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Saints, Cong, BJP leaders share dais
25 donate blood; 300 students participate in marathon
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Stop opposing power projects, minister to saints
ONGC staff pay tributes to Malaviya
Polytechnic employees raise demands
MAD members clear garbage from river
Ex-DGP working on report to strengthen police
200 get free medicines at health camp
Students told to take precautions against water-borne diseases
Water crisis drives wild animals to village
BDM-Delhi, Sahara India victorious
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Saints, Cong, BJP leaders share dais
Haridwar, May 27 Titled ‘Sant Sammellan’, the seminar organised at Hari Sewa Ashram, Haripur Kalan, saw a host of saints and politicians who spoke for saving the Ganga, using of Sanskrit, eradication of malpractices prevalent in the society and against the menace of corruption. Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Gobind Singh Kunjwal, the chief guest, said the saints' blessings were needed for the country. He urged people to shun bad thoughts. Leader of the Opposition Ajay Bhatt said the inner conscience brought one close to Almighty and if spiritual guidance from a religious Guru was attained, then it's more fruitful. Bhatt also sought for blessings of saints and religious gurus for the welfare of humanity. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank termed the Ganga as the world heritage, citing its religious importance for which millions of people came here from around the world to have a holy dip. Pokhriyal also laid emphasis on the promotion of the Sanskrit language terming it as the language of Indian culture. Jagadguru Shankaracharya Raj Rajeshwaram Maharaj said with concentrated devotion, one can attain God as it's only when one sees inner self one gets closer to ‘Shivatva’. Lauding the works of Hari Sewa Ashram in religious and social fields, Shri Dakshin Kali Peethadeeshwar Kailashanand Brahamchari said due to the efforts of Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Hari Chetnanand, the ashram is becoming a hub of charitable . Maha Mandaleshwar Swami Arjun Puri termed Devbhoomi of Uttarakhand a place of divinity where getting blessings of saints paves way for spiritual peace while Swami Hari Chetnanand said when religious and political governance have a mutual coordination, then it paves way for the welfare of human beings and society.
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25 donate blood; 300 students participate in marathon
Mussoorie, May 27 The camp was organised by the State Blood Transfusion Society (SBTC) for the Doon Hospital. SBTC consultant Parvati Pandey said she was glad that Radio Khushi and Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School had taken a lead in supporting the cause of voluntary donation. She added the SBTC was working under the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and was involved in collecting safe blood. Parvati said the blood collected here would be checked thoroughly at their lab for diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis B, tuberculosis etc., before being transferred to the Doon Hospital. Earlier, a “Run for Humanity” marathon was also organised at the Garhwal terrace on Mall Road today in which around 300 students from various schools competed in different categories. The youngest participant in the marathon was four-year-old Sanskriti Karanwal. Marshneel Gavaskar, wife of legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, flagged off the marathon at the Garhwal terrace. The event was organised in order to pay tributes to Guru Arjan Dev who sacrificed his life for the sake of humanity. In the under 12 years’ category for girls, Babita from St. Lawrence School was declared winner, Pooja Negi from St. Lawrence stood second while Monica from Nirmala Inter College stood third. In the under-12 years’ category for boys, Krishna Guniyal from St. Lawrence School stood first, Kuldeep Rawat from Central School for Tibetans second while Ajay Sherawat from GNFC School stood third. In the under-14 years’ girls category, Pooja Rawat, Pooja Melwal and Chandni from Sanatan Dharm Inter College stood first, second and third, respectively. In the boys under-14 category, Pramod Ramola from Nirmala Inter College stood first, Sanjeev from St. Lawrence School second while Aashish from Nirmala Inter College stood third. In the girls under-18 category, Raveena Negi and Sita from St Lawrence School stood first and second, respectively, while Jaspunit from GNFCS stood third. In the under-18 category for boys, Praveen from St. Lawrence School stood first, Dorjee from Central School for Tibetans second while Kamal Bisht from Rama Devi Inter College was declared third. Dinesh Agarwal, Minister for Youth and Sports, who was the chief guest on the occasion, gave away citations and awards to the students. He commended the efforts of the organisers and said the blood donated here would come handy for the poor and the needy. Earlier a shabad and kirtan performance by GNFCS students was also organised. The Gurbani teacher of the school highlighted the life and sacrifices of Guru Arjan Dev. He said the people should tread the path of humanity shown by the great guru. The head of GNFCS, Nirmaldeep Sawhney, said the blood donation camp was organised with an aim to promote voluntary blood donation for the cause of humanity. She thanked the sponsors of the camp, HDFC Bank, co-sponsors Gurudwara Guru Singh Sabha, Mussoorie Sports and Cultural Association, SBTC, ITBP for their support. The wife of the Chairman of GNFCS, Jasleen Kaur, Sunil Bakshi, Admn Officer, GNFCS, GNFCS Headmaster Anil Tiwari,. Gurveil Singh, Sunny Sahwney and president of the Mussoorie Municipal Council, OP Uniyal, were also present on the occasion.
