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Drunken drivers may lose licences
20 trucks challaned, 8 impounded
Stadium Trainees, KV OFD Club win b’ball titles
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Ad hoc teachers continue fast
Contractual teachers sit on an indefinite fast in support of their demands in Dehradun on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Now, residents can register tourists as PGs
No move to shift ICFRE HQ: DG
Governor interacts with students from Mathura
Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva with students from Mathura at the Raj Bhawan in Dehradun on Tuesday.
Expert calls for steps to deal with tremor
Awareness campaign for voters begins
City final of Limca Book of Records quiz held
Roorkee institute triumph
Inter-School Hockey Tourney  Delhi Public School,
Patna, Sainik School, Kapurthala, and LB School, Jhansi, surged ahead in their pool in the ongoing All-India Richard Carr Inter-School Hockey Tournament held at the Oak Grove School grounds today.
In the first match of their pool, Delhi Public School, Patna, defeated Modern School, Delhi 5-1. Adit from Delhi Public School sounded the board thrice to take his team home on the winning note.Players in action in a match in the All-India Inter-school Hockey Tournament in Mussoorie on Tuesday.
Nehru Gram victorious
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Drunken drivers may lose licences
Dehradun, October 18 According to the traffic police records, a total of 51 persons had been challaned for drunken driving till September while the number was as high as 119 the previous year. The police said they will strictly deal with drunken drivers and will get their licences cancelled. “We have sent a list of 50 such violators to the RTO for cancellation of their licences. The problem has been increasing in Dehradun and we will now strictly deal with the violators,” Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Ajay Joshi told The Tribune. Additional Regional Transport Officer (Enforcement) Shailesh Tiwari said: “The police is doing a good job. It keeps sending us lists of such violators. For the first time, we have served notices on traffic violators warning them that if the offence is repeated then their challans will be cancelled or suspended for six months”. Tiwari further said recently the RTO cancelled the licences of 10 persons. Tipsy drivers are penalised if alcoholmeter test reveals that the alcohol count in their body is above the permissible limit. However, despite claims of the authorities about cracking a whip on drunken drivers, the malpractice is going on unabated. People can be seen having drinks while driving during late hours mostly on the Rajpur Road, Darshan Lal Chowk, Raipur Road and the other main roads of the city.
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20 trucks challaned, 8 impounded
The Regional Transport Office cracked a whip on erring goods vehicles here late last night.
“Our drive started at 10 pm and continued till morning,” Additional Regional Transport Officer (enforcement) Shailesh Tiwari said. “We found in our drive that the problem of goods overloading is not much in Dehradun. Most of the vehicles carried goods less than 500kg and 1000kg,” he added. “The good thing we did in this drive was to have truck union members along with us. This helped us in our purpose,” Tiwari told The Tribune.
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Stadium Trainees, KV OFD Club win b’ball titles
Dehradun, October 18 Race Course Boys and Bulls Club stood second in boys’ under-14 and under-17 section, respectively. In the under-17 girls’ category, Stadium Trainees was the runner-up. In the last league match today, KV OFD Club got the better of Stadium Trainees 14-16. Kiran Gusain of the winning team scored six points to help her team win even as eight points effort of Diksha of the rival team went in a vain. Meanwhile Chief Guest Dinesh Kumar, international basketball player of ONGC, gave away prizes to the players. District Sports Officer Dharmendra Bhatt and basketball coach Ravinder along with the other officials were also present on the occasion.
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Ad hoc teachers continue fast
Dehradun, October 18 Blaming the state government for the deteriorating health of the agitators, including president of the association DC Bebni and seven other members, Dr Navratan Singh, media coordinator, said: “We are determined to seek justice from the state government and will not leave the place till our demands are met”.
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Now, residents can register tourists as PGs
Dehradun, October 18 Some nine proposals for PG houses have come from Dehradun, 11 from Mussoorie and one from Rishikesh. The registration of four PG houses from Dehradun and seven from Mussoorie have been cancelled on the recommendation of the committee. Bodai said under this provision, the owners needed to have the total ownership of the premises. The premises must be close to road, clean and in good condition. The single room must be 100 square feet in area and double rooms 120 sq feet with bathroom attached. The owner of a house can give four rooms on rent and the rent must not exceed Rs 500 per day. District Tourism Officer Yogender Gangwar said interested persons had to give an undertaking to the Regional Tourism Officer and deposit Rs 50 as registration fee.
