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FSI regional chief: A 1993 batch Haryana cadre officer of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) Rajbir Singh has taken over as the Regional Director of the Forest Survey of India’s (FSI) northern zone office, here. He was looking after forest cover mapping and forest resources assessment of the entire country at the National Forest Data Management Centre at the FSI, Dehradun, as a Deputy Director. He earlier served in various capacities in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Department of Forests in
Haryana.Symposium on chemistry: The chemistry department of Himachal Pradesh University is organising a two-day symposium on “Chemistry Innovations for Human Well Being” on October 21. It is with the support of the UGC that the department is holding the symposium as part of the celebrations during “The International Year of Chemistry”. “Across the world the campaign during the International Year of Chemistry has focussed on the contribution of women scientists to chemistry, attracting youth to chemical sciences and how to make chemistry creative and sustainable in view of the concerns of environment degradation and feed-stock depletion,” said Dr DK Sharma, chairman, chemistry department. 
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Jawan goes missing: A Territorial Army jawan has gone missing from the Nehru Market area. He has been identified as Jagdish Singh, 24, a resident of Uttarbehni in Samba district. His family alleged that some persons kidnapped him for ransom on October 11.
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Decomposed body found: The decomposed body of a 53-year-old man was found at his shop in Karanpur here on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Shravan Kumar. He used to live alone and the shop is situated at his residence only. The cause of the death is yet to be found. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination. One killed in mishap: Ram
Gopal, who used to work at Balaji Factory in Selaqui Industrial Area, was killed when his bicycle was hit by an unknown vehicle. He was taken to Doon Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. After conducting a post-mortem examination, the body was handed over to his kin. 500 gm of opium seized: The Vikasnagar police on Friday seized 500 gm of opium from Ramanand Sharma at
Herbutpur. According to sources, the police arrested him when he was waiting to board a bus for
Dehradun. 75 units of blood collected: A voluntary blood donation camp was organised by the IMA Blood Bank of Uttarakhand at the Siddhartha Institute of Pharmacy,
Dehradun, on Friday. A total of 75 units of blood were collected.
Kumaon Briefs
ID cards: DM for voters’ cooperation: Almora District Election Officer DS Garbyal has called upon all political parties and voters to extend their cooperation in the exercise of making identity cards of all voters in the district. He has also asked the voters to visit the Election Registration Office and his own office to verify whether their names and those of members of their families are in the voters’ list that has been published. The list also include the names of those voters who will be attaining the age of 18 years on January 1, 2012.
Aman Committees to be reconstituted:
The Kumaon police has decided to reconstitute Aman Committees in every area falling under the jurisdiction of various police stations. These committees will have members from all religious and social groups. The step is being taken to ensure that there is no incident of communal strife in the region. The constitution of such committees is also being viewed as an outcome of the lesson learnt from the recent communal riots in Rudrapur town. The riots had left four dead and several injured besides leaving a trail of destruction and destroying the social fabric of mutual co-existence. Implementation of new laws:
Udham Singh Nagar District Magistrate PS Jangpangi has asked officials to gear up for the implementation of new laws related to increasing the facilities to citizens that are in the offing. Jangpangi said he had taken over at a time when there was the law and order problem and this had prevented his interaction with various officials. Jangpangi said he would hold meetings with officials from various departments to take stock of the implementation of different government schemes and the problems being faced with regard to their execution. No teacher in Almora school:
Residents of Khatbe village in the remote Bhainsiyachana area of Almora are irked over the local school becoming non-functional. According to information, there was only one teacher serving there, who has also been called for training. For the past four days, there has been no teaching in the school. The villagers have threatened to launch an agitation if teachers are not appointed at the earliest. Resentment over power cuts:
Residents of a large number of villages in the Jainti area of Almora are agitated over power cuts that they have been experiencing at night. It is learnt that the gram panchayat areas of Barakot, Sirakot, Kabhri, Suri, Khajina, Jhamar, Surna, Navada, Sunderpani and Rajyuda along with several others have been going without power at night for several months now. The villagers say that they are being compelled to spend their evenings in the light of earthen lamps and lanterns. They claim that the studies of their children are hampered and there is a constant threat of wild animals. The villagers have also submitted a memorandum to the district administration to address their concerns at the earliest. (Compiled by Rajeev
Khanna)
MUSSOORIE
Tourist duped into giving car: A tourist was duped into giving his car on Thursday by a group of nine tourists from Madhya Pradesh. The group leader, Rajesh, demanded the keys of the victim, Tejinder Singh’s, car on the pretext that his son was seriously ill. He has not since heard from Rajesh or any members of the group. Tejinder Singh, a tourist from village Shaha near Ambala, accompanied by his driver arrived at Ghanna residency Lodge near Library Bazaar, on Thursday. The police has registered a case of forgery and car theft and investigations have begun.
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