end our lives. We did not want to leave the kids behind as they would have suffered after our death,” said Kailasho who has been told that all the 10 members of her family have been saved by the police. “After I get well, I will try again to end my life,” she said, adding, “Shokender, Rekha’s husband, often teased her family. He is of suspicious character.” “We dissolved sleeping pills in a bottle of cold drink and offered the drink to the kids who did not know what we were up to. Following this we jumped into the canal along with the children,” stated Kailasho, adding she did not know what happened after that. She also refused to having been tied by someone with her clothes, as was claimed by the police which said she was found unconscious with her feet and hands tied with her clothes. Meanwhile, the preliminary post-mortem report of the bodies has not confirmed any consumption of poison or sleeping pills by the members of the family before jumping into the canal. An upset Rita, one of the five daughters of Kailasho, said at Doon Hospital,“My three sisters told me on Monday that they were going to Vikasnagar along with their kids and the mother for a picnic and would return by 10 am, but they did not come back.” Vikasnagar Circle Officer G Bijalwan, while talking to The Tribune, said: “The statement of the elderly woman has been recorded by the Magistrate and a case registered. It is yet to be found out whether it is a suicide case and if it is so then is depression the real reason behind the extreme step by the family?”
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Ravan’s effigy to be set afire by remote control
Dehradun, October 5 The technological intervention is certainly going to make Dasehra an exciting event this year. However, the other two effigies will be torched in the traditional way. Navin Mehndiratta, a member of the Dasehra Committee, said many more interesting things had been introduced in the festivities this year. “The height of the effigies of Ravan, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad has been increased from the typical 5o feet, 45 feet and 45 feet to 60 feet, 55 feet and 55 feet, respectively. Besides, six more new tableaux have been added to the shobha yatra (procession) bringing the total number of tableaux to 13. Among these a huge peacock, Lord Ram’s army, Ravan offering prayers to Lord Shankar and a road show by Luv and Kush will be the main attractions of the procession.” The effigy makers have been hired from Delhi and they form a team which has been making effigies at Ramleela Maidan in Delhi for a long time, said Mehndiratta, adding that quality explosives had been stuffed in the effigies. Mehndiratta, who have been looking after the Dassehra preparations for the past four decades in the city, said “Lanka dahan” would be held at 6 pm followed by the enactment of the Bharat Milap episode the next day. The Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker and many other politicians of the state are expected to reach the venue tomorrow.
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Writers’ festival kicks off in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, October 5 Rajkamal, eminent writer of a famous book “Fireproof”, a fiction, based on the Gujarat riots, said editors played an important role in the craft of writing and there was dearth of good editors who could assist writers in improving their work, be it fiction or non-fiction. Rajkamal opined that the every writer had a different writing style which provided different perspective on the craft of writing. Speaking about his last book “Fireproof”, Rajkamal said it was a work of fiction based on the continuous reports he received while working as journalist over a period of time. However, the book was about the writer’s response to the Gujarat riots which he could not publish while working as journalist. Palash Kishan Malhotra, author of a short-story collection titled “Eunuch Park”, being critical of the writers who were indulging in playfulness by changing names of characters and location, said Salman Rushdie indulged in playfulness of names and characters in “Midnights Children” several decades ago and author Atish Bashir was still doing it which became boring. Later speaking to the media, Palash said he was looking forward to his next book called “Butterfly Generation” that deals with the change in the lifestyle, attitude and relationship. The book is about reconciling two generations one socialist and other Americanised generation. Eminent author David Davidar speaking on the topic “How to write a best seller” said there was no one mantra on writing a best seller which was an uphill task. Later authors Eunice DeSouza, Alan Lightman and Arvind Mehrotra read out a few verses from their poems and prose under the Lyre tree.
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Doon School lift chess trophy
Dehradun, October 5 The results are as follows: The Shriram Bansidhar Inter-school Chess Tournament Trophy was bagged by The Doon School-A Team. Winner of the Tournament: The Doon School-A with 14 points. 1st Runner-up : Vasant Valley School with 11.5 points 2nd Runner-up : Welham Boys’ School with 10 points Doon School-A: 14 points, Vasant Valley School: 11.5 points, Welham Boys: 10 points, Ann Mary School: 9.5 points, RIMC: 9 points, Mayo College Girls’ School: 7.5 points, Doon School-B: 7.5 points, Selaqui International School: 6.5 points, Welham Girls’ School: 6 points, Sherwood College: 5.5 points, Touchwood School: 5 points and Unison World School: 4 points.
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Power cuts to continue
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, October 5 A maintenance drive by the power staff is going on in the city. The sources said the drive, which normally is undertaken in the beginning of September, had to postponed till the end of the month because of the extended monsoon. The drive normally comes to an end before Diwali but this year it is expected to go beyond the festival. After the rainy season the power lines, which become loosened, are tightened and the branches of trees close to power lines are also pruned. The share of the state from the central pool (12 MU) continues to remain half these days. The depletion of water level in the reservoirs of different hydroelectric projects and dampness of coal at thermal power stations have forced the Centre to cut down the share of the state drastically. Moreover, 132-KV Rishikul Bindal lines are not in use due to some reasons and the 33/11-KV Vasant Vihar and Kaulagarh substations are under maintenance.
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Samiti awaits issuance of govt order
Tribune News Service
Dehradun, October 5 Manjul Rawat, a member of the samiti, said: “In protest against a proposal on the imposition of 20 per cent entertainment tax on rafting, we had launched fast two days ago. On the first day of our fast, the minister reached the spot and convinced us about the cancellation of the tax. Since members wanted that a government order be issued in this regard, Kaushik gave us the deadline of October 7.” Rawat said if the state government failed to issue the order on the said date, they would resume their fast once again. After boycotting the rafting activity for over a month, rafters have finally sought a midway to save their business from incurring further losses and clients while maintaining their pressure on the state government.
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