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195 officers, jawans inducted into ITBP
Mussoorie police to deal strictly with those flouting traffic rules
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Priyanka to visit Corbett
Few takers for earthen lamps in Kumaon
Stone of cricket stadium to be laid at Raipur today
World Diabetes Day
Three women attacked by elephants
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195 officers, jawans inducted into ITBP
Pithoragarh, November 14 Addressing the newly inducted jawans and officers of the force, the Union Minister said that the ITBP had a glorious 50 years to its credit, during which the force not only successfully guarded northern borders, but also took part in
many operations within the nation to flush out anti-national elements. "The nation today holds ITBP in high esteem as it has done remarkable work in dealing with Maoists and other anti-national forces," said the minister. According to ITBP officers, the 308-day training given to these recruits drawn from all corners of the country included not only physical training, weapon drill, shooting, field craft, conventional warfare, map reading, field engineering and counter-insurgency measures but also the rocking climbing and judo/karate. "We have trained recruits in guerrilla warfare," said IS Negi, Inspector General (Northern Frontier) of the force. According to the IG, ITBP had at present 54 battalions with 80,000 jawans posted at various locations of the country and abroad. "The Government of India has raised 13 battalions of the force recently, out of which the newly recruited jawans of 9 battalions are taking their basic training at various locations in the country; the rest will be inducted into training soon as we have to train all 13 battalions by 2015," said the IG. The ITBP officer said that ITBP was also involved in several sectors in anti-insurgency operations in Chhattisgarh region, where the force has put 3 battalions. "Besides guarding 3488 km of northern borders of the country from the North West to Arunachal Pradesh, the ITBP is also in international operations in Afghanistan and Congo," said the IG. "We have served in Sri Lanka and Bosnia and Herzegovina as well in the past," added
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Mussoorie police to deal strictly with those flouting traffic rules
Mussoorie, November 14 The residents from all walks of life attended the meeting and shared their views to improve the traffic snarls, which were causing much hindrance to the vehicular movement. It was decided that the police will assist in controlling the vehicular movement inside The Mall Road after 5 pm, the restricted hours designated by the Municipal Council of Mussoorie. Under this arrangement the police will impose a fine on the vehicles parked on the sides of The Mall judiciously. The police will also curb the use of vehicles by under-age persons, which has resulted in injuries to many due to overspeeding. The use of helmets will be strictly adhered to and if any person was found flouting the laws, he will be penalised on a regular basis. PCO, Mussoorie, MS Pharaswan, also directed the officials to increase the combing exercise and act against the erring commuters strictly. He also advised the officials to deal strictly with the cases of drunken driving and book the perpetrators at the first instance so that they do not go on to injure others in the process. MS Pharaswan, speaking to the media, said that this exercise would be carried out on a permanent basis and would be increased further during peak seasons. He said that vehicles would be controlled by imposing a one-way traffic rule at the areas which were considered as bottlenecks for vehicular movement. SI Manoj Rawat, Sohan Singh Rawat, Vijay Prasad Rayal and others were also present on the occasion. |
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Priyanka to visit Corbett
Dehradun, November 14 She will be staying at
Khinanoli guest house. After three days' stay, Priyanka will leave for Delhi on
November 18 morning. Corbett park administration and the district
administration have made elaborate arrangements for Priyanka's visit.