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Stop opposing power projects, minister to saints
Mussoorie, May 27 Agarwal said the conservation of environment was important for the state but at the same time development was also necessary for which Uttarakhand came into being at the first place. He said he was for the free flow of the Ganga and the government was taking necessary step in this regard while formulating the policy of construction of power projects here. He said the saints should stop opposing the construction of power project on the Ganga and concentrate on their spiritual works as the state was in the need of the power. He further said government was in the process of formulating several new policies to preserve the environment for the state. Speaking on the issue of converting Mussoorie into a IT hub, he said in the past 11 years, nothing had been done in the filed. He said now he had initiated several projects under which several IT centres will be opened in order to generate employment and curb migration from the hills. He also said the talks were on with the Mussoorie Muncipal Council to open an IT centre.
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ONGC staff pay tributes to Malaviya
Dehradun, May 27 Keshava Deva Malaviya made a entry into the world of oil in 1952 initially as a parliamentary secretary. For the next 29 years, he would eat, sleep and dream just one thing and that was oil. He shared his dream with Jawaharlal Nehru. Malaviya’s vision of self-sufficiency in oil was far ahead of his times. In the middle of the 20 th century, he had thought of the road ahead for the 21st century. Convinced about the prospects of India having oil and determined not to allow foreign firms to explore in the country, on August 18,1954, Malaviya went on air on All India Radio announcing the setting up of an oil prospecting division with Geological Survey of India (GSI). In mid-1955, this division was upgraded to the status of a Directorate and in 1959, to a commission. There began the journey of the ONGC. Malaviya’s vision, conceptualisation skills, enthusiasm and tenacity remain firmly etched in the annals of the oil industry. His ingenuity and exemplary entrepreneurship have no parallel. His firm belief in his dreams and three mantras: cautious optimism, controlled imagination and calculated risk are valid even today as the ONGC has crossed over to enter the global arena of E&P. Among those present to offer their homage
were D. Sar, Executive Director, GEOPIC, Dr DK Dasgupta, GM, and Ashok Malaviya, a former General Manager, besides a
large number of ONGC employees.
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Polytechnic employees raise demands
Dehradun, May 27 Addressing a press conference yesterday, president of the association Shanti Prasad Bhatt said the employees had been demanding fulfillment of their seven-point charter of demands that included sixth pay commission benefits, over-time payment and the loan facility. “But the ONGC polytechnic management authorities are not paying any heed to their demands,” he pointed out. Bhatt said corruption was being committed by the polytechnic officials. He demanded a CBI probe into the acts of the officials. Responding to queries, Bhatt said there should be at least one Uttarakhand government official in the governing body so as
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MAD members clear garbage from river
Dehradun, May 27 The volunteers are students from Brightlands School, Summer Valley School, St Joseph's, Pine Hall School as well as the youth from DBS College and also from Doon This time, 45 volunteers lodged a complaint of getting no workers from the Cantonment Board to carry the collected garbage from the bank of the river to a vehicle to MLA Ganesh Joshi who ensured that they got workers on the site. The volunteers were, however, disappointed that despite their awareness drive, public was still continuing to pollute the river near the Tapkeshwar temple. Not losing heart, they urged devotees as well as shopkeepers in the vicinity not to throw garbage into the river.
