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Doon bandh tomorrow
Peyjal staff without salary for month
Advocate’s wife murder case: Police makes progress
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CM Bahuguna visits Saklani's house
Physically challenged persons stage a dharna in support of their demands in Dehradun on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
Foreign students' delegation reaches Unison school
No headway in varsity corruption case
Gorkha Rangers outplay Doon Star
Shivalik thrash Nehru Gram 6-0
Uttarakhand Police win
Kin of deceased staffers sit on dharna
22-kg tumour removed from woman's stomach
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Doon bandh tomorrow
Dehradun, October 17 In the wake of their two-day strike which started from today, the advocates did not go to the district courts today. Advocates will take out a march from the district courts to the Clock Tower. The DBA is hopeful of getting support from the Deradun Transport Association. However, petrol pumps have not been included in the strike. Members of the DBA also met Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today who assured them of taking some concrete steps in this direction soon. All these associations came together after the wife of advocate OP Saklani was killed brutally in broad daylight at her residence on New Park Road a day before. One day prior to that incident, jewellers in Dhamawala Bazaar had also blocked traffic when a young man ran away with a gold chain from a jewellery shop. President of the DBA Surinder Pundir said, "The killing of our fellow advocate's wife is not the only reason which has prompted us to take the decision to close the district courts for two days followed by city bandh. Life and property of all residents is at stake. Thieves who are targeting traders particularly have created a sense of fear and insecurity among traders. It seems the police has lost grip over the situation and has joined hands with criminals and thieves." General secretary Anil Gandhi said the police was not registering complaints of people and was arresting innocent people, given to which the anti-social elements had got free hand to go on committing crime in the city. The Dehradun Jewellers Association, which had a fruitful meeting with Deputy Inspector General, Dehradun Range, Sanjay Gunjiyal a day before after he accepted all its demands with regard to ensuring their security, has also agreed to support the call for city bandh. President of the association Sunil Masson said, "The Jewellers Association is a part of the Doon Traders Association which is a composite body of around 150 trade associations. The decision taken by the association is applicable on us as well. We cannot separate ourselves from it." President of the Doon Traders Association, Vipin Nagliya said traders were observing bandh in support of the cause taken up by the DBA but he said they were equally aggrieved over the worsening law and order situation. He said soon traders would meet the Director General of Police in this regard.
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Peyjal staff without salary for month
Dehradun, October 17 For the past one year, the Peyjal Nigam has been in the throes of financial crisis and despite the BJP government and the now the Congress government agreeing to go by the Indu Pande Committee recommendations, the financial problem of the Peyjal Nigam persists. “A total of 1,322 employees of the Peyjal Nigam have been without salaries for the past one month and we have already apprised the authorities of our intention to resort to strike, if the crisis persists,” said engineer BK
Jain, president, Uttarakhand Adhikari Karamchari Samanvey Samiti (Peyjal
Nigam). A few weeks ago, the Bahuguna government had agreed to heed to the demands of the Peyjal Nigam by not only increasing the centage charge from 12 per cent to 15 per cent but also bear the establishment cost of the Peyjal Nigam so that regular salaries could be given to the employees and officers. But none of these decisions have been implemented. The Peyjal Nigam gets centage for undertaking works related to construction and maintenance of various water and sewerage schemes. Since the formation of the state, it has been getting little work. As the government does not pay for the establishment costs, the Peyjal Nigam has to allocate a sizeable amount for the payment of salaries from the centage amount which has worsened the matters. Since the creation of the state, the Peyjal Nigam has been saddled with a loss of Rs 107
crore.
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Advocate’s wife murder case: Police makes progress
Dehradun, October 17 The culprits have been identified and their location, too, has been traced. The police is not divulging much at this stage. According to sources, the convicts might be arrested and brought back to Dehradun shortly. However, maid servant whom the police was suspecting of having a hand in the murder, was proved innocent. The maid servant had told the police yesterday that she saw three youths entering the house and pushing
her aside. She said she fell down and became unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she saw Pushpa lying dead on the floor. She was changing her statement as well, which made the police suspicious of her. The police has already seized the car used by the culprits at Roorkee. In the day today, Deputy Inspector General, Dehradun Range, Sanjay Gunjiyal, assured advocates of cracking the case soon.
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CM Bahuguna visits Saklani's house
Dehradun, October 17 Bahuguna said police patrolling would be increased in the capital city. In view of the festival season, the police had been asked to enhance vigilance and take care of the security of elderly persons living alone. The police had been asked to keep a strict vigil on the movements of suspicious persons.
