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Uttarakhand punters in overdrive mode
Schools open after hectic election schedule
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Eviction Notice to EWS Flat Allottees
Gurmat singer enthrals audience
St Jude’s School beats Guru Nanak Academy
Man stabs father to death for property
Roadside analyses, discussions order of the day
DGP given emotional farewell
Schools directed to hold pre-board exams before February 16
Fuel thieves active in Mussoorie
15 players selected for cricket tourney
CAU win by 7 wickets
Ex-Army man's body recovered from canal
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Uttarakhand punters in overdrive mode
Dehradun, January 31 After the heavy turnout of voters in the state (67 per cent), the bookies have adopted a cautious note by betting on the possible victory of heavyweight candidates in the BJP and the Congress, rather than betting on any particular party. “Though several bookies are favouring the victory for the Congress as odds are always stacked against the incumbent BJP, but there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding the number of seats it may eventually win. Five months before the elections, when Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was still the Chief Minister, the Congress had a clear edge. But the appointment of BC Khanduri at the helm managed to consolidate the BJP’s position. Thereafter, with the announcement of the election date, both the parties struggled with the list of candidates and the ensuing rebellion has put up a confusing scenario. This has forced the bookies to adopt cautious approach,” said a punter. In Dehradun, the punters operate on a very small scale, few among them even have links with the operators of Delhi, betting circuit and other betting centres, but by and large the bets are worth few lakh rupees on favourite candidates. For now, the bookies are favouring Dinesh Agarwal, the Congress candidate from Dharampur, Jot Singh Ghansola from Mussoorie, Chief Minister BC Khanduri and former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and even the former BJP veteran leader Kedar Singh Fonia, who is standing from the Badrinath Assembly seat on the newly constituted Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha ticket. “This is the first time that the stakes are high even for the rebel candidates like Mantri Prasad Naithaini and Durg Pal Singh, who are standing as an Independent candidate,” said a punter. While the exact estimate of the betting business is still uncertain, those involved in the business are the people who undertake bets during the cricket matches and even during the general elections. “Usually they have no stakes in the government formation but are in the business for the sake of money. These days money is also riding on Uttarakhand Speaker Harbans Kapoor, who stood for election from the Dehradun Cantt,” said a jewellery shop owner.
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Schools open after hectic election schedule
Haridwar, January 31 District Education Officer Anil Kumar Bhoj said that all the schools in the district witnessed a good turnout of children. Be it Bhalla Municipal Intermediate College, Girls Intermediate College, Jwalapur, Girls School, Kankhal, Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Delhi Public School, BHEL, Shiv Dale, DAV, the academic functioning did not got affected much despite many of these schools being made polling stations for yesterday’s polling. Election administration had made sure that the barricades and other material put up at polling school venues were removed and no inconvenience was caused to students and teachers as schools reopened today. “I cant imagine that just yesterday it was high security set up and a huge rush of voters when I accompanied my mother and sister to our school for polling; but today it was normal routine academic atmosphere,” said Shivangi Bisht, a class X student.
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Eviction Notice to EWS Flat Allottees
Dehradun, January 31 Now, the MDDA has approached the High Court, Nainital, to get a stay on a demolition drive and its case is listed for February 21 as the High Court will open after the winter vacations on February 20. Meanwhile, the allottees have also filed a case against eviction in the District and Sessions Court, where the case has been listed for February 21. It was on January 7 when a district court employee had asked the residents to vacate the flats. But the vacation remained pending as the Senior Superintendent of Police expressed helplessness for sparing police personnel for the demolition drive till January 30 citing the Assembly elections in the state. Now with the election getting over, the residents are having sleepless nights dreading losing their shelter. A new fact which emerged in the entire scenario was that barring three-four owners, rest are those who have purchased the property from the first party or original owners on Power of Attorney (POA). Another twist to the tale is that none of the first party has got registry of the land. Many flats have been sold off more than twice. The flats were given to the first party on a lease for 99 years. The state policy varies where it gives freehold rights to the allottees once they pay the full amount. In the present case, none of the allottees has come forward for freehold. MDDA lawyer TK Singh, who fought this case, said, “It is only if the first party is alive and has paid the full amount, he can be considered for freehold. Later, he can sell the property. But if he has already sold off, then he and the second party can be in problems without bringing the fact to the MDDA’s notice. Moreover, many of the allotees are still paying instalments and have also sold off flats to second party because cheap instalment rates suit them. Because of the confusion, none of the allottees have come forward for freehold title.” In case where first party had died then the second party is bound to lose the property as well, he said. The flats were sold off at Rs 19,000 for first floor, Rs 16,700 for second floor and Rs 18,200 for third floor in lumpsum or in 142 instalments with interest rates in year 1988 to people of the weaker section who made quick bucks by Arun Kumar said they were waiting to get the registry as normally after 20 years of the lease period, the buyers were given entitlement of the property. His claim was dismissed by the MDDA lawyer.
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Gurmat singer enthrals audience
Dehradun, January 31 “Besides singing shabads in praise of our gurus, the ragis, inspired by the spring, exhort devotees to shed their ego,” said Alankar Singh, who is an assistant professor of music (Vocal) in Punjabi University, Patiala. Alankar Singh is the only artiste in India to have received the Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar award for Gurmat Sangeet. Besides being an expert in notation, music composer and music arranger, Alankar Singh has also figured on television and All-India Radio. The other members, who accompanied the Gurmat singer, included Jagmohan Singh on tabla, Sandeep Singh on dilruba and Ravinder Singh on surmandal.
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St Jude’s School beats Guru Nanak Academy
Dehradun, January 31 In reply Guru Nanak Academy was all out for 100 runs, losing the match by seven runs. Himanshu Malla was the top scorer with 18 runs while wides contributed 30 runs to the total score. Shikhar took three wickets for 17 runs for St. Judes team.
