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Cabinet opens doors for dentists’ promotions
‘Shankar guitar’ exponent full of modesty
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Nagar kirtan taken out
Rajpur MLA felicitated
Inter-varsity cricket tourney begins tomorrow
Sangathan members hold protest
Shivalik school humble Summer Valley
SF Bajrang 11 beat Sunderwala
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Cabinet opens doors for dentists’ promotions
Dehradun, November 8 With non-existent promotional avenues, the government was unable to attract bright medical interns. The dentists in the past were denied promotions on one excuse or the other, foremost being that a separate cadre and seniority list did not exist. Now with the latest decision, the strength of the government dentists will increase from 78 to 105 and 22 senior dentists, 15 consultant surgeons and 5 joint directors are expected to be promoted. Since the creation of the state, no dentist was considered for promotion. Even departmental promotion committees were also formed thrice but dentists were, however, kept out of the purview. In all, there are 78 dental surgeons in the state. Besides the dentists were also kept out of the framework of the Tickoo Commission recommendations and were not even entitled for grade pay. “Though our demand for raising the strength of dentists in the state has not been fully taken up, the long-pending demand of promotions, has, however, been addressed,” said Joint Director (Dental) JDS Rana. Earlier citing financial reasons, the Finance Department had shot down the Health Department’s proposal to constitute a dental structure requiring at least 152 dentists who could have been deputed at Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres and District Hospitals in the state.
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‘Shankar guitar’ exponent full of modesty
Dehradun, November 8 The first woman exponent of the Hindustani classical guitar humbly gives credit to Bhushan Datt Sharma for his craftsmanship and helping her gain the tonal quality best suited for Hindustan classical music and her kind of music. “The Shankar guitar that I play would not have taken shape but for Bhushan Datt Sharma’s craftsmanship. He moulded the Hawaiian guitar according to my requirement. I would always be indebted to him for giving shape to an instrument that suits my temperament. The tonal quality of the six-stringed guitar seemed too high pitched for my kind of music so it had to be crafted into a four-stringed instrument for improving tonal quality. The Shankar guitar contains a total of 18 strings,” said Kamala Shankar, while speaking with The Tribune today. She was in Doon to participate in a concert organised by SPICMACAY. A South Indian but well versed in the tradition of the Benares gharana where she spent the early part of her life, Dr Kamala Shankar’s foray into music and later guitar playing too speaks volumes about the influences of Varanasi. “I picked up the guitar solely due to the overwhelming presence of the Bengali musicians who were well versed in the Hawaiian guitar. But, my mother wanted us to follow the rigours of music school so began my learning under the tutelage of Pandit Chanulal Sharma and Pandit Bimalendu Mukhopadhay,” said Kamala. Though settled in New Delhi, every year Dr Kamala travels to Varanasi to pay tribute to MS Subhalaxmi in whose honour the concert is organised. “The Shankar Arts Foundation has been set up to promote young classical Hindustani guitarists and provide them a platform to showcase their talent,” she added. She performed at KV Hatibarkala and Hindu National Inter-college here today. Accompanying her on the tabla were Subhendu Das and on the Hawaiian guitar her student Nirmal Saini. The alumni association of Benaras Hindu University also felicitated the artiste who had passed out from the prestigious university.
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Bengal Sappers celebrates Group Day
Dehradun, November 8 The parade comprising the President’s Colours along with eight marching contingents comprising 16 Officers, 29 Junior Commissioned Officers and 502 jawans, including one contingent each from the Madras and Bombay Sappers which also participated to commemorate the reunion, was reviewed by the Chief Guest, Lieutenant General K Surendera Nath, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Training Command. The General congratulated the Bengal Sappers on the occasion and also complimented the officers and jawans for the excellent turnout at the parade. He also recollected a number of honours, awards and laurels won by the Bengal Sappers and urged the rank and file to draw inspiration from these and strive for further excellence. A ‘Special Cover’ prepared by the Army Postal Service to commemorate the occasion on behalf of the Bengal Sappers was also released by the Chief Guest, Lieutenant General K Surendera Nath, who later also paid tributes to the martyrs of the Bengal Sappers during the wreath laying ceremony at the BEG and Centre War Memorial as buglers sounded the “Last Post” followed by a two-minute silence. Also present on the occasion were Lieutenant General Vijai Sharma, Commandant of the Officers Training Academy, Gaya, and Colonel Commandant of the Bengal Sappers along with serving and veterans of the group and other distinguished civilian and military guests.