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Jauljibi fair good business time for traditional traders: Rawat
Pithoragarh, November 14 “We have seen a good historic time of three nations from the eyes of the Jauljibi fair. We want to have that time again so that our traditional traders could continue to do their business and the border villages be revitalised with activities,” said Rawat. The traditional fair, which once saw the involvement of traders from India, China, and Nepal, witnessed participation of Indian and Nepalese traders even today. It would run officially up to November 19, but unofficially for one month from the inauguration day. “The fair involves not only the sale of traditional woolen outfits made by tribal craftsmen, but also witnesses cultural programmes and an exhibition of various government-run schemes,” said Pramod Kumar, SDM, Dharchula, who is also the in-charge of the fair. According to researchers working on the Indo-Tibet border trade, the Jauljibi fair used to be a big mart for the Tibetan and Bhotia traders as they used the goods brought from Tibet in this fair. The Bhotia and Sauka craftsmen also waited for this fair impatiently as it presented them with a big market to sell their tradition woolen outfits made by them throughout the year,” said Dr Lalit Pant, a retired teacher and expert on the border trade with Tibet. “The Paal kings of the Askote princely state patronised the fair for more than a century. It was started by King Puskar Pal in 1871 to facilitate Mount Kailash pilgrims, who used to return from pilgrimage on foot during these days in those times. Later, when the local people and the Bhotia traders started taking interest in the fair for the reason of selling their handicrafts with the locals, the Paal kings extended the fair for a month,” said Kunwar Bhanuraj Paal, a descendent of the erstwhile princely family. After the Indian government adopted the fair in 1975, the local administration started running it and using it to exhibit various development and welfare programmes run by the state and Central governments for the use of locals, said the
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Few takers for earthen lamps in Kumaon
Pithoragarh, November 14 “We are coming to the region to sell earthen pottery during Divali for the last several years, but our sale is gradually coming down as people now prefer electronic decoration material,” said Shankar Kumar, a potter, who had come from Bareilly to sell his stock of earthen pots in Pithoragarh town. Shankar Kumar said that his business had gone down to 30 per cent in the last 10 years as people neither considered the earthen lamps sacred, nor lit the oil lamps anymore. “Our business is running very slow, but we are compelled to do it as we have no other option,” said Shankar. According to sources, the decoration material from China was sold most on the first day of Deepawali. Made-in-China electronic material was most preferred by buyers. “Though the Chinese material has no long-term value, people preferred electronic strings, made in China, which had sound system in It,” said Jagdish Bhatt, an electronic goods seller in Champawat town. “More than 80 per cent buyers opted for Chinese electronic decoration material,” said a shopkeeper in the town. The shopkeeper also said that even then poor preferred these as these were being sold at Rs 50 each having 50 bulbs in it. “This is the amount which is within the reach of poor customers,” said the shopkeeper. This year the administration kept a vigil on the sale of crackers and instructed the licensed sellers to adhere to pollution laws. |
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CM invites investors to Uttarakhand
Dehradun, November 14 President Parnab Mukherjee inaugurated the fair. Uttarakhand is participating in it as a partner state. Bahuguna said since the inception of Uttarakhand it had provided excellent infrastructural facilities for industrial units in Haridwar, Rudrapur, Pantnagar, Selaqui and Sitarganj. He added several big industrial groups like Tata, Nestle, Mahindra and Mahindra and Ashok Leyland had set up their plants in the state due to the peaceful atmosphere and other infrastructural facilities present here. He said, “The state has great scope for setting up eco-friendly industries in the field of agriculture, food processing, scented oils and aromatic plants. He added the Union Commerce Ministry had also agreed to start a textile and spice park in the state which would provide employment to the people. “Easy accessibility of the National Capital from Uttarakhand and availability of human resources are the other major attractions for the investors,” he said. Bahuguna said his government was fully committed to achieving a double digit growth rate and appealed to the investors to move towards Uttarakhand. “We are fully committed to providing them the best of the facilities to sustain economic growth for overall development, employment generation and welfare of the people of the state,” he added. |
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Smog due to crackers obscures winter-line in Mussoorie