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Disabled stage dharna, seek Khurshid's resignation
Dehradun, October 17 Led by Parvartiya Viklang Sewa Sansthan’s president Gulshan Bahri, the protesters alleged that it was unfortunate that the NGO headed by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid was involved in embezzlement of funds meant for the welfare of the disabled. Gulshan Bahri even favoured a probe into acts of all NGOs that today claim to work for the welfare of the disabled but have ulterior motives. He said none should be allowed to embezzle funds that were meant for the disabled. Uttarakhand BJP leader Vinay Goyal said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre had stooped to such low levels that it was now even resorting to corruption in funds meant for the disabled of the country. Disabled Sanjeev Thapa and Neeru prominently participated in today’s day-long dharna.
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Foreign students' delegation reaches Unison school
Dehradun, October 17 During the stay, these students and teachers will attend and observe academic and activity classes at the school and imbibe first-hand knowledge about the rich Indian culture. They will also be taken for sightseeing in and around the city. Earlier, a group of 15 girls of Unison school had an opportunity to study and participate in the programme at Abbots Bromley School,
Staffordshire, for 21 days. They returned two days ago. During the first week, the girls acquainted themselves with new environment and academics. The second week was the combined dance workshop amalgamating classical and western forms. A project on dance was prepared and presented before
the public. The students also visited Lichfield, Oxford, Shugborough, Burton, London and Alton Tower (Splash Landing) during their stay with Abbots Bromley School.
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No headway in varsity corruption case
Dehradun, October 17 Under the Act the Governor’s permission has to be sought for appointing an officer to initiate an inquiry into corruption cases within 20 days of the matter being brought to light. Despite the Technical Education Department putting up the file well in advance, the Governor has failed to respond. There have been several cases of corruption against the authorities of Uttarakhand Technical University. An enquiry would have helped in restoring the reputation of the university.
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Gorkha Rangers outplay Doon Star
Dehradun, October 17 The solitary goal for the Gorkha Rangers team was scored by Shivam in the 14th minute of the match. Doon Star players did make efforts but failed to get an equaliser. — TNS A match in progress during the Kargil Martyr Jaideep Bhandari Memorial Football Tournament in Dehradun on Wednesday.
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Shivalik thrash Nehru Gram 6-0
Dehradun, October 17 Players in action during a match in the Lala Nemi Dass Memorial Football Tournament in Dehradun on Wednesday.
Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
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Uttarakhand Police win
Dehradun, October 17 In the first match, the Uttarakhand Police beat Wills Youth 5-0 in a one-sided match. Veer Singh, Saurabh, Himanshu, Bhanu and Amit scored goals for the Uttarakhand Police. Wills Youth players failed in all departments of the game. In the second match, Vijay Cantt beat Doon Eagle 1-0. For Vijay Cantt, Nitin Gurung scored the sole goal of the match in the 63rd minute of the match.
— TNS
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Kin of deceased staffers sit on dharna
Dehradun, October 17 Pitambar Datt Lohani, president of the Peyjal Nigam Jal Sansthan Mazdoor Union, said for the last two years,
the government had stopped giving employment to the dependents of the deceased, “This has affected the financial condition of the families of the deceased work charge employees,” said Lohani. The family members who sat on a dharna include Kripal Singh, Vishal Adhikari, Rakesh Prasad, Lalit Mohan and Ashish. To lend support, the work charge employees of the Peyjal Nigam also sat on the dharna.
— TNS
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22-kg tumour removed from woman's stomach
Dehradun, October 17 "Though we are yet to be upgraded to the level of a medical college, such operations are being performed routinely at the hospital, despite the constraints," said Dr BC Pathak, Principal Superintendent, Doon Hospital.
— TNS
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Gorkha Rangers defeated Doon Star 1-0 in a match during the Kargil Martyr Jaideep Bhandari Memorial Tournament being played at Nehru Gram here today.
In the Lala Nemi Das Football League being played here today, Shivalik registered a big win over Nehru Gram with score card reading 6-0. Vikas was the star performer for
Shivalik. He scored 4 out of the total of 6 goals scored by the Shivalik team. Saurab and Sushil scored the other two goals for Shivalik.
In the second match, the match between Adhoiwala and Chandrabani
ended in a draw with the two sides failing to score after the end of stipulated time.
— TNS