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Man stabs father to death for property
Dehradun, January 31 Avtar refused to that saying that since he lived separately from the family with his wife and two children, he would not be given any share. At this, enraged Naresh stabbed his father to death. The police arrested the accused.
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Roadside analyses, discussions order of the day
Mussoorie, January 31 The residents of Mussoorie were seen huddled in different corners of the market talking about which candidate received the majority of votes along with which party would form the government in the state. Naresh, the first-time voter, was excited at casting his vote from Waverly Convent, and he was confident that his candidate would win from Mussoorie. Gunanand Joshi, another voter, said that BJP was winning the seat this time from Mussoorie, considered as Congress bastion. While on the other hand, Satish Dhaundiyal was confident that two-time sitting MLA Jot Singh Gunsola would win the seat with a thumping majority and score a hat-rick this time. The supporters of Independent candidate Godavari Thapli also entering the discussion said that their candidate was in winning position this time and would win it convincingly as the poll cast here has been high and against both the major parties. She said that the high concentration of Gorkha voters in Mussoorie constituency meant that the Gorkha voters have played a decisive role here. And Godavari Thapli, being a Gorkhali herself, has received sympathy votes as she was denied the ticket by Congress from Mussoorie. The BJP candidate, taking time off from his busy schedule of election, celebrated his birthday at his residence. The other candidates also took a day off and spent time with their family members. Meanwhile, the month-long wait for the final decision on who will be the winner in the state
elections will provide sleepless nights not only to the candiates but the supporters, too. Until then the voting analysis and patterns would change every day.
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DGP given emotional farewell
Dehradun, January 31 DGP J S Pande praised Lal for his extraordinary professional capabilities as well as his talent in painting, photography and music. DIG Deepam Seth made an audio-visual presentation to showcase Lal’s meritorious services. It was a special treat to view some of Lal’s fine photographs and paintings too in the same presentation. The officers, who spoke on the occasion, repeatedly referred to Lal’s affable nature and his leadership style and ability to get the best out of his colleagues without hard words and the aggressive style associated with the police. The speakers said Lal’s leadership style was influenced by his love for sports. He has the ability to accept defeat and not pass the blame on to a junior officer. For this reason he was always loved and respected by his fellow officers and men. There was a moving reference to the help he extended to the families of police martyrs who needed help for medical treatment. Lal spoke about his long association with the police force. He recalled how on several occasions with little or no resources he managed to achieve astounding successes. He also recalled how his fellow cricket teammates in different places of posting were instrumental in providing to him credible intelligence inputs, leading to many successful operations. The outgoing DGP stressed the need for reforms in the police. He reminded his former colleagues that the people expected police officers to serve them with a sense of dignity and respect. He exhorted them to adopt innovative methods to overcome lack of resources. The farewell function was attended by several serving and former officers.
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Schools directed to hold pre-board exams before February 16
Dehradun, January 31 While talking to The Tribune, Geeta Nautiyal, District Education Officer, said, “The direction was given by the council to all districts in the state to conduct their pre-board examination tentatively by February 16 so that the remedial classes for weak students could be organised in the last week of February.” “We have already informed all principals of the government inter colleges in the district about it and have notified to conduct fair examinations within the allotted time,” she added. Additional District Education Officer Asha Painuli said, “The direction to conduct pre-board examinations was given by the council. Accordingly, we have sent the notice to all Uttarakhand Board affiliated schools in the districts.” The class X and class XII syllabus is complete in all government inter colleges. While the annual examination of the state board for class IX and class XI would be conducted between February 9 and 21 in all inter colleges of the district. However, the council has also released the dates of the board examination to be conducted between March 12 and March 30 at different examination centres in the state.
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Fuel thieves active in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, January 31 According to PWD officials, the caretaker of the guest house this morning found the lock of the fuel tank of the JCB broken and around 80 litres of diesel
stolen. JCB driver Rakesh was informed about the incident and he filed a written complaint at the local police station. Rakesh said the JCB machine had been requisitioned for election duty and was parked at the PWD guest house for the past few days. He added the thieves had earlier stolen diesel from the JCB machine a few days ago. Though he had informed the police, no action was initiated, resulting in the present incident. Residents of Indra Colony said though several cases of theft of drain covers from public lavatories had been reported in the media, the police was yet to take action. The police said investigation into the incident was on.
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15 players selected for cricket tourney
Dehradun, January 31 The north-zone team will clash with east-zone team in the first semi-final match of the tournament, starting from February 2 to 4. The following are the players who would represent the north zone universities cricket team:- Gaurav Kochar, Dhruv Shaurya, Manan Sharma, Nitin Yadav and Lokendra (all from Delhi University), Himanshu Satyawan, Abhishek Gupta, Tarun Sharma, Charanjeet Singh, Sharad Lumba, Ravinderpal Singh (all from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar), Sunny Rana (HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar), Manok K Singh (DR RML University, Faizabad), Adita Dinkar and Manvinder Singh (CSJM University, Kanpur). Manoj Rawat will be the coach and Mahim Verma the manager of the team. Dr DS Chauhan, Vice-Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University, congratulated the players on their selection and wished them best of luck for the forthcoming national tournament.
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CAU win by 7 wickets
Dehradun, January 31 Batting first, the CAU scored 105 runs losing all wickets. Ashish of the CAU scored an unbeaten 43. Bharat of Success Point took four wickets. Chasing the target, Success Point easily scored the runs. Shivam scored a highest of 58 runs. Himanshu of the CAU took two wickets.
— TNS
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Ex-Army man's body recovered from canal
Dehradun, January 31 Singh's family
told the police that he had left home on Sunday evening for attending a
marriage party. The police has registered a case in the matter. —
PTI
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