Mussoorie, November 14 The winter-line that appears with the setting of the sun over the western horizon overlooking Doon Valley is replete with myriad shades of yellow, red, orange and mauve. It is also believed that is visible only from some places in Mussoorie, Switzerland and parts of Africa. Such is its popularity that many organisations have named themselves after it. The Winter-line Organisation, an NGO, which is one of the supporters of the Writers’ Festival in Mussoorie, along with the Winter-line Publishers that are into publishing wildlife books have been inspired by the phenomenon. A large number of tourists visit Mussoorie just to watch this unique phenomenon, which adds to the beauty of the winter sky with every setting sun during the winter. However, the barrage of crackers burst during the two-day Divali festivities in Dehradun and Mussoorie led to the accumulation of a thick cover of smog, thus hampering the clear view of the winter-line, much to the disgust of local residents, tourists and environmentalists alike. Vipin Gupta, an expert in environment issues, said Doon Valley is surrounded from all sides by natural boundaries, namely the Himalayas in the north, the Shivaliks in the south, the Ganga in the east and the Yamuna in the west, and due to this reason the pollution level remained stable all round the year. “Increase in vehicular traffic and the bursting of crackers in and around the valley during Divali have led to a considerable rise in the level of pollution, mainly consisting sulphur dioxide and carbon mono-oxide, in the air. These particles remain suspended in the air for a long period, resulting in smog that is harmful not only to health but also the fragile environment. Smog also scars the beautiful view of the winter-line from Mussoorie,” added Gupta. The Chief Health Superintendent of St. Mary’s Hospital also corroborated the fact that due to pollutants in the air during Divali the cases of asthma, cough and other respiratory diseases increase considerably. Amrik Singh, a tourist from Patiala, said they wanted to enjoy the rare phenomenon but for to the smog were dejected. Environmentalists and health experts were of the view that despite repeated warnings against the use of crackers during Divali the people were bent upon playing with their health and were causing damage to the fragile environment of the valley. Hence, a concerted effort was needed to make the people aware about the hazards involved in cracker bursting. rare spectacle
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Stone of cricket stadium to be laid at Raipur today
Dehradun, November 14 The ONGC will be making an investment of Rs 100 crore for the cricket complex that will include a stadium and cricket academy. While cricket is regularly played in almost all boarding schools of Dehradun, Haridwar, Halwani and Nainital, the talent fails to get right encouragement in the state due to the absence of adequate infrastructure. There is no international-level cricket stadium in the entire state. Sports Minister Dinesh Agarwal said the cricket complex would come up on a 23 acres in Raipur and would be one of its kind in the country. He said Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and President, Indian Premier League Rajeev Shukla, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, ONGC Chairman Sudhir Vasudeva, Cabinet minister Yashpal Arya and Raipur MLA Umesh Sharma would be present at the stone laying ceremony that would be held on the Maharana Pratap Sports College campus, Raipur, here tomorrow. Dinesh Agarwal said besides the ONGC, the Uttarakhand Government would also invest Rs 100 crore in the ambitious project. Meanwhile, sources in the ONGC said it was constructing the stadium under its corporate social responsibility initiative. Welcoming this move, Ajay Pandey, a Dehradun-based senior cricketer, said a cricket stadium in Dehradun was like a dream come true for the budding cricket talent of Dehradun. He said at least, youngsters would now get an opportunity to showcase their talent. He said it would also attract international matches to Dehradun. |
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Gangotri shrine closed for winter
Dehradun, November 14 Situated at a height of 10,000 ft above the sea level in Uttarkashi, the Gangotri shrine is closed for pilgrims every year during October-November and reopens in April-May, as the area remains snowbound during the winter. The portals of the Yamunotri shrine in Uttarkashi and the Kedarnath shrine in Rudraprayag district will be closed for the winter on November 16. The closure of the Badrinath shrine, the last to be closed among the Char Dham shrines, will take place on November 18. |
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World Diabetes Day
Dehradun, November 14 He said the unfortunate part of the disease was that a patient came to know that he was diabetic only at a later stage when much of damage had been caused to his body. Dr Yogendra Singh, a cardiologist, said: “Nearly 28.5 crore people across the globe are suffering from diabetes. This figure can increase up to 43.8 crore by 2030, which is alarming. Today in India, we have 6 crore people suffering from diabetes,” he said. Dr Sanjay Sethi, an ophthalmologist, said awareness in society towards the silent killer disease of diabetes was very important. He said the eye sight of a patient suffering from diabetes was bound to get adversely affected. |
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Three women attacked by elephants
Dehradun, November 14 Five incidents of man-animal conflict have been reported in the Terai East division so far this year, which resulted in two deaths and injuries to more than 10. Meanwhile, villagers have expressed resentment over the incident and have accused the forest authorities of failing to protect people in the region. |
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