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Gorkha morcha seeks 70 pc job quota in state industries
Samajwadi Party wants restart of power projects' construction
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Bahuguna mourns Bal Thackeray's death
25 women become Doon club members
Bridge on Gola river
Cultural events mark annual day celebrations
Nanhi Duniya celebrates founder's day
Cricket tourney Guru Nanak Academy beat Aryan School by 17 runs, reach final
Face of the week
Tennis tournament in Doon from tomorrow
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Gorkha morcha seeks 70 pc job quota in state industries
Dehradun, November 17 Addressing a press conference here today, the party president, Capt JB Karki (retd), said, “The people of Uttarakhand are not getting jobs in the industrial units coming up in the industrial areas of the state. The industries have promised at least 70 per cent reservation for the people of the state in jobs in their units, but they have failed to fulfil it.” Karki said the party had given a deadline of February 15, 2013, to these industries to recruit people of Uttarakhand or else it would launch an agitation. It would resort to forced closure of these industries. Karki also demanded the permanent capital status for Gairsain. He said the main idea behind the formation of Uttarakhand was ensuring development in the hill areas. “But that is not happening at present,” he added. He also announced the office-bearers of the Dehradun Mahanagar youth wing of the party. The office-bearers are: President--Vikas Kumar; general secretary -- Subham; treasurer--Punit; and secretary--Vicky.
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Samajwadi Party wants restart of power projects' construction
Dehradun, November 17 Addressing mediapersons here today, Barthwal said projects like Lakhwar Vyasi and Bhairoghati should be completed and not left in the lurch. He said even the Srinagar hydropower project should be completed at the earliest. He said Uttarakhand had large hydropower potential that needed to be exploited for the generation of revenue. Barthwal said he would launch an awareness yatra in the state from December 4, the foundation day of the Samajwadi Party. He said the yatra aimed at apprising people of the party’s policies and programmes. He said the party would also organise programmes on the occasion of the birthday of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on November 22. “We will be observing November 22 as Sankalp Diwas”, he said. Barthwal alleged that most of the state bureaucrats were not serious towards working for the betterment of the state. “They are only interested in going to deputation to the Centre”, he said. Referring to Gairsain, Barthwal said it was right time to declare Gairsain as the permanent capital of the state. He further said a Himalayan development authority was important for the development of the Himalayan states. This authority should be headed by the Prime Minister, he added. He asked Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to focus more on hills rather than frequently going to Delhi.
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Bahuguna mourns Bal Thackeray's death
He prayed for the peace of the departed soul
and strength for the bereaved family.
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25 women become Doon club members
Dehradun, November 17 In all 21 young women, some of them married, attended the At-Home, a formal get-together, and met the president and members of the Managing Committee. The club had taken a decision at an extra ordinary general meeting on August 31 to induct women as members. Club president Devinder Singh Mann, while welcoming the new members, said it was for the first time that the dependant daughters were being made members of the club. Addressing the gathering, he said in times to come some of them would become part of the Managing Committee of the club as well. Deepak Oberoi invited the women one by one to introduce themselves. Amarjeet Singh Kocchar, Dheeraj Aggarwal, Vishal Vohra and Rajesh Piplani were the other Managing Committee members present on the occasion.
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Bridge on Gola river
Haldwani, November 17 “We have constructed 10 base pillars and the remaining work will be completed in two months. Later approach roads will be constructed before commissioning the bridge in May next year,” said LD Mathela, Executive
Engineer, PWD.
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Cultural events mark annual day celebrations
Dehradun, November 17 The Director of the institute, Brig PPS Pahwa (retd), in his welcome address, thanked the chief guest for sparing his valuable time. Gaurav Deep Singh, managing secretary of the institute, welcomed the chief guest and the distinguished guests and parents. He highlighted the achievements of the preceding year and the performances of the students in academics and extra curricular activities. The Chairman of the institute, SP Singh, apprised the former MP of the past and present progress and the future development plans. Students of the institute participated in various cultural events. The programme started with a Saraswati Vandana by Taru Saxena and her colleagues and a chorus based on patriotism by Sohail Ali Khan and group followed. Garhwali and Kumaoni folk dances were presented by the Geetanjali, Deepak Bohra and group. A Bhangra (Jindva) dance was presented by the Khusboo Meer, Ajay and group. The main attraction of the day was ‘Nirtya Natika’ by the Shakunya Barua and Naresh Kalotara and group in which the journey of the rise of dance was depicted in a beautiful way. In this theme dance, ‘Tandav’, Indian classical to Sufi, American Jazz, Russian ballet and belly dance were incorporated. The spectators were spell-bound by the performances of the students. The cultural events were anchored by Chitra Kapoor, Magi Chaturvedi, Aanchal Rana and Najeeb Islam. The annual magazine, ‘Endeavour’ was also released on the occasion. The chief guest gave away 13 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 13 certificates to the meritorious students for securing positions in the university examinations. The students were felicitated for their special achievements and contribution to different fields like cultural activities, sports, NCC etc. at the university, state and national levels. Those students honoured were Sanjana Chandana (debate competition), Richa Negi (sports and NCC), Vaishali Chaudhary (Republic Day parade and Prime Minister’s rally), Geetatanjali Bohra and Naresh Kalhotara for cultural events and Neha Srivastava and Roshni Sharma for representing Uttarakhand in the handball tournament. To promote extra-curricular activities among the students, the institute has set up four houses ie, Zorawar, Ajit, Jujhar and Fateh. Ajit House won the overall running trophy this year. The chief guest extended best wishes to the staff and the students of the institute and expressed the hope that the traditions and culture as laid down by the founder director of the institute, late Gurcharan Singh, would be followed in the right perspective.
