11 women, driver hurt as Vikram overturns
Haridwar, September 11
Eleven women, all employees of SBL Homoeopathic, SIDCUL, and the driver of a Vikram sustained injuries when the vehicle overturned here this morning.

Dehradun, September 11
Even after the death of legendary Habib Tanvir, nothing much has changed for Naya Theatre, except that his daughter Nageen Tanvir has now become the 'voice of the theatre' that has its roots in the rich folk tradition of villages.

Living life out of a suitcase, Nageen, a trained Hindustani classical singer, travels the length and breadth of the country, staging plays that manage to strike a chord with the audience.

Who can forget the Punjabi-speaking old woman of 'Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya' fame, who prefers to stay back in Lahore after Partition, poignantly depicting the conflict that many families faced while making a choice between India and Pakistan, rather than India.

" The horror of Partition and the ensuing trauma that followed was vividly narrated by my parents. When we staged the play in Punjab in the 90s there were several families who empathised with the plight of the old woman," said Tanvir, while speaking with The Tribune.

Along with Spicmacay, her theatre group staged 'Gaon ka Naam Sasrual' and the famous play 'Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya' at St Joseph's Academy. In fact Tanvir finds the growing religious intolerance in India worrisome.

While still alive, her father, the late Habib Tanvir, too, had several run-ins with the fundamental organisations. " Over the years religious fundamentalism is on the rise in the country.

People are less tolerant towards each other's point of view. When alive my father was a target of fundamental organisations and Naya Theater was blacklisted many times, but that did not deter him. He simply carried on," she said.

Her spirited assertion of the values that she imbibed from her parents finds expression both on onstage and offstage. " I made my stage debut at the age of three in the play 'Agra Bazaar' and played the role of a monkey. The lesson that I learnt from my father was giving your hundred per cent and getting into the skin of every character. I also learnt a great deal to the exposure that I got while still a child. It was the rural settings and the villages that my father took me to that helped me grasp the nuances of folk theater. I was exposed to all kinds of art and artistes. These days there is hardly any interaction of this kind. the children are too self-centred and not ready to leave their computer games," she asserted.

Haridwar, September 11
Eleven women, all employees of SBL Homoeopathic, SIDCUL, and the driver of a Vikram sustained injuries when the vehicle overturned here this morning.

The injured were taken to the District Hospital by the 108 ambulance service. While nine of them were discharged in the evening, the others are still under observation, though their condition is stated to be out of danger.

According to the victims, they had boarded the Vikram (UK-08 TA 1960) at 8:30 am and it was overloaded.

When the driver of the Vikram, Monu, tried to overtake a cyclist, it lost control over the vehicle and it overturned.

Imrana, Neelam, Mamta, Sujata and Nimita, who sustained injuries, said they had asked the driver to slow the pace of the vehicle, but he did not listen to them.

A case has been registered against the Vikram driver at the Ranipur police station.

Dehradun, September 11
The ABVP has maintained its supremacy in the students’ union elections at Shri Guru Ram Rai (PG) College by winning the key posts of president and general secretary.

ABVP’s Bhajan Singh polled a total of 612 votes and defeated his rival Joginder Singh by margin 111 votes. Similarly, Bhanu Pratap Singh, also from ABVP, became the new general secretary after defeating Arti Bahuguna by a margin of 196 votes.

For the post of joint secretary, Diksha Sharma was elected after polling 783 votes. Deepak Rawat, who polled 795 votes, was elected the treasurer. Kuber Singh was elected the university representative and Anjali Dobriyal was elected the undergraduate representative (girls).

The polling was conducted on the college from 9 am to 1 pm. A total 1,196 out of 2,265 students enrolled in the voter list exercised their franchise.

Dehradun, September 11
DAV (PG) College has been converted into a virtual fortress as it is all set to go to the polls tomorrow to elect its students' union office-bearers for 2012-13. According to Principal DAV (PG) College, Dr Devendra Bhasin, all preparations have been completed for the polling which will take place from 9 am to 2 pm tomorrow. A total of 4 zones comprising 24 booths have been set up for the peaceful conduct of polling.