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Computer centre gutted
Dehradun, October 18
“The fire destroyed almost all IT hardware and software, including all important data, various servers, 45 computers, the decision-support system, the data of nine states, equipment and furniture,” said Dr AK Lohia, head of the computer centre. However, no causality has been reported. Firefighters managed to douse the flames in an hour. Dr AK Lohia has assessed the damage at Rs 50-60 lakh. He said at least two months would be required to restore the lost data. The cause of the fire is likely to be a short circuit.
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No move to shift ICFRE HQ: DG
Dehradun, October 18 An apex organisation in the country, the ICFRE advises the Union Government, state governments and other stakeholders like farmers, industries and academia on matters relating to forestry research and technologies. The ICFRE is headquartered in Dehradun, thus helping Dehradun getting identified as the forestry capital of the country. Denying any shifting of the ICFRE headquarters from Dehradun to Delhi, Bahuguna termed baseless reports that the ICFRE was getting shifted from Dehradun. He said despite the ICFRE not getting adequate support from the Uttarakhand Government, there was no question of shifting the headquarters. He said the ICFRE was only opening an extension counter in Delhi to strength its communication with the Union Government. “Of course we have resentment against the state government but that does not mean we will shift the headquarters”, he pointed out. He alleged that even the minimum requirement of power supply was not even fulfilled by the state power authorities. He said the state government had also recently troubled the ICFRE while trying to take possession of the Rangers College ground. Meanwhile, employees at the ICFRE have accused top officials of the institute of trying to divert attention of the employees from the core issues. CM Sharma, Technical Staff Association member, alleged that the ICFRE top bosses were trying to divert the attention by raking up such useless issue like shifting of the ICFRE headquarters. The ICFRE employees are mainly demanding post retirement benefits, including medical and pension benefits as provided by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research institutions. Sharma said the employees had given November 14 deadline for fulfillment of their demands following which they would resort to further course of action.
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Governor interacts with students from Mathura
Dehradun, October 18 Talking about her long and successful innings in politics, she said to succeed in life, hard work and
struggle were needed. She spoke to them about the several achievements of the new hill state in response to their questions regarding the need for carving a separate state from Uttar Pradesh. The Governor asked the students about their aspirations and dreams, wishing them the best for their future.
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Expert calls for steps to deal with tremor
Nainital, October 18 At a meeting held on the Lake Development Authority (LDA) premises on Monday, Major General RK Kaushal (Retired) pointed out that residents of the area need to exercise extra caution with regards to the seismic activity. He suggested that the new constructions being undertaken should be quake-resistant while rate way fittings must be installed in the old buildings. He further suggested that in the areas that were highly sensitive zones, the people must go in for construction of bamboo houses instead of those made of stones and cement. He advised officials dealing in disaster management to ensure that even disasters of small scales must be addressed immediately and should not allowed to be piled up. Kaushal’s expert opinion is timely and has major relevance in the face of the pressure being put on the government by certain groups having strong vested interests on allowing the increase in height of buildings in the Lake City to 35 feet. While the common people see the demand as a move by the builder lobby to make monetary gains at the cost of security of life of the common people, those seeking an increase in height say that the town is reeling under a crisis with regards to housing. Till now, the latter have been unable to convince the government with their reasoning. Housing Minister of Uttarakhand Khajan Das was in for some uncomfortable questions being posed to him by mediapersons this morning who wanted to know why the government was inclined to grant the permission when it was clear from a series of expert opinions and reports that such a step could have disastrous impact on the townand its population. Reports suggest that already there are more than 1500 illegal constructions in the small town and making such a concession would have negative impact on the ecology and environment of the area. The minister was left with no option but to say that any step that would be taken would be based on public and expert opinion. Even Chief Minister BC Khanduri had been posed this question during his visit to the town about 12 days back. He had been non-committal on the subject. The issue has been raised time and again before the government mainly by mediapersons at the behest of those serving the interests of the real estate and builder lobby in the region.