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Nanhi Duniya celebrates founder's day
Dehradun, November 17 The celebrations of the day began with a 'Prabhat pheri' by the children followed by obeisance to the rising sun. Alok Ulfat, led the children during the morning experience during which they sang melodious songs. Many children from all other Nanhi Duniya centres also participated in the celebrations. Besides these children, parents, former students as well as well-wishers of Nanhi Duniya joined the celebrations. The students recited Gyatri Mantar, which was followed by a Sarva Dharma prayer meeting. The cultural celebrations started with the lighting of the traditional lamp. The students presented a used empty match box containing a coin to Kiran Goyal, the main force behind Nanhi Duniya. The gesture has a special meaning. "It conveys that each individual has the divine power of giving and we should learn to respect children and accept that they have a unique place in our lives," Kiran Goyal said. She further said that Nanhi Duniya aimed to create new dimensions in the field of education and living. A prayer of Lord Vishnu was gracefully presented in Bharatnatyam style by Aditi Jain, a young artiste of Nanhi Duniya. The special attraction of the event was a dance drama on 'Hariyali Khusiyon ki Saugat' symbolising beauty of nature. An English play, 'Dragon and the Merciful King,' was enacted by the students. A folk dance was presented on the occasion. Pauline, Miriam, Matt and Andy, all volunteers from Germany and England, gave a unique performance of their traditional folk music. 'Allah Om Amen,' a song by Alok Ulfat along with volunteers, was also sung.
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Cricket tourney Guru Nanak Academy beat Aryan School by 17 runs, reach final
Dehradun, November 17 Electing to bat after
winning the toss, GNA scored 139 runs at the loss of seven wickets in the allotted overs. Pratyush and Himanshu contributed 26 and 25 runs, respectively. Raj Pratap of Aryan School took 3 wickets in his 4-over spell. Batting next, Aryan School batsmen could only score 122 runs in the allotted overs, thereby ensuring 17 runs win for GNA. For Aryan School, Vipul scored highest 32 runs.
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Welham boys, girls lift basketball title
Dehradun, November 17 In the boys' final, Welham Boys' School beat The Asian School (35-11). For Welham Boys, Santanu contributed 18 points. In the girls' final, Welham Girls beat Carman School (25-8). Ridhima of Welham scored 10 points Head of the sports department, Welham Boys' School, Aroon Sharma and secretary of the Dehradun District Basketball Association V. Vachani were present on the occasion.
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Working for cause of wildlife
Jotirmay Thapliyal Tribune News Service
Dehradun, November 17 Today he is the most sought after person when any incident of appearance of snakes takes place in any locality of Dehradun. It was his interest in wildlife that brought Abhishek close to snakes. He made close friends with nomadic communities to know more about snakes and their relationship with mankind. In 2009, Abhishek did the pioneering work of starting Uttarakhand’s first 24x7 animal rescue helpline service in Dehradun district. With this service continuing till date, he has successfully rescued and relocated hundreds of animals ranging from a large variety of snakes like python and cobras to lizards, civets and even leopards. The state Forest Department that faces big challenge in the form of snakes venturing into habitations, particularly during rainy season, has found a big relief in Abhishek endevour. Forest officials regularly seek his services to rescue snakes. He, through his NGO, has even conducted several training programmes for forest guards on safe snake rescue operations. He has, so far, successfully trained about hundred state Forest Department personnel in snake rescuing. A special kit for safely catching snakes has also designed by him. This endeavour has resulted in the availability of trained workforce in the state, making it one of the first states to have a dedicated snake rescuing unit in each district. Forest guards often encounter snakes in the village areas and thus knowledge of rescue operations methodology is a must for them. Significantly, Abhishek, through EFFECT, has helped create a wide network of people throughout the state. Owing to this, valuable inputs were given to the state Forest Department in numerous anti-poaching cases. He also helped unearth different cases related to animal poaching in which leopard skins and other animal body parts like bones, musk powder and gallbladders were recovered.
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Tennis tournament in Doon from tomorrow
Dehradun, November 17 To be hosted by the Uttaranchal Tennis Association, the tournament will be held under the categories of under-14 and under-16 (boys and girls). Arun Saxena from the association said the matches will be played at Shanti Tennis Academy, Dalanwala, here. —TNS
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Former president of the state unit of the Samajwadi Party Vinod (SP) Barthwal has sought the restart of the construction of hydropower projects that are not disputed and are on the verge
of completion.
Dehradun, November 17
Dehradun, November 17
