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300 workers of Rockman, Satyam detained
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'Around the World' played in Woodstock
Boy dies due to negligence in nursing home
The weeping mother of an eight-year-old child who died due to negligence in a nursing home at Jwalapur in Haridwar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur
Doon Civic Blues: Ward No. 60
No clue to maid murder case
NAINITAL DIARY
Sewa Bharti to open computer centre in Dehradun
Girls perform at the annual function of Sewa Bharti in Dehradun
on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
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300 workers of Rockman, Satyam detained
Dehradun, April 15 The police had to use a mild force to remove the fasting protesters from the site, as they had refused to leave the place. Seeing this, the other agitating members, too, came in support of their associates and protested against police action. However, police personnel allegedly thrashed them and took them away in police vans. More than 300 protesters who have been detained and put in the Sidhowala jail have declared indefinite fast. According to information, the police had given an ultimatum to the 11 protesters to call off their fast. At 1 pm, the police reached the site and asked them to accompany them to hospital. However, they refused and said they would not call off the fast till their demands were met. When policemen forcibly tried to take them to hospital, the other agitating members started arguing with policemen. And within minutes, heated arguments began between the police and the agitating workers. As a result, policemen started dragging them and in this process their clothes also got torn. Many of them also received injuries. The condition of the fasting members had started deteriorating for the past two days. A team of doctors had advised immediate hospitalisation.
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'Around the World' played in Woodstock
Mussoorie, April 15 The play that began around 3 pm today was performed in a stunning set of a giant clock with a revolving stage, built by a team of students under the supervision of staff member Mike Pesavento and parent Craig Wiggins. The cast, including students from eight nations, was suitably apt for a play which saw the characters traverse the globe, and highlight the truly global character of the school. Tenth Grade student Michael Wiggins from Australia gave a polished performance in the leading role of Phileas Fogg, mastering an excellent English accent. He was also involved in lighting design for the show. Also giving a stand-out performance was American Grade XII student Simone Louw, who played Fogg's Gallic sidekick Passepartout, whose comical French accent and exaggerated expressions brought the house down with laughter. Asma Ebadi, a tenth Grade student from Afghanistan, played the role of an Indian princess, while American Grade 9 student Asha Bittenbender is played the part of an English gentleman and American colonel. The play was directed by Woodstock School drama teacher Bethany Okie, a professional actress from Atlanta in the United States, who also oversaw Woodstock's blockbuster musical Brigadoon last semester. Speaking to The Tribune on the occasion, she said, "Putting together the show in the foothills of the Himalayas came with many challenges", and praised "the focus, sheer determination and Fogg-like stubbornness of the student directors and designers who have made this show possible". She further said the production played to packed houses in preview shows held on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The other members of the cast were Dominic Kleiner (Switzerland), David McGarey (United States), Ein Jung (South Korea), Jonathan Kurian (India), Milo Canning (the Netherlands), Raageshwori Pradhan (Nepal), and Ugyen Tsezomla Lama (Nepal). The direction and stage management teams consisted of students Juliana Pesavento, Ariella Blank, Gultaj Sangha, Hazel Ebenezer, Ankita Suna, and Jahnvi Garg.
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Boy dies due to negligence in nursing home
Haridwar, April 15 According to deceased's father Rajendra Kumar, a resident of Balmiki colony, Raja had sustained minor injuries but doctors forced them to keep him under supervision for a night. He alleged that this was done to raise the amount of treatment. However, the child died under mysterious circumstances this morning. Rajendra, a labourer, alleged that the doctors gave wrong treatment to his son which led to his death. As soon as the news spread, relatives and neighbours of Rajendra arrived at the nursing home and had a heated argument with the staff. In no time, people gathered outside the nursing home in a large number. The police also reached the spot. Seeing the situation getting tensed, circle officer Shahzahan Khan Javed arrived and arrested the medical practitioner, under whose supervision the child was being treated. As the protesters also wanted the doctor to be arrested, they blocked the way which resulted in a traffic jam. Superintendent of Police Yogendra Singh Rawat then pacified the aggrieved members of the deceased's family and gave them an assurance that a post-mortem examination would be conducted to ascertain the cause of the death. Later, on the complaint of the aggrieved parents, a case of negligence was registered at the Jwalapaur police station.