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Ex-DGP working on report to strengthen police
Dehradun May 27 Talking to The Tribune, he said when it came to instructional, he meant stringent implementation of the Criminal Procedural Code. “Before making an arrest, a police officer in charge is supposed to carry the order in writing, bearing his signature, prior information to the family members of the person to be arrested and allow him to have an advocate etc. But all these rules are not followed in letter and spirit. Courts too do not ensure full compliance. In such cases, the court should not go ahead with the remand proceedings if these steps have not been followed point to point to put the system in place,” he said. Pandey emphasises that the police must not resort to coercive measures to extract confessions from those involved or suspected to be involved in a crime under procedural reforms. He said, “Public and the media put enormous pressure on the police to produce results quickly, as a result, the policemen take to unlawful means to solve the cases. The job of the police stops after the arrest and must be left for legal intervention. The police does not have magic wand and that must be made clear to the public or the media.” Talking about the structural changes, he said the police must do away with the layering of several officers in one section. “The police must cease layering of officers and rather pay attention to the tightening of the structural system. For example, in the CID section, there is no need for SP, DIG or IG rank officials. A few inspectors and one Additional Director General to approve all case report is enough. The officers must be sent to the field rather than confining them to headquarters office,” he said. The creation of four ranges, where he played an important role, was a meaty step in this direction. In recruitment, he advocates for increasing the percentage of promotion of constables to the rank of Sub-Inspector from the existing 50 pc to 75 pc. He said, “The constables are recruitment in large number. Only a small percentage of them gets to be promoted to the rank of Sub-Inspector. To appreciate their hard work, experience and boost their morale, the promotion percentage from constables to Sub-Inspector can be increased from 50 to 75 pc, rest can be taken through direct recruitment.” He also suggests to better the eligibility criteria for the recruitment of constables so that they could become suitable for further promotions. This includes the recruitment not at the existing high school level but intermediate level which can be extended up to graduation in near future. He also reiterates his stand that the police must play the role of peace-keeping rather than crime fighting. Allaying the common perception that the recommendations of a commission is often lost in the dusty files and rarely implemented.
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200 get free medicines at health camp
Dehradun, May 27 A total of 200 patients from as many as 15 villages visited the camp and were provided with free medicines apart from diagnosis. Inaugurating the camp, the founder, HESCO, Prof Anil Prakash Joshi, said the homeopathy was fast going into oblivion and laid stress on sincere efforts towards reviving this credible system of medicine. He said homeopathy was simplest and most easily available medicine system in the rural areas. Dr Joshi said the HESCO would be holding workshops for promoting homeopathy in July, which, apart from renowned doctors, will be attended by social workers. Eminent environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna said fortunately there was an increasing trend in society towards encouraging the usage of homeopathy. Dr Indrajeet Nanda, Dr Gagan Nakra, Dr Aparna Singh, Dr Ashish Gurung and Dr Aditi Srivastava took part in the camp.
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Students told to take precautions against water-borne diseases
Mussoorie, May 27 Sharma was addressing students during a lecture organised by the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), the Uttarakhand Science, Education and Research Centre and the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology. He said due to carelessness regarding the use of unsafe drinking water more than four persons were dying in South African and south Asian countries. In India such conditions had not arisen so far but it if precautions were not taken many people would die of water-borne diseases. Sharma said millions of children were not able to go to schools due to diarrhoea around the world. He added the children should always try to drink boiled water and from a safe place in the town so that the chances of contracting water-borne diseases were bare minimum. Sharma said during the summer incidents of eye infection were common and hence the students should take proper care of their eyes and wash them with clean water before sleeping. Dr Aabha Shaili, principal of Mussoorie Girls Inter College, was among those present on the occasion. She attended the whole programme.
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Water crisis drives wild animals to village
Pithoragarh, May 27 According to information received from Champawat district, a chital was caught by villagers near Kakraligate forest of the Sharda forest range in Champawat division yesterday and later handed over to forest officials. “The thirsty chital has reached the village in search of water and missed the way to forest while returning due to dawn,” said a forest officer. In another case, a pair of deer reached Paggana village near the district headquarters two days before, one injured deer was seen and saved by villagers while another ran away before dawn. “The deer has burn marks in his skin and was not in position to run,” said Deepak Joshi, a shopkeeper in the village. The DFO, Pithoragarh, has said after giving primary treatment to the injured animal, the forest officials brought it to the district headquarters from where it was released to the forest. “These animals have been injured in the forest fire that broke out in the forests of nearby village and continued for three days,” said a villager.
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BDM-Delhi, Sahara India victorious
Dehradun, May 27
In the first match, BDM-Delhi defeated Food Corporation of India, Delhi, by two wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, the FCI-Delhi team scored 148 all out in 24.4 overs. Rahul Dagar was the main contributor who scored 52 runs. Ravinder Bhola claimed five wickets for 29 runs only. Ramesh Prasad also took two wickets. In reply, BDM, the Delhi team scored 151 runs for eight wickets to win the match by two wickets. Shakib Alam was the top scorer with 22 runs. Amit Bakshi took three wickets for 27 runs while Rahul Sethi took two wickets for 40 runs. In the second match, the Sahara India team defeated the Uttarakhand Police by nine wickets. Uttarakhand Police scored 122 runs all out in 32.3 overs. Manoj Kumar was the highest scorer with an unbeaten 35 runs to his credit. Anshuman and Saurab took three wickets each while Tajammul took two wickets. Sahara India opener Subodh scored a brilliant unbeaten 84 runs to steer his team to a nine-wicket victory. Abhimanyu remained unbeaten on 30 runs. Anup Chandola took the lone wicket of Sahara India team.
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