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Nagar kirtan taken out
Dehradun, November 8 Panj Piaras led the procession comprising children and youngsters from schools and colleges, gatka players, band groups, motorcyclists, horse riders, nihangs blowing trumpets and the men and women devotees singing shabad. Those who organised the nagar kirtan included president of the sabha Rajender Singh Rajan, general secretary Guljar Singh, Jathedar Dileep Singh, Amarjit Singh, Deedar Singh and Seva Singh.
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Cultural fair from November 11
Dehradun, November 8 Addressing a press conference today, president of the Akhil Garhwal Sabha TS Aswal said in all 500 folk artistes, intellectuals, writers and poets would take part in the fair. On November 12, a Garhwali film festival will be held during which two popular Garhwali films “Gharjawain” and “Ikulansh” will be telecast. In the evening, a cultural programme will be held in which six teams will take part. On November 14, a fancy dress competition will be held in which women participants will showcase Jaunsari, Kumaoni and Garhwali costumes and jewellery. On the same day, “Teri Saun” and “Gura” - Garhwali films will be telecast. On November 15 again, two popular Garhwali films will be telecast. On November 16, a special discussion will be held on the state of affairs prevailing in the state. On the same day, five personalities will be honoured who have made a name for themselves in their chosen fields.
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Rajpur MLA felicitated
Mussoorie, November 8 The families of the people who had received the aid presented a shawl and a citation to Joshi in acknowledgement of the help rendered to them. An emotional Joshi said he was honoured and could not explain in words the love and affection showered on him by the people of Mussoorie today. He has lived in poverty and was aware of the pain one undergoes when somebody is taken ill in a family, he said. Joshi adopted a girl, Sangeeta, and said he would provide aid to her for her marriage. Kapoor said the state needed such MLAs who were concerned about the problems of the people of their respective constituencies. The president of the Vikas Manch Dhanprakash Agarwal and secretary Alok Malhotra also appreciated Joshi’s efforts for the poor. More than 300 people, including senior BJP leaders, were present.
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Regional Athletics Meet Begins
Mussoorie, November 8 In the senior division (girls) 800-metre race final, Nisha Gosain of Mussoorie Girls Inter-college won gold, Rashim Agarwal from Sanatan Dharm silver and Kavita of Nirmala School bronze. In the senior division (boys) 800-metre race final, Girish Bhatt won gold, Pankaj Rawat from Nirmala School Silver and Manoj Rawat from Ghananand Inter-college won bronze. In the primary section (boys) long jump event, Neeraj from St Lawrence School won gold, Nandlal from Nirmala School silver and Vikas Chand from Sanatan Dharm Inter-college bagged bronze. In the primary section (girls) 100-metre race, Babita from from St Lawrence won Gold, Manju from Sanatan Dharm won silver and Reshma from St Lawrence won bronze. In the sub-junior division (girls) 200-metre race, Chandni from Sanatan Dharm won gold, Radha from Govt Inter-college, Dudhli, silver and Raveena from St Lawrence won bronze. In addition to this, the qualifiers for the 100-metre race were also held. Earlier, students from different schools presented cultural programmes and a march past was also held.
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Inter-varsity cricket tourney begins tomorrow
Dehradun, November 8 In all, 36 universities from the northern region, including the University of Jammu, the University of Kashmir, Delhi University, Guru Nanak Dev
University, Aligarh Muslim University, Panjab University, Kurukshetra University, HP University, HNB Garhwal University and Lucknow are
participating in the tournament. “Accommodation for the players has been arranged at the hostel of the Survey of India, ” he added. He further said a panel of six umpires from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Academy, Kanpur, the Delhi Cricket Association and the HP Cricket Association would conduct the game.
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Asian School triumph
Dehradun, November 8 In the second match, Summer Valley School defeated Doon International (A) 33-22 where Pulkit (10) and Avinash (7) made striking points for the winning team. Atula and Aman with 7 and 6 points, respectively, remained the highest scorers for Doon International. In the third match Hilton School beat Doon International (B) 41-31 while Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy edged past Jaswant Modern 28-26 in the fourth match. The semifinals between Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy and Summer Valley and Asian School and Hilton School will be played tomorrow.
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Sangathan members hold protest
Dehradun, November 8 He said the training period of PRD soldiers must be increased from 22 days to three months that should also include a two-month military training and a one-month rifle training. He further said 50 women PRD soldiers who were given military training in 2002 must be appointed at the earliest.
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Shivalik school humble Summer Valley
Dehradun, November 8 In the first match, Shivalik International School defeated Summer Valley School 8-7. In the second match, Hilton School beat Guru Ram Dass 12 points with a total score of
8-6 while St Jude’s School won over St Joseph’s Academy 25-7 in the third match.
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