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Kaulagarh area a picture of neglect
Seema Sharma Tribune News Service
Dehradun, April 15
Ajay Kukreti, a local resident, said: "The land in Kaulagarh is uneven. Water remains stagnated. Because of its geographical complications, Jawaharlal Nehru National Rural Urban Mission and Asian Development Bank have not included this area in there development schemes." Councillor Uday Singh Pundir said: "The land in Kaulagarh is high on two sides and there is a wall of the building of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) on the other side. Owing to this, water remain stagnated." He further said now the area had been included in the master drainage plan of the city which would be prepared by the Jal Nigam. Efforts were also being made to solve the problems related to the sewerage system.
The councillor said a sewage treatment plant was also being set up in the Bajawala, a low-lying area in Kaulagarh. Rajiv Gurang, a resident said, "Earlier, Bajawala residents were opposing the setting up of the sewage treatment plant in their area. But the authorities have convinced them of the need of the plant." The councillor said five bighas of land had been earmarked for the setting up of the plant. The Jal Nigam had sent a detailed project report to the Central Government for the approval of funds.
The residents also rued the absence of a park in the area. Ravi Bahukhandi said: "There is not even a single park in the entire ward. The land earmarked for the purpose has been occupied by other government departments." The councillor, however, gave an assurance to the residents that the park would soon come up in the ward. He further said the only primary school in the area had been lying in a dilapidated state for long. However, now it had been renovated with the help of MLA and former Assembly Speaker Harbans Kapoor. Kamala Devi, whose daughter studies in the school, said: "The condition of the only primary school in the area was too bad. I was afraid of sending my daughter to the school as the walls of the building could collapse anytime. But with the efforts of the area councillor, it has been renovated.”
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No clue to maid murder case
Mussoorie, April 15 Mussoorie police station in charge Parikshit Kumar said they had received significant inputs from the phone call details of members of the deceased's family and were trying to analyse the contents. However, the police is unhappy with the non-cooperative attitude of the family and said it is finding difficult to solve the case due to this. Meanwhile, the post-mortem report has revealed the time of the murder around 11.00 pm on Friday. According to the report, multiple fractures were found on the deceased' ribcage, which shows that the miscreants had attacked her with the air gun that
was found lying near the body. The contradictory statements by the deceased's two daughters has also baffled the investigating team. The owner of the cottage, Hugh Gantzer, has also reached the town. But he refused to comment on the issue at the moment saying they were yet to ascertain that what was missing from the cottage. Meanwhile, the woman was cremated in Haridwar today.
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Bypoll another challenge for Vijay Bahuguna
MORE than one month after the Congress was elected to power in the state, the Kumaon region, Nainital in particular, awaits a visit of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. In the past, the Chief Ministers never took this long to pay a visit to the divisional headquarters of the Kumaon region and also couple it up with a visit to the Uttarakhand High Court. But Bahuguna has been kept busy which has led to comments with lots of pun intended doing the rounds in the public sphere. He is now being referred to as the "Non-resident Chief Minister" of the state as he has been spending most of the time in Delhi and elsewhere. Workers of his own party point out that he is having to do a very a tough task. First, it was the quelling of the rebellion by supporters of his rival Harish Rawat who wanted Rawat to be the Chief Minister. Then it came to distribution of portfolios and also clearing the floor test in the state Assembly. Now it is back to keeping everyone happy as he starts his tenure with taking some decisions. The people are also talking about his own byelection. Speculations are rife over who will vacate his seat for Bahuguna to contest from there and then who will be his opponent. He is to be elected to the state Assembly within six months of his being appointed as the Chief Minister. If he wins the Assembly bypoll, this will lead to his resigning as the Lok Sabha member from the Tehri seat. The question remains that who will then be the choice of the Congress to contest the parliamentary poll which it will want to win at all costs. It is also being discussed whether the victory in the Assembly bypoll will be a cakewalk for him or will he be facing an uphill task? Rare example of courage
A group of blind students from the National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) in the state capital set an example for others in grit and courage when they successfully completed a module in rock climbing. They learnt the art of survival while scaling down the rocks near Aurobindo Ashram at the Barapthar area of the town. They not only participated in rock climbing but also learnt boulder pitching and river crossing. Two of these children Nikita Chabra and Hema Kandpal came out with the message, "We are learning these things so that we can take care of ourselves and may be help others when a need arises." A total of 28 students learnt these skills over a period of eight days. Their instructor Manoj Jagati disclosed that the trainers need to make special preparations to address the needs of these children who are very high on enthusiasm and willing to prove to the world that they are equally capable of performing feats.