Bhasin said while the elections were being held in strict accordance with the Lyngdoh recommendations, no candidate or its supporter would be allowed to resort to any sort of hooliganism during the polling tomorrow. Significantly, in the students’ union election this year, there is a direct contest between BJP-backed students’ wing ABVP and Congress-supported NSUI for the prestigious post of president.

The ABVP has pitted Mahesh Jaguri whereas Mohit Rawat is the NSUI candidate for the presidential post.

As of police preparedness, the PAC, the riot control contingent and a Quick Reaction Team of the police have been pressed into service to ensure that peace is maintained at all costs both in and outside the DAV (PG) College.

A total of 18,432 students are in the college’s voter list, which includes 7,712 girls.

DAV (PG) College has a long history of student politics with some student leaders becoming top politician of the region. Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Nityanand Swami, former Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker and Dehradun Cantonment MLA Harbans Kapoor and Uttarakhand Congress vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana are some of the former student leaders of DAV (PG) College.

Mussoorie, September 11
With only 12 hours remaining for the polling for the student body elections at Municipal College in Mussoorie, most of the candidates are still uncertain with their electoral prospects due to decrease in the number of voters here.

According to the Principal of the college Dr. RS Shukla, the number of voters has decreased drastically this year as most of the MA students have not received their mark sheets forcing the college administration to disallow them from voting.

He further said last year, the number of voters in the college was around 1,500 which had reduced to only 1,000 this year. The other reason for the less number of voters was an increase in the number of students who had failed this year and had applied for back papers in order to pass in the subjects.

The decrease in the number of the voters had forced the student organisations, the ABVP and the NSUI, to tie up with other lesser known groups. Many believe that this year the winning margin between the contenders would be narrow one and could lead to law and order problem during counting tomorrow.

However, police officials stated that they were ready to control any situation and had called two platoons of the PAC Constabulary.

The polling will begin around 9 am in the morning and finish around 2 pm. The results will be announced on the same day in the evening.

Haridwar, September 11
A two-day district-level kick-boxing championship concluded at Arya Swaroop Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Roorkee, today.

More than 50 students participated in the championship.

In the age group of 9-10 (boys), Vaibhav won the gold medal, Ayush silver and Rajat clinched the bronze medal.

In the age group of 11-14, Kartik won the gold medal. Gaurav won the silver medal and Abhishek, the bronze.

In the age group of 14-16 (girls), Amita Kumari won the gold medal. Shivani and Neha won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. In the same age category (boys), Abhishek Sharma won the gold medal, Keshav won the silver and Ankit and Siddhant shared the bronze.

Dehradun, September 11
In the Dehradun Council Senior Boys Football Tournament, four matches were played at the St Jospehs’ Academy here today.

The first match played between Summer Valley School and Carman School (Dalanwala) ended in a 2-2 draw. For Summer Valley School, Rahul Rawat in the 13th minute and Alok Bhatt in the 20th minute scored the goals while Anurag in the 19th minute and Shaurya in the 58th minute scored goals for Carman School.

In the second match, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy (RRMR) defeated Shivalik International School 4-1. The first goal from RRMR was scored by Deepak in the 16th minute, second and fourth by Vivek in the 24th and 68th minutes, respectively while the third goal was scored by Vaibhav in the 65th minute. From Shivalik International School, the goal was scored by Deepak in the 26th minute.

The third match was played between St Thomas College and St Judes School ended in a goalless draw.

In the fourth match, North Point Children's Academy defeated Doon Public School (DPS) by 3-0.

Dehradun, Septémber 11
Carman School and Convent of Jesus and Mary School reached the final by winning their respective semifinal matches in the 8th Gardner Silver Jubilee Inter-School Basketball Tournament for Girls- 2012 being played at St Thomas College, here today.

Carman School defeated St Thomas College 29-22 in the first semifinal match.

Jyoti Singh scored 12 points for the winners while Diksha scored 12 points for the St Thomas team.

In the second semifinal match, Convent of Jesus and Mary beat Summer Valley School 35-25. Astha scored 10 points for the Convent team while Swati scored 8 points for the Summer Valley team.