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Awareness campaign for voters begins
Dehradun, October 18 From Dehradun, the voters’ awareness campaign will spread to different parts of the state. For this purpose, a core committee comprising 11 members has been set up. “These members will organise awareness camps and ensure that voters are educated about the issues that are afflicting the state. These include a panchayat act for the state, according status of farmers to women, ban on the construction of big dams, push to traditional farming, effective functioning of juvenile boards and child panel,” said Lakshman Negi of Jan Karwan, a social organisation. To elicit support of the media, the core committee will also hold press conferences at the headquarters of 13 districts of the state from November 11. “Along with educating voters, the core committee will also keep an eye on the antecedents of party candidates and their supporters during the imposition of the model code of conduct,” said Atul Sharma, a social activist and member of the core committee.
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City final of Limca Book of Records quiz held
Dehradun October 18 However, the qualifying young genius minds of the competition will later compete in the semifinal and then nationals where Derek O’ Brien will host the national final, making it one of the most memorable and exciting quiz competitions. Along with Scholar’s Home principal Chhaya Khanna, students, teachers and other dignitaries were also present at the occasion.
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Roorkee institute triumph
Dehradun, October 17 After winning the toss, Quantum chose to field first. GRD scored 40 runs in 12.5 overs before getting all out. Kailash topscored with 10 runs for his team as no other batsmen could score some respectable numbers. Darpan captured four wickets for Quantum while Nageshwar and Sohail got a wicket each. Quantum easily achieved the target with Gambhir 19 topscoring. In another match played today, Beehive College beat Maya Institute by four wickets.
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Inter-School Hockey Tourney
Mussoorie, October 18 In the second match, Sainik School, Kapurthala, defeated Guru Nanak Public School, Dehradun, 1-0. Both teams started the game in a defensive mode but Gurvinder Pal Singh from Sainik School displaying his skill, penetrated the opponent’s defence and scored in the 22nd minute of the game. In the third match, LB School defeated Yadvendar Public School 2-0. Arvind from LB School scored the first goal in the 11th minute and the second goal was scored by Shivam in the 42nd minute. The fourth match of the day played between St Georges College, Mussoorie, and Moravian Institute, Dehradun, ended in a goalless draw. The final match was played between Sainik School and LA Martinier School, Lucknow. Sainik School playing their second match of the day did not show any fatigue and won the match 6-1. The chief guest, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration Deputy Director Jayant Singh, commended the efforts of the host school for organising the tournament in memory of former student and Olympian Richard Carr on his birth centenary year. He also visited the photo exhibition showcasing rare photographs of the Olympian hockey players of yesteryears compiled by Anil Verma, Special Judge from Sagar, MP, an avid hockey lover himself. Jayant Singh praising the effort put in by Anil Verma said such an exhibition helped in motivating schoolchildren and inspired to achieve the same heights as their predecessors in the sport. He was saddened by the state of affairs and infighting among various federations at the national level. Organising secretary of the tournament Hemant Juyal said the level of hockey being played here was of the highest quality and would serve as an eye opener for many new entrants watching the game.— OC
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Nehru Gram victorious
Dehradun, October 18 In the boys’ junior league match, KV OFD beat Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hathibarkala 8-5. Gaurav and Tarun were the main scorers for OFD. Neeraj and Rishabh with two goals each chipped in for the opponent team. In another boys’ sub-junior encounter, KV OFD beat Doon Club 18-14. Kuldeep and Amit scored seven and five goals, respectively, in the win of OFD while Doon Club’s Furkan with five goals and Abhilash with four goals put up a good fight.
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Stadium Trainees won both under-14 and under-17 boys’ titles while KV OFD Club remained the winner in under-17 girls’ section here today in the District-Level Basketball Tournament held at Parade Ground here.
Demanding full-time appointment at government schools and removal of the posts of contractual teachers from the ambit of the Public Service Commission, the ad hoc teachers, under the banner of the Rajkiya Mahavidyalaya Samvida Pravakta
Mahasangh, Uttarakhand, continued with their protest and chain fast in front of the Vidhan Sabha on the 12th day here today.
Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva met a delegation of 95 girl students and six teachers from Kanha Maakhan Public School of Mathura at the Rajbhawan here today.
The students, led by Public Relations Officer of the school Anup Sharma, are on a four-day study tour of
Uttarakhand. The Governor interacted affectionately with the students and answered their queries.
Dehradun, October 18
Dehradun October 18
Khushi played a pivotal role to help Nehru Gram defeat KV ITBP 7-2 in the girls’ junior league match on the second day of the District-level Handball Tournament held at the Parade Ground here today. Khushi topscored with five goals while Meenakshi scored the other two goals for the winning team. For the other side, Anjali was the only player who could score two goals.