Governor's suggestions
Simple examples from everyday life can go a long way in answering complex questions of a much higher level. This was proved and demonstrated by former bureaucrat and Governor of West Bengal and Bihar Gopal Krishna Gandhi at Almora recently. He was in the town to deliver a lecture on the "Bharat, Hindustan and India". After his discourse was over and he was answering questions, a gentleman asked him why India should not be referred by just one name. His reasoning was that when persons and places are generally referred to by a single name across the world, why should the same not be applied to India which should be given the official nomenclature of Bharat and not be referred as per the convenience as India of Hindustan or Bharat. With a smile on his face, Gandhi politely said,"I eat chawal in Delhi and bhaat in Uttarakhand. In the same way I eat gainhun in Uttar Pradesh and kanak in Punjab. The taste has to be good, the name does not matter at all. Earlier, during his speech he had listed that Hindustan that represents the interests of a common man from peasantry, labour class and the likes would get a lot of relief if Bharat and India Inc. carry out certain actions. The first of the actions listed by him was to prevent the "mafiosi" that is making obscene profits at the cost of public resources and black money is being directed towards election campaign. The second was to stop the murders of whistleblowers. The third action recommended by him was against the rampant exploitation of resources by manufacturing businesses. Gandhi also sought a stop to the misconceived policy on calories norm that defines poverty. The last measure suggested by him was to check the misgovernance, gross mismanagement of resources and inefficiency.
Kathgodam rly station best
The Kathgodam railway station has emerged as the best managed railway station in all three divisions of the North Eastern Railways. Station manager Sunil Yadav won a prize from General Manager of the North-Eastern Railways KBL Mittal at a function held in Gorakhpur on behalf of the entire unit that helps run the station. The Kathgodam station is the last station in Uttarakhand located at the foothills. Over the past several decades, prominent personalities from all walks of life have disembarked here before they went on to visit the tourist destinations of Nainital, Ranikhet, Almora etc. Among the personalities from the Bollywood that were seen here in the past included Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Pradeep Kumar, Prem Chopra and Zeenat Aman. In fact, some shots of the movie "Kalabaz" made in 1975 were shot at the Kathgodam railway
station. The station had been built during the British era and it was in 1944 that the broad gauge train came here. At present, it is connected with destinations of Dehradun, Delhi and Kolkata for which trains depart on a daily
basis. — Rajeev Khanna
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Sewa Bharti to open computer centre in Dehradun
Dehradun, April 15 Rajkumar Tayal, Dehradun Mahanagar secretary of the Sewa Bharti, disclosed that the Sewa Bharti, that started its activities in Dehradun in 1989, had come a long way in the works of charity. He said it had been actively working in 51 slum dwellings of Dehadun. Its volunteers worked with unprivileged sections of society. He said scholarships were also provided by them to the bright students. Referring to the future plans, Tayal said the Sewa Bharti now planned to open computer centre in Dehradun. He said the organisation also planned to work among destitute children. Earlier, children from the Sant Ravidas Bal Sanskar Kendra, Jatav Basti, presented a cultural programme which included Garhwali, Kumaoni and other dances. The Durga Bal Sanskar Kendra, Patelnagar, sang a patriotic song. Children from Guru Arjun Dev Bal Sanskar Kendra recited number of poems.
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Haridwar, April 15
Residents of Kaulagarh village, which comes under Ward No. 60, are facing problems with regard to drainage and sewerage system. Sewer pipes are yet to be laid down in the area.
Ajay Kukreti, a local resident, said: "The land in Kaulagarh is uneven. Water remains stagnated. Because of its geographical complications, Jawaharlal Nehru National Rural Urban Mission and Asian Development Bank have not included this area in there development schemes."
Dehradun, April 15
The area has been included in the master drainage plan of the city which will be prepared by the Jal Nigam. Efforts are also being made to solve the problems related to the sewerage system.
— US Pundir